Biographical summary
Samuel John Fahrenholtz, Ph.D., is an ABR board certified Diagnostic Medical Physicist with responsibilities in musculoskeletal radiology and ultrasound. Dr. Fahrenholtz' undergraduate training was at Kansas State University. He then completed a PhD and Fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center / UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. His interests reside in:
- Musculoskeletal MRI
- Bone density via dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and opportunistic CT
- Body composition via DXA
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2019
Fellow - Imaging PhysicsUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- 2015
PhD - Medical PhysicsUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and University of Texas UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- 2009
BSc - PhysicsKansas State University
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2021
Diagnostic Medical PhysicsAmerican Board of Radiology
Awards and honors
- 2022
Science Council Session: Advancing Science to Expand Access to State-of-the-Art Applications in Medical Physics64th AAPM Annual Meeting, American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- 2021
Reviewer of DistinctionSkeletal Radiology
- 2021
Journal Reviewer with Distinction AwardRadioGraphics
- 2020
Editor's Award for Best Paper by a Junior Investigator in Physics and Engineering in 2019International Journal of Hyperthermia
- 2012
John R. Cameron Young Investigator Competition Third PlaceAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine
Professional memberships
- 2022 - present
ReviewerRadioGraphics Physics Panel, Annual Meeting, Radiological Society of North America
- 2021 - present
Voting MemberTask Group No. 367: Quality Control of Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) Systems (TG367), American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- 2020 - present
Full MemberInternational Society for Clinical Densitometry
- 2020 - present
Full MemberInternational Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- 2020 - present
Full MemberSociety for Thermal Medicine
- 2019 - present
Full MemberAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine
- 2019 - present
Full MemberAmerican College of Radiology
Publications