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PhD Program in Medical Physics

The Committee on Medical Physics offers a program to provide aspiring medical physicists with the knowledge they will need in their future professions. Our program leads to the Doctor of Philosophy degree with an emphasis on research that provides preparation for careers in academia, industry, and/or clinical support roles.

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After completing my bachelor’s degree in physics with a minor in mathematics, I knew medical physics was the path for me. I was thrilled to discover there was a way to marry my love for physics with my newfound appreciation of medicine during an internship at Argonne National Laboratory where I worked on isotope production and heavy-ion therapy projects. Currently, I am beginning my third-year graduate studies under a joint appointment through the Graduate Research Cooperative working with Dr. Chin-Tu Chen (UChicago) and Dr. Jerry Nolen (ANL).   I am focusing my thesis on targeted radionuclide therapy and isotope production. My main focus is on the radiobiological effects of Terbium-155, a promising Auger electron emitter. I am working on novel production and delivery methods of Tb-155 in order to explore the efficacy of Auger emitters in metastatic small-cell cancer treatment. I am in the process of designing targeting ligands which are selective not only to cancer cells but to cancer cell DNA specifically. I also work on nuclear reaction and cellular dosimetry modeling to optimize experimental outcomes.   Outside the lab, I am an avid supporter of the Chicago music scene and can usually be found at a punk or metal show. I also enjoy powerlifting, tattooing, traveling, and anything else that gets the adrenaline pumping and energizes me to keep chasing crazy physics!

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The PhD in Biomedical Engineering – Medical Physics Program focuses on training students’ research ability and experience in the field of medical physics with an emphasis on radiation therapy, in addition to the course work required by the MS in Biomedical Engineering – Medical Physics Program. Students graduating from the program are required to take the American Board of Radiology (ABR) exam and to apply for medical physics residency programs. Students are encouraged to seek academic positions after graduating from the program.

Students will complete most of the coursework in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and will join research projects in the Department of Radiation Oncology, or other collaborative departments or clinical sites. PhD students in the program will take two qualify exams. The first one is the general qualify exam required by the Department of Biomedical Engineering, usually after two-semester study and before the third semester starts. The second qualify exam is required by the Medical Physics Graduate Program, usually after all coursework has been completed.

The Medical Physics curriculum is designed to provide students with the technical and intellectual skills required for successful careers in the field of medical physics. In addition to the coursework required by the Biomedical Engineering PhD program, PhD students enrolled in the medical physics program must successfully complete 32 medical physics course credits, at least 12 credits in research dissertation (BME 830/840) in the field of medical physics, and other requirements by the BME PhD program.

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MEMP PhD Program

Hst’s memp phd program, is this program a good fit for me.

HST’s Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) PhD program offers a unique curriculum for engineers and scientists who want to impact patient care by developing innovations to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. We're committed to welcoming applicants from a wide range of communities, backgrounds, and experiences.

How is HST’s MEMP PhD program different from other PhD programs?

As a MEMP student, you’ll choose one of 11 technical concentrations and design an individualized curriculum to ground yourself in the foundations of that discipline. You’ll study medical sciences alongside MD students and become fluent in the language and culture of medicine through structured clinical experiences. You’ll select a research project from among laboratories at MIT, Harvard, affiliated hospitals and research institutes , then tackle important questions through the multiple lenses of your technical discipline and your medical training. As a result, you will learn how to ask better questions, identify promising research areas, and translate research findings into real-world medical practice.

What degree will I earn?

You’ll earn a PhD awarded by MIT or by the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

What can I do with this degree?

Lead pioneering efforts that translate technical work into innovations that improve human health and shape the future of medicine.

How long will it take me to earn a PhD in HST’s MEMP program?

Similar to other PhD programs in MIT's School of Engineering, the average time-to-degree for MEMP PhD students is less than six years.

What are the degree requirements?

Science / engineering.

Choose one of the established concentration areas and select four courses from the approved list for the chosen area. Current MEMP concentration areas are:

• Aeronautics & Astronautics
• Biological Engineering
• Brain & Cognitive Sciences
• Chemical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical Engineering
• Materials Science & Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering

Harvard MEMPs fulfill Basic Science/Engineering Concentration and Qualifying Exam through their collaborating department (SEAS or Biophysics).

Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Requirements

Biomedical sciences core.

• HST030 or HST034: Human Pathology
• HST160: Genetics in Modern Medicine
• HST090: Cardiovascular Pathophysiology

Restricted Electives - two full courses required*

• HST010: Human Anatomy
• HST020: Musculoskeletal Pathophysiology*
• HST100: Respiratory Pathophysiology**
• HST110: Renal Pathophysiology**
• HST130: Introduction to Neuroscience
• HST162: Molecular Diagnostics and Bioinformatics*
•  HST164: Principles of Biomedical Imaging*
• HST175: Cellular & Molecular Immunology

*  May combine two half-courses to count as one full course **Must choose at least one of HST100, HST110

Clinical Core

• HST201: Intro. to Clinical Medicine I and HST202: Intro. to Clinical Medicine II
• HST207: Intro. to Clinical Medicine

PhD Thesis Guide

Letter of intent #1:.

Research advisor and topic. Due by April 30 of 2nd year.

Letter of Intent #2:

Tentative thesis committee. Due by April 30 of 3rd year.

Thesis proposal:

Defended before thesis committee. Due by April 30 of 4th year.

Final Thesis:

Public defense and submission of final thesis document.

Harvard MEMPs must an electronic copy of the final thesis including the signed cover sheet. Harvard MEMPs should not register for HST.ThG.

Qualifying Exam

TQE: Technical qualification based on performance in four concentration area courses and Pathology

OQE: Oral examination to evaluate ability to integrate information from diverse sources into a coherent research proposal and to defend that proposal

Professional Skills

Hst500: frontiers in (bio)medical engineering and physics.

Required spring of first year

HST590: Biomedical Engineering Seminar

Required fall semester of first year. Minimum of four semesters required; one on responsible conduct of research and three electives. Topics rotate.

Required for all MEMP students. (Biophysics students may substitute MedSci 300 for HST590 term on responsible conduct of research.)

Professional Perspectives 

Required once during PhD enrollment 

What can I expect?

You’ll begin by choosing a concentration in a classical discipline of engineering or physical science. During your first two years in HST, you’ll complete a series of courses to learn the fundamentals of your chosen area.

In parallel, you’ll become conversant in the biomedical sciences through preclinical coursework in pathology and pathophysiology, learning side-by-side with HST MD students.

With that foundation, you’ll engage in truly immersive clinical experiences, gaining a hands-on understanding of clinical care, medical decision-making, and the role of technology in medical practice. These experiences will help you become fluent in the language and culture of medicine and gain a first-hand understanding of the opportunities for — and constraints on — applying scientific and technological innovations in health care.

You’ll also take part in two seminar classes that help you to integrate science and engineering with medicine, while developing your professional skills. Then you’ll design an individualized professional perspectives experience that allows you to explore career paths in an area of your choice:  academia, medicine, industry, entrepreneurship, or the public sector.

A two-stage qualifying examination tests your proficiency in your concentration area, your skill at integrating information from diverse sources into a coherent research proposal, and your ability to defend that research proposal in an oral presentation.

Finally, as the culmination of your training, you’ll investigate an important problem at the intersection of science, technology, and medicine through an individualized thesis research project, with opportunities to be mentored by faculty in laboratories at MIT, Harvard, and affiliated teaching hospitals.

Interested in applying? Learn about the application process here.

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One of the basic science departments of the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, the Department of Medical Physics offers comprehensive training in diagnostic and therapeutic medical physics and in health physics. Achievement of the Ph.D. degree in this department reflects strong scholarship and research skills in one of the top medical physics programs in North America. Graduates are prepared for teaching and/or research positions in universities, national laboratories, or in the medical and nuclear technology industries. Graduates are also prepared for admission into medical physics residency programs to become board eligible for clinical medical physics positions.

Medical physicists may participate professionally in the treatment of patients, in advanced medical imaging and diagnostic procedures, or in related areas of research and teaching. Health physicists may operate radiation protection programs at nuclear industrial facilities, hospitals, or laboratories, or may perform research on methods of measuring ionizing radiations (i.e., dosimetry).

A unique quality of the medical physics program is the broad range of expertise and research interests of the faculty. Students receive training in diagnostic x-ray physics, x-ray computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy, nuclear medicine and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, biomagnetism, medical ultrasound, elastography, radiation dosimetry, radiation treatment planning, and radiobiology.

The department also houses the Medical Radiation Research Center and the Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory, one of four in the US accredited by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. In addition, the department provides clinical support services to the radiology and human oncology departments. It also operates a PET radiotracer production facility (with two cyclotrons available), a medical image analysis laboratory, and a small bore MRI scanner and photoacoustic ultrasound system in the Small Animal Imaging Facility. Each of these facilities provides unique training and support opportunities for graduate students. Access to state-of-the-art x-ray angiography, CT, MRI, and PET/CT and PET/MR systems is readily available.

The Ph.D. degree is primarily a research degree that extends the student's depth of knowledge in one of the specialty areas. Faculty positions at universities, research positions, and an increasing number of clinical physics positions require the Ph.D. degree. Medical physics faculty maintain close collaborative ties with faculty in other departments, including human oncology, radiology, cardiology, medicine, psychiatry, pharmacology, and biomedical engineering, broadening the scope of research opportunities open to medical physics students and providing access to sophisticated clinical facilities.

Please consult the table below for key information about this degree program’s admissions requirements. The program may have more detailed admissions requirements, which can be found below the table or on the program’s website.

Graduate admissions is a two-step process between academic programs and the Graduate School. Applicants must meet the minimum requirements of the Graduate School as well as the program(s). Once you have researched the graduate program(s) you are interested in, apply online .

About 80–90 applicants per year apply to the medical physics program. Each fall, the program admits 10–20 students.  This results in an average enrollment of approximately 100 students each semester. Less than one-tenth of the students pursue the M.S. degree as a terminal degree, and the remainder continue on to the PhD.

A bachelor's degree in physics is considered the best preparation for graduate study in medical physics, but majors such as nuclear engineering, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, or chemistry may also be acceptable. The student's math background should include calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, and Fourier analysis, such as might be learned in modern optics or undergraduate quantum theory. Some facility in computer programming and electronic instrumentation is desirable. One year of chemistry, a year of biology, and an introductory course in physiology are also advantageous.

Beginning graduate students should start their studies in the fall semester, as the course sequence is based on that assumption. Students applying for admission should submit an online application and all supporting documentation by December 1 to ensure consideration for admission and financial support to begin the following fall.

Admission to the graduate program is competitive. Applications are judged on the basis of a student's previous academic record, research experience, letters of recommendation, and personal statement of reasons for interest in graduate study in medical physics.

