Medical Physics Residency Program

Curriculum

Our 24-month clinical program consists of a series of rotations with a maximum duration of 3 months. A month of research is granted to each resident.

Curriculum

Our 24-month clinical program consists of a series of rotations with a maximum duration of 3 months. A month of research is granted to each resident.

Clinical Rotations

Residents cycle through a series of rotations in which they perform a wide variety of clinical tasks.

  • Orientation
  • Treatment Planning I
  • Measurement-based Quality Assurance
  • Imaging for Simulation, Planning & Treatment Verification
  • Brachytherapy
  • Special Procedures
  • Radiation Safety & Shielding
  • Treatment Planning II
  • Clinical Physicist Rotation
  • An optional month of Research is available 

                                                                  Cielle hands-on training in brachytherapy

Treatment Modalities and Technologies

Our residents are trained at state-of-the art clinical sites that utilize a vast array of treatment modalities and technique delivery.

  • Conformal Radiation Therapy
  • Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
  • Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
  • Stereotactic Body Radio Therapy (SBRT)
  • High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
  • Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy
  • Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
  • Linac-Based Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
  • Pediatric Radiation Therapy

Clinical Hardware and Software

  • Linear Accerators
    • Varian TrueBeam STX with HDMLC’s, ExacTrac and OBI
    • Varian TrueBeam with 120 MLC’s and OBI (x2)
    • Varian 21iX with 120 MLC’s and OBI
       
  • Elekta HDR unit, microselectron V3 with dedicated HDR suite - supports:
    • tandom and ovoid
    • vaginal cylinder
    • skin treatments via Frieburg Flap
    • patient-specific multichannel molded applicators
       
  • AccuBoost breast brachytherapy for Accelerated Partial Breast treatments
  • LDR brachytherapy sources - 125I, 103Pd, and 131Cs for prostate seed and single or biplanar mesh implants
  • Siemens Somatom Confidence 64 slice CT Simulator (RIH Site)
  • Siemens Somatom go.Sim 64 slice CT Simulator (EG Site)
  • Varian Velocity Fusion and Dose Accumulation Software
  • Treatment Planning Workstations
    • RayStation V11A
    • GammaPlan v11.3
    • VariSeed for Prostate Seed Implants
    • Oncentra for HDR Brachytherapy
    • Varian ARIA Record and Verify System
    • EPIC
  • Detectors
    • PTW 30013 ionization chambers
    • Stereotactic Diodes….EDGE detector
    • Microchambers
    • Optically Stimulated Luminescent Detectors (OSLD’s)
    • Array Detectors
    • SunNuclear Daily QA detectors
    • MapCheck2 planar array for IMRT QA
    • MapCheck3 planar array for IMRT QA
    • SunNuclear IC Profiler
       
  • Phantoms
    • Anthropormophic Phantom
    • QUASAR Respiratory Motion Phantom
    • CIRS IMRT Thorax Phantom
    • Gammex electron density phantom
    • Imaging Phantoms (Leeds, CatPhan)
    • SunNuclear and Wellhofer water scanner

Recent Areas of Research 

  • Spatially Fractionated Therapy (GRID)
  • Outcomes Modeling