Dr. Andre, Ph.D. is currently Chief of the Physics and Engineering Division, University of

California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine; Chief Physicist, San Diego Veterans Affairs

Healthcare System Radiology Service; Radiology Professor, UCSD; and a member of the

Moores UCSD Cancer Center. He completed his B.A. in physics at Central University of Iowa,

and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Medical Physics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a

member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the Acoustical Society of

America, the American College of Radiology, and a senior member of the American Institute of

Ultrasound in Medicine.

Dr. Andre’s research activities focus on novel imaging techniques for breast cancer detection

and diagnosis, including digital mammography, ultrasound diffraction tomography, ultrasound

characterization of tissue (particularly breast tissue), blood and bone, computer aided detection

and classification of breast masses. He has served on the editorial boards of Acoustical

Imaging, Academic Radiology, and Medical Principles and Practice as well been an invited

speaker to numerous scientific symposium. Dr. Andre is extensively published with over 145

published articles in professional journals and texts.