UC Davis CAMPEP Approved Physics Residency Program

Overview

The UC Davis CAMPEP Approved Radiation Oncology Physics Residency Program is a two year program designed for individuals with a Ph.D. degree who seek training in clinical radiation oncology physics. 

The physics resident participates directly in the clinical routine, under the supervision of experienced radiation oncology physicists and physicians, while receiving comprehensive training in the areas of external beam planning and treatment delivery, treatment aid design and fabrication, brachytherapy planning and delivery, dose measurement,  radiation treatment machine calibration, special procedures such as image-guided intensity modulated radiation therapy, quality assurance, and radiation safety. 

Graduates of this program will have received sufficient clinical training to prepare them for work as a radiation oncology physicist and certification in the specialty of Therapeutic Radiological Physics by the American Board of Radiology.

Program structure

The Radiation Oncology Physics Residency Program is an official program within the University of California, Davis Health Care System and administered through the Department of Radiation Oncology. 

The Department is located in the NCI-designated UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and is actively engaged in the advanced clinical and research programs, including image-guided IMRT and VMAT (with motion-management), stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), image-guided brachytherapy, in vivo dosimetry, and informatics infrastructure development.

The Department has full-member status with the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and has both an ACGME accredited physician residency training program and a CAMPEP approved medical physics residency program. There are research affiliations with the UC Davis School of Veterinarian Medicine and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Affiliations

Affiliations with other programs:

Tahoe Forest

• Varian Truebeam

UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Comparative Cancer Center

• Varian Linear Accelerator, PET/CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine

Statistics

Physics Resident Statistics

(*) indicates top candidates only – other applicant data not available

Applying to the program

Application deadline is December 15, 2012. Position available July 2013.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. from a CAMPEP accredited graduate program.

Please apply using the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Common Application Program (CAP). Register HERE

As indicated on the CAP website, you will need the following to apply:

• Personal information (name, address, contact information)
• ABR certification status
• Disclosure of criminal behavior, academic violations, and/or licensure actions
• Employment history
• Military service history (if applicable)
• Education (undergraduate and graduate)
• Names of 3 references (including one from current advisor or department head)
• Personal statement (max. 3000 characters) indicating why you want to go into medical physics, and anything else you want to communicate to the applications reviewers (this is instead of a cover letter)
• Uploaded CV listing awards, publications, presentations, and citizenship (Please indicate US Citizen, Permanent resident or Alien and Visa type/exp. date)
• Transcripts and a copy of TOEFL results (if applicable)
  • Can be uploaded, or
  • Official copies can be mailed to Clinical Medical Physics Residency Application, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740

The direction and content of the Physics Residency Program is developed and administered by the Physics Residency Program Co-Directors, Dr. Sonja Dieterich and Dr. Julian Perks.

For questions, please contact the Residency Coordinator, Tammy Vanella at:

Tammy Vanella
Residency Coordinator
Department of Radiation Oncology
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Phone: (916) 734-8688
Email: Tammy.Vanella@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

The University of California, Davis is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty, staff, and students.