Therapy Resident Information

The Therapy Residency program applied for CAMPEP accreditation in 2024. This two year program will seek to qualify residents for board certification in Diagnostic Imaging. MARP aims to take a new resident bi-annually.

Current Residents

MARP has applied for CAMPEP accreditation. Once provisional accreditation has been granted, MARP will accept the first resident to start the program.

Program Statistics

Residency Program Statistics

The program statistics will be updated once the first resident has begun the program.

MARP has also trained several physicists as Junior Imaging Physicists prior to formalizing the process into a residency program. MARP trainees have been successful in achieving ABR board certification and are currently employed as consulting medical physicists and/or academic physics faculty. The table below shows Trainees / Junior Physicists who trained at MARP prior to the start of the Residency program.

MARP Past Trainee Statistics

Resident Compensation and Benefits

MARP provides benefits and insurance programs to all residents appointed to the program. Residents' annual stipends for the 2023-2024 academic year will be:

First year resident: $61,000

Second year resident: $65,000

The residents will receive 10 days per year paid vacation and all federal holidays.

For more information or inquiries regarding resident benefits please contact the residency program director.

Curriculum Overview

The MARP Imaging Physics Residency program includes 9 clinical rotations designed to prepare each resident for the ABR board exams as well as a successful career in diagnostic medical physics. The residents at MARP will be provided with specific expectations and requirements for each clinical rotation during orientation. The clinical rotations include:

Orientation, Professionalism & Radiation Safety
LINAC QA & Maintenance
Commissioning and Acceptance
Imaging and Special RT Systems
Treatment Planning Foundations
IMRT/VMAT/SRS/SBRT - patient QA, treatment planning, plan review
Clinical Experiences
Brachytherapy (HDR, LDR and Implants)
Radiation Shielding & Room Design
Informatics

Throughout each rotation residents will participate in quality assurance testing, radiation shielding designs, patient and fetal dose calculations, and institutional radiation safety/protocol committee meetings. Residents will also have opportunities for self-directed learning and will be expected to give quarterly journal club presentations. Additionally, residents will have the opportunity to attend some continuing education / professional society meetings.