Joann Isabella Prisciandaro, PhD, FAAPM
Program Director
Clinical Physics
Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology
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Joann Isabella Prisciandaro, PhD, FAAPM
Clinical Professor
  • About
  • Qualifications
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
  • 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
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
      Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Radiation Oncology, 2004
    Research Overview

    - Image guided brachytherapy
    - Volume based planning for gynecological brachytherapy
    - Medical physics training and education

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Application of Standardized Tissue Repair Discount Factors to Guide Spinal Cord Dose in Reirradiation
      Nieto JD, Chang DT, Paradis KC, DuRussel E, Matuszak MM, Rosen BS, Prisciandaro JI, Matrosic C, Kashani R, Evans JR, Jackson WC, Lawrence TS, Jolly S, Mierzwa ML, Mayo C. International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics, 2024 Oct; 120 (2): e171 DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.07.385
    • Chapter
      Introduction to Brachytherapy
      Moncion A, Prisciandaro J. 2024 Jun 6; Foundations of Medical Physics,
    • Chapter
      Introduction to Brachytherapy
      Moncion A, Prisciandaro J. 2024 Jun 4; Foundations of Medical Physics,
    • Journal Article
      Combining Novel Direction Modulated Brachytherapy Tandem-and-Ovoids Applicators for Treatment Planning of Multi-Institutional Cervical Cancer Cases: Removing Needles in Intracavitary-Interstitial Techniques
      Alam S, Richeson D, Manandhar B, Gholami S, Gautam S, Scanderbeg DJ, Yashar CM, Prisciandaro JI, Jolly S, Fields EC, Song WY. International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics, 2023 Oct; 117 (2): e545 DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1843
    • Journal Article
      Direction Modulated Brachytherapy Tandem Model Applicators for Treatment Planning of Multi-Institutional Cervical Cancer Cases
      Richeson D, Gholami S, Manandhar B, Alam S, Gautam S, Scanderbeg DJ, Yashar CM, Prisciandaro JI, Jolly S, Fields EC, Song WY. International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics, 2023 Oct; 117 (2): e540 DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1832
    • Journal Article
      Direction Modulated Brachytherapy Tandem Model Applicators for Treatment Planning of Multi-Institutional Cervical Cancer Cases: Removing Needles in Intracavitary-Interstitial Techniques
      Manandhar B, Gholami S, Richeson D, Alam S, Gautam S, Scanderbeg DJ, Yashar CM, Prisciandaro JI, Jolly S, Fields EC, Song WY. International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics, 2023 Oct; 117 (2): e529 - e530. DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1810
    • Journal Article
      GSOR07  Presentation Time: 12:30 PM Combining Novel Direction Modulated Brachytherapy Tandem-and-Ovoids Applicators for Treatment Planning of Multi-Institutional Cervical Cancer Cases: Removing Needles in Intracavitary-Interstitial Techniques
      Alam S, Richeson D, Manandhar B, Gholami S, Gautam S, Scanderbeg D, Yashar CM, Prisciandaro J, Jolly S, Fields E, Song WY. Brachytherapy, 2023 Sep; 22 (5): s62 - s63. DOI:10.1016/j.brachy.2023.06.096
    • Journal Article
      PO19 Direction Modulated Brachytherapy Tandem Model Applicators for Treatment Planning of Multi-Institutional Cervical Cancer Cases
      Richeson D, Gholami S, Manandhar B, Alam S, Gautam S, Scanderbeg D, Yashar C, Prisciandaro J, Jolly S, Fields E, Song WY. Brachytherapy, 2023 Sep; 22 (5): s73 - s74. DOI:10.1016/j.brachy.2023.06.120