Associate Professor
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Carlos Cardenas is an Associate Professor and Director of Automated Treatment Planning in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and also serves as the Director of Artificial Intelligence Research and Development for the Marnix E. Heersink Institute for Biomedical Innovation at UAB. His research centers on leveraging artificial intelligence and medical image analysis to streamline and enhance radiotherapy treatment planning. In particular, he has contributed significantly to automated planning tools—helping translate these AI-driven methods into clinical use to improve efficiency and quality of care. Dr. Cardenas has co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications on the development, validation, and implementation of AI-based solutions in medical imaging and radiotherapy.