The application includes:

• The online application to the Graduate School
• Payment of the application fee
• Electronic copy of resume/CV (include awards, fellowships, and scholarships received, publications, volunteer activities, and research experience)
• Applicant data sheet
• Personal statement of reasons for interest in graduate study in medical physics. The personal statement should include your reasons for graduate study, why medical physics, your future career goals as it relates to a PhD (or MS) in medical physics and your area(s) of research interest. It is advantageous to also research and include the faculty member(s) with whom you would like to work. The personal statement should be no more than 3 pages, single-spaced, 11 point font or larger
• Transcripts from all academic institutions of study (scan and upload)
• Recommendation letters from people who can attest to your ability to be successful in the PhD program due to your experience, academics, etc.(submitted electronically through the online application)

Graduate School Resources

Resources to help you afford graduate study might include assistantships, fellowships, traineeships, and financial aid.  Further funding information is available from the Graduate School. Be sure to check with your program for individual policies and restrictions related to funding.

Program Resources

The department typically supports 85–95 percent of students enrolled in the medical physics graduate program through department or university fellowships, research or teaching assistantships, or NIH NRSA training grant appointments.  All awards include a comprehensive health insurance program and remission of tuition. The student is responsible for segregated fees.

Minimum Graduate School Requirements

Major requirements.

Review the Graduate School minimum academic progress and degree requirements , in addition to the program requirements listed below.

MODE OF INSTRUCTION

Mode of instruction definitions.

Accelerated: Accelerated programs are offered at a fast pace that condenses the time to completion. Students typically take enough credits aimed at completing the program in a year or two.

Evening/Weekend: ​Courses meet on the UW–Madison campus only in evenings and/or on weekends to accommodate typical business schedules.  Students have the advantages of face-to-face courses with the flexibility to keep work and other life commitments.

Face-to-Face: Courses typically meet during weekdays on the UW-Madison Campus.

Hybrid: These programs combine face-to-face and online learning formats.  Contact the program for more specific information.

Online: These programs are offered 100% online.  Some programs may require an on-campus orientation or residency experience, but the courses will be facilitated in an online format.

CURRICULAR REQUIREMENTS

Required courses.

Students will take MED PHYS 900 Journal Club and Seminar four semesters for 1 credit each semester for a total of 4 credits.

Students may use one credit of  MED PHYS 662 , MED PHYS 663 , MED PHYS 664 , MED PHYS 665 , or MED PHYS 666 .

MED PHYS 701 , MED PHYS 900 , and MED PHYS 990 do not count toward this requirement.

Health Physics Pathway 1

In addition to the above requirements, students completing the Health Physics emphasis must take the following courses:

An exemption from the Core Curriculum requirement requires the approval of the chair of the graduate committee.  If the entirety of the Core Curriculum is not taken, the student will not satisfy the CAMPEP Core Curriculum requirement.

These pathways are internal to the program and represent different curricular paths a student can follow to earn this degree. Pathway names do not appear in the Graduate School admissions application, and they will not appear on the transcript.

Graduate School Policies

The  Graduate School’s Academic Policies and Procedures  provide essential information regarding general university policies. Program authority to set degree policies beyond the minimum required by the Graduate School lies with the degree program faculty. Policies set by the academic degree program can be found below.

Major-Specific Policies

Prior coursework, graduate work from other institutions.

With program approval, students are allowed to count no more than 12 credits of medical physics graduate coursework from other institutions. Coursework earned five years or more prior to admission to the doctoral degree program is not allowed to satisfy requirements.

UW–Madison Undergraduate

With program approval, 7 credits in medical physics courses from a UW–Madison undergraduate degree above the undergraduate graduation requirements are allowed to count toward the degree.

UW–Madison University Special

With program approval, students are allowed to count no more than 15 credits of coursework numbered 500 or above taken as a UW–Madison Special student. Coursework earned five years or more prior to admission to the doctoral degree program is not allowed to satisfy requirements.

For a graduate student in the Medical Physics Department who is a research assistant, fellow or trainee to be making satisfactory progress, they must:

• Obtain at least a 3.0 GPA in the most recent semester. Grades in all research courses and courses with grades of P, F, S or U are excluded from the average. A student who fails to make satisfactory progress will be dropped from the department. In exceptional cases, the chairperson may grant permission to continue for a specified probationary period.
• Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 for all courses taken while in the Medical Physics program and for all Department of Medical Physics courses. All research courses and all courses with grades of P, F, S or U are excluded from the average.
• Have taken the qualifier examination by the end of the 2nd semester of study. If a basic (low level) pass is not obtained on the first attempt, the second (and last) attempt to pass the qualifier examination must be made no later than the 4th semester.

Any student, who fails to meet the requirements of 1-3 above, will be placed on probation. Failure in the first semester of probation to obtain a 3.0 average for the semester and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 will result in termination unless the student's advisor requests and the department and the Graduate School approves, continued enrollment. The particular courses which count toward the GPA in any probation semester must be approved in writing by the student's advisor and the Medical Physics Graduate Committee Chairman in order for the work to count toward returning the student to good standing.

ADVISOR / COMMITTEE

Candidates must acquire a major professor/advisor by the beginning of the second semester of study.

CREDITS PER TERM ALLOWED

Time limits.

The oral PhD qualifying examination should be taken by the end of the 4th semester, and the PhD preliminary examination should be taken by the end of the third year of study. Permission of the graduate committee is required if the PhD preliminary examination must be taken after the end of the third year. Defense of a dissertation is required within five years of successful completion of the PhD preliminary examination.

This program follows the Graduate School's Time Limits policy .

Grievances and Appeals

These resources may be helpful in addressing your concerns:

• Bias or Hate Reporting  
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• Office of the Provost for Faculty and Staff Affairs
• Dean of Students Office (for all students to seek grievance assistance and support)
• Employee Assistance (for personal counseling and workplace consultation around communication and conflict involving graduate assistants and other employees, post-doctoral students, faculty and staff)
• Employee Disability Resource Office (for qualified employees or applicants with disabilities to have equal employment opportunities)
• Graduate School (for informal advice at any level of review and for official appeals of program/departmental or school/college grievance decisions)
• Office of Compliance (for class harassment and discrimination, including sexual harassment and sexual violence)
• Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards (for conflicts involving students)
• Ombuds Office for Faculty and Staff (for employed graduate students and post-docs, as well as faculty and staff)
• Title IX (for concerns about discrimination)

Grievance Policy for Graduate Programs in the School of Medicine and Public Health

Any student in a School of Medicine and Public Health graduate program who feels that they have been treated unfairly in regards to educational decisions and/or outcomes or issues specific to the graduate program, including academic standing, progress to degree, professional activities, appropriate advising, and a program’s community standards by a faculty member, staff member, postdoc, or student has the right to complain about the treatment and to receive a prompt hearing of the grievance following these grievance procedures. Any student who discusses, inquiries about, or participates in the grievance procedure may do so openly and shall not be subject to intimidation, discipline, or retaliation because of such activity. Each program’s grievance advisor is listed on the “Research” tab of the SMPH intranet .

This policy does not apply to employment-related issues for Graduate Assistants in TA, PA and/or RA appointments.  Graduate Assistants will utilize the Graduate Assistantship Policies and Procedures (GAPP) grievance process to resolve employment-related issues.

This policy does not apply to instances when a graduate student wishes to report research misconduct.  For such reports refer to the UW-Madison Policy for Reporting Research Misconduct for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Research Associates .

Requirements for Programs

The School of Medicine and Public Health Office of Basic Research, Biotechnology and Graduate Studies requires that each graduate program designate a grievance advisor, who should be a tenured faculty member, and will request the name of the grievance advisor annually.  The program director will serve as the alternate grievance advisor in the event that the grievance advisor is named in the grievance.  The program must notify students of the grievance advisor, including posting the grievance advisor’s name on the program’s Guide page and handbook.

The grievance advisor or program director may be approached for possible grievances of all types.  They will spearhead the grievance response process described below for issues specific to the graduate program, including but not limited to academic standing, progress to degree, professional activities, appropriate advising, and a program’s community standards.  They will ensure students are advised on reporting procedures for other types of possible grievances and are supported throughout the reporting process.  Resources on identifying and reporting other issues have been compiled by the Graduate School.

• The student is advised to initiate a written record containing dates, times, persons, and description of activities, and to update this record while completing the procedures described below.
• If the student is comfortable doing so, efforts should be made to resolve complaints informally between individuals before pursuing a formal grievance.
• Should a satisfactory resolution not be achieved, the student should contact the program’s grievance advisor or program director to discuss the complaint. The student may approach the grievance advisor or program director alone or with a UW-Madison faculty or staff member. The grievance advisor or program director should keep a record of contacts with regards to possible grievances.  The first attempt is to help the student informally address the complaint prior to pursuing a formal grievance. The student is also encouraged to talk with their faculty advisor regarding concerns or difficulties.
• If the issue is not resolved to the student’s satisfaction, the student may submit a formal grievance to the grievance advisor or program director in writing, within 60 calendar days from the date the grievant first became aware of, or should have become aware of with the exercise of reasonable diligence, the cause of the grievance.  To the fullest extent possible, a grievance shall contain a clear and concise statement of the grievance and indicate the issue(s) involved, the relief sought, the date(s) the incident or violation took place, and any specific policy involved.
• The grievance advisor or program director will convene a faculty committee composed of at least three members to manage the grievance.  Any faculty member involved in the grievance or who feels that they cannot be impartial may not participate in the committee.  Committee composition should reflect diverse viewpoints within the program.
• The faculty committee, through the grievance advisor or program director, will obtain a written response from the person or persons toward whom the grievance is directed. The grievance advisor or program director will inform this person that their response will be shared with the student filing the grievance.
• The grievance advisor or program director will share the response with the student filing the grievance.
• The faculty committee will make a decision regarding the grievance. The committee’s review shall be fair, impartial, and timely.  The grievance advisor or program director will report on the action taken by the committee in writing to both the student and the person toward whom the grievance was directed.
• The grievant will be notified in writing, within 5 business days of the written appeal, acknowledging receipt of the formal appeal and establishing a timeline for the review to be completed.
• The senior associate dean or their designee may request additional materials and/or arrange meetings with the grievant and/or others.  If meetings occur, the senior associate dean or their designee will meet with both the grievant and the person or persons toward whom the grievance is directed.
• The senior associate dean or their designee will assemble an ad hoc committee of faculty from outside of the student’s graduate program and ask them to prepare a written recommendation on whether to uphold or reverse the decision of the program on the student’s initial grievance.  The committee may request additional materials and/or arrange meetings with the grievant and/or others.  If meetings occur, the committee will meet with both the grievant and the person or persons toward whom the grievance is directed.
• The senior associate dean or their designee will make a final decision within 20 business days of receipt of the committee’s recommendation.
• The SMPH Office of Basic Research, Biotechnology, and Graduate Studies must store documentation of the grievance for seven years. Grievances that set a precedent may be stored indefinitely.
• The student may file an appeal of the School of Medicine and Public Health decision with the Graduate School.  See the Grievances and Appeals section of the Graduate School’s Academic Policies and Procedures .

