RESEARCH & RESIDENCY POSITION IN RADIOTHERAPY PHYSICS

Job details

The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe.

Exciting Opportunity at MSK: Research and Residency Position in Radiotherapy Physics.

We have an opening for a hybrid research and medical physics residency position in the Department of Medical Physics, with a flexible start date for the right candidate. This is a hybrid residency program in which a two-year grant-funded research project is followed by a two-year clinical residency in therapeutic medical physics. Those who enter the 4-year program without CAMPEP credentials must apply to enroll in a CAMPEP Certificate program. If you are accepted into the Certificate program, the department will provide full tuition reimbursement. You will be required to complete the Certificate program during the first two years of the program before entering clinical training.

The two-year research project will be focused on dose accumulation and volumetric reirradiation under the direction of Drs. Lei Zhang and Jean Moran in collaboration with a dynamic team of clinicians and research scientists. The candidate is responsible for investigating strategies to optimize volumetric dose accumulation for re-irradiation treatment planning, conducting large-scale retrospective re-irradiation outcome analyses, and preparing manuscripts for publication. Additionally, the candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to other research projects undertaken by the team as appropriate.

Key Requirements:

• Doctorate in medical physics, mathematics, computer science, engineering, or similar scientific discipline.
• Interest in and commitment to high quality patient care.
• Experience in medical imaging and machine learning for data extraction. Experience in biostatistical analysis preferred.

Core Skills:

• Programming skills with Python, C++, and MATLAB
• Additional requirements may be necessary for admission into a concurrent certificate program

Application Instructions

• Submit a single, merged PDF with a letter of intent, CV, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and letters of recommendation.
• Alternatively, letters of recommendation may be sent separately to estimej@mskcc.org.
• If you have any questions about this job opportunity, please contact: Jeanne Romulus, BS Medical Physics, Residency Coordinator Department of Medical Physics estimej@mskcc.org ​

Pay Range: $72,000– $78,676

Additional Info

The Department of Medical Physics consists of over eighty faculty physicists and computer scientists plus support staff working on various physical problems related to diagnosis and therapy for cancer. MSKCC has an extensive, cutting-edge program in all aspects of radiation oncology physics that seeks to improve the clinical effectiveness of radiation therapy in partnership with radiation oncologists, radiologists, and other medical professionals. Many new programs in radiation therapy research and development are ongoing, including the development of realtime motion adaptation during treatment on the MR-linac and conventional linac platforms, the development and clinical use of predictive models using machine learning/AI for treatment planning, improved treatment planning optimization algorithms, integration of MR and PET imaging into radiotherapy decision making and treatment planning, 4D imaging and motion management, the use of Deep Learning and AI for image analysis and tissue segmentation, and the development of informatics-based adaptive radiotherapy processes (www.mskcc.org/departments/medical-physics).

Medical physics resources include thirty linear accelerators, one combined treatment room-MRI-Linac system, six HDR units, CT, PET/CT, MRI simulators, and state-of-the-art inter-and intra-fractional imaging and motion management capabilities. We can access a high-performance computer cluster with the most advanced GPU resources. We also partner with the New York Proton Center, which houses one cyclotron, three rotational gantry treatment rooms, one fixed beam treatment room, one research beam room, PET/CT, two CTs, two MRIs, and related clinical support space. Details of the residency program (including admissions requirements) can be found at https://www.mskcc.org/hcp-education-training/residencies/residency-therapeuticmedical-physics. The successful candidate will be compensated according to the MSKCC standard rates based on experience. Specific information on employee benefits offered may be found at https://careers.mskcc.org/learn-about-msk/benefits/

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