Medical Physics Residency Program

Welcome to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Residency Program. The objective of the residency program is to provide training in radiation oncology physics in a clinical environment for individuals wishing to practice professional radiation oncology physics. Residents, under the supervision of board certified therapeutic radiologic physicists, will obtain excellent clinical training in the routine clinical duties of a Radiation Oncology staff physicist. At the conclusion of the program the resident will be able to demonstrate competency in all areas of radiation oncology physics and will be prepared to sit for the certification examination of the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Radiology Physics.

Our program offers residents the opportunity to participate in various clinical treatments with both conventional and state of the art technologies including:

  • Total body irradiation (TBI)
  • Total skin electron therapy (TSET)
  • High-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy
  • Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
  • Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) via cone beam CT (CBCT)
  • Breath hold gated treatments

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