Time Limits

Steps in the grievance procedures must be initiated and completed within the designated time periods except when modified by mutual consent. If the student fails to initiate the next step in the grievance procedure within the designated time period, the grievance will be considered resolved by the decision at the last completed step.

Most students are funded with research assistantships through the research programs of their advisors. A limited number of traineeships are available to advanced students in the UW Radiological Sciences Training Program for career training in cancer research. Other fellowships are also available to qualified students (e.g., AAPM, Cardiovascular and Neurological Sciences Training Programs, Advanced Opportunity Fellowship Program).

Take advantage of the Graduate School's  professional development resources to build skills, thrive academically, and launch your career. 

• Articulates research problems, potentials, and limits with respect to theory, knowledge, or practice within the field of medical physics.
• Formulates ideas, concepts, designs, and/or techniques beyond the current boundaries of knowledge within the field of medical physics.
• Creates research, scholarship, or performance that makes a substantive scientific contribution.
• Demonstrates breadth and depth within their learning experiences.
• Advances contributions of the field of medical physics to society through peer-reviewed journal publications.
• Communicates complex ideas in a clear and understandable manner in both oral and written formats.
• Demonstrates ethical research and professional conduct.

Faculty:  Please see a comprehensive list of  our faculty  on the department website.

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Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs

Accreditation status: Accredited through December 31, 2026. Next accreditation review: Spring 2026.

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Contact Information

Medical Physics School of Medicine and Public Health Medical Physics, Ph.D. https://www.medphysics.wisc.edu

Graduate Program Coordinator [email protected] 608-265-6504 1005 Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR), 1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705-2275

Tomy Varghese, Director of Graduate Studies [email protected]

Grievance Advisor, Wesley Culberson, Associate Professor [email protected]

Graduate Program Handbook View Here

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Biomedical Physics (BMP) PhD Program

Welcome to Biomedical Physics at Stanford!

Application deadline.

December 1, 2023

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Stanford University is uniquely positioned to translate fundamental discoveries in basic science to understand biology in humans and lead in academic discoveries of novel therapeutics and diagnostics.

Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, Former Chair, Department of Radiology, Stanford University

The Biomedical Physics (BMP) Graduate Program is a PhD training program hosted by the Departments of Radiology and Radiation Oncology within the Stanford University School of Medicine. The objective of the PhD in BMP is to train students in research focused on technology translatable to clinical medicine, including radiation therapy, image-guided therapy, diagnostic, interventional, and molecular imaging, and other forms of disease detection and characterization with molecular diagnostics. Given the evolution of modern medicine towards technologically sophisticated treatments and diagnostics, there is a need for well-trained leaders with this educational background and the skills to conduct meaningful and significant research in this field. Stanford University has a rich tradition of innovation and education within these disciplines, with advances ranging from the development and application of the medical linear accelerator towards radiation treatment of cancer to the engineering of non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging having been pioneered here.

Thanks to the efforts of faculty in these departments and the support of department chairs Dr. Quynh Le and the late Dr. Sam Gambhir, we created the BMP program in 2021 to train doctoral students within the world-class research environment at Stanford. In fall 2021 we will solicit our first round of applications for students. The first incoming class beginning in fall 2022 will take courses spanning traditional and emerging topics in medical physics and perform original research under the mentorship of experts in this evolving discipline. This is the first PhD program at Stanford housed in clinical departments and will be leveraged this position at the intersection of basic and clinical science to train students in translational research. We look forward to helping you achieve your educational goals within our program and to training the next generation of leaders in this burgeoning field.

Daniel Ennis, Ted Graves, Sharon Pitteri, and Daniel Spielman BMP Program Directors

The Biomedical Physics program is an essential component of Stanford Medicine’s commitment to excellence in education, scientific discovery, bench-to-bedside research, and clinical innovation.

Dr. Lloyd Minor, Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine

Wayne State University

School of medicine, medical physics medical physics, ph.d. in medical physics.

GENERAL INFO

Jay Burmeister, PhD, DABR, FAAPM Director, Medical Physics Graduate Program Wayne State University School of Medicine

The curriculum consists of 60 post baccalaureate graduate course credits, including the required courses, with at least 30 credits at the 7000 level and above.  Students must successfully complete the Qualifying Examination and an Oral Exam.  After qualifying, 30 research and dissertation credits must be taken, including oral dissertation defense. Thus, the entire program consists of 90 graduate credits.  It is essential that the PhD Dissertation represent original research work which must be presented at a Public Defense lecture.  Also, all students will be encouraged to complete a (non-credit) Clinical Internship.

The PhD program in Medical Physics is designed to train graduate students with a background in Physics, Engineering, or related science to become medical physicists practicing in research and clinical service in Radiation Oncology, Diagnostic Imaging, and/or Nuclear Medicine.  Our objectives are to remain one of the top medical physics educational programs in North America, to produce leaders and innovators in the advancement of the technical aspects of medical care, and to place our graduates in high quality research and clinical positions in the academic and health care professions.  In doing so, our ultimate goal is to improve the quality of health care in Radiation Oncology, Diagnostic Imaging, and/or Nuclear Medicine.

PREREQUISITES

In addition to the prerequisites for the Master's program :

• Graduate Record Examination: Subject Test in Physics (recommended).

REQUIRED COURSEWORK

All the required M.S. courses , (with the exception of ROC 7999) plus:

plus additional didactic coursework to meet requirements (some electives listed below):

SAMPLE ELECTIVE COURSES

PH.D. QUALIFYING EXAM

The PhD Qualifying Examination is usually taken by students after completion of all the required courses and is one of the requirements which must be successfully completed before being admitted to candidacy for the degree. The examination is in two parts, both written. Before taking the exam the student must have filed a Plan of Work with the Graduate School. The written exam consists of a four-hour (Part I) Radiological Physics Exam based on the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (Board) Exam, followed by a four-hour (Part II) exam on problem solving in Medical Physics based upon the required ROC courses within the program.  The passing requirements are the same for both the Part I and Part II exams.  The examinee must achieve an average score of 70% for each exam, and must score at least 50% on all questions.

All questions for the Part I exam are selected from a bank of about 100 questions assembled into six topic groups. The exam consists of six questions, one question from each group being selected randomly for each exam. Candidates must answer four of the six questions. Copies of the Question Booklet are provided to all Ph.D. students by the Program Director. For the Part II Exam, questions are divided into three sections: (1) Diagnostic Imaging & Nuclear Medicine, (2) Radiation Oncology Physics, and (3) Radiological Physics, Radiation Dosimetry, Radiation Safety, and Radiobiology.  The examinee will receive two questions in each section. Candidates must answer four of the six questions, with at least one question selected from each of the three sections.

Students register for the Qualifying Exam with the Program Director at least two months before the Part I exam.

For the Oral Examination, the student is expected to review a potential research program and is required to demonstrate an adequate command of knowledge of the field of study, with the ability to organize and apply that knowledge toward completion of the proposed research. The Oral Exam will normally be administered after the candidate has successfully completed the Qualifying Exam, but no more than one year after, and is just beginning to work on a potential dissertation research project.  It will consist of a public seminar followed by a closed dissertation committee meeting.  All PhD students will meet with their respective committees, at a minimum, once per year.  Additional meetings will be scheduled as needed.

CLINICAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

The purpose of the clinical internship is to provide practical experience so that graduates will be immediately useful upon employment. Interns will gain clinical experience under the direction of program faculty at the Karmanos Cancer Center, along with potentially other area facilities.  An internship covering IMRT quality assurance will also be offered through Karmanos Cancer Center.  Arrangements will be made during the fall term.  Additional clinical opportunities may be secured by the individual students through faculty mentors.

TRANSFER OF CREDIT

Up to 30 credits may be transferred in from another accredited university to meet the didactic requirements of the PhD degree.

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Medical Physics Graduate Program (CAMPEP Accredited)

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Medical physics is an applied branch of physics that applies physical energy to the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Professional medical physicists are involved in clinical service, consultation, research and teaching.

At Purdue, the medical physics graduate program provides a strong foundation in radiological and applied physics training within the medical physics profession — but also offers advanced coursework, clinical laboratories, internships and opportunities to participate in cutting-edge research. The medical physics program is closely aligned with biophysics, bioengineering, medical schools and health physics (radiation protection and control).

Our goal is to provide courses and experience with clinical systems to enhance problem-solving skills and individual thought to further advance the field of medical physics.

The Purdue medical physics program is CAMPEP -accredited.

Program Highlights

Meet and learn from your peers by joining the Medical Physics Club of Purdue or the Purdue Association for Magnetic Resonance .

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A program must publicly describe the program and the achievements of its graduates and students, preferably through a publicly accessible web site. This information must be updated no less often than annually and must include, for each degree program (MS and/or PhD), the number of: applicants to the program, students offered admission, students matriculated, and graduates. Where possible, information on the destinations of graduates must also be provided, i.e., residencies, industry positions, etc.

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• You will be integrated into faculty laboratories and clinical facilities to work with faculty on a variety of research projects to advance disease diagnosis and treatment.
• Clinical laboratories and internships are available in therapeutic and diagnostic physics at the Purdue Life Science MRI facility, in radiology at Purdue’s College of Veterinary Medicine and at Memorial Medical Hospital and in radiation oncology at the Indiana University School of Medicine Hospital.
• Advanced coursework is offered in oncology, MRI theory and acquisition, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, PET/SPECT imaging and more.

Potential Careers

• Scientist in industries associated with radiological and radiation therapy equipment and support
• Scientist within state and federal government agencies
• Therapeutic medical physicist
• Diagnostic medical physicist
• Medical health physicist

Concentrations

You will work through the core medical physics courses and then follow one of two specialized tracks: therapeutic radiological physics or diagnostic (imaging) radiological physics

Program Quick Facts

Degree Type: Certificate, Master’s, Doctoral

Program Length : Certificate: 9 months (only students with prior PhD are eligible) Master’s: 2

PhD: 4-5 years entering with BS, 2-3 years entering with MS

Location : West Lafayette, IN

Department/School : School of Health Sciences

You will have the opportunity to work directly with medical physics faculty on interdisciplinary projects to advance understanding of image-guided and biology-based therapy; diagnostic imaging of cancer, neurological function and disease; and new uses of particle beams in detection and treatment.

