Srijit Kamath
About Srijit Kamath
Srijit Kamath is an Assistant Professor at Yale University and a Medical Physicist at Yale New Haven Hospital. He has extensive experience in medical physics, including training residents and establishing operations at a major oncology site.
Current Position at Yale University
Srijit Kamath has served as an Assistant Professor at Yale University since 2011. In this role, he is involved in the education and training of students in the field of medical physics. His responsibilities include overseeing the academic progress of medical physics residents and contributing to the development of the curriculum.
Professional Experience in Medical Physics
Kamath has extensive experience in medical physics, having worked at Yale New Haven Hospital as a Medical Physicist since 2010. He trains medical physics residents on rotation at the Trumbull site, which is the largest Radiation Oncology site outside of the main site in New Haven. He played a key role in establishing physics operations at this newly constructed facility.
Educational Background and Qualifications
Kamath earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Florida, where he studied from 2000 to 2005. He also holds a B. Tech. in Computer Science from the University of Madras, completed from 1996 to 2000. His academic background provides a strong foundation for his research and professional work in medical physics.
Research Contributions and Patents
Kamath has a background in developing optimization algorithms, which has led to a series of publications and three awarded US patents as the first author. His research work has been licensed to Philips Healthcare, demonstrating the practical application of his contributions to the field.
Previous Roles in Academia and Industry
Before his current role at Yale University, Kamath held several positions in academia and industry. He was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University from 2005 to 2006 and a Medical Physics Resident at the University of Florida from 2008 to 2010. He also served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Florida from 2006 to 2008.