Lawrence Rothenberg

Adjunct Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics

Lawrence Rothenberg is an attending physicist emeritus and Director of the Postdoctoral Training Program and the Medical Imaging Physics Residency Program in the Department of Medical Physics at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

He has been very active in teaching various aspects of medical imaging physics to radiology residents, radiation oncology residents, medical physics residents, and graduate students for more than 45 years. He is also the Associate Program Director of the Therapeutic Medical Physics Residency Program. He holds a New York State license as medical physicist in diagnostic radiology. His research interests have been in the areas of dosimetry and image-quality evaluation in radiography/fluoroscopy, mammography, and computed tomography. He is certified in radiological physics by the American Board of Radiology and is a fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), the American College of Medical Physics, the American College of Radiology, and the Health Physics Society. He is a Distinguished Emeritus Member and has served as scientific committee chair and member of the Board of Directors of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. He is a past president of the AAPM, which has honored him with the Edith H. Quimby Lifetime Achievement Award. He received his PhD in nuclear physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Research Interests


  • Diagnostic X-Ray Image Quality Assessments
  • Mammography and CT Dosimetry
  • Radiation Protection

Additional Information


  • Professional Experience

    Clinical Member, MSKCC, 1999-2007

    Associate Professor of Physics, Dept. of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1979-2007

  • Selected Professional Affiliations

    Fellow and past President, AAPM
    Fellow, ACR
    Fellow, ACMP
    Fellow, HPS
    Fellow and past Chairman of the Board of Chancellors, ACMP
    Past Secretary/Treasurer and original Board Member, CAMPEP
    Past President, RAMPS
    Board member, ABMP
    Committee member, ABR
    Distinguished Member Emeritus, NCRP

  • Honors & Awards

    Lifetime Achievement Award from AAPM