• Ulrike Dydak
• Oluwaseyi (Seyi) Oderinde
• Matthew Scarpelli
• Aaron Specht
• Keith Stantz

Research Opportunities

• MRI and MRS in diagnosis of neurotoxicity and radiation response
• Neutron and X-ray technologies for human body composition, disease diagnoses, and radiotherapy
• Imaging and tracer development in PET and SPECT
• Dynamic contrast enhanced imaging (CT, PCT) and thermoacoustic in image-guided therapy
• IMRT and normal tissue response to radiation therapy

Research Areas

• Health physics (radiation protection)
• Imaging sciences
• Medical physics
• Occupational and environmental health sciences (industrial hygiene, ergonomics)

Research Facilities

• Life Science MRI facility
• The Birck Nanotechnology Center
• The Bindley Bioscience Center
• The Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering
• Purdue’s Center for the Environment

Admissions/Requirements

Applications submitted prior to January 10, 2023 will be considered for fellowships and awards .

Applicants to the MP program are expected to have an undergraduate degree in physics, engineering or comparable academic training, such as Purdue’s B.S. degree in Pre-Medical Physics. Minimum undergraduate coursework typically include:

• Analytic Geometry and Calculus (2 semester sequence), Multivariate Calculus and Differential Equations (1 semester)
• General Chemistry (2 semester sequence)
• Fundamentals of Biology (2 semester sequence)
• Human Anatomy and Physiology (2 semester sequence)
• Modern Mechanics, Electricity and Optics, Electricity and Optics Laboratory, Modern Physics, Modern Physics Lab, Intermediate Mechanics, and Quantum Mechanics
• Elementary Statistical Methods

Students that have not completed prior coursework in anatomy and physiology upon entry into the program are required to take a 2-semester sequence of anatomy and physiology (BIOL 301/302 or BIOL 203/204). Alternate plans of study are available for students that do not have the equivalent of a B.S. or minor in physics. Students with other deficiencies in their undergraduate curriculum may be accepted or conditionally accepted into the program at the discretion of Head of the School. Students accepted on a conditional basis may be required to take additional 100, 200, 300 or 400 level classes to address coursework deficiencies. A grade of B or better in all 100, 200, 300 or 400 level classes and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better at Purdue University is required for students accepted on a conditional basis. Upon completing the identified deficiencies, the Head of the School, in consultation with the RHS Program Director and GC Chair, re-evaluate the admission status of conditionally accepted students and either accept or deny admission into the MP graduate program. Conditionally accepted students that are ultimately denied admission into the MP program are counseled on possibly alternate degree paths at Purdue as well as alternative career paths.

Keith Stantz | Program Director

For questions regarding the medical physics graduate program, please contact [email protected] or our graduate coordinator, Karen Walker, at [email protected] .

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CAMPEP Accredited Graduate Programs in Medical Physics

Entries Last Updated February 13, 2024

† Indicates institutions offering tracks within their degree program that are not CAMPEP compliant. Students graduating from these institutions who have completed the CAMPEP accredited program will be identified through an appropriate certificate awarded on completion of the program.

‡ Indicates institutions that are accredited but are non-compliant with one or more CAMPEP standards. Public disclosure statements can be found at: http://www.campep.org/PublicDisclosure.asp

‡‡ Provisional accreditation for a period of up to three years may be granted at the discretion of the CAMPEP Board if circumstances preclude awarding of initial or full accreditation. The most common reason for such provisional accreditation is in the case of a new program that has not yet graduated or admitted any students. Provisional accreditation may be extended when all the compliance conditions have been met.

Brown University Department of Radiation Oncology 225 Dyer Street Providence RI 02903 (401) 606-4283 Accredited degrees available:M.S. Program Director: Eric Klein, Ph.D. [email protected] https://www.brown.edu/med-physics-graduate-program/home

Carleton University † Physics Department 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 CANADA (613) 520-2600 Ext:4053 Accredited degrees available: Ph.D. Program Director: Emily C. Heath, Ph.D. [email protected] https://physics.carleton.ca/ompi/graduate-studies

Columbia University Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics 500 West 120th St., 200 S. W. Mudd, MC 4701 New York, NY 10027 (212) 854-4457 Fax: (212) 854-8257 Accredited degrees available:MS. Program Director: I. Cevdet Noyan, Ph.D. [email protected] https://apam.columbia.edu/medical-physics

Creighton University Department of Physics 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 (402) 280-2159 / Fax: (402) 280-2140 Accredited degrees available: MS. Program Director: Michael G. Nichols, Ph.D. [email protected] https://www.creighton.edu/academics/programs/medical-physics-ms https://physics.creighton.edu https://physics.creighton.edu/content/ms-medical-physics-program-statistics

Dalhousie University Nova Scotia Health Authority 5820 University Avenue Room 3001A Halifax NS B3H 1V7 Canada (902) 473-6191 / Fax:  Accredited degrees available:MS.,Ph.D. Program Director: Alasdair Syme, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.dal.ca/academics/programs/graduate/medical-physics.html

Dartmouth College Thayer School of Engineering 14 Engineering Drive Hanover, NH 03755 603-650-6442/ Fax:  Accredited degrees: Ph.D. Program Director: David Gladstone, Sc.D. [email protected] http://sites.dartmouth.edu/medphys/

Duke University † Medical Physics Graduate Program 2424 Erwin Road Suite 302 Durham, NC 27705 (919) 699-4775 Fax: (919) 684-1491 Accredited degrees available:M.S.,Ph.D. Program Director: Mark Oldham, Ph.D. [email protected] http://medicalphysics.duke.edu/

East Carolina University† Medical and Biomedical Physics Graduate Programs Department of Physics Mailstop #563 Greenville, NC 27858 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Medical Physics., Biomedical Physics Program Director: Michael Dingfelder,Ph.D. (252) 328-6739 / (252) 328-6314 [email protected] https://physics.ecu.edu/ https://physics.ecu.edu/facts-and-figures/

Florida Atlantic University Department of Physics Medical Physics Programs 777 Glades Road Boca Raton, FL 33431 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Medical Physics Program Director: Theodora Leventouri, Ph.D. (561) 297-2695 / Fax: (561) 297-2662 [email protected] http://physics.fau.edu/programs/psmmp/index.php Georgetown University Department of Medical Physics 3970 Reservoir Road NW Washington DC 20057 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Medical Physics Program Director: Stanley Fricke. Ph.D. (202)687-2232 / Fax: 253-681-9619 [email protected]

Georgia Institute of Technology Medical Physics Programs 770 State Street, RM-3-39S Atlanta, GA 30332-0745 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. Program Director: Steven Biegalski, Ph.D. (404) 385-5973 [email protected]

Hofstra University   Department of Physics and Astronomy Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 151 Hofstra University, 102 Berliner Hall Hempstead, NY 11549-1000 Medical Degrees available: M.S., Medical Physics Program Director: Jenghwa Chang, Ph.D. (516)321-3136 / Fax (516)470-8445 [email protected] hofstra.edu/medicalphysics

Indiana University/Purdue University Joint Medical Physics Program Purdue University School of Health Sciences 550 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051 Program Director: Keith Stantz, Ph.D. Tel: (765) 496-1874 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.purdue.edu/hhs/hsci/students/graduate/programs/medical_physics.html

Johns Hopkins University CRB II, 4M61 1550 Orleans St Baltimore, MD 21231 Program Director: George Sgouros, Ph.D. Tel: (410) 614-0116 / Fax: (413) 487-3753 [email protected]

Louisiana State University Department of Physics and Astronomy 202 Nicholson Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4001 Program Director: Wayne D. Newhauser, Ph.D. email: [email protected] Program Administrator Tel: (225) 578-2163 / Fax (225) 578-0824 Accredited degrees available: M.S. in Medical Physics and Health Physics,Ph.D. http://www.phys.lsu.edu/medphys/

McGill University Department of Medical Physics McGill University Health Centre (Glen Site) DS1 7141 1001 boul. Decarie Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1, Canada Program Director: Shirin A. Enger, Ph.D. Tel: (514) 934-1934 (44161)/ Fax: (514) 934-8229 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D [email protected] http://www.mcgill.ca/medphys/academic

McMaster University  699 Concession Street Hamilton ,Ontario CANADA Program Director: Marcin Wierzbicki, Ph,D. Tel: (905) 387-9711 [email protected]

National University of Ireland, Galway School of Physics Newcastle Road Galway, Ireland Accredited degrees: M.S., Medical Physics Program Director:Christopher Kleefeld, Ph.D. 353 (0) 91-495383 / Fax: 353 (0) 91-494584 [email protected]

Oregon Health and Science University Medical Physics Graduate Program 2730 SW Moody Avenue Portland, OR 97201 Program Director: Thomas Griglock, Ph.D. [email protected] Tel: (503) 494-1214 / Fax: (503) 494-7037 Accredited Degrees Available: M.S., Ph.D. https://www.ohsu.edu/school-of-medicine/medical-physics-graduate-program San Diego State University Physics-MC1233 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego, CA 92182 Program Director: Usha Sinha, Ph.D. (619) 594-1791 / Fax: (619) 594-5485 Accredited degrees available: M.S. [email protected]

SUNY Stony Brook University† Radiology Department HSC L-4 RM 092 Stony Brook, NY 11794 Program Director: Terry M. Button, Ph.D. (516) 444-3841 / Fax: (516) 444-7538 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] http://bme.sunysb.edu/grad/medicalphysics.html The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Science Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Department of Imaging Physics 1400 Pressler St. Unit 1472 Houston, TX 77030 Program Director: Rebecca M. Howell, Ph.D. Tel: (713) 563-2493 / Fax:  Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] https://gsbs.uth.edu/medphys/

Thomas Jefferson University Department of Radiation Oncology 111 South 11th Street, Rm G-316 Philadelphia, PA 19107 Program Director: Jacqueline G. Emrich, Ph.D. Tel: (215) 762-3408 / Fax: (215) 762-8523 Accredited degrees available: M.S. [email protected]  https://www.Jefferson.edu/MedicalPhysicsMS

Toronto Metropolitan University† Department of Physics 350 Victoria St. Toronto ON Canada M5B 2K3 Program Director: Raffi Karshaffian, Ph.D. Tel: (416) 979-5000 x7536 / Fax: (416) 979-5343 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] https://www.torontomu.ca/physics/graduate-studies/

Universite de Montreal‡ Department de Radio-Oncologie Centre hospitalier de 1' Universite de Montreal 1000 rue St-Denis Montreal QCH2X 0C1 Canada Program Director: Jean-Francois Carrier, Ph.D. Tel: (514) 343-6111 x34879 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. [email protected]

  Université Laval Department of Radiation Therapy 2325, rue de l'Université Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6 Canada Program Director: Luc Beaulieu, Ph.D. Tel: (418) 525-4444 Ext: 15315 / Fax: (418) 691-5268 Accredited degrees available: M.Sc., Ph.D. [email protected] view website

