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RSNA 2019

The 105th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, Illinois, December 1 – 6, was well attended by the Medical Physics Gator Nation! It was great to see many familiar faces brave the cold and windy weather! UF Medical Physics Faculty Drs…

2019 Fall PhD Graduate – Haitham Alahmad

Congratulations to our Fall 2019 PhD Graduate: Haitham Alahmad! Subsequent to graduation, Haitham will be returning to Saudi Arabia, where he will soon begin a career in Medical Physics.

2019 Fall PhD Graduate – Pingfang Tsai

Congratulations to our Fall 2019 PhD Graduate: Pingfang Tsai! Subsequent to graduation, Pingfang will join the New York Proton Center in New York, New York, as a Therapeutic Medical Physicist.

UF COM Research Poster Session

Save the date … the 2020 UF College of Medicine Research Poster Session and Reception is scheduled from 5:30PM to 8:30PM on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 in the Stephen C O’Connell Center. The abstract submission deadline is Wednesday, January 8, 2020. For more information, please access the website…

Clinical Medical Physics Symposium

Dr Manuel Arreola, Vice Chair Of Medical Physics, will be a featured speaker at the 1st Clinical Medical Physics Symposium at the Metropolitan Autonomous University (one of his alma maters), December 4-6, in Mexico City, one of the top academic universities in Mexico. It is also the only university in…

SHMPS Mtg – 1PM Wed 11/20

The next Society of Health and Medical Physics (SHMPS) meeting is scheduled at 1:00PM on Wednesday, November 20 in the Medical Physics Annex. We hope to see you there!…

We are thankful …

We are so thankful for our faculty, residents, students, interns, and alumni! On behalf of UF Medical Physics, please accept our thanks! Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving!…

2020 Spring Schedule of Courses

Please find below the Spring 2020 Schedule of Courses for Medical Physics: RT 110: Radiation Protection, Dr Arreola: 8:10AM – 9:20AM Tue/Thu (Jacksonville, Via Zoom)ENU 6652: Diagnostic Physics II, Drs Arreola/Rill/Leon: 9:30AM – 10:45AM Tue/Thu (C2-33; **01/21 & 02/18 in CG-49**)ENU 6659: Nuclear Medicine, Dr Gilland: 11:15AM – 12:30PM…

Shielding Inspection

Our diagnostic imaging medical physics resident, Dr Alok Shankar, and two of our graduate assistants (Anahita Heshmat & Nathalie Correa) recently assisted our faculty in shielding integrity testing at UF Health Wildlight. Shielding inspections were performed for a CT Room, R/F Room, Mammography suite, and Dental CBCT suite under the…