Biographical summary
Jeremiah W. Sanders, Ph.D., is a double board-certified imaging physicist with expertise in image-guided diagnostics and therapeutics. He is also an Assistant Professor of Medical Physics at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine.
Dr. Sanders received his graduate and fellowship training within The Department of Imaging Physics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
In his clinical practice, Dr. Sanders is the primary physics support for the Divisions of Nuclear Medicine and Breast Imaging at the Phoenix and Scottsdale campuses. His research focuses on developing the next generation of image-guided therapies by fusing advanced quantitative imaging techniques with populations of AI systems.
Interests
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Quantitative imaging
- MRI-assisted radiosurgery (MARS)
- Image-guided diagnostics & therapeutics
- Molecular-guided radiotherapy & theranostics
- Brachytherapy & proton therapy
- Software & data engineering
- Machine learning & AI
- Radiation & radiopharmaceutical dosimetry
- Informatics
- Treatment planning & treatment quality evaluation
- Clinical outcomes
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2023
Fellow - Medical Physics (Imaging Physics)University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- 2020
PhD - Medical PhysicsUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- 2016
MS - Medical PhysicsDuke University
- 2014
BS - Aerospace Engineering, Minors in Physics and Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Texas at Arlington
Activities and honors
Awards and honors
- 2025
Editor's Recognition Award with DistinctionRadiology: Artificial Intelligence
- 2024
Editor's Recognition Award with DistinctionRadiology: Artificial Intelligence
- 2023
Honored EducatorRadiological Society of North America
- 2023
Editor’s Recognition Award with Special DistinctionRadiology: Artificial Intelligence
- 2022
Blue Ribbon E-PosterAnnual Meeting, American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- 2021
Alfred G. Knudson, Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award FinalistUT Health GSBS, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- 2021
Richard L. Morin, PhD, Fellowship in Medical PhysicsAmerican College of Radiology
- 2020
Magna Cum Laude Merit AwardAnnual Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- 2020
Trainee Stipend AwardAnnual Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- 2020
Best 5 Poster Presentations AwardESTRO World Congress of Brachytherapy - Joined ESTRO Annual Meeting Due to COVID-19
- 2019
Trainee Stipend AwardAnnual Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- 2019
Magna Cum Laude Merit AwardAnnual Meeting, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- 2019
RDS Publication of the YearAdvanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies
- 2018
Trainee Stipend AwardISMRM Workshop on Machine Learning Part I and Part II
- 2018
Trainee Stipend AwardISMRM-ESMRMB Joint Annual Meeting
- 2018
Pauline Altman-Goldstein Foundation Discovery FellowshipUT Health GSBS, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- 2014
Medical Physics Department ScholarshipDuke University
- 2014
Graduated Magna Cum LaudeUniversity of Texas at Arlington
Professional memberships
- 2026 - present
Committee Member and Reviewer, Futures Grants InvestigatorDepartment of Radiology
- 2026 - present
Invited MemberNuclear Medicine Subcommittee, American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- 2026 - present
Voting MemberEnterprise Radiology Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee, Department of Radiology
- 2025 - present
MemberEnterprise Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Committee, Department of Radiology
- 2025 - present
Voting MemberEnterprise Data Governance Workgroup, Department of Radiology
- 2024 - present
Voting MemberEnterprise Radiology Analytics Committee, Department of Radiology
- 2023 - present
MemberMedical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Society
- 2023 - present
MemberSociety of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- 2023 - present
MemberPET/MRI Operations Committee, Department of Radiology
- 2023 - present
LeadMRI Protocol Workgroup, Department of Radiology
- 2023 - present
LeadPET/MRI Protocol Workgroup, Department of Radiology
- 2023 - present
MemberMRI Operations Committee, Department of Radiology
- 2023 - present
MemberMRI Technical Committee, Department of Radiology
- 2023 - present
MemberNuclear Medicine Operations Committee, Department of Radiology
- 2023 - present
MemberPhysics Operations Committee, Department of Radiology
- 2023 - present
MemberMRI Protocol Committee, Department of Radiology
- 2023 - present
MemberEnterprise PET/MRI Operations Committee, Department of Radiology
- 2023 - present
MemberEnterprise Breast Imaging Operations Committee, Department of Radiology
- 2023 - present
MemberEnterprise Nuclear Medicine Operations Committee, Department of Radiology
- 2021 - 2022
MemberCommission on Medical Physics, American College of Radiology
- 2021 - present
MemberAmerican College of Radiology
- 2017 - present
MemberAmerican Brachytherapy Society
- 2016 - present
MemberInternational Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- 2016 - present
MemberAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine
- 2016 - present
MemberRadiological Society of North America
Publications