Yale has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Medical Physicist at our Coastal Connecticut clinic in Waterford, CT.

Yale-New Haven Health is seeking a motivated MS or PhD Medical Physicist to provide clinical services at our Waterford, CT site. The successful candidate must be board-certified or board-eligible, having graduated from a CAMPEP accredited medical physics residency program with working experience in a clinical environment. Experience with Eclipse, ARIA, and Varian Linacs is desired. This satellite location has two Varian linacs and a Philips CT scanner. The successful candidate will be joining a regional team of five physicists and four dosimetrists. Yale-New Haven Hospital operates seven clinics in Connecticut with a team of 20 medical physicists, 20 dosimetrists and 3 physics residents providing a full range of clinical medical physics services to the Smilow Cancer Hospital. Faculty appointment in the Yale University School of Medicine is available based on individual qualification. Yale-New Haven Health is a part of the Yale Medical Center which is an academic center of excellence in the practice of medicine. The department also offers fully accredited Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics residency programs in addition to other educational programs.

Proximity to the Long Island Sound gives the applicant the opportunity to enjoy a coastal lifestyle and the New England charm of the surrounding area. Waterford is conveniently located to nearby metropolitan areas with driving times of approximately 2 hours to Boston and 2.5 hours to New York City. The chosen candidate will become a member of a strong and experienced clinical team and will be provided with support and PTO coverage.

Yale-New Haven Health is a part of the Yale Medical Center which is an academic center of excellence in the practice of medicine. Yale Cancer Center is the only NIH-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Connecticut. Extensive research efforts in radiation physics, radiation biology and clinical radiation oncology are ongoing. The Department of Therapeutic Radiology treats approximately 2500 new cancer patients each year: about 1200 in New Haven and 1300 in the department's satellite facilities in Greenwich, Trumbull, Derby, Guilford, Hamden, and Waterford. The department offers a full range of radiation therapy treatments including IMRT, IGRT, SBRT, TBI, TSET and other special procedures using modern linear accelerators with onboard kV-, MV-, and CBCT-imaging; Gamma Knife SRS using the latest ICON unit; and a full suite of LDR and HDR brachytherapy. Major equipment includes: eleven linear accelerators, seven CT simulators, three HDR afterloaders, major treatment planning systems (cloud-hosted ARIA/Eclipse, iPlan and GammaPlan), Calypso image guidance systems, C-Rad/VisionRT surface imaging system, as well as Citrix-based enterprise ARIA information management system. The department also offers fully accredited radiation oncology and medical physics residency programs in addition to other educational programs.

Yale-New Haven Health is an equal opportunity employer.

Candidates interested in joining our collegial clinical team should send a cover letter and a curriculum vitae to David J. Carlson, PhD, FASTRO, FAAPM, Professor, Vice Chair, Director of Medical Physics at david.j.carlson@yale.edu and Jeffrey Snyder, MS, MBA, DABR, Regional Chief Physicist at jeffrey.snyder@ynhh.org.

About Yale-New Haven Health & Yale University School of Medicine

Yale-New Haven Health (YNHH) is a non-profit, 1,541-bed teaching hospital that ranks among the premier medical centers in the nation. It provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary, family-focused care in more than 100 medical specialty areas. In conjunction with Yale University School of Medicine and Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, YNHH is nationally recognized for its commitment to excellence in patient care, teaching and clinical research.

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