Division of Medical Physics - Assistant or Associate Professor

Uc-SAN-Francisco-Academi; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 161,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of California, San Francisco seeks an outstanding candidate at the Assistant or Associate Professor level for the Division of Medical Physics within Radiation Oncology. The role emphasizes clinical and academic productivity, with state-of-the-art facilities and opportunities for innovation.

The successful candidate will cover UCSF Parnassus site, participate in teaching, research, and program development, and may cover other UCSF locations as needed.

Qualifications

• Must hold a doctoral degree in medical physics or a related field.
• Board certification or eligibility with the American Board of Radiology in radiotherapy physics is required by start date.

Responsibilities

• Oversee patient simulation, treatment planning, machine QA, and treatment delivery.
• Lead or contribute to research and development to improve patient care and clinical effectiveness.
• Teach medical physics courses and participate in CME and departmental conferences.

Education

Doctoral degree in medical physics or related field

ABR radiotherapy physics certification or eligibility

Job description

University of California, San Francisco
Department of Radiation Oncology
Division of Medical Physics
Health Sciences/Clinical X

The Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco, seeks to recruit an outstanding candidate at the Assistant or Associate Professor level for the Division of Medical Physics, with a demonstrated record of high productivity in both clinical and academic areas. The Department of Radiation Oncology at UCSF has state-of-the-art clinical facilities and an emphasis on innovation and excellence in patient care and science. The Department continues to have a vibrant team of physics faculty with a strong commitment to research and development.

The candidate will primarily cover the UCSF Parnassus site, which provides external beam, GammaKnife, IORT, and LDR services. The clinical responsibilities include overseeing the patient simulation, treatment planning, machine QA, and treatment delivery. Other physics responsibilities include new clinical programs, machine acceptance testing and commissioning, treatment planning support, quality improvement projects, and chart checking. In addition to the primary location, the faculty physicist is expected to occasionally cover other UCSF locations. The candidate will lead or contribute to research and development to improve patient care and/or clinical effectiveness.

A doctoral degree in medical physics or related field, board certification or eligibility with the American Board of Radiology in radiotherapy physics, and work relevant to the field of clinical Medical Physics are required by time of start date.

The candidate will be expected to teach medical physics courses offered by the Department of Radiation Oncology for medical and physics students, residents, and fellows, and to contribute to continuing medical education efforts, including the departmental annual scientific conference and scientific participation in medical physics society conferences.

The Division of Medical Physics includes nineteen full-time faculty physicists involved in both academic and clinical activities, seven hospital physicists who provide support for clinical activities, and additional dosimetry and support staff. The Physics Division runs a CAMPEP-accredited Medical Physics Residency program with four residents and hosts a number of postdocs and graduate students. The Division has established relationships with UCSF and UC Berkeley Bioengineering and Nuclear Engineering graduate programs.

The Department has three separate sites, divided amongst specialties, located at Mission Bay, Mount Zion, and the Parnassus campus within San Francisco. The Department offers a wide range of state-of-the-art technology, including Varian TrueBeams, TrueBeam STx, Elekta Versa, a Gamma Knife ICON, a Cyberknife VSI, a 3T Siemens MR simulator, two 4D-capable wide bore 24-slice CT scanners, a comprehensive Hyperthermia program, active programs in intra-operative radiotherapy, HDR and LDR brachytherapy, advanced techniques for Cranio-spinal irradiation, Total-body-irradiation, and the treatment of emergency patients, IGRT with MV Cone beam CT (CBCT), EPID and OBI, keV CBCT and 4D CBCT, VisionRT, and gating capabilities. In addition, the Department offers proton irradiation of ocular melanoma using a cyclotron located at the UC Davis campus. A state-of-the-art multiple-gantry proton facility is under construction. Treatment planning capabilities include Pinnacle, Eclipse, iPlan, GammaPlan, Multiplan, Oncentra, RayStation, and MIM. The Division actively collaborates with leading industrial partners for clinical and technological innovation. The Department has a progressive roadmap for the continuing adoption of AI and automation.

Applicants’ materials must list current and/or pending qualifications upon submission.

The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5. The minimum base salary range for this position is $160,900 - $250,300. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

• A doctoral degree in medical physics or related field, board certification or eligibility with the American Board of Radiology in radiotherapy physics are required by time of start date.