Ara Alexandrian, PhD

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Residency
University of Washington, 2018-2020

Ph.D., Medical Physics
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, 2015-2018

Masters
Oregon State University, 2013-2015

CERTIFICATIONS

Diplomat of the American Board of Radiology (DABR), 2021
Therapeutic Medical Physics

EMPLOYMENT

Adjunct Faculty, 2024-Present
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University

Academic Medical Physicist, 2024-Present
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Assistant Professor, 2020-2024
University of Birmingham at Alabama

PUBLICATIONS


Mujahid, A., Alotaibi, B., DeMellier, C., Gallegos, C., Sherwani, M., Alexandrian, A., Sorace, A., Brady, A., George, R. “Characterization of Cutaneous Radiation Syndrome in a Mouse Model Using [18F]F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography.” Health Physics. 129(3):204-213, September 2025.

Stanley, D., Covington, E., Liu, H., Alexandrian, A., Cardan, R., Bridges, D., Thomas, E., Fiveash, J., Popple, R. “Accuracy of Dose-Volume Metric Calculation for Small-Volume Radiosurgery Targets.” Medical Physics. 2021 (published online November 2020, print April 2021).

Alexandrian, A., Mavroidis, P., Narayanasamy, G., McConnell, K.A., Kabat, C., George, R., Defoor, D., Kirby, N., Papanikolaou, N., Stathakis, S. “Incorporating Biological Modeling Into Patient-Specific Plan Verification.” Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2020.

Licon, A., Alexandrian, A., Saenz, D., Myers, P., Rasmussen, K., Stathakis, S., Papanikolaou, N., Kirby, N. “An Open-Source Tool to Visualize Potential Cone Collisions While Planning SRS cases.” Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2020.

Meyer, J., Smith, W., Geneser, S., Koger, B., Kalet, A., Young, L., Cao, N., Price, R., Norris, C., Horton, T., Womeldorf, J., Alexandrian, A., Wootton, L. “Characterizing a Deformable Registration Algorithm for Surface-Guided Breast Radiotherapy.” Medical Physics. 2020 (published online November 2019, print February 2020).

McConnell, K.A., Alexandrian, A., Papanikolaou, N., Stathakis, S. “Comparative Performance Evaluation of a New a-Si EPID That Exceeds Quad High-Definition Resolution.” Journal of B.U.ON.: Official Journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology. 2018.