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Medical Physicist

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University of Massachusetts Medical School
Location
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Four-Year Institution
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Overview

POSITION SUMMARY: 

 

This position is based at the Quality Assurance Review Center (QARC) in Lincoln, RI. QARC is a QA and data center affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Radiation Oncology.  QARC provides Radiation Therapy and Diagnostic Imaging services in support of cancer clinical trials.  QARC provides these services to the National Clinical Trials Network sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as well as to several major pharmaceutical companies sponsoring cancer clinical trials.  The QARC Medical Physicist is a key position at QARC.  Working closely with the QARC Director; Director of Operations and Senior Medical Physicist, the QARC Medical Physicist will manage the day to day medical physics/dosimetry program at QARC.

 

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Trains and supervises research dosimetrists performing dosimetric evaluations of patients treated on a variety of cancer studies.
  • Reviews and edits new protocols to ensure compliance with radiation therapy standards and NCI requirements.
  • Establishes protocol templates for new studies.
  • Participates in the development of new credentialing (benchmark) tools.
  • Reviews and approves submitted benchmark cases
  • Participates in regular conference calls with study teams and/or investigators
  • Prepares and delivers presentations about QARC at Investigator Meetings for the industry trials. This may involve travel and/or be delivered via web conferences.
  • Participates with medical physicists and radiation oncologists within the IROC organization and at NCTN Group meetings determining and developing best practices for inclusion in new protocols.
  • Provides education and support to investigators at participating sites about the requirements of the protocols.
  • Contributes to funding applications and manuscripts.
Qualifications

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • MS or PhD in medical physics
  • Minimum of 5 years in clinical radiation therapy with broad experience in clinical radiation therapy medical physics
  • ABR or ABMP Board Certification in radiation therapy physics
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Experience with DICOM toolkits and/or Matlab programming
  • This position is located at the QARC data center in Lincoln, RI. QARC provides radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging services to sponsors conducting cancer clinical trials.
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The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), the Commonwealth's only public medical school, is proud of our role in serving the people of Massachusetts. Although, its the inside workings of UMMS that makes the difference.

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  • Deep Commitment - With our clinical partner, UMass Memorial Health Care, and our other teaching affiliates, we share a deep commitment to national distinction in patient care.
  • Valued Partnerships – UMMS partners with Commonwealth Medicine, the health care consulting arm of UMMS. Also, UMMS partners with MassBiologics in scientific collaborations, technology management and creating partnerships for the development of products for the benefit of patients.  These valued partnerships help us to provide services and programs to help meet our needs at UMMS and the public.
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  • Complementary and Inseparable - These varied parts of our mission and culture are complementary and inseparable.                 

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UMMS, the state’s first and only public academic health sciences center, educates physicians, scientists and advanced practice nurses to heal, discover, teach and care, with compassion.  UMMS is a world-class institution with opportunities to match. 

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A History of Making Vital Improvements - UMASS Medical School Milestones

1962: Legislation establishes University of Massachusetts Medical School
1970: First medical students begin classes in Shaw Building
1974: First class graduates 16 MDs
1979: PhD program begins
1986: Graduate School of Nursing opens
1986: PhD program becomes Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
1994: Graduate School of Nursing initiates PhD program
1998: UMass Clinical System and Memorial Health Care merge to form UMass Memorial Health Care
2001: Lazare Research Building opens
2002: Campus Modernization begins on the University Campus
2004: Graduate Entry Pathway Program established at the Graduate School of Nursing
2005: PhD Program in Clinical & Population Health Research established at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
2005: Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories opens new manufacturing and filling facility in Mattapan
2006: Craig Mello, PhD, Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, is awarded the Medical School's first Nobel Prize. Dr. Mello shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Andrew Fire, PhD, of Stanford University, for their discoveries related to RNA interference.
2007: Michael F. Collins, MD, is named chancellor and Terence R. Flotte, MD, is named dean of the School of Medicine.  
2009: Groundbreaking for the Albert Sherman Center, a 500,000-square-foot research and education facility slated for completion in 2012.
2010: Ambulatory Care Center opens
2012: The Albert Sherman Center, a 500,000-square-foot research and education facility, completed and opens

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