What is Radiation Oncology Physics?
Radiation oncology physics (also known as therapeutic radiological physics) is a subspecialty of medical physics related to the treatment of cancers and benign diseases with high doses of ionizing radiation.
Responsibilities
Medical physicists are involved in three main activities:
Education and Clinical Training
Most medical physicists have an MS or Ph.D. in medical physics, physics, engineering, nuclear science or related fields. Clinical training may be obtained through a hospital based residency, clinical based residency, and doctorate of medical physics programs, with the goal of eventually becoming clinically certified by a national certification board (i.e., the American Board of Radiology).
