Radiation Oncology (Assistant Professor)

Summary

The Department of Radiation Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine is recruiting for a full-time clinical track Medical Physics faculty position at the Assistant/Associate or Full Professor Level near Texas Medical Center in Houston. Successful candidates will share clinical activities with all other physicists and will also be involved in academic activities that include teaching, research and supervision of physics residents.

Facility and Equipment

The Radiation Oncology Department is currently comprised of 8 faculty physicists, 8 radiation oncology residents, and 10 faculty radiation oncologists. Our medical physics residency program has been recently accredited by the CAMPEP. The Department of Radiation Oncology at the Baylor College of Medicine provides a full range of clinical services at the Baylor St Luke's Medical Center and the Harris Health Smith Clinic.

Services provided include conformal radiotherapy, IMRT, IGRT, SBRT, and an active brachytherapy (low-dose and high-dose) program. Two Varian Linacs (Halcyon and Edge), one Varian Bravos HDR unit, and Two Siemens wide-bore CT scanners at the new campus of the Dan L. Duncan Cancer center. The Harris Health Smith Clinic is currently equipped with 3 Elekta linear accelerators, a large bore CT simulator with 4D capabilities, and a Varian Bravos brachytherapy afterloader unit. We expect to replace all three Elekta linacs with the latest technologies in the next 1-2 years. The department has access to clinical PET/CT and MR scanners.

Baylor has been an active part of the radiation oncology community in the Houston area for decades. We provide care to a diverse group of patients across the Houston metro area. Close ties also exist with other institutions within the Texas Medical Center. Baylor College of medicine is a premier academic medical school ranked #22 for research and #16 for primary care medical schools in the US. In both of these it ranks #1 in Texas along with the highest NIH grant dollars received in Texas. The Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center first received NCI designation 14 years ago and since then has grown and matured harboring SPORE grants in both Breast Cancer and Lymphoma as well as being home to the Human Genome Sequencing Center. It was designated an NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2015. In the 2022 U.S. News and World Reports rankings The Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at The Baylor St Luke's Hospital was listed 25th in the nation, despite being one of the youngest centers on the list. The city of Houston is the 4th most populous city in The United States and its most racially and ethnically diverse major metropolitan area. As such, Houston is home to a vibrant food, music, and theater scene while the museum district alone is home to nineteen galleries, museums, and community spaces. The Texas Medical Center in turn is the largest concentration of medical-related institutions in North America. A total of 54 institutions are represented including: 4 medical schools, seven nursing schools, 8 academic and research institutions, and 21 hospitals. Come explore Space City and see what it has to offer.

Minimum Qualifications

• Candidates for this position must have an M.S. or Ph.D. in medical physics, engineering, or related physical science.
• ABR certification in radiation oncology physics is required.

A preference is for those candidates who:

• hold a PhD degree from a CAMPEP-accredited Graduate Program in Medical Physics
• have experience teaching and mentoring residents
• have a strong record of medical physics-related research and clinical experience.

Salary and the level of faculty appointment will depend upon the experience of the successful candidate. Our compensation package is highly competitive, including salary, paid time off, health/dental coverage, retirement plan, etc.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.