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Residency Program Updates

2021 RSNA

In November 2021, Dr Alok Shankar, 3rd Year Resident, and Dr Justin Brown, 2nd year Resident, attended the 2021 annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, Illinois, where they were able to meet with various vendors and gain valuable updates on their latest technological advancements. While…

UF DIMPR Participating in the MedPhys Match

The UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program is participating in the Medical Physics Match for a residency position beginning in 2022. We offer a 3-year diagnostic/nuclear medicine residency. We look forward to receiving your application! To learn more about our program, watch our DIMPR Program Highlights video below.

ABR Oral Exam, Part 3 – Dr Edmond Olguin

Congratulations to Dr Edmond Olguin, who recently passed Part 3 of the American Board of Radiology (ABR) exam! Dr Olguin is a graduate of the UF Medical Physics Graduate Program and the Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program! We are so very proud of him and look forward to his…

Fond Farewell – Dr Edmond Olguin, DIMPR Resident

UF Medical Physics bids a fond farewell to our graduating DIMPR Resident Dr Edmond Olguin, who has accepted a position in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr Olguin was an incredible resident, and the first to complete our additional year of nuclear medicine training. During his residency, Dr Olguin focused on the…

Resident Alumni Spotlight – Dr Ryan Fisher

Dr Ryan Fisher is a UF graduate who has the official distinction of being the first UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program graduate. Centered in the Midwest, he is a well-known Medical Physicist. Dr Fisher obtained a BS in Biomedical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta…

ABR Oral Exam, Part 3 – Dr Zhongwei Zhang

Congratulations to Dr Zhongwei Zhang, Assistant Professor at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, who recently passed Part 3 of the American Board of Radiology (ABR) Oral Exam. Dr Zhang is a graduate of the UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program. We are so proud of him!…

Research Week Winner – Dr Edmond Olguin

Congratulations to Dr Edmond Olguin, Senior Resident in the Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program (DIMPR), on tying for first place in the 2021 UF Radiology Research Week. Dr Olguin’s presentation was titled “Development of a Blooming Suppression Algorithm for CT Angiography”.

2021 DIMPR Resident – Dr Mercy Akerele

Please join us in welcoming the 2021 Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Resident: Dr Mercy Akerele. Dr Akerele is currently a Post-Doctoral Associate in the Department of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. She obtained her PhD in Biomedical Imaging Science at the University of Leeds and her…

Research Highlight – Justin Brown, PhD

Congratulations to Dr Justin Brown, DIMPR Resident, and his colleagues, whose article titled “DeepAMO: a multi-slice, multi-view anthropomorphic model observer for visual detection tasks performed on volume images” was published in the January 2021 edition of the Journal of Medical Imaging (Volume 8).

2021 Residency Match

The UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program (DIMPR) is participating in the Medical Physics Match for a residency position beginning in 2021. We offer a 3-year diagnostic/nuclear medicine residency. Our application deadline is December 15. Please access our Residency Program Applicant page for more information.