Andrew Godley

Andrew Godley, Ph.D., is the Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Physics Operations and Quality and an Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is part of the Department of Radiation Oncology’s Division of Medical Physics and Engineering. Dr. Godley holds a Texas Medical Physics License and is board-certified in therapeutic radiologic physics by the American Board of Radiology.

Education: Received his Ph.D. in high-energy physics from the University of Sydney as part of the NOMAD experiment at CERN. Completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of South Carolina with the MINOS experiment at FermiLab. Transitioned to medical physics at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Research Interests: Focus on advanced radiation therapy techniques including brachytherapy, SBRT, Gamma Knife, MR-linac integration, and adaptive radiotherapy. His work emphasizes improving treatment accuracy, patient-specific quality assurance, and innovative approaches to personalized oncology care.

Publications: Over 118 peer-reviewed articles, with recent work emphasizing adaptive radiotherapy strategies, MR-guided therapies, and computational tools for dose verification.

Professional Contributions: Active in developing clinical protocols for radiation physics operations, including machine QA/commissioning and program development for new technologies like MR-linac systems.