Medical Physicist – CAMPEP-Trained, ABR-Eligible

Overview

The Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Kansas Cancer Center and the University of Kansas Health System is seeking an outstanding medical physicist to join our faculty at the Clinical Instructor/Assistant Professor level.

The Department has just completed a Varian Eclipse/ARIA RTM v18.0 upgrade, the first in the US. KU's IBA Proteus

ONE is projected to be the first in the region to deliver FLASH therapy. The Department has a newly renovated 1200 sq. ft. physics research space located right next to the clinical area on the main Cancer Center campus, and it houses both computational and instrumentation labs. In the upcoming five years, 4 LINACs and 2 Siemens CT simulators will be installed/replaced.

The Medical Physics group at KU strives for excellence in both clinical and research and is rapidly growing a national reputation in many areas, including treatment planning, dosimetry, instrumentation, QA/QC, proton therapy, FLASH, optimization, Monte-Carlo simulations, and more.

The Department of Radiation Oncology provides cancer care services throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area with over 4,300 treatment courses annually. By July 2024, the Division of Medical Physics will be fully staffed at 21 faculty medical physicists, 18 medical dosimetrists, 4 medical physics residents (2 PGY-1s and 2 PGY-2s), and 1 department-funded clinical research fellow.

• Masters or Doctoral degree in Medical Physics or a related field
• Completion of a CAMPEP-accredited residency program in medical physics
• Board eligible or board certified by the American Board of Radiology (A ) in Therapeutic Medical Physics

• Recent increase in overall compensation package
• Generous retirement contribution
• Relocation assistance
• Health, dental, vision
• CME allowance
• LTD/STD and life insurance
• Professional liability coverage