The Department of Radiation Oncology at the Wilmot Cancer Institute of the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) seeks qualified candidates for a leadership position -- Director of Medical Physics -- at the Associate Professor or Professor academic rank level.

The Department of Radiation Oncology (DRO) at the URMC provides high quality and advanced cancer treatment technology to patients in the academic medical center and in regional community-based practices of the greater Rochester region of upstate New York. The Department oversees 8 radiation cancer treatment sites with approximately 3000 new radiation treatment cases each year. All 8 sites are accredited by American College of Radiology for quality and safety measures. The DRO is prominently noted for its Stereotactic Radiosurgery program; Stereotactic Body Radiosurgery; Late Effects in Normal Tissue Studies; and Total Skeletal and Total Lymphatic Irradiation programs. The Department has a long-standing history of clinical trial enrollment and is a full member with NRG Oncology/RTOG.

Treatment equipment in the enterprise includes 11 Varian linear accelerators, a Tomotherapy unit, BrainLab ExacTrac, C-RAD, 6 CT scanners, two Oncentra HDR brachytherapy delivery systems, and a Philips Orthovoltage unit. Currently, the DRO is preparing to add a Varian Ethos treatment delivery system. Treatment planning includes Varian Eclipse, Tomoplan, and BrainLab Elements.  Aria is used system wide as the record and verify system.

The Medical Physics division currently has 12 faculty physicists, 14 dosimetrists, and works closely with in-house engineers and IT support. The Director of Medical Physics will work with the Clinical Chief of Physics to oversee clinical coverage, and shall be directly responsible for supervising and promoting innovative physics research, as well as ensure adequate physics participation in clinical trials of NRG/RTOG and others.  Responsibilities include reviewing and pioneering novel special procedures, new procedure implementation, and technical support for a range of advanced procedures including VMAT, IMRT, SRS, SBRT, SGRT, and HDR. In addition, the medical physics division participates in teaching activities related to the DRO Medical Residency Program.  Other plans that are in progress include a CAMPEP accredited Medical Physics residency program and a Masters level medical physics program through the University.

The Director should have strong communication skills, interpersonal and interdisciplinary relationship-building skills, technology assessment and advancement skills, and management experience (budgeting, cost containment, staffing assessment, process improvement, etc.). Mentoring junior faculty experience, and/or funded research experience are favored. Knowledge and/or experience with the following equipment are preferred: linear accelerators (with on-board imaging systems), Tomotherapy, Ethos, CT-simulators, treatment planning systems, MRI, and PET/CT.

Qualifications: Board Certification by the American Board of Radiology or equivalent is required. A Ph.D. degree in the area of Radiotherapy Physics with a minimum of 12-15 years clinical experience is required. Preferably, the graduate and the post-graduate degree/training were from a CAMPEP-accredited university program.  Membership in the American Association of Physicists in Medicine or the Canadian College of Medical Physicists is preferred.  New York State licensure in therapeutic radiological medical physics is required.