Our Team

Emily Hirata, PhD, is the Chief of Clinical Physics at the UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Hirata is a board-certified medical physicist with research interests in data-centric quality improvement, workflow and process optimization, and standardization of clinical physics operations. She obtained her BS in Physics from Purdue University followed by her MS in Medical Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to UCSF, she was the Chief Physicist at the Queen’s Medical Center for 10 years, during which she received her PhD in Biomedical Science from the University of Hawaii. Dr. Hirata is also a Physicist surveyor for the American College of Radiology, and serves on several committees with the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the American Board of Radiology. Dr. Hirata is passionate about education and mentoring, is active in leadership development, and engaged in promoting science and math education with middle-school students.