Mosa Alhamami, Ph.D., MCCPM is a board-certified Medical Physicist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology at UMass Chan-Lahey. Prior to his current position, he practised as a clinical medical physicist in Hartford, CT, and Honolulu, HI, and was previously a resident in diagnostic imaging physics at the Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences, Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine. He earned his Ph.D. in Imaging Biophysics & Biomedical Engineering from the University of Toronto, where he held a prestigious Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship. He also holds an M.Sc. in Biomedical Physics and B.Sc. (With Distinction) in Medical Physics, both from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University).
Dr. Alhamami has a strong interest in clinical medical physics as well as research and education. Clinically, Dr. Alhamami provides diagnostic medical physics support in MRI, CT, mammography (2D & 3D), stereotactic breast biopsy, ultrasound, radiography and fluoroscopy. He is also involved with some nuclear medicine/PET quality assurance work.
As a researcher, Dr. Alhamami's expertise is in contrast-enhanced MRI techniques for cellular imaging of cancer and quantitative MRI measurements for tissue characterization. Specifically, he is very interested in the investigation of novel contrast media for cancer imaging, molecular and cellular MRI, and multifunctional drug delivery nano-systems for cancer imaging and therapy. The findings of his doctoral work at the University of Toronto have provided a novel gadolinium-free approach to sensitively detect multiple clinical subtypes of breast cancer cells, thereby enabling early detection and characterization of breast cancers. Previously, Dr. Alhamami was involved in the development of ultrasonic and photoacoustic methods that enabled the detection of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) thermal treatments in biologic tissues, where he studied bio-heat transfer and acoustic wave propagation in tissues and conducted an in-depth study of light photon-tissue interactions, performing novel optical spectroscopy measurements on the induced thermal lesions in biologic tissues. Discovering state-of-the-art imaging methods that enable the detection of HIFU treatments noninvasively is a strong area of his research interest.
In addition to his clinical and scholarly activities, Dr. Alhamami has a strong commitment to excellence in teaching, training, and learning. He has previously held appointments as an Instructor and Teaching Assistant in 11 undergraduate courses at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University, where he also mentored and supervised research assistants and undergraduate students in research laboratories. As an educator, he trained students from various backgrounds, including biomedical engineering, mechanical / industrial engineering, pharmacy, and physics. Recently, he was involved in designing and delivering medical imaging physics lectures to diagnostic and interventional radiology resident physicians at IU School of Medicine.
Mosa.Alhamami@umassmed.edu