University at Buffalo (SUNY)  Medical Physics Program Radiol, Neurosurg, Biomed Engin, MAE, EE 955 Main Street Canon Stroke and Vascular Res Center Buffalo, NY 14203 Program Director: Stephen Rudin, Ph.D. Tel: (716) 829-5408 / Fax: (716) 829-2212 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] http://medicine.buffalo.edu/education/medical-physics.html

University College Dublin Centre for Physics in Health and Medicine School of Physics O'Brien Centre for Science, North Belfield  Dublin 4, Ireland Program Director: Sean Cournane, Ph.D. Tel: +353 1 7162222 Accredited Degrees available:M.S. [email protected] https://www.ucd.ie/cphm/study/mscinmedicalphysics/ University of Alberta Department of Medical Physics 11560 University Avenue Edmonton, T6G 1Z2, Canada Program Director: Gino Fallone, Ph.D. Tel: (780) 432-8750/Fax: (780) 432-8615 Accredited degrees available: M.Sc., Ph.D. [email protected] http://mp.med.ualberta.ca

UC Berkeley/UC San Francisco 1600 Divisadero St, Box 1708, Suite H1030 San Francisco CA 94115 Program Director: J Adam M Cunha, Ph.D. Tel: ((415)353-7031) / Fax: Accredited degrees available: [email protected]

University of British Columbia Department of Physics and Astronomy Medical Physics Program 6224 Agricultural Road Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada Program Director: Stefan Reinsberg, Ph.D. Tel: (604) 822-2925 / Fax: (604) 822-5324 Co-director: Cheryl Duzenli, Ph.D. Tel: (604) 877-6000 x 2021 Accredited degrees available: M.Sc., Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.phas.ubc.ca/graduate-program-medical-physics-stream-requirements

University of British Columbia - Okanagan ASC 354 - 3187 University Way Kelowna, BC CANADA V1V 1V7 Program Director: Christina Haston, Ph.D. (250) 807-9886 Accredited degrees available: M.Sc.,Ph.D. [email protected]

University of Calgary Tom Baker Cancer Centre Department of Medical Physics Tom Baker Cancer Centre 1331 - 29 Street NW Calgary, AB T2N 4N2 Program Director: Charles Kirkby, Ph.D., FCCPM Tel: (403) 388-6872 Accredited degrees available: M.Sc, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ucalgary.ca/rop/ -->

University of California Los Angeles The Departments of Radiological Sciences, Radiation Oncology, and Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Physics & Biology in Medicine Interdepartmental Graduate Program (Formerly Biomedical Physics Interdepartmental Graduate Program) 650 Charles E Young Dr S, RM B2-115CHS Los Angeles, CA 90095-1721 Program Director: Michael F. McNitt-Gray, Ph.D. Tel: (310) 825-7811 / Fax: (310) 825-7705 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] [email protected] http://pbm.ucla.edu/ -->

University of Chicago Graduate Programs in Medical Physics MC 2026 5841 S. Maryland Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 Program Director: Samuel G. Armato, III, Ph.D. Tel: (773) 834-3044 / Fax: (773) 702-0371 Accredited degrees available: Ph.D. [email protected] http://medicalphysics.uchicago.edu/

University of Cincinnati Department of Radiation Oncology 234 Goodman St. ML 0757 Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0757 Program Director: Michael A.S. Lamba, Ph.D. Tel:(513)584-9028 / Fax: (513) 584-4007 Accredited degrees available:M.S.,Combined Program (DMP) [email protected] [email protected] https://med.uc.edu/radonc/graduate/medicalphysics/program

University of Florida Division of Radiological Physics Department of Radiology 1600 SW Archer Rd. P.O. Box 100374 Gainesville, FL 32610-0374 Program Director: Stephanie Leon, Ph.D. Tel: (352) 594-2492 / Fax  Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] https://medphysics.med.ufl.edu/

University of Kentucky  Department of Radiation Oncology 800 Rose Street Lexington, KY 40536 Program Director: Dennis Cheek, Ph.D. Tel: (859) 323-9947 Accredited degrees available: M.S.,Ph.D. [email protected] https://medicine.uky.edu/departments/radiationmedicine/medical-physics-graduate-program

University of Manitoba † Department of Physics and Astronomy Allen Building 30A Sifton Road Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada Program Director: Stephen Pistorius, P.Phys., Ph.D. Tel: (204) 787-2211 / Fax: (204) 775-1684 Accredited degrees available: M.Sc., Ph.D. [email protected] https://www.sci.umanitoba.ca/physics-astronomy/

University of Massachusetts Lowell Department of Physics-Radiological Sciences Lowell, MA 01854 Program Director: Erno Sajo, Ph.D. Tel: (978) 934-3288 Accredited Degrees available:M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.uml.edu/MedPhys

University of Miami Biomedical Engineering Department 1251 Memorial Drive Coral Gables, FL 33146 Program Director: Weizhao Zhao, Ph.D. Tel: 305-284-6763 / Fax 305-284-6494 Radiation Oncology Department 1475 NW 12th Ave Miami, FL 33136 Assistant Program Director: Nesrin Dogan, Ph.D. Tel: 305-243-8629 / Fax 305-243-9833 Accredited Degrees available:M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] [email protected] https://bme.coe.miami.edu/graduate/medical-physics/index.html

University of Minnesota Department of Radiation Oncology Mayo Mail Code 494 420 Delaware St SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 Program Director: Parham Alaei, Ph.D. Tel: 612-626-6505 / Fax 612-624-5445 Accredited Degrees available:M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] https://www.radiationoncology.umn.edu/medical-physics-graduate-program

University of Nevada Las Vegas† ** Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences 4505 Maryland Parkway Box 453037 Las Vegas, NV 89154 Program Director: Steen Madsen, Ph.D. Tel: (702) 895-1805 / Fax: (702) 895-4819 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Combined Program (DMP) [email protected]

University of New Mexico Department of Radiology MSC 10 5530 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 Program Director: Reed Selwyn, Ph.D. Tel: (505) 272-4433 Accredited degrees available: M.S. [email protected] https://radiology.unm.edu/medphys/graduate-studies/program_info.html

University of Oklahoma  Dept. of Radiological Sciences. Garrison Tower 940 NE 13th Street, Suite 4G 4250 Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5008 Program Director: J. R. Sonnad, Ph.D. Tel: (405) 271-8001 Ext: 52415 / Fax: 405-271-6404 Accredited degrees available: M.S.,Ph.D. https://medicine.ouhsc.edu/Academic-Departments/Radiological-Sciences/Academic-Programs/Medical-Radiological-Physics-Graduate-Program [email protected]

University of Pennsylvania  Perelman School of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine 3400 Civic Center Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19104 Program Director: Shannon O' Reilly, Ph.D.,DABR  Tel: (215) 615-5434 / Fax:  Accredited degrees available: M.S.,Ph.D. Shannon.O'[email protected] https://www.med.upenn.edu/mpp/

University of Rhode Island 2 Lippitt Road Kingston, RI 02881 Program Director: Michael Antosh, Ph.D. Tel: (401) 874-2048 / (401) 874-2380 Accredited degrees available: M.S. [email protected] http://web.uri.edu/physics/medical-physics/

University of South Florida  Moffitt Cancer Center 12902 Magnolia Dr (MCC-RAC ONC) Tampa, FL 33612 Accredited degree available: Ph.D. Program Director: Eduardo G. Moros, Ph.D. Tel: (813) 745-1075 Fax: (813) 745-7231 [email protected] http://physics.usf.edu/graduate/medical/

  University of Tennessee Knoxville 1412 Circle Drive Knoxville, TN 37916 Program Director: Michael Howard, Ph.D. Tel: (423) 493-1691 / Fax: (423) 493-6828 Accredited degrees available: M.S. [email protected] -->

University of Texas San Antonio† Department of Radiology 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, Rm. 652E San Antonio, TX 78229-3900 Program Director: Andrew J. Sampson, PhD, DABR(D) Tel: (210) 567-0655/ Fax: (210) 567-0494 Accredited degrees available: Ph.D. [email protected] https://www.uthscsa.edu/academics/biomedical-sciences/programs/radiological-sciences-phd https://www.uthscsa.edu/academics/biomedical-sciences/programs/radiological-sciences-phd/statistics

University of Texas Southwestern  Department of Radiation Oncology 2280 Inwood Road Dallas, TX  75235 Program Director: You Zhang, Ph.D. Tel: (919) 627-3199 / Fax:  Accredited degrees available: Ph.D. [email protected] https://www.utsouthwestern. edu/education/medical-school/ departments/radiation- oncology/education-training/ physics-training-program/bme/ University of Toledo  Department of Radiation Oncology 2050E Dana Cancer Center 3000 Arlington Ave Toledo, OH 43614-2598 Program Director: David Pearson, Ph.D. Tel: (419) 383-6780 / Fax:  Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.utoledo.edu/med/depts/radther/ University of Toronto Department of Medical Physics Princess Margaret Cancer Center 601 University Avenue Toronto, ON CANADA. M5G 2M9 Program Director: Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, Ph.D. Tel: (416) 946-4501 Ext:2151 / Fax: (416) 946-6566 [email protected]

University of Victoria BC Cancer Agency Graduate Program in Medical Physics Medical Physics Department BC Cancer Agency - Vancouver Island Centre 2410 Lee Avenue Victoria, BC V8R 6V5 CANADA Program Director: Wayne A. Beckham, Ph.D., FCCPM Tel: (250) 519-5620 / Fax (250) 519-2024 Accredited degrees available: M.Sc., Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.uvic.ca/science/physics/medicalphysics/

University of Wisconsin † Medical Physics University of Wisconsin Medical Physics, Room 1005 WIMR 1111 Highland Ave Madison, WI 53705-2275 Program Director:Brian Pogue, Ph.D. Tel: (608) 263-8037 / Fax: (603) 646-3856 Accredited degrees available:M.S., Ph.D [email protected] http://www.medphysics.wisc.edu http://www.medphysics.wisc.edu/graduate/facts/ University of Wollongong Centre for Medical Radiation Physics School of Physics Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences Wollongong 2500 Australia Tel: +61244215296 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. [email protected]

Vanderbilt University ** Departments of Radiology and Radiation Oncology 2220 Pierce Avenue Preston Research Building B-1003 Nashville, TN 37232-5671 Program Director: John G. Eley, Ph.D. Tel: (615) 875-1625 Fax: (615) 343-0161 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Combined Program (DMP) [email protected] https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/dmp/

Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Department of Radiation Oncology PO Box 980058 401 College Street Richmond VA 23298-0058 Program Director: William Y. Song, Ph.D., DABR Tel: 1- (804)-628-3457/ Fax: 1-(804)-827-1861 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] https://radonc.vcu.edu/education/graduate-education/

Wake Forest University Department of Radiation Oncology Medical Center Boulevard  Winston-Salem, NC  27157 Program Director: William Dezarn, Ph.D. Tel: (336) 713-6511 / Fax: (336) 713-6565 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] https://school.wakehealth.edu/Education-and-Training/Graduate-Programs/Medical-Physics

