Description
Apply physics to medicine to ensure the safe, accurate use of radiation and imaging for diagnosis and therapy, leading clinical quality assurance, dosimetry, treatment planning support, radiation safety, technology implementation, and research.
- • Plan and direct physics aspects of radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging services; validate methods to improve patient care.
- • Implement ALARA and regulatory requirements to protect patients, staff, and the public.
- • Evaluate and optimize radiation dose and image quality for CT, PET/SPECT, fluoroscopy, and radiography; assess MRI safety.
- • Teach medical physics, radiation biology, and dosimetry to physicians, residents, therapists, technologists, and students.
- • Calibrate and commission linear accelerators, treatment planning systems, imaging devices, and dosimetry instruments.
- • Perform patient-specific dosimetry, treatment plan verification, and quality assurance for external beam and brachytherapy.
- • Establish and maintain reference dosimetry and QA programs traceable to national standards.
- • Model radiation transport and dose distributions using analytical methods and Monte Carlo simulations.
- • Collaborate with radiation safety officers and leadership to develop and maintain radiation protection programs and compliance.
- • Analyze imaging and treatment data to develop and implement new methodologies, software tools, and workflows.
- • Use equipment such as linear accelerators, CT simulators, MRI scanners, PET/SPECT cameras, ion chambers, diodes, OSL/TLD/film, and phantoms.
- • Design and verify shielding, room layouts, acceptance testing, and end-to-end commissioning for new or upgraded facilities and equipment.
- • Conduct and present clinical research; write and publish in peer-reviewed journals and at scientific meetings.
- • Prepare protocols, policies, and documentation; write and manage grant or capital equipment proposals.
- • Consult with physicians and care teams on patient-specific physics issues, imaging protocols, and technology adoption.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
