GMS 6653, Diagnostic Radiological Physics III w/ Dr Arreola: 10:00AM-11:40AM Wed/Thu; C2-33 Communicore GMS 6005, Medical Physics Career Prep w/ Drs Marshall & Schwarz: 1:15PM-2:20PM Tue/Thu; C2-33 Communicore ..read more

UF Medical Physics is excited to announce the appointment of Dr Stephanie Leon, Associate Professor, as the next Director of the UF Medical Physics Graduate Program, which is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP). Dr Leon will assume the position effective July 1, 2024, at which time Dr Manuel Arreola, the current director, will assume the role of Assistant Director. Dr Arreola has done a phenomenal job overseeing all aspects of the program, which transitioned from the College of Engineering to the College of Medicine in 2017. Since that ..read more

UF Medical Physics is incredibly proud of the 2024 Richard L Morin, PhD, Fellowship in Medical Physics Awardees: Colin Schaeffer, PhD and Zahra Razi, PhD! Drs Schaeffer and Razi both graduated from the UF Medical Physics Graduate Program. Dr Schaeffer was awarded his MS in 2020, followed by his PhD in 2023. His dissertation was titled “Automated Differentiation of Blood and Iodine in Stroke Patients“. He is currently a 1st year diagnostic medical physics resident at Henry Ford Health in Detroit. Dr Razi was awarded her MS in 2018, followed by her PhD in 2023. Her dissertation was titled “Desig ..read more

As part of our continued growth and expansion, the University of Florida’s Medical Physics Graduate Program (a concentration under Medical Sciences in the College of Medicine) is currently recruiting MS and PhD students for Fall 2024 admission. Five incoming students will be funded as graduate assistants – three in Diagnostic Medical Physics by the Department of Radiology; two in Image-Guided Surgery by the Department of Neurosurgery. Preference will be given to PhD applicants who hold an MS degree from a CAMPEP-accredited program, but MS applicants are also encouraged to apply. Our establish ..read more

Please join us for Bonnie President’s Dissertation Defense, titled Advances in Organ-Specific Dosimetry Models for Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals at their Macro and Micro Scales, at 8:00AM on Wednesday, June 5 in Room J280, Biomedical Sciences Building ..read more

Please join us for James Perez-Sanchez’s Dissertation Defense, titled Deep Learning-Based Structure Segmentation for MRI-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy, at 11:00AM on Monday, May 6 in Radiation Oncology’s small conference room.   ..read more

Join us at 7:30PM on Tuesday, April 16, for a UF Medical Physics/SHMPS alumni spotlight featuring Dr Amanda Schwarz and Dr BC Schwarz. The Schwarz’s will lead us through their journeys in the field of medical physics. At the end of the session, we will open the floor for questions from current medical physics students ..read more

UF Medical Physics celebrated the kick-off of UF’s Graduate Student Appreciation Week on Monday, April 1, with a Breakfast of Champions! Homemade French toast, freshly baked biscuits … oh my! Special thanks to the UF Graduate School for the “swag”! Our graduate students donned their new t-shirts and buttons in style! Oh, the places Grad Gators will go ..read more

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 procedures of Yttrium-90 microsphere patients by use of Monte Carlo simulations. He also obtained a MS in Medical Physics at the University of Florida. TJ is expected to start the DIMPR program on July 1, 2024. We are so happy to welcome TJ into the program ..read more

As part of our continued growth and expansion, the University of Florida’s Medical Physics Graduate Program (a concentration under Medical Sciences in the College of Medicine) is currently recruiting MS and PhD students for Fall 2024 admission. Five incoming students will be funded as graduate assistants – three in Diagnostic Medical Physics by the Department of Radiology; two in Image-Guided Surgery by the Department of Neurosurgery. Preference will be given to PhD applicants who hold an MS degree from a CAMPEP-accredited program, but MS applicants are also encouraged to apply. Our establish ..read more