Indrin J Chetty, PHD

Dr. Chetty received both a Masters of Science and a Ph.D. in Medical Physics from the University of California at Los Angeles. After earning his M.S. degree Dr. Chetty began working part-time as a Clinical Medical Physicist in Radiation Therapy at Providence St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Burbank California. Upon completing his Ph.D., in December 1999, he joined the University of Michigan, Department of Radiation Oncology, where he spent 6 years on the faculty as Assistant Professor. In May, 2006, he accepted the position of Associate Professor and Associate Director of Radiation Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE. In November 2007, he joined the Henry Ford Health System as Director of the Radiation Physics Division in the Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Chetty has been a part of several IRB-approved clinical studies both at the University of Michigan and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Chetty is an NIH/NCI-funded researcher and has also received research grants from the University of Michigan Cancer Center. 

 

Awards and Honors

Chancellor's Medallion Award, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1994. 
Michigan Association of Governing Boards Outstanding Student of the Year Award, 1994.
Greenfield Award, UCLA Department of Biomedical Physics. Awarded to student at top of the graduating class. 1998.
American College Medical Physics (ACMP) Outstanding Graduate Student Award. 1999.
Second Place Award, Young Investigator's Symposium. American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting. 1999.
Annual ASTRO Refresher Course Instructor- Presented lectures on Photon Beam Dosimetry and Brachytherapy- the radiation physics curriculum is taught every two years. 2006.
AAPM Annual Summer School Invited Sepaker: "Monte Carlo and Image Guided Radiotherapy". 2006.
Monte Carlo Refresher Course Organizer and Presenter, AAPM Annual Meeting, Orland, FL: "Monte Carlo applications in conformal, IMRT and 4D clinical treatment planning: pitfalls and triumphs". 2006.
European Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) Annual Meeting. Invited Sepaker. Leipzig, Germany: "Is the Monte Carlo method efficient enough for routine clinical treatment planning?". 2006.
European Workgroup on Monte Carlo Treatment Planning (MCTP): Workshop on introducing MCTP into the clinic. Invited Speaker, Ghent, Belgium:" Summary of Issues associated with clinical implementation of Monte Carlo-based treatment planning: Report of the AAPM Task Group No. 105". 2006.