Residency in Therapy Medical Physics
The Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine offers a two-year position as a resident in radiation oncology physics. This program is one of the first programs in the nation accredited by CAMPEP. Responsibilities include clinical duties, teaching, and professional advancement. Residents are assigned responsibilities under supervision related to patient care, physics consultations, patient treatment planning, dosimetry, and quality assurance.
The successful candidate will join a team of five medical physicists, six radiation oncologists, four dosimetrists, two engineers, and a senior medical physics resident. Research opportunities include ongoing programs in IMRT/IGRT, respiratory gating, radiopharmaceutical administration, stereotactic radiosurgery, brachytherapy, and radiation oncology informatics.
Treatment Equipment:
- Philips Brilliance 16 slice CT-simulator
- TomoTherapy Hi-Art
- 3 Varian TrueBeams
- Dedicated Bravos HDR suite.
- Accuray Cyberknife vSi
- Xoft IORT
- Varian Eclipse Treatment Planning System
- Precision Treatment Planning System
- Velocity and MIMs Software
All equipment is supported on a Radiotherapy Network that uses ARIA for information management. The department is involved with TBI, TSE, Brachytherapy, GammaTiles, and radiopharmaceutical administration.
Admissions:
Qualifications: Applicants are required to have graduated from a CAMPEP-accredited graduate program with an MS or PhD or completed a CAMPEP-accredited certificate program.
Positions: There is one position available each year.
Applications: Applications are accepted through the AAPM Medical Physics Residency Application Program (MP-RAP) typically between mid-October through early December. The top candidates will be invited for an on-site interview. The residency program does take part in the MedPhys Match program.
Financial Support: The stipend for medical physics residents is derived from the University of Louisville School of Medicine salary scale for medical residents; examples are $57,755 for PGY1 and $59,913 for PGY2. Each candidate that is invited for an interview will be updated with more specifics on salary and benefits.
Resident Program Statistics:
| Year | # Of Applicants | # Accepted | # Graduated | #Now Certified | # Currently In Clinical Employments | # Currently In Academic Appts | # In Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ABR Passed Part 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 122 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 125 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 141 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 72 | 1 | 0 | ABR Passed Part 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 64 | 1 | 0 | ABR Passed Part 1 | 1 in training | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 49 | 1 | 0 | ABR Passed Part 1 | 1 in training | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 69 | 1 | 0 | ABR Part 1 Eligible | 1 in training | 0 | 0 |
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