Department of Radiation Oncology
Division of Medical Physics
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The Medical Physics division at Jefferson has a long history of educating leading medical physicists in research and clinical services. The physics division currently consists of seven Ph.D. level physicists, seven M.S. level physicists, eight dosimetrists, research assistants, an IS group, and in-house engineering support. Providing clinical assistance, quality assurance, research opportunities, and educational support, TJU physicists are involved in many aspects of the department. Physics supports radiation therapy programs at Bodine cancer center, Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Aria Health (formerly Frankford-Torresdale), Methodist, and Riddle hospitals. Thomas Jefferson University has strong clinical and research programs in IGRT, IMRT, stereotactic radiosurgery, brachytherapy, and radiobiology. The Radiation Oncology Department at Jefferson has state of the art technologies, which include five Elekta, three Varian and one Novalis linear accelerators, some with conebeam CT capability, robotic-controlled patient couch with six degrees of freedom movements, electronic portal imaging systems, GE 4D CT, Gamma Knife, CMS/XiO treatment planning system, Monaco Monte Carlo treatment planning system, MiMvista image analysis software, HDR, IMRT, TBI, IORT, SRS, radioactive microspheres, prostate seed implant, Neovista brachytherapy, and department-wide RT-PACs system. Our medical physics residency program has received CAMPEP accreditation and currently supports up to four residents.
Our mission, adopted from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, is to provide the highest quality of patient care, participate in innovative research and development, and educate future leaders in the field of radiation oncology. The medical physics department supports the code of ethics adopted by the AAPM.
