Andres Portocarrero Bonifaz, PhD, MS
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL, United States
Andres Portocarrero Bonifaz, PhD, MS is a board-certified medical physicist and Assistant Professor at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, where he serves as Physics Disease Site Lead for Gynecologic Radiation Oncology. His clinical practice focuses on advancing the GYN radiation therapy program, including HDR brachytherapy, plan quality assurance, and the development of proton and carbon ion external beam radiotherapy workflows. He completed his doctoral studies in physics in Peru, earned his master’s degree through the Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland State University Joint Medical Physics Program, and completed his clinical medical physics residency at the University of Louisville. Prior to joining Mayo Clinic, he served as Brachytherapy Co-Lead at CARTI Cancer Center. His research focuses on HDR brachytherapy for women’s cancers, with emphasis on dosimetric evaluation, quality and safety, machine learning models for predicting treatment related toxicities, and quantitative methods for evaluating plan robustness. His broader interests include medical physics innovation, 3D printed HDR applicators, radiobiology, global health, and medical physics education.
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