Academic Title:
Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:
Radiation Oncology
Additional Title:
Associate Director, Medical Physics Residency Program
Location:
UMMC/Radiation Oncology GG
Phone (Primary):
(410)328-7165
Education and Training
- University of Bonn, Diplom, Physics, 1999
- University of Bonn, PhD, Physics, 2004
- University of Rochester, Postdoctoral Study (Research Associate), 2004 – 2009
- Johns Hopkins University, Postdoctoral Study (Research Associate), 2009 – 2014
- University of Pennsylvania, Medical Physics Certificate, 2015
- Washington University in St. Louis, Residency, Therapeutic Medical Physics, 2017
Biosketch
Dr. Cammin earned his Ph.D. in experimental particle physics from the University of Bonn, Germany, in 2004. He pursued postdoctoral research on the fundamental particles and forces using high-energy particle accelerators at Fermilab (Batavia, IL) and at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland). In 2009, Dr. Cammin transitioned to the field of medical physics, joining Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. His research there focused on CT image reconstruction and novel detectors for computed tomography. In 2015, he received a Certificate in Medical Physics from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Cammin completed his residency in therapeutic medical physics at Washington University / Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis in 2017, where he subsequently worked as a clinical medical physicist and faculty member. In 2020, Dr. Cammin joined the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland Medical Center in 2020 as an Assistant Professor.
Research/Clinical Keywords
radiation therapy, brachytherapy, hyperthermia, motion management, quality assurance, image-guided radiation therapy, adaptive radiation therapy, multi-energy computed tomography,
Highlighted Publications
- Cammin, J. Xu, W. C. Barber, J. S. Iwanczyk, N. E. Hartsough, and K. Taguchi: A cascaded model of spectral distortions due to spectral response effects and pulse pileup effects in a photon-counting x-ray detector for CT, Med. Phys. 2014:41(4), 041905-1–041905-15.
- Wang P, Cammin J, Bisello F, Solberg T D, McDonough J E, Zhu T C, et al. Proton Computed Tomography using a 1D Silicon Diode Array. Med. Phys. 2016:43(10), 5758–5766. PMID: 27782709.
- Cammin J, Kappler S, Weidinger T, Taguchi K. Evaluation of models of spectral distortions in photon-counting detectors for CT. SPIE J. Med. Imag. 2016:3(2), 023503-1–023503-12. PMID: 27213165.
- Prusator MT, Samson P, Cammin J, Robinson C, Cuculich P, Knutson NC, et al. Evaluation of Motion Compensation Methods for Noninvasive Cardiac Radioablation of Ventricular Tachycardia. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Nov 15;111(4):1023-1032. PMID: 34217790.
- Vicente EM, Grande Gutierrez N, Oakes JM, Cammin J, Gopal A, Kipritidis J, et al. Integrating local and distant radiation-induced lung injury: Development and validation of a predictive model for ventilation loss. Med Phys. 2024; 1-17. PMID: 38820385.
- Cammin J. A robust index for metal artifact quantification in computed tomography. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2024;e14453. PMID: 38923797.
Additional Publication Citations
Book Chapters
- J. Cammin and K. Taguchi: X-ray Imaging Basics, Stem Cell Labeling for Delivery and Tracking using Non-invasive Imaging,Edited by D. L. Kraitchman and J. Wu, CRC Press, ISBN 1439807515 (2011), 203–216.
- J. Cammin, J.S. Iwanczyk, and K. Taguchi: Spectral/Photon-Counting Computed Tomography, Emerging Imaging Technologies in Medicine, Edited by M. A. Anastasio and P. J. La Riviere, Taylor & Francis, Inc., ISBN 143880417 (2012), 23–39.
Awards and Affiliations
- 2004–2006 Feodor-Lynen Fellow of the Humboldt Foundation, Germany (host institution: University of Rochester, NY)
- 2019 Mentor of the Year awarded from the medical physics residents at Washington University in St. Louis
- 2024 Dr. Karl Prado Physics Educator of the Year awarded from the clinical and physics residents (UMSOM)
Professional Activity
- Co-chair, AAPM Task Group TG66U1 (Quality assurance for computed-tomography simulators in Radiation Oncology: An Update to the Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 66)
- Member, AAPM WG MPPG 19 (Recommendations for implementing X-ray-guided respiratory motion management systems on a conventional linear accelerator)
- JACMP Board of Associate Editors