Mayo Clinic Medical Physics Certificate Program
The Mayo Clinic Medical Physics Certificate Program is designed to provide students who already have a Ph.D. in physics, engineering, or a related field in the physical sciences or are currently enrolled in the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (MCGSBS) Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program with the supplemental necessary didactic training for a clinical residency.
The program is only available to:
- Mayo Clinic medical physics residents and fellows and Mayo Clinic postdoctoral research fellows who already have a Ph.D. in physics, engineering, or a related field in the physical sciences.
- Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences students currently enrolled in the Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. program with at least the equivalent of an undergraduate minor in physics.
Students who do not have a degree in physics are required to have at least three upper-level undergraduate physics courses that would be required for a physics major in a typical U.S. undergraduate physics program.
The program requires completion of the following seven courses in order to earn the certificate:
- BME 5020 – Quantitative Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing
- BME 5160 – Introduction to Radiation Physics
- BME 6100 – Medical Health Physics
- BME 6151 – The Physics of Radiation Therapy
- RTT 3561 – Cross-Sectional Anatomy
- APC 3561A – Applied Anatomy and Physiology
- APC 5150 – Radiobiology
Eligible candidates interested in the certificate program should email a CV and graduate and undergraduate transcripts to Elaine Eckheart regarding enrollment prior to taking any of these courses.
Enrollment in the program requires supervisor approval and an interview with either the program director, Nicholas Remmes, Ph.D., or the associate program director, Shuai Leng, Ph.D.
The program operates under the joint supervision of the Clinical Medical Physics Residency in Radiation Oncology and the Clinical Medical Physics Residency in Diagnostic Imaging.
Program statistics
| Students who as of Aug. 27, 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graduates of that year who have been accepted into a residency program | 2 | 2 | |||
| Certificate program graduates | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total certificate program enrollment | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
*Formal certificate program did not start until October 2019.