John Cameron
John Cameron
american-celebrity behind curtain display hidden room work
I don't display my plaques and honors. They are hidden behind a black curtain in my work room at home.
anyone ideas sharing
The sharing of ideas has probably benefited me more than anyone else. I'm the one who has the different education.
asking gone help raise strike voice
The strike is on day 99, and we think it's gone on too long. We're asking Mr. Peters to raise his voice and help find a solution.
american-celebrity found hospitals laboratory medicine nuclear trained
I started the nuclear medicine laboratory at UW Hospitals in 1959 and trained radiology residents in the field. It was 1965 before they found a trained MD (doctor) to take over my role.
money simple
We have to make money. It's as simple as that.
american-celebrity particular suited
I would not encourage everyone to take up this profession. Not everyone is suited for any particular field.
american-celebrity cancer desired dose given medical normal physicists physics radiation sure work
Most medical physicists work in the physics of radiation oncology making sure that the desired dose is given to the cancer and the dose to normal tissues are minimized.
bone close living prepared
Living close to the bone has enabled me to do this. That prepared me to be a woodworker.
american-celebrity anybody congenial doctors educating found physicists solve
I found collaborating with congenial doctors about problems that physicists could help solve was very satisfying. I also like educating anybody who would listen!
american-celebrity medical society sure useful
I am sure that I have been much more useful to society as a medical physicist.
american-celebrity department medical school
I was the Chair of the first department of medical physics in a medical school in the U.S.
american-celebrity developing devoted helping medical physics time
I have devoted much time and energy to helping medical physics in developing countries.
american-celebrity basic explain good mechanism mysteries nobel prizes understand
Many Nobel Prizes are awaiting good research to understand and explain the many mysteries of our bodies, such as the basic mechanism of memory or imagination.
american-celebrity area medical
Medical physics is an applied area of physics.