Candidates should submit a cover letter and curriculum vitae including 3-5 references to the Associate Chair for Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology. The materials should include a description of the candidate?s interest and involvement in clinical, research, service, teaching, and DEI projects. The materials should be addressed to:
Martha M. Matuszak, Ph.D., FAAPM
Laurie Snow Research Professor
Professor and Associate Chair for Physics
Director of the Physics Division
Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Michigan Health System
1500 E. Medical Center Drive, UH-B2C432
Ann Arbor, MI ********
The Physics Division of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Michigan Medicine is recruiting a medical physicist for clinical physics faculty position. We are open to filling this position at 0.5 to 1.0 FTE, depending on candidate preference.
We are searching for an academic clinical medical physicist interested in joining our team of over 20 faculty and staff physicists. Clinical track faculty typically perform 80% clinical effort and 20% academic effort although percentages can vary depending on the candidate. Staff physicists typically have primarily clinical effort but are highly encouraged to be involved in clinical development projects. Clinical service may include participation in our comprehensive physics quality assurance program, coverage of brachytherapy and special procedures, and physics involvement in IGRT, SBRT, and treatment planning. Clinical effort also includes participation in our educational mission through teaching in our medical physics and radiation oncology residency programs. Academic time includes clinical research and program development that advances the department and division mission as well as academic teaching. An ideal candidate would also provide service to the department and university through committee and special project involvement.
The selected applicant will participate in a general clinical physics practice and provide didactic and practical teaching and training for physics and medical residents, therapists and therapist students, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and other departmental staff. A successful candidate will also participate in ongoing and/or new clinical development initiatives. Current division development areas include, but are not limited to: online adaptive therapy, improving our ability to individualize radiation therapy towards improved patient outcomes, development of quantitative imaging approaches for treatment planning and response modeling; use of state of the art bioinformatics techniques to unify large and disparate data sets to develop realistic multiparameter models of tumor response and normal tissue injury; development and implementation of "big data" and artificial intelligence techniques that will permit us to continuously learn and adapt based on our own experience and others; novel treatment planning optimization and automation strategies; and improving our approaches toward safety and quality.
The primary service location for one position will be at our main campus site in Ann Arbor, Michigan (MR and CT simulators, 5 standard linacs, 1 SRS linac, and an active brachytherapy program, including HDR). There may also be an opportunity for primary or secondary coverage at our site in Brighton, Michigan (CT simulator, 1 standard linac, 1 CBCT online adaptive linac). The primary service location may depend on current clinical needs and candidate preference and expertise. Clinical physicists may also be involved in physics activities and collaboration with our statewide network of radiation oncology locations and teams.
Masters or Ph.D. from a CAMPEP accredited medical physics program OR a Ph.D. or equivalent in Physics, Medical Physics, or related field with completion of a CAMPEP approved residency training program in Radiation Oncology Physics. Board Certified or Board Eligible by the American Board of Radiology. Evidence of clinical competence and didactic teaching is also expected.
Significant aptitudes for the use of: treatment delivery, calibration and quality assurance equipment; anatomic and physiological imaging devices; computerized treatment planning; patient management and safety. A record of successful research as evidenced by grants and/or publications. To support our HDR and IVBT programs, it is desirable that the candidate is an Authorized Medical Physicist (AMP).
This position is posted as Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor on the Clinical Faculty Track. The rank of the selected candidate will depend upon the candidate's qualifications. We invite applications for physicists at all career stages and clinical specializations.
Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third-party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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