Joann Isabella Prisciandaro, PhD, FAAPM
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About
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. She is a member of the department’s Clinical Operations, Senior Leadership, and 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.
Qualifications
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Postdoctoral Research FellowMayo Clinic College of Medicine, Radiation Oncology, Rochester, United States
2002 - 2004
Postdoctoral Research
Research Overview
- Image guided brachytherapy
- Volume based planning for gynecological brachytherapy
- Medical physics training and education
Recent Publications
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Kunz JN, Al-Hallaq H, Baghwala A, Deufel CL, Dieterich S, Libby B, Liao Y, McKee M, Mourtada F, Prisciandaro JI, Scanderbeg D, Simiele SJ, Tien C, Zoberi JE, Huang YJ. Brachytherapy, 2026 May 14;Journal ArticleAmerican Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for medical physics residency training endorsed by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Part I: High-dose-rate remote afterloader brachytherapy.
DOI:10.1016/j.brachy.2026.04.004 PMID: 42135118 -
Richeson D, Gholami S, Manandhar B, Alam S, Gautam S, Sohn JJ, Scanderbeg D, Yashar C, Prisciandaro J, Jolly S, Fields E, Beriwal S, Song WY. Academia Oncology, 2025 Oct 31; 2 (3):Journal ArticleMulti-institutional evaluation of direction-modulated brachytherapy tandems for cervical cancer
DOI:10.20935/acadonco7919 -
Zhang C, Mayo C, Irrer J, Yao J, Matrosic C, Matuszak M, Prisciandaro J, Rosen B, Paradis K. 2025 Jul 27;Proceeding / Abstract / PosterIntroducing an Equieffective 3D Dose Visualization Tool for Reirradiation Special Medical Physics Consults
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Zhang C, Su S, Lee C, Jaworski E, Jolly S, Evans J, Prisciandaro J. Brachytherapy, 2025 Jun 18; 24 (4): s9 - s10.Proceeding / Abstract / PosterStructure and Template Assisted Multi-Dose-Level Inverse Planning (STAMP) for Interstitial Gyn Brachytherapy
DOI:10.1016/j.brachy.2025.06.014 -
Tien CJ, Simiele SJ, Prisciandaro JI, Zoberi JE, Huang YJ, Hinchcliffe WA, Al-Hallaq HA. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 2025 Apr 1; 26 (4):Journal ArticleThe implications of the American Board of Radiology's decision to relinquish its specialty board designation on prospective authorized medical physicists (AMPs) and radiation safety officers (RSOs)
DOI:10.1002/acm2.70001 PMID: 39989241 -
Paradis K, Mayo C, Matrosic C, Prisciandaro J, Rosen B, Allen S, Bryant A, Choi E, Cuneo K, Dess R, Dragovic A, Evans J, Hayman J, Hearn J, Jaworski E, Jolly S, Kim M, Lawrence T, Miller S, Sun G, Wahl D, Matuszak M, Chang D. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 2025 Mar 5;Journal ArticleReirradiation Special Medical Physics Consultations: Lessons Learned from Nearly 3000 Courses of Treatment
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Nieto J, Chang D, Paradis K, DuRussel E, Matuszak M, Rosen B, Prisciandaro J, Matrosic C, Kashani R, Evans J, Jackson W, Lawrence T, Jolly S, Mierzwa M, Mayo C. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 2024 Sep 29; 120 (2): E171 - E171.Proceeding / Abstract / PosterApplication of Standardized Tissue Repair Discount Factors to Guide Spinal Cord Dose in Reirradiation
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Moncion A, Prisciandaro J. 2024 Feb 29; Foundations of Medical Physics,ChapterIntroduction to Brachytherapy
