The Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine has an immediate opening for an academically oriented Medical Physicist at the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute, Jacksonville, FL. UFHPTI is an academic, nonprofit, radiation oncology center located in downtown Jacksonville. Since opening in 2006, UFHPTI has delivered proton therapy to over 10,000 patients from Florida, the U.S., and 33 countries, including nearly 2,000 pediatric patients. As part of the University of Florida Health Cancer Center, UFHPTI is designated by the State of Florida as a Florida Cancer Center of Excellence. The Institute was also one of the first proton facilities in the nation to earn the American College of Radiology (ACR) seal of accreditation. 

The Institute has a wide variety of technology including both an IBA Proteus Plus System (1 DS gantry, 2 PBS gantries, 1 eye-line) and a Proteus One System offering PBS. All proton gantry rooms are equipped with orthogonal kV and CBCT for image guidance. For photon treatment, three linear accelerators (1 Varian TrueBeam and two Elekta synergies) provide 3DCRT, IMRT, VMAT, SBRT, and IGRT. Simulation equipment includes a Philips large-bore CT simulator, a PET/CT, and an MRI unit. The facility also offers LDR brachytherapy service.

The current medical physics program includes 9 physicists, 2 physics residents, 4 medical physicist assistants, 3 graduate students, and a software engineer. Educational initiatives include both a CAMPEP approved medical physics residency program and an ABR defined structured mentorship program. As faculty of the UF College of Medicine, UFHPTI physicists also participate in the radiation oncology residency and medical physics graduate programs based in the Departments of Radiation Oncology and Radiology at UF-Gainesville.

Appointment to the positions of Assistant/Associate/Professor requires a PhD degree in medical physics or a closely related field and a minimum of two years of clinical training, or physics residency in an academic radiation therapy department. Experiences in clinical proton therapy and related research/development are preferred but not required. The successful candidate must be able to obtain a medical physics license in the State of Florida.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran status, or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.

Interested applicants please submit a Letter of Interest and CV to Perry Johnson PhD, DABR at  PBJohnson@floridaproton.org

Please apply at https://jobs.ufl.edu/. Search for Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, MD-Radiation Oncology, Job Req 523642.

About University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute

Our mission is to remain one of the best academic radiation oncology programs in the country. We are committed to superb patient care complemented by excellence in research, teaching, and leadership on the local, state, and national levels. Overall success will require a continued focus on the patient by: Defining the optimal treatment approach. Producing the best plan and employing first-rate techniques. Providing a healing experience for the patient. Performing meticulous assessment of outcomes. Identifying and developing new, more efficacious treatment approaches.

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