RADIATION ONCOLOGY Physics Resident

LOCATION: University of Oklahoma Health Campus, Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma Clinical Medical Physics Residency Program has one position available with a start date of July 1, 2027. The program provides two years of clinical training in radiation oncology physics to individuals with an M.S. or Ph.D. degree in physics or a closely related field. Candidates must have fulfilled CAMPEP requirements at the time of starting the training program. The program’s mission is to cultivate highly skilled, independent therapeutic medical physicists through comprehensive, in-depth clinical training and advanced technology exposure. We are committed to preparing residents for certification by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) or equivalent board, enabling them to practice independently, lead innovation, and promote the highest degree of safety and excellence in radiation oncology patient care.

About the Residency Program:

The Clinical Medical Physics Residency Program was established in January 2009 and achieved CAMPEP accreditation in February 2012. Our first resident began training on January 1, 2009, and successfully completed the program on December 31, 2010. The program has grown steadily and now supports four residents. Eighteen individuals have thus far completed the program.

The clinical training for the residency program is located within the Department of Radiation Oncology at OU Health Campus, which offers a well-established clinical environment supported by a history of stability and robust infrastructure for resident education and training. The department currently includes nine medical physicists (eight faculty and two staff physicist), nine radiation oncologists, 11 Certified Medical Dosimetrists (CMD), six Radiation Oncology residents, four medical physics residents, and six medical physics graduate students. Additionally, the department has two faculty members in radiation biology and two independent laboratories. This team and advanced resources provide an exceptional foundation for comprehensive clinical training.

The Medical Physics residents receive clinical training through their participation in:

• Shadowing the physics staff during their clinical work

• Monthly and annual quality assurance on the linear accelerators, brachytherapy machines and gamma knife

• Patient-specific quality assurance measurements

• Electron cut out measurements

• High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy planning, quality assurance

• Special procedures that include: Total Body Irradiation (TBI), Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT), Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) with Gamma Knife and linac-based systems, and Proton therapy

About the Radiation Oncology Department at Stephenson Cancer Center:

The Department of Radiation Oncology is equipped with cutting-edge technology and highly skilled staff to deliver advanced radiation therapy. In 2011, the department moved into a 210,000-square-foot cancer center featuring state-of-the-art treatment delivery systems: one Varian edge machine, one TrueBeam, one Radixact helical imaging and treatment and one Ethos Adaptive. Edge and TrueBeam machines are equipped with surface guidance and Varian respiratory gating and megavoltage cone-beam CT.

Additional resources include a compact single-room proton therapy system (Mevion), a 3T GE MRI scanner, a GE PET/CT scanner with gating capabilities, and a GE LightSpeed CT Wide Board Simulator. The department also maintains an active brachytherapy program utilizing HDR Elekta/Nucletron with Oncentra planning. Specialized capabilities include IMRT/VMAT, SBRT, 4D imaging and treatment planning, frame-based and frameless stereotactic radiosurgery using Gamma Knife Esprit. Treatment planning software for external beam includes Varian Eclipse, RayStation for proton therapy and precision planning system for Radixact.

We also have two regional facilities at Norman, OK and McAlester, OK. Norman facility is equipped with one Varian Truebeam with surface guidance and RGS system. One Xstrahl superficial therapy unit along with Siemens Somatom dual energy CT. McAlester facility has Truebeam with the Siemens Somatom dual energy CT.

We encourage you to learn more about our program at https://medicine.ouhsc.edu/academic-departments/radiation-oncology/academic-programs/medical-physics-residency-program

How to Apply:

Complete applications should include the following:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

• US and Canadian Work Status

• ABR Part 1 Status (Successful completion of Part 1 is preferred)

• Undergraduate and Graduate School Transcripts

• 3 Letters of Recommendation

• Personal Statement (500 words combined; approximately 250 words per question):

Please respond to the following two questions. Your responses should reflect your individual experiences, interests, and thought processes. We value specific examples, thoughtful reflection, and intellectual curiosity over lists of accomplishments.

Question 1

Identify a concept, technology, or clinical practice in therapeutic medical physics that you find particularly interesting but do not yet fully understand. What sparked your interest? What have you done to learn more about it, and what questions would you like to explore further?

Question 2

Describe a specific problem or challenge you encountered that required you to figure something out rather than follow an established procedure. What was the problem, what was the most difficult part, and how did you decide what to try next? What did you learn from the experience?

Your example may come from research, coursework, employment, clinical experience, a personal project, or another setting. It does not need to be related to medical physics.

Applications must be submitted through the NMS Match Website by December 18, 2026.

The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. Individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.