As director of the Medical Physics section of The Cancer Center's Department of Radiation Oncology, Joseph Hanley, Ph.D., D.A.B.R., oversees the department's physicists, the highly skilled professionals who work with the radiation oncologists to calculate the proper dose of radiation for individual patients. The physicists also ensure that the machines used in radiation therapy administer the correct dosage of radiation to the patients. Dr. Hanley is also the chairman of The Cancer Center's Technology Review Committee.
Dr. Hanley's research includes investigations into the use of three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, image-guided radiotherapy to treat a number of different types of cancer, including prostate cancer, head and neck tumors, and lung tumors. From 2005-2006, he was president of the New Jersey Medical Physics Society. He is an active member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). He is a member of the Therapy Physics Council which has direct authority and responsibility over all AAPM scientific activities pertaining to radiation therapy physics. He also sits on Task Group 142 whose charge is to rewrite the policy on of the Quality Assurance of Medical Linear Accelerators. Dr. Hanley is also a member of the Electronic Media Coordinating Committee and is the New Jersey state representative to the AAPM Board. He is also an abstract reviewer for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and is guest editor for the major journals in the medical physics and radiation oncology field.

• Master's Degree and Doctorate: physics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
• Post-Doctoral Clinical Fellowship: medical physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City
• Board Certifications: radiation therapy, licensed as a teletherapy and brachytherapy physicist
• Specializations: radiation therapy
• Research Interests: three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy and treatment planning, intensity modulated radiation therapy, image-guided radiotherapy, high-dose-rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer. Dr. Hanley's research has been published in many leading medical journals, including the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology and Physics, Medical Physics, Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment, and Medical Dosimetry.
• Honors/Awards: Second Annual Leadership Award (Hackensack University Medical Center), Second Place Young Investigators Competition of the 36th annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, graduate school scholarships from Lehigh University
• Memberships: American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Radiological and Medical Physics Society of New York, American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, New Jersey Physics Society