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Congratulations to Summer 2025 PhD graduate Jared Baggett!…

UF Medical Physics is well-represented at the 2025 American Association of Physicists in Medicine annual meeting being held from July 27-30, in Washington, DC. Our faculty, residents, and graduate students are engaged in a variety of scholarly activities to included giving invited talks, oral presentations, and poster presentations. They are…

Join us at 2:30PM on Thursday, August 14, 2025, for Hao-Wen Cheng’s PhD proposal titled “Evaluation of System Accuracy in Surface-Guided Linac-Based Frameless Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Deep Learning Applications in Treatment Planning for MR-Linac Prostate Therapy“. The defense will take place in the small conference room (1215) at the Davis Cancer…

Join us at 1:00PM on Monday, August 25, for Abby Dare’s PhD proposal titled “A Modified Interstitial Brachytherapy Template Design for Clinical Workflow Optimization“. The defense will take place via Zoom.

The UF Medical Physics team is excited to attend this year’s AAPM meeting in Washington, DC! We’ve scheduled an alumni meetup with great food, strong drinks, and most importantly, fun times reminiscing about the UF Medical Physics Residency and Graduate programs! Our previous in-person meetups (2018/Nashville; 2019/San Antonio; 2022/Washington DC;…

UF Medical Physics bid a fond farewell to Dr Stephanie Leon, Associate Professor, who is headed to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, to become the new Chief of Diagnostic Medical Physics in the Department of Radiology. Dr Leon, a “Triple Gator”, has been an exceptional asset…

The UF Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics Residency Program is looking forward to participating in the 2025 AAPM Residency Fair in Washington, DC! Prospective residents are encouraged to stop by our table during Session A on Sunday, July 27 from 1:30PM to 3:00PM in room 102AB at the Walter E Washington…

Special thanks to FeedSpot for naming UF Medical Physics as one of the Top 20 Medical Physics Blogs on the web!…

Join us at 10:00AM on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, for Keaton Reiners’ PhD proposal titled Advancements in Proton Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer: LETd Optimization, CBCT-Based Adaptive Planning, and Imaging Dose Refinement. The defense will take place at the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute in Jacksonville.

Join us at 7:30PM on Tuesday, May 27, for a UF Medical Physics/SHMPS virtual alumni spotlight featuring Jessica Clements (MS 2005) and Brian Wichman (MS 1996). Our alumni will lead us through their journeys in the field of medical physics. At the end of the session, we will open the…