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Medical Physics Program The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute at The Ohio State University Medical Center offers a two year Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Residency Program. The Department of Radiation Medicine supports the James Cancer Hospital and the OSU Medical Center, and treats over 100 patients per day in a strong multimodality program, including intraoperative radiotherapy, brachytherapy, and pediatric oncology. The medical physics residency program is under the supervision of the Physics Residency Program faculty, and provides two years of clinical training in radiation oncology physics to individuals with an M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Medical Physics, Physics or a closely related field. This 2-year training position usually begins July 1. The current program supports a total of two residents, with one new resident admitted each year. This program is currently in the process of preparing to seek CAMPEP accreditation. The department also has an accredited Radiation Oncology Medical Residency Program, and an accredited Radiation Therapist Program. The Program's objective is to provide clinical training in radiation oncology physics that will prepare the graduate for board certification and a professional career in radiation oncology physics. The training involves full participation by the physics resident in the routine clinical activities, in addition to didactic lectures on radiation physics, dosimetry, and radiation oncology. Comprehensive training and experience is provided in the areas of clinical dosimetry, treatment planning, image guidance, IMRT, brachytherapy, machine calibration, quality assurance, special procedures, radiation safety, and involvement in translational projects. The OSU Department of Radiation Medicine Medical Physics residents will receive training using state of the art equipment available in the clinic including 4 Siemens accelerators, a Mobetron Intra-operative accelerator, a Gamma Knife unit, 1 conventional Nucletron Simulators, a GE Hi Speed DXI CT scanner with a GE Advantage Sim Virtual Simulator, 3 workstation setup of Nucletron Helax TMS Treatment Planning System, 6 Workstation Varian Eclipse system, with Brachyvision and Variseed and Vitesse, a Nucletron Theraplan TPP Image based brachytherapy planning system, a Varian GammaMed Plus HDR System, Abacus HDR treatment planning system, a CMS Interplant Real Time Interstitial implant planning system, a Kodak CR system for portal imaging, and Lantis Record & Verification and E-Charting environment. This training will also include Special procedures such as Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, Intraoperative Electron Beam Radiotherapy, Intraop LDR and HDR brachytherapy, Total Body Irradiation, Total Skin Irradiation, Intravascular Brachytherapy, and Pediatric cases. Clinical rotations are also provided in HDR, LDR, prostate seed, radiopharmaceutical, and intravascular brachytherapy. The James Cancer Hospital is an NCI designated Comprehensive Cancer Center Facility. The complete summary of OSU's Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Program can be found at the following link; OSU Radiation Oncology - Physics [PDF]  We hope that you will join us and make The Ohio State University Medical Center part of your future. All interested individuals should contact our program coordinator below: David Carpenter Department of Radiation Medicine Arthur James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute 300 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 083 Columbus, OH 43210 Phone: 614-293-3255 Fax: 614-293-4044 carpenter.5@osu.edu