Thomas Rockwell Mackie
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Thomas “Rock” Mackie, Ph.D. is a medical physicist
Medical physics
Medical physics is the application of physics to medicine. It generally concerns physics as applied to medical imaging and radiotherapy, although a medical physicist may also work in many other areas of healthcare...

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He grew up in Saskatoon
Saskatoon
Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....

 and received his undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...

 in 1980. He went on to earn his doctorate in Physics at the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
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 in 1984. His expertise is in radiation therapy treatment planning and intensity modulated radiation therapy. He is a primary inventor and algorithm designer of the helical tomotherapy
TomoTherapy
Tomotherapy is a type of radiation therapy in which the radiation is delivered slice-by-slice...

 concept. Dr. Mackie is a professor in the departments of Medical Physics, Human Oncology, Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...

. He has over 150 peer-reviewed publications, over 15 patents, and has been the supervisor for dozens of Ph.D. students. Dr. Mackie is a Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine is a scientific, educational, and professional organization of medical physicists.Its headquarters are located at the American Center for Physics in College Park, Maryland....

 and a member at large of that organization’s Science Council. He is also the Vice-Chair of the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...

 Calibration Laboratory. Dr. Mackie serves as President of the John R. Cameron Medical Physics Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports the UW Medical Physics Department, medical physics in the developing world and high school science scholarships in high schools in the Greater Madison region. Dr. Mackie is a member of the board of the Wisconsin Biomedical and Medical Device Association.

Dr. Mackie was a founder of Geometrics Corporation (now owned by Philips Medical Systems) which developed the Pinnacle treatment planning system which still operates its R&D facility in Madison, WI. He is also a founder and Chairman of the Board of TomoTherapy
TomoTherapy
Tomotherapy is a type of radiation therapy in which the radiation is delivered slice-by-slice...

, Incorporated, an international company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol TOMO, employing over 700 people based out of Madison, WI, USA.

In 2002, Mackie was one of six Wisconsin regional winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards.

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