Our Team

Dr. Ahmad Sakaamini is an Assistant Professor In Residence in the Department of Radiation Oncology at UCSF. He is passionate about identifying real clinical challenges and building solutions through hardware/firmware/software development, robotics, and AI. His work spans robotic surface‑guided positioning for brain SRS, automated proton FLASH delivery on the SARRP, and AI‑assisted universal phantom analysis for QA, and he is particularly interested in advancing motion compensation/management in radiation therapy. He also seeks to push boundaries by collaborating within and beyond radiation oncology to translate engineering approaches across medicine.

Born and raised in Southern California, Dr. Sakaamini earned his BS and MS in Physics at California State University, Fullerton, and completed a PhD in Physics at the University of Manchester (UK), where he performed precision (e,2e) electron‑impact ionization experiments to test quantum mechanical models. He subsequently held two postdoctoral fellowships: one at CSU Fullerton on benchmark electron‑scattering experiments, and another at the University of Pennsylvania developing robotic and dosimetric innovations. He then completed a therapeutic medical physics residency at the University of Pennsylvania before joining UCSF.

Outside of work, he enjoys time with family and friends, black‑and‑white photography, music, and traveling to discover new places and cultures.

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