Medical Physics Resident 2024 – Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago
Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, seeks a Medical Physics Resident for a 2 year CAMPEP accredited training program in therapeutic radiation oncology physics to start on July 15, 2024. Under the supervision of qualified Medical Physicists and Staff, the resident will be engaged in all aspects of clinical medical physics in support of patient care and quality assurance of equipment.
Qualifications: Graduation from a CAMPEP accredited Medical Physics MS/PhD Graduate Program or Certification Program
The Residency Program in Radiation Oncology Physics at the Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) is intended to provide comprehensive practical training in all aspects of clinical physics. Department staff includes 9 medical physicists participating in a wide array of clinical, teaching and funded research activities. The department also has 7 radiation oncologists, 6 dosimetrists, 2 medical physics residents, 7 radiation oncology residents, and an IT specialist. The Department is equipped with 5 Varian linear accelerators (including a 2100Ex, 3 TrueBeam Linacs and an Edge system), a High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy unit (Oncentra), and 3 CT simulators. For more information, please check out Loyola's residency webpage: https://loyolamedicine.org/gme/radiation-oncology-physics-residency. Additional information on our department is available at: https://ssom.luc.edu/radiation-oncology. Loyola University Medical Center is located just west of Chicago, and is easily accessible to all the amenities that a large city has to offer. Loyola University Medical Center is an academic health system, an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law.
Please note that Loyola University Medical Center is unable to process applications from individuals requiring visa support and/or those on Optional Practical Training.
Please forward your cover letter, a personal statement, transcripts, CV and three letters of reference to Juliann Moravec, Department of Radiation Oncology, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Ave, Maguire Center-Suite 2944, Maywood, IL 60153 or via email: juliann.moravec@luhs.org. All requested documents must be received by the deadline of October 15, 2023.
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from more than 1,500 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. Loyola is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, a certified comprehensive stroke center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. Established in 1961, Gottlieb is a 247-licensed-bed community hospital in Melrose Park with the Judd A. Weinberg Emergency Department, the Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care and the Loyola Cancer Care & Research Facilit...y at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center. MacNeal is a 374-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Berwyn with advanced medical, surgical and psychiatric services, acute rehabilitation, an inpatient skilled nursing facility and a 68-bed behavioral health program and community clinics.
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