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About

Ramesh Boggula

Professional Summary

Dr. Ramesh Boggula is an Assistant Professor (Clinical) in the Department of Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and a Senior Medical Physicist at Karmanos Cancer Center.

He brings experience from clinical, academic, and industry roles across Germany, New Zealand, and the United States.

His work spans adaptive radiotherapy, radiopharmaceutical therapy, AI applications in radiation oncology, and medical physics education.

Education & Credentials

Ph.D. in Medical Physics
University of Heidelberg

M.S. in Medical Physics
University of Heidelberg

Board Certified — Therapeutic Medical Physics (ABR)

Authorized Medical Physicist — NRC Licensed

International Credentials — Previously certified in Germany (Medical Physics Expert) and New Zealand (Licensed Medical Physicist)

Professional Memberships

Research

Adaptive Radiotherapy

Techniques for daily treatment adaptation, optimal PTV margins, and workload reduction in adaptive radiation therapy.

Radiopharmaceutical Therapy

Lu-177 therapies, Compton camera imaging, and comprehensive dashboard systems for RPT management.

AI in Radiation Oncology

Automated treatment verification, GPT-based education tools, and AI-assisted clinical workflows.

Quality Assurance

Patient-specific QA in beam-matched linear accelerator fleets and treatment delivery validation.

Radiobiological Modeling

Dose distribution modeling for tumor control and normal tissue response in spatially fractionated (GRID) therapy.

Medical Physics Education

Curriculum development, clinical internship program direction, and innovative teaching methods.

Funded Research

Principal Investigator

Performance Evaluation of Compton Camera

M3D (Corporate) · 06/2025–12/2025

Co-Investigator

Innovative Therapeutics Targeting Mutant p53 Aggregates in Cancer Treatment

NIH/NCI R21 · 02/2025–01/2027

Publications

  1. Ghafouri M, Boggula R, Nagle C, Joiner MC, Miller SR. Radiotherapy for Orbital Myeloid Sarcoma. Cureus. 2025;17(6):e86350.
  2. Syed R, Vaishampayan N, Boggula R, Joiner M, Shi D, Miller SR. When Should We Treat the Seminal Vesicles in Prostate Cancer? Cureus. 2025;17(10):e95670.
  3. Bedi M, Bedi D, Whatts P, Jenkins P, Vaishampayan N, Boggula R, et al. Early Discontinuation of Lu-177 Vipivotide Treatment. Cureus. 2025;17(9):e91847.
  4. Syed R, Boggula R, Jaenisch HS, Joiner MC, Miller SR. Inoperable Endometrial Carcinoma Treated With External Beam Radiation and SBRT Boost. Cureus. 2025;17(3):e81363.
  5. Markey GE, Boggula R, Hammoud A, Miller SR. Spinal Metastases in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. Cureus. 2025;17(3):e81289.
  6. Kaila R, Miller S, Hammoud A, Boggula R, Vaishampayan N. Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of a Bleeding Pseudotumor. J Clin Stud Med Imag. 2025;1:1036.
  7. Ghafouri M, Miller S, Burmeister J, Boggula R. Adaptive Approach to Treating Cervical Cancer. Cureus. 2024;16(11):e72938.
  8. Bedi M, Miller S, Burmeister J, Mogili N, Boggula R. Adaptive Salvage Radiation Therapy for Stage IIIB Prostate Adenocarcinoma. Cureus. 2024;16(9):e70280.

Showing publications from 2024–2025.

  1. Somnay Y, Zhang H, Hyde C, Boggula R. Radiobiological Modeling of Dose Distributions in GRID Therapy. AAPM 2025.
  2. Somnay Y, Zhang H, Boggula R. Radiobiological Modeling of Tumor Control Following MLC-Based SFRT. AAPM 2025.
  3. Houghton L, Boggula R. A Method to Reduce Workload in Adaptive Radiotherapy. AAPM 2025.
  4. Boggula R, Burmeister J. First-Time Live Imaging of Radiopharmaceutical Administration with a Hybrid Compton Camera. AAPM 2025.
  5. Shad N, Boggula R. Automated Review of Radiation Treatment Delivery Reports Using OpenAI. AAPM 2025.
  6. Boggula R, Joiner M, Burmeister J. Preliminary Evaluation of a GPT-Based Medical Physics Education Tool. AAPM 2025.
  7. Piet J, Boggula R. Tracking Bladder and Rectum Volume Changes in Prostate Cancer Adaptive Radiotherapy. AAPM 2025.
  8. Boggula R. Analysis of NRC Reported Events Involving Lu-177 Therapies. Spring Clinical 2025.
  9. Houghton L et al., Boggula R. Do We Really Need Adaptive Radiotherapy Every Day? Spring Clinical 2025.
  10. Jeberaeel J, Kieft AL, Boggula R, Miller SR. Assessment of OpenAI-Based Chatbot's Performance. ASTRO 2024.
  11. Jenkins PM, Miller SR, Boggula R. Enhancing Adaptive Radiotherapy with Dynamic Prescription Modifications. ASTRO 2024.

Teaching

Graduate Courses

  • ROC 7020 — Physics of Radiation Therapy
  • ROC 7080 — Radiotherapy Physics Lab
  • ROC 7140 — Clinical Internship

Undergraduate Courses

  • RTT 3020 — Clinical Radiation Physics
  • ROC 6710 — Physics in Medicine
  • RTT 4150 — Radiobiology of Radiation Oncology
  • RTT 4220 — Radionuclide Physics

Mentored Students & Trainees

Kedree Proffitt

M.S.

Dashboard System for Radiopharmaceutical Therapy

Allison Barton

M.S.

Machine Independent Patient Specific QA

Joseph Piet

M.S.

Optimal PTV Margins in Adaptive Radiotherapy

Lucas Hass

M.S.

Quantum Computing for Optimized Dose Delivery in VMAT

Nikhil Shad

M.S.

AI for Radiotherapy Record Verification

Lincoln Houghton

M.S.

Adaptive Radiotherapy for Every Fraction?

Yash Somnay

Resident

Radiobiological Models in GRID Therapy

Phillip Jenkins

Resident

Dynamic Prescription Modifications in Adaptive RT

Honors & Awards

2025

Best Poster Award

Spring Clinical Meeting 2025 (Senior Author)

2025

Selected for Best Poster Competition

Spring Clinical Meeting 2025

2025

Selected for High Impact Symposium

Spring Clinical Meeting 2025 (Senior Author)

2024

Graduate Research Award

Wayne State University

2024–25

College Teaching Award

Wayne State University School of Medicine

2012

Featured Article

Physics in Medicine and Biology

2008

Ph.D. Scholarship

Mannheim Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg

Contact

Email

rboggula@wayne.edu

Office

Gershenson Radiation Oncology Center
3804 Brush St
Detroit, MI 48201

Phone

313-576-9610