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Therapy Physics Residency Prospective Candidates

There are two different types of research programs available in the department of radiation oncology.

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Program: The Postdoctoral Fellowship program primarily focuses on research opportunities available within the department. Postdoctoral Fellowship positions vary dependent on available research and research funding.
  • Medical Physics Certificate Program: The Medical Physics Certificate Program is an internal only program available to qualified postdoc fellows wanting to transition to a medical physics career from a complementary PhD discipline. This program not only focuses on research but also on hands-on clinical QA and the opportunity to earn a CAMPEP-accredited medical physics certificate which will qualify the candidate to apply to CAMPEP accredited residency programs.

Anyone interested in applying for either program can send a copy of their CV to Jessica Kotowicz. All CVs are reviewed by Dr. Eric Paulson, our Chief of Medical Physics. Qualified applicants are then contacted for further discussion.

CAMPEP Residency Standard 2.11 states "A program must publicly describe the program and the achievements of its residents, preferably through a publicly‐accessible website. This information must be updated no less often than annually and must include the numbers of applicants to the program, applicants offered admission, residents entering the program, and graduates. Information on the destinations of graduates shall also be provided, i.e., numbers in academics, clinical practice, industry positions, etc."

 Resident Program Statistics
Year Applicants
 Accepted
 Graduated
 Final certification
 Graduates employed in clinic
 Graduates employed in academia
Graduates employed in industry
2011 59
 2
 2
1
 1
2012 27
 2
 0
 2


2013 22
 1
 0
NG
 NG
 NG
2014 29
 2
 2
2

2015 93
 1
 1

1
2016* 0
 0
 0
NG
 NG
 NG
2017^
 3
 2
 2
2

2018*
 0
 0
 2
 2
2
2019^
 3
 2
 0
NG
 NG
 NG
2020 35 1 2 1 1
2021^ 1
 1 0 1 NG NG
2022^ 1 1 2 1
2
2023^  2  2  1  1  1     
2024 1
1 1   1  

*No open positions
^Internal candidates only considered
NG No graduates

For more information about the field of medical physicist, please use the links to information provided by the American Association for Physics in Medicine (AAPM):

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