Overview
As a resident in the Radiation Oncology Clinical Medical Physics Residency, you will learn to provide the highest standards of patient care in a hospital known throughout the world for its primary value: “The needs of the patient come first.” You will learn from over 40 dedicated physicists how to care for complex patients across the entire scope of the specialty, collaborating with radiation oncologists to treat and cure cancer through clinical activities, research, and education.
Among other things, radiation oncology physics (therapeutic radiologic physics) includes:
- The therapeutic applications of x-rays, gamma rays, electron, and charged particle beams, neutrons, and radiations from sealed radionuclide sources
- The equipment associated with their production, use measurement, and evaluation
- The quality of images resulting from their production and use
- Medical health physics associated with this subfield
Unique and noteworthy aspects of the program include:
- Intensive CAMPEP-accredited clinical training, under the close supervision of experienced radiation oncology physicists, over three years, in a large, state-of-the-art radiation oncology center with a fully integrated proton and x-ray practice
- Structured curriculum providing comprehensive didactic and hands-on educational experiences in all clinical aspects of radiation oncology physics
- Research training and experience through mentored projects culminating in the development of clinical protocols, opportunities to present at national and international meetings, and peer-reviewed scientific publications
- Opportunities for collaboration with world-renowned clinicians in the fields of radiation oncology, radiation physics, medical oncology, surgery, radiology, and pathology
- Increasing levels of clinical responsibility to ensure that you can practice independently upon program completion