Graduate program in Medical Physics
The Department co-sponsors this program along with the Department of Radiology. For more information go to the program's unofficial student website.
Medical Physics Residency Program
The University of Chicago Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology offers a two year Medical Physics Residency Program. The training program is based on the Guidelines for Accreditation of Medical Physics Residency Programs as published by Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Program (CAMPEP). The program is directed toward providing a 2 year program of progressive supervised clinical training for graduates of CAMPEP accredited medical physics graduate education programs or graduates of other programs such as the University of Chicago graduate program in Medical Physics. Additional medical physics didactic training will be provided to graduates of other physics-related programs.
The objective of the residency program is to provide training in radiation oncology physics in a structured clinical environment for individuals wishing to practice professional radiation oncology physics. Residents, under the supervision of board certified medical physicists, will participate in the routine clinical duties of a radiation oncology physicist. At the conclusion of the program the resident will be able to demonstrate competency in all areas of radiation oncology physics and will be prepared to sit for the certification examination of the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Radiology Physics.
The Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Chicago is comprised of 3 divisions: Clinical Radiation Oncology, Medical Physics, and Cancer Biology. The department provides service to four clinical sites: University of Chicago Hospitals in Hyde Park section of Chicago, University of Illinois/Chicago campus, LaGrange Memorial Hospital, and Hinsdale Hospital. Radiation Oncology staff includes: 8 Ph.D. physics faculty, 7 clinical physics staff, 4 dosimetrists, 4 dosimetry trainees, 2 physics residents, 10 M.D. radiation oncology faculty, 10 medical residents, and 6 Ph.D. cancer biology faculty. Total external beam treatments number 165 - 180 per day. Brachytherapy procedures are performed at all sites. Patients are routinely enrolled on national and institutional protocols. The medical physics residency program is housed in the Division of Medical Physics. Physics residents report to the Director of the Residency Program in Medical Physics (Chester Reft, Ph.D.). The departmental Resident Education Committee oversees the medical residency and physics residency programs, and reviews the clinical training and didactic education program on an annual basis. Dr. Reft is a member of the committee. The chair of the committee is the medical residency Program Director (P. Connell, M.D.).
Detailed information about the medical physics residency program can be found in our brochure.
The application process is described here.