Dr. Thomas “rock” Mackie
Board of Directors
SHINE MED
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Mackie currently serves as Director of Medical Devices at the Morgridge Institute for Research and as a professor in the departments of Medical Physics, Human Oncology, and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is the author of more than 130 peer-reviewed publications, 25 patents, and has supervised more than 25 PhD students. With his expertise in radiation therapy treatment planning and intensity-modulated radiotherapy, his group developed the PinnacleTMtreatment planning system, now marketed by Philips Medical. He is a co-founder and Chairman of the Board of TomoTherapy, Inc., a Madison-based company employing 650 people. Dr. Mackie received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Saskatchewan in 1980 and his doctorate in Physics from the University of Alberta in 1984.
Research Interest
Medical Science, Medical physics
