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Marvin C. Ziskin, MD

Director, Center for Biomedical Physics

Professor, Radiology and Medical Physics

Telephone:  215-707-4259

FAX: 215-707-4324

Email: ziskin@temple.edu

Department of Radiology

BA, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1958

 

MD, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1962

 

Internship, West Jersey Hospital, Camden, NJ, 1962-1963

 

MSBmE, Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University of Technology, Philadelphia, PA, 1965

 

Theoretical Biophysics, Colorado State University, 1965

 

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• Biomedical physics
• Safety of non-ionizing radiation

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NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biomedical Engineering, 1963-1965

National Science Foundation Fellowship to attend course in Digital and Analog Electronics, 1972

Sherman Mills Fairchild Award, Society of Photo-Optical Instrument Engineers, 1972

President of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine,  1982-1984

American College of Radiology Committee on Research and Technology, 1992-1998

Member of the National Council of Radiation Protection and Measurements, 1987-Present

United States Representative to the International Electrotechnical Commission, 1988-present

Recipient of the AIUM William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award, 1993

Member of the NIH NHLBI Study Section for Atherosclerosis Specialized Centers of Research, 1974-1981

Member of the Special Data Review Panel for the NIH NHLBI B-Scan Assessment of Carotid and Femoral Atherosclerosis Study, 1976-1983

Member of the Policy Board for the NIH NHLBI Artheriosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, 1986-2006

Current member of the Monitoring Board of the NIH NHLBI Cardiovascular Health (CHS) Study, 1991-present

Current member of the FDA Panel on Radiological Devices, 1998-present

National Council of Radiation Protection and Measurement, Board of Directors, 1997-2005

Chairman, Temple University Medical Radiation Safety

Committee, 1998-present

Chairman, IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR), 2002-2004

Chairman, WFUMB Committee on Safety, 1986-2003

AIUM Joseph Holmes Basic Science Award, 2003

Member, IEEE International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES), 1994-present

Member, USAF Panel on Non-Lethal Effects of Millimeter Waves, 2001-2007

 

World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB), President 2003-2006

 

Co-Chairman ICES Committee on Safety of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation, 2006-present

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Ziskin MC:  Intrauterine Effects of Ultrasound: Human Epidemiology. Teratology 59:252-260, 1999. 

Ziskin MC:  Specification of Acoustic Output Level and Measurement Uncertainty in Ultrasonic Exposimetry.  IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. 50:1023-1034, 2003.
 
Ziskin, MC:  Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Millimeter Wave Therapy.  In Current Concepts in Bioelectromagnetics.  Edited by S. Ayrapetyan and M. Markov.  Springer Pub.  Pp 241-251, 2005.
   
Abramowicz JS, Barnett SB, Duck FA, Edmonds PD, Hynynen KH, and Ziskin MC:  Fetal Thermal Effects of Diagnostic Ultrasound.  J. Ultrasound Med, 27:541-559, 2008.
   
Alexeev SI, Szabo I, and Ziskin MC:  Millimeter wave reflectivity used for measurement of skin hydration with different moisturizers.  Skin Research and Technology 14:390-396, 2008.

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Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

19771548. Alekseev SI, Gordiienko OV, Radzievsky AA, Ziskin MC, Millimeter wave effects on electrical responses of the sural nerve in vivo. Bioelectromagnetics :()2009 Sep 21

19527954. Alekseev SI, Ziskin MC, Millimeter-wave absorption by cutaneous blood vessels: a computational study. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 56:10(2380-8)2009 Oct

18937772. Alekseev SI, Szabo I, Ziskin MC, Millimeter wave reflectivity used for measurement of skin hydration with different moisturizers. Skin Res Technol 14:4(390-6)2008 Nov

18780297. Alekseev SI, Ziskin MC, Influence of blood flow and millimeter wave exposure on skin temperature in different thermal models. Bioelectromagnetics 30:1(52-8)2009 Jan

18220297. Alekseev SI, Gordiienko OV, Ziskin MC, Reflection and penetration depth of millimeter waves in murine skin. Bioelectromagnetics 29:5(340-4)2008 Jul

18064600. Radzievsky AA, Gordiienko OV, Alekseev S, Szabo I, Cowan A, Ziskin MC, Electromagnetic millimeter wave induced hypoalgesia: frequency dependence and involvement of endogenous opioids. Bioelectromagnetics 29:4(284-95)2008 May

17929264. Alekseev SI, Radzievsky AA, Logani MK, Ziskin MC, Millimeter wave dosimetry of human skin. Bioelectromagnetics 29:1(65-70)2008 Jan

17429851. Alekseev SI, Ziskin MC, Human skin permittivity determined by millimeter wave reflection measurements. Bioelectromagnetics 28:5(331-9)2007 Jul

16622862. Makar VR, Logani MK, Bhanushali A, Alekseev SI, Ziskin MC, Effect of cyclophosphamide and 61.22 GHz millimeter waves on T-cell, B-cell, and macrophage functions. Bioelectromagnetics 27:6(458-66)2006 Sep

16595331. Logani MK, Natarajan M, Makar VR, Bhanushali A, Ziskin MC, Effect of millimeter waves on cyclophosphamide induced NF-kappaB. Electromagn Biol Med 25:1(23-7)2006

16437546. Szabo I, Kappelmayer J, Alekseev SI, Ziskin MC, Millimeter wave induced reversible externalization of phosphatidylserine molecules in cells exposed in vitro. Bioelectromagnetics 27:3(233-44)2006 Apr

16437545. Logani MK, Szabo I, Makar V, Bhanushali A, Alekseev S, Ziskin MC, Effect of millimeter wave irradiation on tumor metastasis. Bioelectromagnetics 27:4(258-64)2006 May

15931684. Alekseev SI, Radzievsky AA, Szabo I, Ziskin MC, Local heating of human skin by millimeter waves: effect of blood flow. Bioelectromagnetics 26:6(489-501)2005 Sep

15605409. Makar VR, Logani MK, Bhanushali A, Kataoka M, Ziskin MC, Effect of millimeter waves on natural killer cell activation. Bioelectromagnetics 26:1(10-9)2005 Jan

15376243. Logani MK, Bhanushali A, Anga A, Majmundar A, Szabo I, Ziskin MC, Combined millimeter wave and cyclophosphamide therapy of an experimental murine melanoma. Bioelectromagnetics 25:7(516-23)2004 Oct

15300733. Radzievsky AA, Gordiienko OV, Szabo I, Alekseev SI, Ziskin MC, Millimeter wave-induced suppression of B16 F10 melanoma growth in mice: involvement of endogenous opioids. Bioelectromagnetics 25:6(466-73)2004 Sep

12952093. Ziskin MC, Specification of acoustic output level and measurement uncertainty in ultrasonic exposimetry. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control 50:8(1023-34)2003 Aug

12669299. Szabo I, Manning MR, Radzievsky AA, Wetzel MA, Rogers TJ, Ziskin MC, Low power millimeter wave irradiation exerts no harmful effect on human keratinocytes in vitro. Bioelectromagnetics 24:3(165-73)2003 Apr

12395417. Logani MK, Anga A, Szabo I, Agelan A, Irizarry AR, Ziskin MC, Effect of millimeter waves on cyclophosphamide induced suppression of the immune system. Bioelectromagnetics 23:8(614-21)2002 Dec

12151054. Radzievsky AA, Cowan A, Byrd C, Radzievsky AA, Ziskin MC, Single millimeter wave treatment does not impair gastrointestinal transit in mice. Life Sci 71:15(1763-70)2002 Aug 30

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