Program Overview
The Emory University Certificate Program in Medical Physics is a two-year didactic training program developed and maintained within the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. The training program derives directly from the guidelines and recommendations as set forth by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Program (CAMPEP) Standards for Accreditation of Graduate Educational Programs in Medical Physics.
As described by CAMPEP, the certificate program is intended to "equip alternative pathway applicants to medical physics residency programs with appropriate graduate level medical physics coursework." As such, the program is available to individuals having a PhD in physics, engineering, or closely related field who seek to obtain sufficient depth and breadth of knowledge in medical physics so as to be capable and eligible to purse residency training in preparation for a career in clinical medical physics.
Admission Eligibility Requirements
Students who wish to enter into the Emory University Certificate Program in Medical Physics must hold a PhD degree in physics, engineering, or a related discipline.
At this time, the Certificate Program is internal to Emory University and is only offered to current postdoctoral fellows in the Department of Radiation Oncology. If you are interested in pursuing a Certificate in Medical Physics at Emory, please consider applying for an open postdoctoral position. The Certificate Program is a freely available adjunct to your postgraduate education at Emory.
Financial Support
The Certificate Program is administered tuition-free entirely within the Department of Radiation Oncology. Primary research advisors for program participants are required to ensure that necessary texts for each course are provided. Postdoctoral fellows take on no additional cost burden as a result of participation in the Emory Certificate Program.
Consistent with Emory University School of Medicine and Office of Postdoctoral Education policy, postdoctoral fellows are afforded benefits consistent with other Emory Healthcare employees independently of the Certificate Program.
Certificate Completion Requirements
The core medical physics curriculum specified by CAMPEP is covered in six didactic course offerings administered within the Department of Radiation Oncology. The six courses are indicated below, along with individual Course Directors and primary textbooks. At this time, transfer credits are not accepted toward completion of the Emory Certificate.
- Radiological Physics and Dosimetry
Richard Qiu, PhD
Richard Castillo, PhD
Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists, 3rd Ed., Podgorsak - Radiation Therapy Physics
Anees Dhabaan, PhD
The Physics of Radiation Therapy, 5th Ed., Kahn, Gibbons - Radiation Safety and Protection
Katja Langen, PhD
Introduction to Health Physics, 5th Ed., Johnson - Fundamentals of Imaging in Medicine
Marian Axente, PhD, DABR
Mingyao Zhu, PhD, DABR
The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging, 3rd Ed., Bushberg, Seibert, Leidholdt, Boone - Radiobiology
Beth Ghavidel, MS
Radiobiology for the Radiologist, 7th Ed., Hall, Giaccia - Anatomy and Physiology
Sheela Hanasoge, MD
Tosin Kayode, MS, CMD
Robbins Basic Pathology, 10th Ed., Kumar, Abbas, Aster
Netter's Clinical Anatomy, 4th Ed., Netter, Hansen