Joseph Steiner, PhD DABR is an Assistant Professor and Clinical Nuclear Medical Physicist at the University of Chicago. He serves as the Director of Nuclear Medicine Physics and an assistant radiation safety officer in the Radiology Department at the University of Chicago Medicine. Dr. Steiner holds a faculty position at the Committee on Medical Physics at the University of Chicago. He is a nuclear medicine and theranostics expert, and has additional interests in education, ethics, radiation safety, and the medical physics workforce. He contributes to various committees of AAPM, ABR, and SNMMI.
American Board of Radiology
Certificate - Nuclear Medical Physics
2021
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI
Resident - Nuclear Medical Physics
2020
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
PhD - Medical Physics
2018
Buffalo State College
Buffalo, NY
BS - Physics
2010
A Pharmacokinetic Model Determination of Time Activity Curves in Radiopharmaceutical Therapy.
A Pharmacokinetic Model Determination of Time Activity Curves in Radiopharmaceutical Therapy. Mol Imaging. 2024 Jan-Dec; 23:15353508241280015.
PMID: 40098749
A new method to evaluate fluoroscopic system collimator performance.
A new method to evaluate fluoroscopic system collimator performance. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2024 Dec; 25(12):e14536.
PMID: 39382833
Quantitative SPECT/CT Metrics in Early Prediction of [177Lu]Lu-DOTATATE Treatment Response in Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients.
Quantitative SPECT/CT Metrics in Early Prediction of [177Lu]Lu-DOTATATE Treatment Response in Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients. J Nucl Med. 2024 Oct 01; 65(10):1584-1590.
PMID: 39266296
Optimizing scan time and bayesian penalized likelihood reconstruction algorithm in copper-64 PET/CT imaging: a phantom study.
Optimizing scan time and bayesian penalized likelihood reconstruction algorithm in copper-64 PET/CT imaging: a phantom study. Biomed Phys Eng Express. 2024 May 14; 10(4).
PMID: 38608316
Radiohybrid prostate-specific membrane antigen ligand: new frontier in prostate cancer imaging and therapy.
Radiohybrid prostate-specific membrane antigen ligand: new frontier in prostate cancer imaging and therapy. Transl Androl Urol. 2024 May 31; 13(5):893-896.
PMID: 38855591
Endorectal digital prostate tomosynthesis (endoDPT): a proof-of-concept study.
Endorectal digital prostate tomosynthesis (endoDPT): a proof-of-concept study. Biomed Phys Eng Express. 2021 01 06; 7(2).
PMID: 34037539
Using the Health Physics Student Volunteer Program for a Research Project Sponsored by the Medical Section of the Health Physics Society.
Using the Health Physics Student Volunteer Program for a Research Project Sponsored by the Medical Section of the Health Physics Society. Health Phys. 2017 04; 112(4):352-356.
PMID: 28234694
Robert E. Henkin, MD, Government Relations Fellowship
SNMMI
2024
Outstanding Reviewer
PMB Journal
2022
Graduate School Association Travel Award
LSU
2018
1st Place, Young Investigator Symposium
SWAAPM Chapter Meeting
2017
Graduate School Dean's Travel Award
LSU
2017
Graduate School Association Travel Award (2 awarded)
LSU
2017
Student Travel Award
HPS
2016
2nd Place: 4th Annual 90-second Pitch Competition
LSU
2015
Outstanding Physics Teaching Assistant Award
LSU
2015
Summa cum laude
Buffalo State College
2010
Exceptional Physics Student Award
Association of Old Crows
2009
Rustgi Memorial Award
Buffalo State College
2008
Vernon Bullough Memorial Physics Award
Buffalo State College
2007
All College Honors Program Scholarship
Buffalo State College
2006 - 2010
Herring Scholarship
Northern NY Community Foundation
2006 - 2010
Presidential Academic Scholarship
Buffalo State College
2006 - 2010