Professor Stewart Bushong has been Professor and Section Chief of Radiologic Physics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas since 1976. He has been integral in the professional associations and licensure boards for Medical Physicists in Texas and the USA and holds medical physics license number 0001. He has numerous textbooks in MRI, CT, ultrasound and radiation protection. His Radiologic Science textbook is in its 12th edition and has been used globally as a textbook for university students since 1974. His books can be found at https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/stewart-c-bushong/226021/.

 

The following interview was done by Hugo Currie as a year twelve high school student at the Riverina Anglican College in Wagga Wagga, Australia. He is passionate about physics and is now pursing a career in engineering and physics at the Australian National University. Below is an interview that Hugo conducted with Professor Stewart Bushong. Hugo is hopeful that other students with similar interests will be inspired from this conversation, and he thanks Professor Bushong for giving his time and wisdom in this interview.