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Welcome to UAB’s Medical Physics Residency Program. We are proud to offer our residents a collaborative, multidisciplinary training environment to educate some of the country’s finest medical physicists. Our goal is to provide in-depth clinical training in therapeutic medical physics as well as cultivate leaders in the field via professional development, research opportunities, and training in a multidisciplinary setting at a comprehensive cancer center. Upon completion, the graduates will have gained the experience and knowledge base necessary to establish and maintain robust clinical procedures, implement new technologies and be a valued member of the multidisciplinary treatment team.

The UAB Department of Radiation Oncology’s Medical Physics Residency Program is accredited through the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP). Residents’ training incorporates rotations with experts in all aspects of radiation oncology physics via clinical rotations, departmental conferences, and clinical service supervised by medical physics faculty. 

Throughout the two year training program, our residents work with a our dedicated faculty to become experts in modern radiotherapy techniques, including intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), proton therapy, radiosurgery, adaptive radiotherapy, image-guided radiotherapy, brachytherapy, and special procedures such as total body irradiation, and total skin electron beam therapy. Residents also learn from our faculty experts in the areas of clinical scripting, surface imaging, quality assurance, quality and safety management, along with the tools needed to become a QMP. Graduates of our program are well equipped to become national leaders in medical physics.

UAB exists to make a positive difference in as many lives as possible by serving all people and promoting the success of each of our students, patients, faculty and staff. This commitment is supported by the Office of Access and Engagement, which works to identify and address barriers to success as we educate the next generation of physicians and medical physicists in a positive and welcoming environment. We value every member of our campus and the richly different perspectives, characteristics and life experiences that contribute to UAB’s unique environment.

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Our Mission

• Prepare the graduate for certification in the specialty of Radiation Oncology Physics by the American Board of Radiology (ABR).
• Provide broad based, in-depth instruction that will permit the graduate to immediately contribute to the quality of medical care received by radiation oncology patients.
• To prepare trainees for any future practice environment, including academic positions or private practice.
• To foster an atmosphere that embraces every member of the team and provides an environment conducive for learning, personal growth and professional development. 
• To foster an atmosphere of learning that promotes critical thinking, collaboration and discussion by providing a collegial, multidisciplinary environment. 
• Training will take place under the direct supervision of experienced radiation oncology medical 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, as well as expose them to management of a community-based free-standing facility.