UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC in Altoona, PA has an exciting opportunity for a Medical Physicist to join the team and work under Dr. Saiful Huq, world-renowned for many contributions that he made scientifically and professionally. He is especially known for the contributions that he made as a member of TG51, chair of TG100, and members of IAEA TRS398 and TRS483 Codes of Practice. He has been a mentor of many young medical physicists who are now practicing all over the world in many capacities.  The candidate will have an M.S. or Ph.D. Degree in Physics or Medical Physics. ABR/ABMP Certification in Therapeutic Radiological Physics or Therapeutic Radiology is preferred but not required.

Opportunity Details:

• Join the Chief physicist in conducting all aspects of clinical medical physics services including, but not limited to, regular quality assurance testing of radiotherapy equipment and treatment delivery processes, dosimetric calibration of radiation therapy equipment, maintaining compliance with radiation safety and licensing regulations, providing routine clinical support, implementation of 4D-CT and gated radiation therapy, SBRT treatment planning and delivery, and supporting HDR brachytherapy.
• Full support from the UPMC Medical Physics Division
• Join a network of 30+ medical physicists across the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center network.
• The Division’s goal is to scale advanced techniques across the network to enable high-quality care close to patients’ homes. 

What we Offer

• Sign-On & Relocation bonus
• Competitive salary plus incentive plan
• Outstanding UPMC benefits
• CME time and allowance

About UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Altoona and UPMC

• UPMC Altoona is equipped with Elekta Synergy S and Infinity linear accelerators, a Nucletron microSelectron remote afterloader, Philips Big Bore CT simulator, and a full suite of quality assurance equipment.  Treatment planning and medical record documentation is done with the Varian Eclipse TPS and ARIA EMR.  
• The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center network is one of the largest integrated cancer networks in the United States with more than 60 locations throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, and New York, including 24 radiation oncology centers in the United States, and four centers in Europe (two in Italy and two in Ireland). 
• UPMC network is a national leader in scaling world-class care to radiation oncology patients close to their homes with our team of dedicated clinicians, standardized processes, state-of-the-art equipment, and an integrated IT platform.
• UPMC is a $23 billion world-renowned health care provider and insurer
• 92,000 employees, including 4,900 physicians
• Over 40 academic, community and specialty hospitals
• Over 800 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites
• UPMC is inventing new models of accountable, cost-effective, patient-centered care
• Closely affiliated with University of Pittsburgh, ranked among the top 10 recipients of National Institutes of Health research funding since 1998

About the Community

• Located in the Altoona/Blair County/Central Pennsylvania region
• Very reasonable cost of living
• Family-oriented community
• Excellent school systems
• Abundant cultural amenities including hiking, biking, paddling, fishing and skiing at nearby state parks, resorts and rail trails, Big10 sports, national touring performing artists
• Active social scene from neighboring State College, home to Penn State’s University Park campus.
• Centrally located with easy access to larger, neighboring cities. Between 40 minutes to 4.5 hours to major cities including Pittsburgh, State College, Philadelphia, DC, and NYC.
• Unlimited outdoor and recreational opportunities

Qualifications:

• Required –M.S. or Ph.D. Degree in Physics or Medical Physics.
• ABR/ABMP Certification in Therapeutic Radiological Physics or Therapeutic Radiology is preferred but not required.

CONTACT:         

Saiful Huq, Ph.D., FAAPM, FInstP

Professor and Director of Medical Physics               

Department of Radiation Oncology            

UPMC Cancer Pavilion, 5150 Centre Avenue            

Room 542, Pittsburgh, PA  15232                                

Phone: 412-647-1813 (work)                                        

Fax: 412-647-1161                                                         

E-mail:  huqs@upmc.edu                                                                        

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

About UPMC

A $23 billion health care provider and insurer, Pittsburgh-based UPMC is inventing new models of patient-centered, cost-effective, accountable care. The largest nongovernmental employer in Pennsylvania, UPMC integrates 92,000 employees, 40 hospitals, 800 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites, and a more than 4 million-member Insurance Services Division, the largest medical insurer in western Pennsylvania. In the most recent fiscal year, UPMC contributed $1.7 billion in benefits to its communities, including more care to the region’s most vulnerable citizens than any other health care institution, and paid more than $900 million in federal, state and local taxes. Working in close collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC shares its clinical, managerial and technological skills worldwide through its innovation and commercialization arm, UPMC Enterprises, and through UPMC International. U.S. News consistently ranks UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside among the nation’s best hospitals in many specialties and ranks UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh on its Honor Roll of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. For more information, go to UPMC.com.

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