Washington University in St. Louis Department of Radiation Oncology 4921 Parkview Place, Campus Box 8224 St. Louis, MO  63105 Program Director: Michael B. Altman, Ph.D. Tel: (314) 362-4818 Accredited degrees available: M.S. [email protected] https://radonc.wustl.edu/education/master-of-science-in-medical-physics/

Wayne State University Karmanos Cancer Institute Department of Radiation Oncology 4100 John R. Street Detroit, MI 48201 Program Director: Jay Burmeister, Ph.D. Tel: (313) 745-2483 / Fax: (313) 966-2314 Accredited degrees available: M.S., Ph.D. [email protected] http://medicalphysics.med.wayne.edu/

Western University † (Formerly the University of Western Ontario ) Medical Biophysics Graduate Program Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry Room 407 Medical Sciences Bldg. University of Western Ontario London, Ontario N6A 5C1 Program Director: Kathleen Surry, Ph.D. Tel: (519) 685-8605 / Fax (519) 685-8658  Accredited degrees available: M.Sc., Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.schulich.uwo.ca/biophysics/graduate/programs/medical_physics.html

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Dartmouth PhD and Certificate Program in Medical Physics

The Medical Physics Education Program is available to enrolled Dartmouth PhD students in engineering and the physical sciences who have an undergraduate preparation in physics (of at least four courses beyond introductory college physics). This program was accredited in 2016 by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP) , and provides the curricular training required for successful completion of an accredited medical physics graduate program. This pathway is required for a career in clinical medical physics and enables graduates to successfully sit for the ABR board exam and apply for CAMPEP accredited residency programs .

Interested students must apply for admission to the accredited program at the time of application to their PhD program at Dartmouth or shortly afterwards. All students should discuss this option with their faculty advisor and one of the program directors . This program is also available to post doctoral fellows who may enroll in the CAMPEP accredited certificate program at Dartmouth allowing pursuit of a career in clinical medical physics. 

The Medical Physics Education Program enhances a Dartmouth PhD with:

• Six required didactic courses directly applicable to a career in clinical medical physics
• A practicum experience in clinical medical physics (additional applied course)

PhD students completing the program will be prepared both for further education and research in medical physics and for application into the matching process for accredited medical physics residency programs administered by CAMPEP .

This program is led jointly by Dartmouth faculty at:

• Geisel School of Medicine (in the Departments of Radiology , Surgery Orthopaedics and Medicine ).

The program uses the extensive resources of Dartmouth- Health and Dartmouth Cancer Center . The Dartmouth Association of Medical Physics Students provides some internal guidance for students.

See instructions to apply to the program .

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Medical Physics Graduate Program

The Medical Physics Graduate Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP) and offers MS and PhD degrees.

The goal of the program is to prepare students for entering a clinical medical physics residency program in therapy or imaging physics and/or to pursue a career in research and teaching in radiation therapy, radiology, or magnetic resonance imaging. 

The program meets the requirements of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota, AAPM Reports 197, 197S, and the CAMPEP Standards for Accreditation of Graduate Educational Programs.

The Medical Physics Graduate Program generally admits students in the Fall semester. This program does not grant conditional admissions. Deadline for Fall 2024 admissions has passed. Admission decisions will be made by second half of March 2024.

+ What is Medical Physics?

Medical physicists are professionals with education and specialist training in the concepts and techniques of applying physics in medicine. Medical Physicists work in clinical, academic or research institutions. (Source: IOMP)

Medical physicists are concerned with three areas of activity:

     Clinical service and consultation in radiation oncology and radiology departments

     Research and development in areas such as cancer, heart disease, …

     Teaching medical physics students, resident physicians, and radiology and radiation therapy technology students

(Source: AAPM)  

AAPM's public education web page describing medical physics:

https://www.medicalradiationinfo.org/medical-physics/

AAPM's public education web page describing a career in medical physics:

https://www.medicalradiationinfo.org/careers/

+ Program Governance

The program governance includes the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS), the Steering Committee, and the Admissions Committee. The Steering Committee addresses the long term needs of the program and any short term issues. The Admissions Committee reviews applications for admissions and makes admissions decisions.

The majority of the instructors for the program are from the Departments of Radiation Oncology and Radiology at the University of Minnesota. Faculty are listed as full if they advise and support student(s) in the program at least once every five years, actively participate in the program by serving on student(s) MS and PhD committees, teaching courses, or serve in one of the graduate program committees.

+ Facilities

The facilities and clinical equipment of the University of Minnesota Medical Center are available to the faculty and students of the graduate program in Medical Physics. These include departments of Radiation Oncology and Radiology, including  The Center for Magnetic Resonance Research .  

Additional facilties within various University of Minnesota departments and centers are also available to graduate students as needed.

The full resources of the University of Minnesota Library systems both online and its physical holdings are available to all graduate students of the University of Minnesota. Other materials not directly accessible within the University of Minnesota Library system can be acquired via interlibrary loan.

Read a general description of the  University of Minnesota Libraries .

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Alireza Sadeghi-Tarakameh, Nur Izzati Huda Zulkarnain , Xiaoxuan He, Ergin Atalar, Noam Harel, Yigitcan Eryaman, A workflow for predicting temperature increase at the electrical contacts of deep brain stimulation electrodes undergoing MRI, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, July 2022

Taylor Froelich , Lance DelaBarre, Paul Wang, Jerahmie Radder, Efraín Torres, Michael Garwood, Fast spin-echo approach for accelerated B1 gradient–based MRI, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, January 2023

AAPM 2023 Presentations:

A. Alshreef , B. Rogers, C. Oare, C. Ferreira, Validation of GAMOS Monte Carlo simulation for Cs-131 Brachytherapy Source in Water

A. Alshreef , D. Sterling, P. Alaei, S. Drehmel, M. Reynolds, K. Dusenvery, L. Sloan, C. Chen, C. Ferreira, Radiation Safety for patients, families, and caregivers of GammaTile permanent Implant Brachytherapy

A. Alshreef , M. Assalmi,  B. Rogers, C. Oare, C. Ferreira, GAMOS Monte Carlo Simulation to calculate the Dose in Heterogeneities for GammaTile Implanted Brachytherapy

G. Aldosary , A. Al Shreef , H. Saleh , S. Wadi-Ramahi, A. Khatib, E. Omari, Toward the establishment of an Arab Medical Physicist Organization: Experiences in launching an educational seminar for promoting global health equity

M. Assalmi, A. Alshreef , EL Yamani Diaf, N. Ade, Assessment of neutron contamination-induced dose deposited by a medical linear accelerator operated at 18 MV photon beam

Y. Meng , M. Mah, J. Talghader, Y. Watanabe, Cherenkov light intensity in the Near-Infrared range produced by a 10MV FFF photon beam in water

E. Ehler, G. Hutchinson , K. Dusenbery , Chronic Renal Toxicity Dose Response Model for Pediatric Myeloablative Bone Marrow Transplant Conditioning Regimen Using Total Body Irradiation

ISMRM 2023 Presentations:

N. Zulkarnain , M. Ates, G. Cole , A. Sadeghi-Tarakameh, S. Jungst, L. DelaBarre, G. Adriany, Y. Eryaman, RF coil safety validation with a 3D SAR measurement setup

N. Zulkarnain , A. Sadeghi-Tarakameh, J. Thotland, N. Harel, Y. Eryaman, Temperature Prediction for Bilateral Deep Brain Stimulation Electrodes Undergoing MRI

Other Presentations:

A. Teeple, The ethics of portable MRI , IndiGENcon, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

+ Graduate Outcomes

Program history.

This graduate program was started as an interdisciplinary graduate program under the name Biophysical Sciences in the 1950s by Dr. Otto Schmidt to encourage collaboration among biologists, chemists, and physicists. Then, as now, faculty had their salaried appointments in various home departments, including departments within the Medical School, but participated in Biophysical Sciences because of their interests in collaborative, interdisciplinary projects.

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By the late 1960s and early 1970s, disciplines such as biophysics, biochemistry, physical chemistry, etc. were established in the mainstream, so the emphasis in Biophysical Sciences shifted to health informatics (integration of computers for modeling and data base analysis) and medical applications of biochemistry with Dr. Gene Ackerman and Dr. Russell K. Hobbie as Directors of Graduate Studies. 

By the late 1980s the computerization of all disciplines had become routine and most of the faculty had minimized their participation in the Biophysical Sciences Program. At about that time, however, a resurgence of interest in applications of various disciplines to problems in “radiologic sciences” – medical imaging, radiation therapy, and radiobiology – resulted in a renewal of interest in the program. In the US, the field of radiologic science is known as a profession by the term “Medical Physics”. Thus, by the early 1990’s the emphasis of the program had shifted to Medical Physics. In 1993, the program underwent an internal review under the direction of Associate Dean Kenneth Zimmerman at the request of Vice President and Dean Anne Petersen. The purpose of the review was to explore the future of involvement of the Medical School in the program. E. Russell Ritenour, became Director of Graduate Studies at that time.

In 2012, the name of the Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics program was changed to Medical Physics to more closely align the name of the program with the focus of the majority of the students in the program. The program as it currently stands focuses on Medical Physics but does not preclude the student from having a graduate project that is outside the traditional borders of Medical Physics. This is due to the fact that there are several professors associated with the program that have interests aligned with Medical Physics that are not purely clinical in focus. To aid in this transition of the program and to promote the accreditation process, Bruce J. Gerbi, PhD was installed as the Program Director. Upon retirement of Dr. Gerbi, Parham Alaei, PhD was elected as program director in May 2017. 

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The Medical Physics Graduate Program

Medical physics is a   profession   that combines principles of physics and engineering with those of biology and medicine to effect better diagnosis and treatment of human disease while ensuring the safety of the public, our patients and those caring for them.

The Medical Physics Graduate Program offers the Specialized Master of Science degree and the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees through the MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Two UT components, UTHealth Houston and   MD Anderson, jointly support the program, with the majority of faculty and students, as well as the program administration, working at MD Anderson.

The S.M.S. degree is a professional master's degree that prepares the student for clinical practice as a medical physicist. The Ph.D. degree is intended for the student who is preparing for a career that includes a strong research component. The two degree tracks have similar didactic curricula, but the S.M.S. research project is typically more clinically focused and shorter in duration than the research work for the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.

In addition to the SMS and PhD degree programs in Medical Physics, the GSBS offers a Graduate Certificate in Medical Physics. The certificate program is intended for those who already have a PhD in physics or a related discipline and are interested in obtaining the didactic education in medical physics that is required by residency programs and by the American Board of Radiology. Some of the requirements for admission to this program are a PhD in physics or else a PhD in a related discipline plus at least a minor in physics and medical physics research experience at The University of Texas MD Anderson or UTHealth Houston.

