John Cameron Quotes
- I am now almost certain that we need more radiation for better health.
- I found collaborating with congenial doctors about problems that physicists could help solve was very satisfying. I also like educating anybody who would listen!
- I am not unhappy that my contribution was not recognized. I am sure it helped my career.
- I have the satisfaction of knowing I did something useful for society.
- I was the Chair of the first department of medical physics in a medical school in the U.S.
- My main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists.
- It is likely that we need more radiation to improve our longevity.
- In some cases radiation reduces the incidence of cancer.
- Too many radiologists still believe there is a risk from a chest x-ray. Few radiologists can explain radiation to the patient in words the patient…
- I have devoted much time and energy to helping medical physics in developing countries.
- There are now over 5,000 medical physicists in the U.S more than 50 times the number in 1958.
- The growth of technology is such that it is not possible today for a nuclear physicist to switch into medical physics without training. The field…
- I would not encourage everyone to take up this profession. Not everyone is suited for any particular field.
- If someone is interested in medicine and also in physics and they like working with people and communicate well with others, I would strongly encourage…
- Many Nobel Prizes are awaiting good research to understand and explain the many mysteries of our bodies, such as the basic mechanism of memory or…
- Medical physics is an applied area of physics.
- Most medical physicists work in the physics of radiation oncology making sure that the desired dose is given to the cancer and the dose to…
- Medical physicists work in cooperation with doctors. A few medical physicists devote their time to research and teaching. A few get involved with administrative duties.
- Nuclear physics is interesting but it is unlikely to help society.
- I am sure that I have been much more useful to society as a medical physicist.