Overview
Dr. Adam Riegel is the Director of Clinical Medical Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Riegel earned his bachelor’s degree in physics at Vassar College in 2004 and his PhD in medical physics from the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2010.
Dr. Riegel began practicing clinical medical physics at Northwell Health in Lake Success, New York, where he joined the Zucker School of Medicine faculty at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. During his thirteen-year tenure at Northwell and Hofstra, Dr. Riegel served as the Associate Chief of Physics in the Department of Radiation Medicine and the director of the Medical Physics Graduate Program. Dr. Riegel joined the faculty at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University as an Associate Professor in 2023.
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology (Physics) at CUMC
Administrative Titles
- Director of Clinical Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- BA, 2004 Physics, Correlate Sequence in Mathematics, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- PhD, 2010 Medical Physics, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Committees, Societies, Councils
- Member, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
- Vice Chair, AAPM Task Group 36B: Fetal Dose Considerations in Radiation Therapy
- Member, AAPM Task Group 312: Acceptance Testing, Commissioning and Periodic Quality Assurance of Ion Chamber and Diode Detector Arrays
- Member, AAPM Committee: Radiation Dosimetry & Treatment Planning Subcommittee
- Member, AAPM Committee: Management of Medical Physics Programs and Departments
- Member, AAPM Committee: Ethics Case Studies Working Group
- Member, Radiological and Medical Physics Society of New York (RAMPS)
- Associate Member, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
Honors & Awards
- 2021: Winner of “Innovation in Medical Physics Education” competition, AAPM 2021 National Conference, Project: “Cooperative Education in a Medical Physics Masters Graduate Degree Program”
- 2009: University of Texas Health Science Center Presidents’ Research Scholarship
- 2008: Schissler Foundation MD Anderson Fellowship
Research
Research Interests
- Adaptive Radiotherapy
- Cumulative Dosimetry
- Deformable Image Registration (DIR)
- Motion Management
Selected Publications
- Riegel AC, Nosrati J, Sidiqi B, Cooney A, Wuu YR, Lee L, Potters L. Determining Combined Modality Dosimetric Constraints by Integration of IMRT and LDR Prostate Brachytherapy Dosimetry and Correlation with Toxicity. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2023;8(3): 101156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2022.101156
- Riegel AC, Cooney A, To S, Guest D, Lee B, Lim M, Potters L. Integrating external beam and prostate seed implant dosimetry for intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer using biologically effective dose: Impact of image registration technique. Brachytherapy. 2022;Nov-Dec;21(6):853-863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brachy.2022.07.002
- Riegel AC, Chou H, Baker J, et al. Development and Execution of a Pandemic Preparedness Plan: Therapeutic Medical Physics and Radiation Dosimetry During the COVID-19 Crisis. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2020;21(9):259-265. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acm2.12971
- Riegel AC, Vaccarelli M, Cox B, Chou H, Cao Y, Potters L. Impact of Multi-Institutional Prospective Peer Review on Target and Organ-At-Risk Delineation in Radiation Therapy. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2019;9(2):e228-e235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prro.2018.10.016
- Riegel AC, Chen Y, Kapur A, Apicello L, Kuruvilla A, Rea AJ, Jamshidi A, Potters L. In vivo dosimetry with optically-stimulated luminescent dosimeters for conformal and intensity-modulated radiation therapy: A 2 year multi-center cohort study. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2017;7(2):e135-e144. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prro.2016.09.001