Martin Bues

Dr. Martin Bues is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in the field of proton beam therapy, with emphasis on pencil beam scanning proton beam therapy. He transitioned into the field of Medical Physics after working in Mathematical Physics, the field in which he received his PhD. He has strong knowledge of several branches of physics and mathematics. He is fluent in the computer languages C and Java. He first gained experience in proton beam therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital. At MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas he led the development effort for Proton Pencil Beam Scanning. These efforts led to the first clinical implementation of Proton Pencil Beam Scanning in the United States.