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Amit Sawant is a leading figure in medical physics, with his research fundamentally advancing the precision and safety of radiotherapy. His key contributions lie at the intersection of real-time tumor tracking and preclinical radiation biology. Sawant was instrumental in the work of AAPM Task Group 264, authoring the seminal report on the safe clinical implementation of MLC tracking (92 citations), which established the framework for a new era of real-time, adaptive cancer treatment using standard multileaf collimators. Beyond the clinic, he has pioneered quality assurance for image-guided small animal irradiators (IGSAI), introducing a failure modes and effects analysis framework that represents a paradigm shift for radiation biology research. His work on online dose delivery verification in preclinical systems (10 citations) is critical for ensuring the accuracy of translational studies. With a portfolio that also explores novel control methodologies for bipedal robotics, Sawant’s interdisciplinary approach is shaping both the clinical practice of radiotherapy and the foundational science that supports it.