Medical Physics Residency Program
The residency is a two-year program in radiation oncology physics approved by the Stanford Office of Graduate Medical Education (http://gme.stanford.edu/). This CAMPEP-accredited residency is structured as a two-year program of progressive, supervised clinical training in all areas of radiation oncology physics, to enable a resident upon completing the program to have acquired the knowledge and skills needed to practice radiation oncology physics independently and to gain board certification. Residents participate in clinical physics duties, with virtually 100% of their time based on clinical activity. There is an optional elective 3rd year that may be scheduled between the two clinical years for a clinically-related research project under supervision of a radiation oncology physics faculty. The additional year is intended to provide trained residents adequate time to advance a translational research project during residency, with consequent opportunities for accomplishments to support a career goal of clinician-scientist.
The department supports a wide range of state-of-the-art equipment and capabilities including: a Varian TrueBeam TSx with 2.5-mm leaf width MLC (HDMLC) and flattening-filter free beam modes with dose rates up to 26 Gy/min., five additional dual-energy Varian linear accelerators with millennium MLCs and portal imaging, two equipped with kV-OBI CBCT systems for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). There are two Accuray CyberKnife robotic-arm 6 MV X-band linear accelerators for image-guided radiosurgery and radiotherapy with patient motion tracking using Synchrony. Located in an operating room is a Mobetron for intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) with electron beams. There are also a Kodak CR imaging system, a Varian Ximatron and an Acuity simulator, an 8-slice GE LightSpeed PET/CT scanner, and a second CT scanner, soon to be replaced by a PET/CT scanner. There are 4 Varian RPM systems for gated treatment, and a network of Varian Eclipse workstations for 3D, IMRT and RapidArc treatment planning. 4D CT is routinely performed for tissue segmentation and planning of respiratory-gated treatment. All imaging is digital and interconnected via the Aria information system. TrueBeam and Trilogy systems have RapidArc capability, used for stereotactic ablative radiosurgery and conventionally-fractionated treatments. Routine procedures include: HDR brachytherapy, intra- and extra-cranial stereotactic radiotherapy with CyberKnife, conformal dynamic arc, SBRT, IORT, TBI and total skin electron beam therapy. Stanford has active master research collaborations with Varian Medical Systems and an active physics outreach program serving community radiation oncology centers in the region.
All candidates are required to have excellent communication skills and an advanced degree in physics, biophysics, medical physics, engineering, or a related field. Candidates who will not have completed an academic program in medical physics should also provide explicit information on their coursework in the required core curriculum: Radiological Physics and Dosimetry, Radiation Protection and Radiation Safety, Fundamentals of Imaging in Medicine, Radiobiology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Radiation Therapy Physics. At most, two courses could be made up during a two-year residency, one to two additional courses in a three-year program. Interested candidates seeking the application package should contact Ms. Greenberg at the address below. Applications for 2012 positions will be accepted October 15 through December 15, 2011 and will require the following:
Statement of Interest
CV
Graduate transcripts
Certificates of formal training
2-4 letters of reference
Eligibilty for Employment
For more detailed information, please contact:
Becky Greenberg
Department of Radiology Oncology
Stanford University School of Medicine
875 Blake Wilbur Drive, Rm G-236
Stanford, California 94305-5847
Phone: (650) 498-4005
Fax: (650) 498-5008
E-mail: b.greenberg@stanford.edu
Current Residents
Benjamin P. Fahimian, Ph.D
Bin Han, Ph.D.
Tiffany M. Phillips, Ph.D.
