Proton Faculty Medical Physicist in Radiation Oncology
About The Position
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is currently recruiting a board-certified proton faculty medical physicist for the Division of Medical Physics within the Department of Radiation Oncology. We are seeking applicants with a track record that demonstrates academic and clinical excellence, including clinical practice and project participation, collaboration, and leadership, as well as research productivity and commitment to educational service. The incumbent must have a broad skill set that includes spot scanning proton beam therapy. A proven track record of successfully leading groups or projects is highly desirable. Successful candidates will have responsibility for and participate in all aspects of procedure and QA development and clinical coverage for proton therapy. The candidate will be expected to participate in educational activities and lead and publish peer reviewed research. The applicant will also be expected to submit a brief (<1000 words) research proposal. The research proposal should summarize the candidate’s research interests, goals, qualifications, potential for funding, and vision for synergistic collaboration with the other members of the Department of Radiation Oncology. Preference will be given to those candidates who have interests and qualifications consistent with key clinical, research and innovation initiatives including proton adaptive therapy and proton treatment planning.
Requirements
- Ph.D.
- Board certification
- Experience in spot-scanning proton/particle therapy
- Experience in proton adaptive therapy or proton treatment planning
Nice To Haves
- Proven track record of successfully leading groups or projects
- Interests and qualifications consistent with key clinical, research and innovation initiatives including proton adaptive therapy and proton treatment planning
Responsibilities
- Participate in all aspects of procedure and QA development and clinical coverage for proton therapy.
- Participate in educational activities.
- Lead and publish peer-reviewed research.
- Submit a research proposal summarizing research interests, goals, qualifications, potential for funding, and vision for synergistic collaboration.
Benefits
- Integrated, multidisciplinary academic medical center
- Vibrant and diverse research enterprise
- World leader for advanced quantitative approaches, including AI and machine learning
- Novel insights from the diverse landscape of health care technology and data
- National efforts in basic, translational, clinical, and population sciences
- Rich tradition of collaborating with other Mayo Clinic departments, health and data scientists, biomedical engineering programs, and animal and cell laboratories
- Clinical data warehouse containing over twenty years of EHR data for over 14 million patients
- Vibrant radiology practice with state-of-the-art imaging modalities
- Reference labs including pathology, genomic data, and drug discovery pipelines
- Advanced GPU and CPU based computational infrastructure for research, development, and clinical applications
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
