Joann Prisciandaro, PhD

Biography

Dr. Prisciandaro received her PhD in Chemical Physics at Michigan State University.  Following graduation, she worked as a Research Fellow in the department of Radiation Oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She then joined the clinical faculty at the University of Michigan and served as the lead brachytherapy physicist and Director of Brachytherapy Physics until November 2021.  Dr. Prisciandaro currently serves as the Director of Clinical Physics, working closing with our physics and physician faculty, staff, and residents to support our patients, our current clinical services, and to investigate and introduce new technology and services.  Dr. Prisciandaro also has a strong interest in education. She has taught medical physics in our department to radiation therapy technology students, radiation oncology residents, and clinical physics residents, and served as the associate director and director of the department’s medical physics residency program from 2006 - 2019. She is also an instructor for Nuclear Engineering 581, Radiation Therapy Physics. She is a member of the Department of Radiation Oncology’s Medical Physics Residency Committee, Clinical Operations, and the Variance Committee.  At an institutional level, Dr. Prisciandaro serves on the University of Michigan's Radiation Policy Committee and the University of Michigan Health Systems Clinical Radiation Safety Committee.

Professionally, Dr. Prisciandaro is an active member of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) committees and subcommittees. Most notably, she serves as the Chair of Education Council, vice chair of Task Group 303 on MRI guidance in HDR brachytherapy, and vice chair of the Ethics Coursework Resource work group. She also served as a board member for the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs (CAMPEP) from 2013 - 2018.