Dustin Jacqmin
PhD
Associate Professor (CHS) | Director of Quality Assurance and Patient Safety
Biography
Dustin Jacqmin, PhD, DABR, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Medicine and the Department of Medical Physics. He earned his BS in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, MS and PhD in Medical Physics from UW–Madison, and completed a radiation oncology physics residency and fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is certified in therapeutic medical physics by the American Board of Radiology.
Dr. Jacqmin serves as Director of Quality and Safety for the Department of Radiation Medicine, where he oversees the department’s incident learning program, co-chairs the Quality Assurance Committee, and leads quality improvement initiatives across clinical operations. His clinical work spans the TrueBeam radiotherapy platform, surface-guided radiotherapy, radiosurgery, and the development of new treatment programs including simulation-free palliative radiotherapy and cardiac SBRT for ventricular tachycardia. His research focuses on patient safety in radiation oncology and applications of surface-guided radiotherapy, including shoulder positioning reproducibility in head and neck patients.
Dr. Jacqmin teaches graduate-level treatment planning and mentors medical physics residents with an emphasis on connecting fundamental physics to clinical practice. He is active in the AAPM and ASTRO, where he has chaired the AAPM Workgroup on Treatment Planning, serves on multiple ASTRO quality and safety committees, and co-chairs the upcoming AAPM Physics Plan Review Toolkit Specialty Meeting. He also contributes to international education through the Rayos Contra Cancer initiative and volunteers his expertise to support the VA Radiation Oncology Quality Surveillance Program.
Research interests
- Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Radiation Oncology: Using incident learning data and process improvement methods to study and strengthen the safety of radiation therapy operations.
- Treatment Plan Quality and Physics Plan Review: Developing standards, tools, and training to improve how medical physicists evaluate and ensure the quality of radiation treatment plans.
- Surface-Guided Radiotherapy: Investigating clinical applications of optical surface imaging for patient positioning, motion management, and treatment margin reduction.
- Radiotherapy Process Innovation: Designing and implementing new clinical workflows, including simulation-free palliative radiotherapy and novel treatment programs such as cardiac SBRT.
Education
- Fellowship, Medical University of South Carolina, Radiation Oncology Physics
- Resident, Medical University of South Carolina, Radiation Oncology Physics
- PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Medical Physics
- MS, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Medical Physics
- BS, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Selected Honors and Awards
- Patient Safety Leadership Award, UWHealth (2024)
- Peter R. Almond Award of Excellence for Outstanding Radiation Measurements Article (2023)
- Clinical Physics Educator of the Year, Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2021-2022)
- 2nd Place – Young Investigator Symposium at AAPM Spring Clinical Meeting (2014)