David M. Bower, MD, PhD

About Dr. Bower

Dr. David Bower is a radiation oncologist and medical physicist, board certified in both specialties. This dual training gives him a deep understanding of both the clinical and technical sides of radiation therapy. He is certified by the American Board of Radiology in radiation oncology, therapeutic radiologic physics, and diagnostic radiologic physics.

Dr. Bower earned his MD from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and completed his radiation oncology residency at Henry Ford Hospital. He later earned a PhD in physics from Wayne State University. He began his career as a Navy medical officer and has since worked in hospitals, private practice, and consulting roles across the U.S. From 2014 to 2016, he lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he served as Chief of Medical Physics at King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital and helped launch a new radiation oncology clinic.

Dr. Bower has extensive experience treating skin cancers with HDR brachytherapy and superficial radiation therapy. He has also performed CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery for prostate cancer and certain brain tumors. He now joins Clear Choice Dermatology, where he provides radiation therapy for patients with skin cancer.

Outside of work, he enjoys exercise, piano, and studying theoretical physics.

Publications: David M. Bower, Dynamics of the QCD Phase Transition in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions, PhD dissertation, Wayne State University. D. Bower and S. Gavin, Baryon fluctuations and the QCD phase transition, Phys Rev C 64 (2001): 051902. D. Bower and S. Gavin, The QCD mixed phase: Shaken, not stirred, Nuc Phys A 698 (2002): 527. F. R. Bagne, A. Shamaoun, D. M. Bower and K. J. Levin, Dosimetric comparison of three whole-brain irradiation techniques, Medical Physics 19 (1992): 821.