System Vice Chair and Director of Medical Physics

Temple Health•Philadelphia, PA

About The Position

The Department of Radiation Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health seeks an accomplished medical physicist to serve as System Vice Chair and Director of Medical Physics. This senior leadership role will help guide the strategic, clinical, educational, research, quality, and operational direction of medical physics across the health system. The Vice Chair will work closely with the Chair of Radiation Oncology and departmental and institutional leaders, as well as physicians, physicists, dosimetrists, therapists, nurses, engineers, IT professionals, administrators, and other partners, to advance safe, innovative, patient-centered radiation oncology care. The department is part of an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and includes four clinical sites: Fox Chase Cancer Center Main, Temple University Hospital Main, FCCC Buckingham, and FCCC East Norriton. It has more than 200 staff, including 19 attending radiation oncologists and 15 PhD medical physicists. Its educational programs include radiation oncology and medical physics residencies, a dosimetry school, and clinical electives for radiation therapy students. The department treats approximately 2,400 new cancer patients annually and delivers more than 35,000 individual radiation treatments across its four sites each year. The department operates 11 linear accelerators, including a 45 MV racetrack microtron, radiosurgical and SBRT platforms, and two brachytherapy suites. It has installed six new Varian and Elekta linear accelerators over the past five years, including systems with CT adaptive radiation therapy and frameless cobalt-60 radiosurgery capabilities. Imaging and image-guidance resources include CT, PET, 3T and 1.5T MRI simulators, Brainlab ExacTrac Dynamic, kV and MV cone beam CT, and Identify and VisionRT surface guidance. The CT adaptive radiation therapy program at Fox Chase Cancer Center Main has treated more than 1,000 unique patients on the Ethos linear accelerator since beginning in 2023. The brachytherapy suites at Fox Chase Cancer Center Main and Temple University Hospital Main support prostate implant and gynecologic brachytherapy services. Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae and a letter of interest describing their leadership experience, clinical physics expertise, academic accomplishments, vision for medical physics, and commitment to advancing safe, high-quality radiation oncology care. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Temple Health and Fox Chase Cancer Center are committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and collaborative environment. Qualified applicants will receive consideration consistent with applicable institutional policies and federal, state, and local laws.

Requirements

PhD in Medical Physics.
Board certification in therapeutic medical physics.
Significant experience in clinical radiation oncology physics, preferably in a major teaching hospital, cancer center, or academic medical center.
Demonstrated progressive leadership responsibility in medical physics, including supervising, mentoring, and developing faculty and staff.
Strong understanding of radiation oncology clinical operations, regulatory and accreditation requirements, quality assurance, treatment safety, and technology implementation.
Evidence of scholarly accomplishment, educational leadership, innovation, and engagement with the national medical physics community.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, analytical, and change-management skills.
Commitment to collaboration, professionalism, inclusion, mentorship, service excellence, and high standards of patient care.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading a multi-site or system-level radiation oncology physics program.
Experience with CAMPEP-accredited residency education or graduate medical physics education.
Record of successful technology deployment, program development, clinical integration, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
National reputation in medical physics through scholarship, professional society leadership, invited presentations, guideline development, or major collaborative initiatives.
Demonstrated ability to build consensus, lead through change, develop people, and align teams around safety, quality, innovation, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

Provide system-level leadership for medical physics services across Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health, aligning services with departmental, institutional, regulatory, accreditation, and patient-safety priorities.
Oversee and support clinical physics operations, including physics, dosimetry, simulation, treatment delivery, engineering, information technology, equipment commissioning, quality assurance, and technology implementation.
Partner with the Chair of Radiation Oncology and departmental leaders to monitor and improve the quality, safety, appropriateness, efficiency, and consistency of radiation oncology care.
Lead medical physics strategic planning, including program growth, resource allocation, staffing models, capital equipment planning, technology assessment, and expansion of services across regional sites.
Advance a culture of safety, quality improvement, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning within the medical physics team and broader department.
Support clinical innovation in areas such as adaptive radiation therapy, image-guided treatment, advanced treatment planning, automation, artificial intelligence, data integration, and emerging radiation oncology technologies.
Promote and lead clinical, translational, technical, and collaborative research in radiation oncology and medical physics.
Lead and oversee medical physics education, including residency training, teaching radiation oncology trainees, mentoring junior physicists, and supporting professional development for faculty and staff.
Represent medical physics on departmental, institutional, health system, safety, quality, technology, research, and executive committees as appropriate.
Develop and maintain relationships with clinical departments, institutional leadership, academic partners, industry collaborators, and external organizations to support the department’s mission.