Jonathan B. Farr

Innovating advanced particle therapy systems and their application to patient care are the definitive aspects of Dr. Farr’s work. Coming from a background in physics and fast-neutron therapy, he transitioned into proton therapy at Indiana University where he led the clinical team in establishing continuous uniform proton beam scanning treatments that are widely used in the field today. He gained international experience as the chief medical physicist at the Westdeutsches Protonentherapiezentrum in Essen, Germany, where the developments included modulated beam scanning and integrating multi-modality imaging into particle therapy such as PET, CT, and MR, with the goal of improving therapy through a better understanding of dynamic patient and treatment processes. Dr. Farr joined St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 2012 as the Chief of Radiation Physics, with focus on preparing the institution for the inception of pediatric proton therapy prospective trials in their new proton therapy center. Dr. Farr is currently Director of Medical Physics at Advanced Oncotherapy Plc.