Program Description

The Medical Imaging Physics Residency has two options. The first option is a 4-year hybrid program in which a two-year grant-funded research project training period is followed by a two-year clinical residency training period in medical imaging physics. The second options is a 2-year clinical residency only. This option is only available when announced.

Program Objectives and Goals

The primary purpose of the hybrid program is to provide a high level of specialized research, instruction, and clinical training in areas of medical imaging physics. The major goal of the program is to prepare candidates for careers as qualified medical physicists (QMP) in clinical practice. This includes preparation for certification by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) and the subsequent licensure mandated by the State of New York.

Admission Requirements: Hybrid Track (2+2)

4-year hybrid research and clinical residency​

• ​An earned doctorate in medical physics, physics, engineering, or similar scientific discipline. ​
• If the degree is not in medical physics or physics, then coursework equivalent to an undergraduate minor in physics is required, including:
  • A two‐semester calculus‐based introductory physics course
  • Three upper-division physics courses 

Admission Requirements: Clinical Track (0+2)

2-year Residency (Clinical) Only 

• ​An earned graduate degree in Medical Physics from a CAMPEP accredited institution or:
• An earned doctorate in physics, engineering, or similar scientific discipline and a CAMPEP accredited certificate
• If the degree is not in physics, then coursework equivalent to an undergraduate minor in physics is also required, including:
  • A two‐semester calculus‐based introductory physics course
  • Three upper-division physics courses 

Additional Requirements

Candidates who have completed the postdoctoral research fellowships at MSKCC or elsewhere who become interested in the 2-year clinical residency may apply to residency only openings but must satisfy the above criteria.​

​Candidates who enter the 4-year program without CAMPEP credentials will apply to enroll in a CAMPEP certificate program with tuition support from the Medical Physics Department. The candidate will be required to complete the certificate during the first two years of the program prior to entering clinical training.

Deadline

Several openings are posted on the AAPM website each year, please look for announcement of open positions

Length of Program

• Four years ( 2 years of Research + 2 years of Clinical) ​
• Two years (2 years of Clinical only when announced)

Number of Positions

• 6 hybrid 4-year length ​
  • 3 in research training phase and 3 in clinical training phase