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Residency Program Updates

AAPM Virtual Residency Fairs

Seeking a NEW Gator for 2025! The Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program (DIMPR) is participating in the upcoming AAPM virtual residency fairs and we hope you can you join us! Login via Zoom to learn more about our program at 4:00PM on Wednesday, September 11 and at 4:00PM on…

2024 AAPM Residency Fair

The UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program is looking forward to participating in the 2024 AAPM Residency Fair in Los Angeles, California. Prospective residents are encouraged to stop by our table during Session A on Sunday, July 21 from 12:30PM to 2:00PM.

Graduating Resident – Dr Mercy Akerele

Congratulations to our 3rd year resident, Dr Mercy Akerele, who is graduating and has accepted a position with Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri! We are so proud of Dr Akerele and wish her only the best in her future endeavors. We look forward to ongoing collaboration and to Dr…

2024 DIMPR Resident – Moretti

Join us in welcoming the 2024 UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Resident: TJ Moretti! TJ is currently a PhD Candidate here in the University of Florida’s Medical Physics Graduate Program. His current research encompasses a review and analysis of radiation dosimetry for the summation of interventional imaging and radiotherapy treatment…

Research Highlight – Anahita Heshmat, PhD

Congratulations to Dr Anahita Heshmat, Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics (DIMPR) Resident, and her colleagues, whose abstract (Dual imaging agent for magnetic particle imaging and computed tomography) was accepted as a manuscript for publication in Nanoscale Advances.

ABR Part 3 Nuclear Medicine – Dr Edmond Olguin

Congratulations to Dr Edmond Olguin, UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program (UF DIMPR) alumnus, who recently passed Part 3 of the American Board of Radiology (ABR) Nuclear Medicine exam, becoming our first dual-boarded graduate! Medical Physics Certification signifies that a candidate has met the training requirements by the ABR,…

ABR Part 3 – Dr Justin Brown, DABR

Congratulations to Dr Justin Brown, senior diagnostic imaging medical physics resident, who recently passed the American Board of Radiology (ABR) Part 3 exam and is now a certified diagnostic medical physicist. He’s officially “Justin Brown, PhD, DABR”! Medical Physics Certification signifies that a candidate has met the training requirements…

Morin Fellowship Recipient – Dr Akerele

Congratulations to Dr Mercy Akerele, 2nd year UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Resident, on being awarded the 2023 Richard L Morin, PhD, Fellowship in Medical Physics by the American College of Radiology (ACR)! Dr Akerele and Dr Emily Thompson, with MD Anderson in Houston, Texas, were the recipients of this…

2023 DIMPR Resident – Glassell

Join us in welcoming the 2023 Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Resident: Megan Glassell! Megan is currently a PhD Candidate here in the University of Florida’s Medical Physics Graduate Program. Her current research focuses on evaluating patient skin dose and physician dose in a hybrid computed tomography/angiography suite. She also…

Research Highlight – Anahita Heshmat, PhD

Congratulations to Dr Anahita Heshmat, Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics (DIMPR) Resident, whose abstract (Contrast Agents for Urologic Fluoroscopy: A Comparative Phantom Study) was accepted as a poster presentation at the American Urology Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois in April!…