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Ranald Mackay
Academic title, degree: Ph.D.
Fields of science: Medical Physics
Research interest: Proton therapy
Institution: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Position: Director, Medical Physics & Engineering
Country: United Kingdom
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About Contestant
Dr. Mackay is Director of Christie Medical Physics & Engineering - a regional physics service supporting The Christie in Manchester, its two satellite sites at Oldham and Salford, and beyond. He is a medical physicist with a total of 23 years specialist clinical and research experience. He completed his Ph.D. in 1993, joining the Christie in 1994, and was appointed the Director of Medical Physics in 2009.
Dr. Mackay's background is radiotherapy physics and he is the Technical Lead for proton therapy at The Christie. As well as leading the Technical Group of the Proton Therapy Program in Manchester he is closely involved with the proton therapy research program and secured the charitable funding to allow the dedicated research space to be constructed at the Manchester proton therapy center. He has been involved in a number of technical advances in radiotherapy and is looking forward to realizing the challenges of delivering proton therapy as part of the national proton therapy service.
Achievements 2018
Dr. Ranald Mackay has undertaken the work to bring proton beam therapy to the NHS. He has led the introduction of this state-of-the-art technology in Manchester enabling cancer patients to receive high-energy proton beam therapy on the NHS. As Director of Medical Physics at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust and Co-Chair of Workstream 4 of CTRad (New Technologies), Dr. Macay has been instrumental in changing the perception of funding bodies to radiotherapy and in gaining the funding to bring MR-Linac technology, that was implemented in the Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
Over the last century, The Christie radiotherapy department has pioneered many advances in radiotherapy. It already leads in advanced radiotherapy, delivering more complex treatments than any other centre in England. The introduction of proton beam therapy will allow it to continue to make advances in this area and improve patient treatment and care.