Faculty

Timothy Blackburn, Ph.D.
Professor
Certification: ABR
Primary Clinical Responsibilities: Mammography, Stereotactic Breast Imaging, Fluoroscopy, Radiography

Xinhui Duan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Certification: ABR
Primary Clinical Responsibilities: CT, Interventional Radiology/Cardiac Cath Imaging

Jacqueline Gallet, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Primary Clinical Responsibility: Ultrasound

Rebecca Grabarkewitz, M.Sc.
Radiation Safety Officer
Certification: ABHP
Primary Clinical Responsibility: Radiation Safety

Jeffrey Guild, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Assistant Section Chief
Certification: ABR
Primary Clinical Responsibilities: Interventional Radiology, CT, Informatics, PHHS Site Supervision

Nima Kasraie, Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor
Certification: ABR, ABSNM
Primary Clinical Responsibility: Nuclear Medicine and PET

Jeannie Kwon, M.D.
Associate Professor
Chief Radiology Officer, Children's Health
Certification: ABR
Primary Clinical Responsibility: Children's Health Site Supervision

Roderick McColl, Ph.D.
Professor
Primary Clinical Responsibilities: MRI, Informatics

Mi-Ae Park, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Certification: ABR
Primary Clinical Responsibilities: Nuclear Medicine and PET, Ultrasound, Mammography

Liqiang Ren, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Certification: ABR??
Primary Clinical Responsibilities: FILL

Zhiyue 'Jerry' Wang, Ph.D.
Professor
Certification: ABR
Primary Clinical Responsibilities: MRI, Pediatric Imaging
Research Lab

Qing Yuan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Primary Clinical Responsibility: MRI

Yue Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Certification: ABR
Primary Clinical Responsibilities: Radiography, Fluoroscopy

Program Highlights

In addition to completing the process of ABR certification, graduates learn to perform other aspects of an academic imaging physicist’s responsibilities including teaching, research, radiation safety and administration. The training curriculum is designed to train the resident for a career in a hospital-based environment as a full-time member of the staff or faculty.

Residents must fulfill six basic requirements to complete the residency program, namely:

• Successful completion of all 10 clinical rotations and clinical special procedures. The rotation schedule includes all aspects of clinical training described in the CAMPEP standards in a 2-year period. For each rotation, the resident is assigned one or more mentors from the Medical Physics faculty and is responsible to perform clinical tasks under his/her supervision. These tasks are part of the routine clinical service provided by the Radiology Medical Physics group.

• Completion of 24 months of clinical training within the residency program.
• Completion of two oral examinations, one after each year. Oral examinations are intended to be a semiformal discussion between the faculty and a resident through which an assessment can be made of the resident’s familiarity with the subject material, and to be a preparation for the oral boards segment of the ABR Exam.
• Participation in educational conferences, lectures and meetings that take place regularly within the Department of Radiology unless exempted by their mentor or prevented by clinical responsibility. Specifically, medical physics residents may and are encouraged to attend all clinical physics weekly meetings, clinical ops meetings, town halls, faculty meetings, research meetings, journal clubs, and ad hoc meetings as prescribed by their mentor.
• Residents must complete 11 ethics/professionalism modules and view one presentation regarding leadership offered online through the AAPM website.
• Residents are required to teach a minimum of four oral presentations per year. Examples of acceptable lecture formats are: clinical in-service sessions at one of the hospitals, lectures to MD residents, journal clubs, invited talks, and presentations at professional meetings. The resident's mentor, or delegate, should be present for educational presentations. The intended audience for educational presentations typically will be radiologists, radiology fellows and residents, medical students, as well as medical physicists.

Facilities and Equipment

Residents are expected to practice and improve their presentation and communication skills by participating in AAPM, RSNA, ISMRM, SPR or SNMMI conferences. They will also be expected to participate in or attend the professional committee meetings at these events.

Conferences

Residents are expected to practice and improve their presentation and communication skills by participating in AAPM, RSNA, ISMRM, SPR or SNMMI conferences. They will also be expected to participate in or attend the professional committee meetings at these events.

Research Opportunities

All faculty members participate in one or more research projects, presentations, or publications per year, and are active in professional societies and meetings. Clinical research projects may be assigned to residents as they become available. These projects are clinical in nature and enhance clinical training. However, in addition to the primary faculty, residents have ample opportunities to interact with medical staff from other clinical and academic services including Radiation Oncology, Radiation Safety, the Advanced Imaging Research Center and UT Southwestern clinics.

Application Process

To apply to the Medical Imaging Physics Residency Program, you must have a doctoral Ph.D. degree in medical physics from a CAMPEP-accredited graduate program or a Ph.D. degree in physics (or related field) with completion of a CAMPEP-accredited Certificate Program in Medical Physics. A valid license from the Texas Medical Board (TMB) is also required to practice equipment performance evaluation under supervision.

CAMPEP equivalence of graduate medical physics courses is demonstrated by: a) presenting transcripts from a CAMPEP-accredited graduate program, b) presenting transcripts from a CAMPEP-accredited certificate program.

To register, visit the MedPhys Match website and obtain an NMS ID number. Then visit the AAPM Medical Physics Residency Application Program (MP-RAP) website for instructions on applying to the program.