Our physics residency program was accredited by CAMPEP in 2013 and the full-time residency training program started with duration of 2 years.

We only accept candidates graduating from a CAMPEP approved graduate program and fund 3 full-time residents whose primary assignment is to participate in the training program.

The Clinical Medical Physics Residency Program (CMPRP) utilizes two committees within the program: the Education Committee and the Selection Committee.

There are currently 21 medical physics faculty and over 20 radiation oncology physician faculty in our program.

The departmental facilities are substantial, featuring a wide array of treatment modalities and variety of equipment (numerous forms of brachytherapy, both Elekta and Varian LINACs, Gamma Knife, Proton Beam, and IORT).

We have 9 facilities that deliver radiotherapy; our main campus, 3 regional hubs, and 5 regional satellites.

The goal of the Clinical Medical Physics Residency Program at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center, in collaboration with Case Western Reserve University, is to prepare individuals to practice independently as a certified medical physicist in radiation oncology. Clearly, individuals can be experts in multiple areas of medical physics; however, the graduate should have the experience and knowledge base necessary to implement and maintain routine clinical procedures and establish novel techniques.

Here are the official details of our program:

Sponsoring Institution: UH Cleveland Medical Center

Program Name: Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Medical Physics Residency Program

Accreditation: CAMPEP

The major objectives of the Clinical Medical Physics Residency Program include:

Preparing the graduate for certification in the specialty of medical physics (therapeutic, i.e. radiation oncology) by an appropriate certification board

Providing a broad-based and in-depth training that will permit the graduate to immediately contribute to the quality of medical care received by the radiation oncology patient

Training will take place under the close supervision of experienced radiation oncology physicists. The program emphasizes all areas of training and experience that will be needed by a radiation oncology medical physicist in a state-of-the-art treatment facility and exposes them to management of a single accelerator community-based free-standing facility.

Clinical Trials Research

Faculty members of the Radiation Oncology Department participate in clinical trials of various cooperative groups, including:

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (ACOSOG)

American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN)

Children’s Oncology Group (COG)

Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG)

North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG)

National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP)

Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG)

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)

There are several funded projects in the department in which some of the physics faculty, along with the faculty in radiation oncology and radiation biology, are involved as principal investigators (PIs), Co-PIs and Co-Investigators (Co-Is).

Translational Research

The Medical Physics division is actively involved in translational research. There are collaboration opportunities for the residents with basic scientists in Radiation Biology as well as scientists in Bioengineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Radiology. Participation in these research and development activities provides the residents a very good opportunity to extend their knowledge and experience in the field. Moreover, these activities enable the residents to attend scientific conferences and meetings as well as publish in peer-reviewed journals.

The application process is conducted through the Medical Physics Residency Application Program (MP-RAP):

MP-RAP

The Medical Physics Residency Application Program (MP-RAP) is a program started by the AAPM Workgroup for Coordination of Medical Physics Residency Programs (WGCMPR) to make it easier for applicants to apply for residency programs and reduce the administrative burden for residency programs that have to process these applications.

Octavia Boykin

Medical Physics Residency Coordinator, Radiation Oncology

UH Seidman Cancer Center

11100 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44106

(216) 844-0096 Phone

Octavia.boykin@uhhospitals.org (preferred contact method)

or

Tarun Podder, PhD, DABR

Residency Program Director

(216) 844-2580 Phone

tarun.podder@uhhospitals.org