Photo (Right):  Functional MRI (fMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography for presurgical evaluation of brain tumor resection (image courtesy of Anthony Liu, PhD)

Medical Physics Program Resources

How to apply.

Students who wish to study medical physics should apply online through the  GSBS website

When your application is complete (including all of the required documentation such as transcripts and letters of reference), the GSBS will forward it to the program admission committee for consideration. Strict adherence to the deadlines is advised.

If you are applying to the Specialized Master of Science Program ("SMS"), which is our professionally oriented terminal master’s degree, select "M.S." as the Degree Plan. If you are applying to the M.S./Ph.D. program, select "Ph.D." as the Degree Plan, even if you expect to earn the M.S. degree on the way to the Ph.D. Most of our Ph.D. students take advantage of the opportunities that the Graduate School offers to by-pass the master’s degree en route to the Ph.D.

Under Areas of Research Interest, you need not select secondary areas of study if your only interest in the MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is our Medical Physics program.

Review Process

The program admission committee reviews applications on a rolling basis. Applicants who are especially promising will be invited to visit the GSBS and the program for an interview. Typically, more applicants are interviewed than can be offered admission.

Over the course of the reviewing season, the program admission committee will recommend to the Dean of the GSBS that offers be extended to the highest ranking applicants. All of those offers will be honored through April 15. However, because our program has a maximum number of funded positions in the incoming class each year, applicants who accept another offer are asked to decline ours promptly so that another meritorious applicant may be extended an offer.

We attempt to have interviewed every applicant to whom we make an offer. In extraordinary circumstances, this has been by telephone or over the Internet, but normally interviews are conducted in person in Houston. Ideally these would be during GSBS visitation events.

The interview visit is a time for the program and the applicant to get to know each other even better than the application documents allow. Interviewees have a student host to guide them around and to talk about what the program is really like and what Houston is really like.

The applicant typically will talk to half a dozen faculty members and at least as many students. The content of the interviews varies with the interests and attitudes of the interviewer, so the best advice that we can give for preparation is to know your facts (e.g., the title of your senior thesis project, if you are doing one) and to be yourself.

The Profession of Medical Physics

Medical physics is a field of study and practice that applies the facts and principles of physics and engineering to medical practice. It is distinct from biomedical engineering, biophysics and health physics in its focus on patient care. Medical physics is a profession because its practitioners work independently, albeit often as members of a health care team, and we take personal responsibility for the quality of our work.

There are two main specialties within medical physics, therapy and imaging. Therapy is the delivery of ionizing radiation with palliative or curative intent and imaging uses ionizing and nonionizing radiation for diagnostic purposes. some medical physicists practice all aspects of medical physics, but specialization as a therapeutic radiological physicist, diagnostic radiological physicist, medical nuclear physicist or medical health physicist is becoming more typical.

Medical physics requires a solid undergraduate preparation in physics or another technical discipline (for example, nuclear engineering) and graduate study. While many current medical physicists studied pure physics or related engineering subjects at the graduate level, increasingly graduate study in medical physics   per se   is now the predominant route of entry into the profession. Graduate programs in medical physics and residency programs in medical physics may be certified by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs (CAMPEP). Not only does CAMPEP accreditation betoken a high quality program, but graduation from a CAMPEP - accredited graduate program and a CAMPEP - accredited residency program are prerequisites to certification by the largest certifying board.

Medical physicists demonstrate their preparation and professional competence by achieving certification. The predominant certifying board in the U.S. is the American Board of Radiology, which, along with the American Board of Health Physics and the American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine, administers certification examinations. These examinations typically consist of a written section covering basic medical physics, a second written section focusing on a particular specialty (e.g., therapeutic radiological physics, diagnostic radiological physics, medical nuclear physics, medical health physics, magnetic resonance imaging physics, or molecular imaging), and an oral examination. One may not take the examinations until one has earned appropriate educational credentials and has accumulated satisfactory practical experience through residency.

A number of states in the U.S., of which the first was Texas, license medical physics as a profession. They do this as a means of protecting the public safety and welfare. In Texas, one may not practice medical physics without a license. Texas issues temporary licenses to medical physicists who are preparing for their certification examinations by gaining practical experience, either as on-the-job training or in a clinical physics residency program. Temporary licensees must practice under the direct supervision of a fully licensed medical physicist. Medical physicists with full licenses may practice their licensed specialty independently, their preparation for which is demonstrated by education, by experience and by board certification.

Medical physicists in the U.S. have one primary professional organization, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). Many medical societies also welcome medical physicists and have strong and active membership among medical physicists.

Medical physicists might practice privately — often consulting for several institutions — or work on a hospital staff or in an academic healthcare institution. We work closely with radiation oncologists, radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, dosimetrists, nurses, a variety of medical technology specialists and hospital administrators. Our work requires strong scientific and technical abilities, clear communication, good people skills and the capability to work carefully, accurately, thoroughly and promptly. People's well-being depends upon the quality of our work.

To learn more about the profession of medical physics, visit

• The American Association of Physicists in Medicine
• The American Board of Radiology
• The American Board of Medical Physics
• The American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine
• The Commission for the Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs
• The Texas Medical Board

Among the journals that publish the research work of medical physicists are

• Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
• International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics
• Academic Radiology
• Journal of Nuclear Medicine

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Robert j. shalek fellowship.

In the period between 1950 and 1984, Robert J. Shalek, for whom this fellowship is named, worked at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. During that time the institution grew from small beginnings in temporary buildings to a leading cancer center with a large physical plant and over 6,000 employees.

During the same period medical physics, which had started in the United States around 1915, but had languished as a profession, took guidance from the well-developed British example and grew into a confident and respected profession. Dr. Shalek was shaped by and contributed to these events.

Following Drs. Leonard Grimmett and Warren Sinclair, both very experienced medical physicists from England, he served as head, or chairman, of the Physics Department from 1960 to 1984. Under his direction, the department became recognized as a major research and teaching center in medical physics.

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PhD in Bioengineering - Medical Physics Concentration

Admission deadline, admission process.

Our Admissions Committee takes a holistic approach to evaluating applications. Along with a solid academic record and communication skills, our program is looking for individuals who desire to make an impact in the field of medical physics.  An interview is required for admission.  Select applicants will be invited to interview in person.  Admitted applicants will be invited for  Visit Day .

Applicants who wish to be considered for admission to the Master of Science in Medical Physics program if not admitted to the Bioengineering PhD program must apply to the MSMP program by the deadline.  Applicants will need to use different email addresses for the Bioengineering PhD application (through the School of Engineering and Applied Science) and MSMP application (through the Perelman School of Medicine). No MS application fee is required.  Email the MPGP Team at [email protected] to request a fee waiver code to put on the MS application for admission in order to waive the application fee.

Prerequisite Requirements (note explanations marked by *)

• Bachelor’s degree in physics, engineering, or physical sciences discipline from an accredited institution (or the equivalent of a U.S. four-year bachelor’s degree)
• * Minimum of an undergraduate minor in physics or its equivalent
• Complete one computer science/programming course (one semester/course).  This course must be listed on the applicant's transcript
• Applicants who have completed or will be completing a master's degree in medical physics from a CAMPEP-accredited program are not eligible for the PhD in Bioengineering - Medical Physics Concentration. 

Application Requirements (note explanations marked by *)

• Completion of the School of Engineering & Applied Science’s Bioengineering PhD program application for admission and all stated requirements on the Doctoral Program Admissions page .   Select the Medical Physics Concentration within the application. 
• An unofficial transcript in English from each university or college where you earned course credit should be uploaded into the Bioengineering PhD application.  An unofficial transcript must show the applicant name, institution name, names of courses completed, and grades earned.  If an unofficial transcript does not show this information, you must submit an official transcript.  Official transcripts should be emailed to the MPGP Team at  [email protected]  directly from the issuing institution's official electronic delivery service. 
• Three letters of recommendation, including at least one from a faculty member who is familiar with your scholarly abilities. (Contact information of recommenders required in online application; application system will ask these individuals to upload their letters)
• Personal statement:  In 1000 words or less, please describe your career objectives and reasons for choosing the PhD in Bioengineering - Medical Physics Concentration program at Penn,  including any previous experience with the field of medical physics.   Also, use this as an opportunity to tell us about yourself and help us get to know you better.  A well-written and thoughtful, though concise, essay is an important part of your application. 
• Completion of Intent to Apply to the Medical Physics Concentration form
• **Additional requirements for applicants with degrees earned outside of the U.S. 

It is preferred that applicants:

• Take undergraduate coursework in these subject areas : Differential Equations, calculus (four semesters/courses), chemistry (two semesters/courses), biology (one semester/course)

*Minimum of an Undergraduate Minor in Physics or its Equivalent

• A minor in physics, required by CAMPEP, is defined as two calculus-based introductory physics courses and at least three upper-division (junior- or senior-level) undergraduate physics courses .  Upper-division physics courses include Electricity and Magnetism (preferred), Atomic Physics (preferred), Modern Physics (preferred), Quantum Mechanics (preferred), Classical Mechanics (preferred), Optics, Nuclear Physics, and Heat & Thermodynamics. The advanced physics courses should address theoretical principles from a physics curriculum.  Courses that are primarily applied and related to engineering, chemistry, health, or medical physics are not acceptable. 
• Per the American Board of Radiology (ABR), standards for course acceptability are:  1) the course must appear on an official transcript; 2) the course must be equivalent to a standard 3-credit course; and 3) the course must have a passing standard.  It is recommended that you contact the professor of the course to inquire if you are unsure of whether a course meets these standards, or if you are unsure if the course is considered introductory or upper-division at the undergraduate level as compared to the other physics courses offered at the institution.  Massive open online courses (MOOC) such as EdX and Coursera typically do not meet these standards and thus are not acceptable. 
• Applicants may earn the equivalency of a physics minor at any regionally accredited institution.  Transcripts of all courses taken for credit are a requirement of the application. 

**Additional Requirements for Applicants with Degrees Earned Outside of the U.S.

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To meet the ongoing demand of university hospitals, clinics, and industry for medical physicists trained in research and clinical medical physics, LSU's Department of Physics and Astronomy offers a concentration in Medical Physics for its Ph.D. in Physics degree. The Ph.D. degree program provides students with

• a fundamental knowledge of medical physics;
• advanced courses in medical physics, physics, and other fields; and
• advanced research training in a particular subfield of medical physics.

The Ph.D. curriculum requires a core medical physics component of 11 courses (27 credit hours), a course in human anatomy (3 credit hours), 9 credit hours of advanced medical physics courses, 6 hours of outside electives, and research credit hours as recommended by the student’s supervisory committee. Students must complete a written Qualifying Exam, an oral General Exam (typically the dissertation proposal), and a Final Examination / oral Dissertation Defense. Students are required to complete a dissertation based on hypothesis-driven research. Dissertation research should begin by the end of the second year and typically requires approximately 3 years of effort. The results of the dissertation are expected to result in multiple publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals. The full program of study is expected to take 5 years for the typical Ph.D. student.

