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Graduate Program Updates

Virtual Demo Labs!

One of the favorite elements of our Diagnostic Physics I course (ENU 6657) with Dr Lynn Rill, Assistant Professor, has always been the hands-on demonstration lab, which takes place in the x-ray room with phantoms, radiation meters, images and graduate student participation. This year, the course is being taught…

PhD Proposal – Cameron Kofler

Please join us at 1:00PM on Friday, September 25 via Zoom for Cameron Kofler’s PhD Proposal: “The Development of an Age-Dependent Newborn/Infant Mesh Phantom Library and a Pre-Computed Monte Carlo Dose Library for Computed Tomography.”…

Advisory Board Update

Join us in welcoming Dr William S Properzio to the Advisory Board! Lindsey K Berkowitz, PhDDirector of Imaging PhysicsMaine Medical CenterUF MS 2007/UF PhD 2009 Priscilla F Butler, MSSenior Director and Medical Physicist (Retired)American College of RadiologyUF MS 1976 Thomas Griglock, PhDChief…

Advisory Board

We are excited to announce that we have re-established a UF Medical Physics Graduate Program Advisory Board. As the program continues to establish itself as one of the premier Medical Physics graduate programs in the country, advice and support from our alumni will be essential in ensuring positive growth and…

SHMPS Mtg – 1PM Fri Sept 25

The next UF Society of Health and Medical Physics (SHMPS) General Body Meeting is scheduled at 1PM on Friday, September 25 via Zoom. Contact SHMPS President Bonnie President for more info.

Fall 2020 Incoming MP Students

Join us in welcoming our Fall 2020 incoming students: Jared Baggett – incoming MS studentJared completed his undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. He found his interest for medical applications of physics during his biomedical optics class as an undergraduate. After researching the topic…

Dr Wes Bolch Awarded 2.5M NIH/NCI Grant

Congratulations to Dr Wes Bolch, BME Distinguished Professor (and UF MP Graduate Program faculty member), who will serve as dual PI (along with Dr Harold Paganetti, Professor of Radiation Oncology at MGH) on a 2.5 million National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute grant to develop methods to quantify the interaction…

UF Invented Radiosurgery System Treats 5,000th Patient

Congratulations to Dr Frank Bova, Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery (and UF Medical Physics Graduate Program faculty member), and his colleague, Dr William Friedman, who treated their 5,000th patient in 2020 using the Radiosurgery System they developed in the 1980s.     Neurosurgery team treats 5,000th patient with UF-invented…

Residency – Andrew Spencer

Please join us in congratulating Andrew Spencer, Spring 2019 MP Graduate, who has accepted a Diagnostic Imaging Residency with Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles, California, beginning September 7, 2020! . We wish Andrew all the best on the West Coast!…

New Student Orientation

The Fall 2020 Orientation session for incoming Medical Physics students is scheduled for Monday, August 24 via Zoom. Agenda items include a college welcome by Dr Thomas Rowe, Associate Dean of Graduate Education; a program overview by Dr Manuel Arreola, Program Director; and program introductions by our faculty and students…