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Graduate Program Updates

CAMPEP Reaccreditation

Please note that the UF Medical Physics Graduate Program is currently in the process of reaccreditation (10-year). Our self-study has been submitted to CAMPEP (our accrediting body) and is under final review. While we await final confirmation, CAMPEP has administratively extended the program’s accreditation to June 30, 2022. This extension…

Spring 2022 Class Schedule

RT 110 / Radiation Protection w/ Dr Arreola: Tue/Thu 7:30AM-8:45AM; Via Zoom ENU 6652 / Diagnostic Physics II w/ Drs Arreola/Barreto/Rill: Tue/Thu 9:00AM-10:15AM; C2-33 Communicore ENU 6636 / Medical Radiation Shielding/Protection w/ Drs Leon/Johnson: Mon/Wed/Fri 9:30AM-10:20AM; C2-33 Communicore BME 4531 / Medical Imaging w/ Dr Bolch; Tue 10:40AM-11:30AM, Thu 10:40AM-12:35PM;…

Residency – Sean Domal

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Sean Domal, who has accepted a Therapy Residency in Medical Physics at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas! We are so proud of Sean!…

Residency – Camilo Correa

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Camilo Correa, who has accepted a Therapy Residency in Medical Physics at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas! We are so proud of Camilo!…

New Graduate Faculty – Dr Yawei Zhang

Join us in welcoming Dr Yawei Zhang to the UF Medical Physics Graduate Program! As a Medical Physicist at the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute with the Department of Radiation Oncology in Jacksonville, Dr Zhang’s current research focuses on developing and optimizing cone-beam CT imaging techniques for IGRT. This…

Research Highlight – Colin Schaeffer

Congratulations to UF Medical Physics PhD student Colin Schaeffer, whose abstract was selected for oral presentation at the Physics of Medical Imaging Conference at the SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium in San Diego, California in February 2022: Theoretical comparison and optimization of CdTe and GaAs photon-counting detectors for contrast-enhanced spectral mammography.

US Navy Residency – Lt Ronnie Bolden

Please join us in congratulating Lieutenant Ronnie Bolden, MS Student and active duty Naval Officer, who was selected for the US Navy’s Medical Imaging Physics Residency at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia! We are so proud of Lieutenant Bolden and look forward to his future contributions to the…

AAPM Virtual Career Expo

The AAPM Working Group for Non-Clinical Professionals (WGNC) and the Working Group to Promote Non-Clinical Career Paths for Medical Physicists (WGNCMP) are hosting a virtual career expo on October 19, 2021 from 4:30-6 PM PT/7:30-9 PM ET. At this event, participants will be able to talk to professionals in a…

SHMPS Mtg – 1PM Mon Oct 11

The next UF Society of Health and Medical Physics (SHMPS) General Body Meeting is scheduled at 1PM on Monday, October 11 in CG-56 (a Zoom link is also available). Contact SHMPS President Bonnie President for more info.

Future Medical Physicist!

Please join us in congratulating Zahra Razi, Medical Physics Graduate Student, and her family on the birth of their beautiful baby boy! Adrian Amiri was born at 8:38PM on August 8, 2021, weighing 8lbs, 12 ounces. Mom and baby are doing great! Welcome to the world, baby Adrian!…