Objectives - Medical Physics

The Ph.D. Program is designed for individuals who wish to be educated in medical physics with emphasis in research.  The Program’s objective is to provide a general knowledge of medical physics along with research training in a particular subfield of medical physics. The Ph.D. degree will prepare the student for:

• An entry level research position, i.e., postdoctoral fellow position in an academic medical physics department,
• A medical physics residency position under the supervision of a board-certified medical physicist in a clinical environment, or
• A career as a medical physicist researcher in a clinical-support industry.

Students pursuing a clinical career should expect to acquire comprehensive clinical training through a CAMPEP-accredited medical physics residency program . Most medical physicists pursue ABR professional certification exam in medical physics ; M.S. in medical physics students typically take Part I of the ABR exam at the end of their second year of graduate study. Since 2014, eligibility for the American Board of Radiology Part 2 or Part 3 examinations in medical physics requires that candidates must have completed a CAMPEP-accredited residency program.

Medical Physics Ph.D. Curriculum

The PhD degree with concentration in medical physics requires a minimum of 54 credit hours of course work and dissertation research. Consult the LSU General Catalog for specific degree requirements, course descriptions, and related information. Anticipated time to degree completion is 5 years for the typical student.  Students can earn an MS degree along the way to the PhD degree; this is decided in consultation with the student’s research supervisor, and depends on student career goals, supervisor preferences, etc.

The typical medical physics PhD student completes the core courses listed below (credits hours are listed for each course).

MEDP 4111 Introduction to Medical Imaging (3) MEDP 4331 Radiation Protection and Exposure Evaluation (3) MEDP 4351 Radiation Detection and Instrumentation (2) MEDP 4352 Radiation Detection Laboratory (1) MEDP 7111 Advanced Medical Imaging Physics (3) MEDP 7121 Radiobiology (3) MEDP 7260 Clinical Medical Physics Rotation (4) MEDP 7331 Radiation Therapy Physics (3) MEDP 7530 Radiation Shielding and Accelerators (3) MEDP 7537 Radiation Interactions and Transport (3) MEDP 7995 Seminar (1) PHYS 9000 Dissertation Research (1-12 per sem.)

Additional advanced elective coursework in medical physics, physics, and other fields is also completed; examples are listed below.

MEDP 7098 Radiation Research Technology and Methods (3) MEDP 7210 Clinical Principles of Radiation Therapy (3) MEDP 7270 Advanced Radiation Therapy Physics (3) MEDP 7538 Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiation Transport (3) Although not counted towards degree requirements, a course in human anatomy is necessary for eligibility to sit for the American Board of Radiology certification exam in medical physics.

100 Best colleges for Medical Physics in the United States

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Below is a list of best universities in the United States ranked based on their research performance in Medical Physics. A graph of 3.33M citations received by 122K academic papers made by 211 universities in the United States was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

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1. Harvard University

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2. Stanford University

3. Johns Hopkins University

4. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

5. University of California - San Francisco

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

7. University of Washington - Seattle

8. University of Pennsylvania

9. University of California - Los Angeles

10. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

11. University of Wisconsin - Madison

12. University of Chicago

13. Yale University

14. Emory University

15. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

16. Cornell University

17. Washington University in St Louis

18. Columbia University

19. University of Pittsburgh

20. University of Alabama at Birmingham

21. University of Southern California

22. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

23. University of Florida

24. University of Maryland, Baltimore

25. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

26. New York University

27. University of Iowa

28. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

29. Northwestern University

30. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

31. Oregon Health & Science University

32. Duke University

33. University of California-San Diego

34. Vanderbilt University

35. Georgetown University

36. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

37. University of Virginia

38. University of Utah

39. Case Western Reserve University

40. University of California - Davis

41. Baylor College of Medicine

42. Medical College of Wisconsin

43. University of Illinois at Chicago

44. Medical University of South Carolina

45. Boston University

46. University of Arizona

47. Ohio State University

48. Wake Forest University

49. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

50. Thomas Jefferson University

51. Wayne State University

52. University of Miami

53. Brown University

54. University of Cincinnati

55. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

56. Providence College

57. Florida College

58. University of California - Irvine

59. University of Kentucky

60. Tufts University

61. Virginia Commonwealth University

62. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

63. University of Rochester

64. Pennsylvania State University

65. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

66. University of New Mexico

67. Dartmouth College

68. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

69. University at Buffalo

70. University of Baltimore

71. Seattle University

72. University of South Florida

73. University of Tennessee Health Science Center

74. University of Louisville

75. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

76. George Washington University

77. University of Nebraska Medical Center

78. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

79. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

80. University of Missouri - Columbia

81. Pennsylvania State University - College of Medicine

82. University of Texas Medical Branch

83. Loma Linda University

84. Drexel University

85. Upstate Medical University

86. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

87. Michigan State University

88. University of Vermont

89. Saint Louis University

90. Georgia Institute of Technology

91. Augusta University

92. University of California - Berkeley

93. Tulane University of Louisiana

94. NorthShore University HealthSystem School of Nurse Anesthesia

95. rensselaer polytechnic institute.

96. Temple University

97. University of Texas at Austin

98. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

99. Texas A&M University - College Station

100. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

The best cities to study Medical Physics in the United States based on the number of universities and their ranks are Cambridge , Stanford , Baltimore , and Houston .

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The graduate program in Medical Physics at The University of Toledo is nationally accredited. Prospective students must have a B.S. degree in Physics or a minor in Physics. 

UToledo offers a master's in Medical Physics with concentrations in: 

• Radiation oncology physics  
• Diagnostic imaging 

The UToledo Medical Physics program is recognized throughout the U.S. for providing strong, hands-on clinical experience to our students and residents. These experiences allow our students to secure required residencies at rates far higher than the national average, and our residents to secure full-time positions. 100% of our students land residencies, compared to the national average of just 50%. 

UToledo also offers its own accredited residency program, giving us the ability to offer the full spectrum of training to our graduate students. Our graduates experience firsthand one of most progressive radiation oncology departments in the nation at The University of Toledo Medical Center.

The Medical Physics master's degree is administered through the UToledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences on UToledo's Health Science Campus. The doctorate degree — a Ph.D. in Physics with a specialization in Medical Physics — is offered on UToledo's Main Campus through the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics' Department of Physics and Astronomy. 

Top Reasons to Study medical physics at UToledo

• Certification. Nearly all UToledo Medical Physics graduates pursue certification with the American Board of Radiology. Most students complete the first of the three-step certification process while in the program. 
• A two-semester clinical clerkship allows students to work directly with patients under the supervision of qualified medical physicists. This experience gives our students an advantage when applying for residencies. 
• UToledo's Medical Physics residency program emphasizes all areas of training needed by a radiation oncology medical physicist in a state-of-the-art treatment facility. 
• State-of-the-art facilities. Students work with the most up-to-date treatment and diagnostic equipment , including Varian TrueBeam and Varian Edge linear accelerators. 
• Learn from the best. UTMC's Department of Radiation Oncology is accredited by ASTRO APEx. It is the only public health-care facility in Ohio to receive the prestigious distinction. 
• Financial support. The M.S. program offers $1000 scholarships. 

UToledo's Medical Physics graduate program faculty  includes five ABR-certified physicians and four ABR-certified medical physicists, all heavily involved in providing clinical service, didactic teaching and research. 

Our faculty members have national and international reputations in the field and a variety of  research interests . 

What jobs can I get with a medical physics degree?

The vast majority of UToledo Medical Physics graduates work as clinical medical physicists, often as faculty at teaching hospitals. Some also land positions as researchers. 

Graduates of our program typically get 2- to 3-year residency positions. Salaries are in the mid to upper range, compared to typical physics post-doc positions. Entry-level salaries for medical physicists who complete residency are much higher than those of physics graduates, typically starting at more than $115,000 per year.  

This high salary comes with important responsibilities: 

• Caring for patients 
• Managing the medical physics aspects of a radiology or radiation oncology clinic 
• Ensuring radiation safety and radiation protection of staff and patients 
• Complying with state and federal regulations 

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Research team creates global roadmap to advance printable sensors for sustainability and quality of life

by Ray Sharma, Simon Fraser University

A Simon Fraser University professor is helping make strides towards a "sustainable, intelligent world" by propelling printable sensor technologies.

Vincenzo Pecunia, from SFU's School of Sustainable Energy Engineering, has led a team of more than 100 experts from 57 research institutions worldwide in developing a comprehensive roadmap for next-generation printable sensor technologies. By paving the way for everyday objects and environments to acquire sensing capabilities, these technologies could be a game changer in advancing sustainability and enhancing our quality of life.

The work is published in the journal Nano Futures .

By providing real-time data from the world around us, sensors can help people make more informed decisions about how they use resources and improve homes, cities, the environment, security, health care, and more.

"There are truly countless ways in which sensors can help us make our life easier and more sustainable," says Pecunia, lead author of the recently published research. "Think, for instance, of sensors that could realize safer medical exams and targeted health care , or that could help farmers increase yield, or that could help us reduce food waste through accurate food spoilage detection, or that could detect wildfires early enough to prevent their disastrous consequences."

In the roadmap, Pecunia and his global network of collaborators delve into the current and future standing of 45 printable sensor technologies that respond to diverse stimuli, such as light, radiation, force, temperature, gases, chemicals, and biological substances.

Pecunia's group has made major research contributions in this area, spearheading printable optical sensors that could find application in a wide range of sustainability-focused domains.

Realizing all these applications depends on disseminating sensors in large numbers to generate a critical mass of data. That requires the availability of easy-to-make, low-cost sensor technologies.

"Sensors based on printable materials offer an ideal platform, since they can be fabricated from inks using simple methods such as printing and coating in a room-temperature setting, requiring little energy," says Pecunia.

By contrast, the sensors commonly used today are made with technologies that tend to be expensive and have a considerable carbon footprint, often requiring temperatures above 1,000 degrees Celsius to produce. Pecunia points out that the cost and carbon footprint of such conventional sensors limit the possibility of disseminating them in the large numbers required to make a large-scale impact.

He advocates for establishing homegrown manufacturing for printable sensors , which would realize their diverse applications for the benefit of local communities and avoid the slow and complex supply chain of traditional electronics while bolstering the local clean-tech and high-tech sectors.

While printable sensor technologies hold great promise, Pecunia believes that it is essential to push forward research in this area to overcome the remaining hurdles and unlock the full potential of these technologies.

"Through our roadmap, our ultimate goal is to catalyze further research advances in printable sensor technology to bring us closer to a green sensor revolution for the benefit of all," he says.

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