Welcome to the Indiana University School of Medicine Therapeutic Medical Physics Residency program website. We would like to thank you for your interest in our program. The program at IU School of Medicine is a two-year CAMPEP-accredited program designed to provide physics residents with comprehensive and in-depth training in all areas of clinical therapy medical physics. While the main objective of our training program is to promote our residents' growth to become clinically excellent medical physicists, we offer much more than clinical training during the two years of residency at IU School of Medicine. The intent to prepare our graduates to be experts and leaders in the field.
The residency program at the Department of Radiation Oncology is the only therapeutic physics residency program in the state of Indiana. The Department of Radiation Oncology is currently home to 12 physics faculty, 14 radiation oncology faculty and three radiobiology faculty. We have a total of nine linear accelerators, one Gamma Knife, three Flexitron HDR afterloaders, six CT simulators and one IntraOperative RT unit. With such diversity and state-of-the-art-equipment, our residents gain a multitude of hands-on experience with a variety of treatment modalities. Our center boasts active gynecology and prostate HDR brachytherapy services. Our physics residents attend the didactic radiation physics courses provided to the medical residents by physics faculty. Our residents also participate in the monthly multi-institutional journal club organized by AAPM. IU is home to the IU Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center offering vast resources and opportunities for research collaborations outside of our department. As an example of this dedication of resources, a new $1.6 billion academic health center in downtown Indianapolis will be completed in 2027. The Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences is next door and also offers an imaging medical physics residency program with potential collaboration.
Physics residents are assigned a faculty mentor for each clinical rotation. Research is part of the training and residents are encouraged to start thinking of a research topic from their first day of residency. It is expected for the resident to submit an abstract to AAPM annual meeting during the training period. Didactic time is protected, typically daily from 8-9 a.m., and there is daily patient prospective peer review from 12:30-1 p.m. that residents are expected to participate in.
Residents have a generous yearly education fund, and ample vacation, conference, sick and personal time. The Indianapolis metropolitan area has a low cost of living with many of the benefits and attractions of a big city.
We are excited to welcome you for the virtual interview season. Currently, we have two residents and are offering one position for the July cycle.
