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John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center - Resident in Therapy Medical Physics

The John Theurer Cancer Center (JTCC) of Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC), Department of Radiation Oncology is accepting applications for its CAMPEP accredited medical physics residency program for a start date of July 2025. The residency is a two-year program designed to provide strong competency in clinical medical physics. Residents entering a medical physics residency educational program shall have a strong foundation in basic physics. This shall be demonstrated either by an undergraduate or graduate degree in physics, or by a degree in an engineering discipline or another of the physical sciences and with coursework that is the equivalent of a minor in physics (i.e., one that includes at least three upper-level undergraduate physics courses that would be required for a physics major). In addition, residents must either 1) have graduated from a CAMPEP-accredited MS or PhD graduate program, or 2) possess a PhD in physics or related discipline and have completed a CAMPEP-accredited certificate program, or 3) possess a PhD in physics or related discipline and have satisfactorily completed courses equivalent to those in a CAMPEP-accredited certificate program, as determined by the CAMPEP Graduate Education Program Review

Committee (GEPRC).

The JTCC program participates in the Medical Physics Residency Application Program (MPRAP) as well as the MedPhys Match Program . Applicants must use the MPRAP system at https://aapm.org/MPRAP and must participate in the MedPhys Match Program specifying the JTCC program code 25311 (https://www.natmatch.com/medphys/).

The application must include the following.

• Applicant’s CV
• Copy of degrees and Transcripts of Graduate Education
• Recommendation Letters from 3 references
  
  

The deadline for application is January 14, 2025.

Note that all the materials listed above will be submitted as part of the MPRAP application.

Facility And Equipment

The Department of Radiation Oncology consists of 6 medical physicists, 5 dosimetrists, 4 radiation oncologists, 27 radiation therapists, 6 nurses, 2 medical physics residents, 1 medical physicist assistant as well as several associated support staff. The department treats approximately 160 patients per day on the external beam radiotherapy service and 16 patients per month using brachytherapy. While radiation therapy at HUMC has been offered to patients for decades, the current location opened in January 2011. The JTCC Radiation Oncology Department is a state-of-the-art vibrant center offering integrated clinical and research activities of the highest order. It is equipped with a Gamma Knife Icon unit, three Varian linear accelerators including a Varian 21EX and 2 STX Truebeams, one of which has a 6 DOF couch and advanced techniques including triggered imaging and respiratory gating, two helical Tomotherapy units (TomoEdge and Radixact), and most recently, a novel biology guided radiotherapy system, Reflexion SCINTIX installed in 2023. The Radixact is capable of real-time tumor tracking radiotherapy using the synchrony system. All TrueBeams and the Tomotherapy units are equipped with capabilities of image guided radiotherapy using OBI/Cone-beam CT. The Reflexion SCINTIX is the latest addition to the radiotherapy systems and combines a LINAC, kVCT and PET in one unit with capability of real-time tumor tracking delivery using biological signals from the tumor itself.

The center is also equipped with 2 big bore Philips CT simulators with 4DCT capabilities. Additional imaging equipment such as 3T and 1.5T MRI units, PET/CT unit, etc are available for use through a well-established collaboration between Radiation Oncology and HUMC’s department of Radiology. Treatment planning is performed using Varian Eclipse, Philips Pinnacle, Accuray Precision, GammaPlan and Elekta Oncentra (for HDR brachytherapy). Monitor Unit Second Calculations are done via RadCalc. Varian Velocity software is available for advanced image and plan fusion. There is an extensive list of radiation dosimetry equipment available for resident use and training.

The JTCC offers a wide range of radiation oncology procedures including 3D-CRT, IMRT, VMAT, SRS (both LINAC and Gamma Knife based), SBRT, TBI, IORT (breast), and HDR/LDR brachytherapy. Radiopharmaceutical Therapy (RPT) is increasingly a great part of the program including administration of Pluvicto®, Luthathera® and Xofigo®.

Employer And Environment

The John Theurer Cancer Center is part of Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC), the flagship hospital of the Hackensack Meridian Health network, which includes 16 other hospitals and more than 500 ambulatory care centers, fitness and wellness centers, home health services, rehab centers, and skilled nursing centers spanning from Bergen to Atlantic counties in NJ. Hackensack University Medical Center is frequently ranked by the US News and World Reports and is currently the number one hospital in NJ.

For more information about our residency program, please visit our website at https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/Healthcare-Professionals/HUMC/Medical-Physics-Residency