"School of Medicine-Open Rank-Radiation Oncology (Physics-22410)"

The Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is seeking a clinically focused and academically driven Medical Physicist for a full-time, open-rank and open tenure, faculty position. Academic rank, tenure status, and compensation will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

What we are looking for:

• Ph.D. in Medical Physics, Physics, or a closely related field
• ABR certification in Therapeutic Medical Physics (or board-eligible with completed CAMPEP-accredited residency)
• Demonstrated record of scholarly achievement
• Strong commitment to clinical excellence, teamwork, and academic collaboration

Clinical Role: The successful candidate will participate in all aspects of clinical medical physics support, quality assurance, and radiation safety across our main campus and regional satellite clinics. Clinical scope includes:

• IMRT, VMAT, IGRT, respiratory gating
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
• Interstitial and intracavitary HDR brachytherapy
• I-125 eye plaque therapy, Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
• Photons and electrons with advanced linear accelerator platforms

Technology & Infrastructure:

• Varian platform: 2 TrueBeam, 1 Edge, 2 iX (with RapidArc and cone beam CT), 1 Ethos
• 2 Philips Brilliance Big Bore CT simulators
• Varian Bravos HDR unit
• Treatment planning and R&V systems: Varian Eclipse/ARIA

Academic Environment: Our physics team includes 15 Ph.D. physicists, working alongside 22 radiation oncologists, dosimetrists, therapists, and administrative leadership to provide high-quality care for more than 170 patients per day across UAB and satellite locations. We offer an accredited CAMPEP medical physics residency program and train two physics residents and ten radiation oncology residents annually. The department strongly supports academic development and expects faculty to build collaborative, clinically relevant research programs. Faculty are encouraged to collaborate across UAB's Heersink School of Medicine and its nationally recognized academic and research infrastructure.

About UAB: The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a research university and academic health center that discovers, teaches and applies knowledge for the intellectual, cultural, social, and economic benefit of Birmingham, the state, and beyond. UAB is internationally renowned for its intensely collaborative culture that has produced breakthroughs in education, health care, research, and service. UAB was ranked #1 in the United States, and in the top 10 worldwide, in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 2018 Young University Rankings. UAB Medicine is the third-largest public academic medical center in the country, with more than 1,900 beds and almost 18,000 employees. To learn more about the University of Alabama at Birmingham, please visit http://uab.edu/home.

Birmingham: Located in the heart of the Southeast, Birmingham is a short drive from Atlanta, Nashville, Chattanooga, New Orleans, Memphis and Gulf Coast beaches. Some of the most beautiful suburbs in the United States surround the city.