Two positions are available starting July 1, 2024, for the CAMPEP-accredited Imaging Medical Physics Residency program in the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging at UTHealth McGovern Medical School in Houston, TX.

This 2+1(optional) program will provide training in diagnostic and nuclear medicine physics. The first two years will focus primarily on diagnostic physics, with the third year on nuclear medicine physics (optional starting in 2024). The program qualifies the resident who completes 36 months of training for board certification in both specialties. The first-year resident will decide and notify faculty within nine months of starting the program if they wish to complete the optional 3rd year.

The Division of Medical Physics provides a wide range of clinical services to our teaching hospitals (Memorial Hermann and Lyndon B. Johnson) and various local imaging centers, which include, but are not limited to:

• Image quality assurance, practice quality improvement, equipment performance, and acceptance testing
• Medical imaging risk and safety management
• Facility planning (including shielding design & verification)
• Imaging protocol development, management, and support
• Regulatory compliance
• Accreditation support

The imaging equipment inventory at our service sites include 15+ mammography, 120+ radiographic, 140+ dental, 35+ computed tomography, 140+ fluoroscopy, 7 MRI, 10+ SPECT and SPECT/CT, and 2 PET/CT systems. The equipment inventory includes systems from each of the major vendors.

For more details on our curriculum, technology, salary, competitive benefits, and admission requirements, please visit our program's website:

https://med.uth.edu/radiology/education/medical-physics-residency/

Or check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0DSYprUmq1g

Candidates with a Master's or Ph.D. from a CAMPEP-accredited graduate program, or in a related field and a certificate of didactic education from a CAMPEP-accredited certificate program are encouraged to apply. The program accepts candidates with F-1 OPT, TN, and H-1 visa types with approval from the Office of International Affairs. Applicants are solely accepted through the MP-RAP and must participate in the MedPhys Match Program, specifying UTHealth McGovern Medical School NMSID code 21221 (www.natmatch.com/medphys). Virtual screening interviews will be conducted in January, with virtual full interviews in February. A table of important dates will be shared with the candidates who complete the application by the deadline. The deadline to receive the application is January 2, 2024. 

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About McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. McGovern Medical School is the seventh largest medical school in the United States. Located in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, the school was established by the Texas Legislature in 1969 to address the shortages of physicians and the then-untapped resources for medical education in Houston. The first c...lass of 19 entered the Medical School 1970, and by 1979, class sizes of 200, legislatively supported through state formula funding, were the norm. Today, McGovern Medical School accepts classes of 240 per year to meet the growing demand of physicians throughout the state of Texas. (See McGovern Medical School timeline) With nearly 1,000 medical students and a similar number of residents and fellows, McGovern Medical School is one of the largest and most diverse medical schools in the country.

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