Residency
Upstate Medical Physics Residency Program
Upstate Medical Physics is proud to be the very first private practice Diagnostic Imaging Residency Program to be awarded CAMPEP accreditation.
Our residents participate in imaging system surveys (acceptance testing and annual evaluations), imaging department design and acquisition of equipment, radiation shielding design, support of facilities for ACR accreditation programs, patient and fetal dose calculations, and institutional radiation safety committee meetings. The UMP Diagnostic Imaging Physics Residency Program provides the experience required to take the American Board of Radiology certification examination, and, more importantly, prepares the individual to independently practice in the complex world of imaging physics.
Upstate Medical Physics is located in Victor, New York, in the bucolic Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York and also has offices in Buffalo, New York. The Victor office, a 5,000 square-foot facility with state-of-the-art training, IT, and teleconferencing capability, has been recently renovated to include additional office space and meeting rooms. UMP offers a unique and diverse educational experience through its clients’ facilities, which range from small private practice imaging centers to major academic radiology departments.
Our professional practice group has many years experience in the northeastern United States. We are best characterized as a collegial group of diagnostic medical physicists, working together for the benefit of our clients and for the development of our own careers. The group meets in person and via teleconferencing on a regular basis for education and staff meetings, which include discussion of issues impacting image quality, patient and staff doses, and regulatory requirements. The group includes young diagnostic medical physicists early in their careers and senior members with over 30 years experience, as well as medical physics assistants. Upstate Medical Physics has employees with various educational backgrounds, including R.T., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, two of whom achieved ABR certification in June 2009, and 3 of whom are registered to take Part III in May 2012. The program currently consists of three residents, one each in the first, second and third years of residency.
The time spent in the UMP Diagnostic Radiologic Physics Residency Program provides the experience required to take the American Board of Radiology certification examination.
Compensation is competitive and includes outstanding medical coverage plus 15 days of paid time off and six legal holidays per year.
From December 1, 2011 through January 15, 2012, we will be accepting applications for our June 2012 Residency Position.
Interested and qualified candidates are required to complete the following application form and submit all required documents (listed on page 3) to residency@upstatemp.com by January 15th, 2012:
Inquiries may be directed to residency@upstatemp.com. In addition, a former resident, now staff employee was recently involved in the following Point/Counterpoint topic published in the Medical Physics Journal "Medical Physics residency programs in nonacademic facilities should affiliate themselves with a university-based program". The article can be found here. GLENWOOD, Ill.—November 30, 2009—Landauer, Inc. (NYSE: LDR), a recognized leader in personal and environmental radiation monitoring and the leading domestic provider of outsourced medical physics services, today announces a three year commitment to serve as the corporate sponsor for the Upstate Medical Physics (UMP) Residency program in Diagnostic Imaging Physics.
“We are committed to excellence in the education and professional practice of medical physics and are investing in the future of this profession,” stated Bill Saxelby, President and CEO of Landauer. “Our recent acquisitions of Global Physics Solutions and our investment in this residency program are examples of our dedication to supporting growth in professional medical physics ”. The Upstate Medical Physics program is the first private practice diagnostic medical physics residency program in the U.S. and Landauer is the first corporate sponsor of such a program.
"Landauer has historically supported the safe utilization of radiation in the healthcare setting through its leadership in occupational monitoring, and their support for this residency program demonstrates an expansion of their market participation by a company uniquely progressive and committed to the entire professional practice of medical physics” stated Bob Pizzutiello, President of Upstate Medical Physics.
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“Today, we held our first Radiographics Journal Club meeting and I’m still supercharged from the tremendous energy we all felt in our discussions and information exchange. The UMP conference room environment is ideal for both learning and connection, with a giant LCD monitor for easy viewing and demonstrations of anatomy and physiology. This unique partnering template of radiologist and physics residents having open discussion and exchange of ideas is nothing short of brilliant! The format allows the resident to “get inside the diagnostician’s head” and vice versa. This interactive formula is a win-win for all participants and I cannot wait for our next meeting!”
Daniel Wopperer, MD, FACR
Former Managing Partner and CEO, Borg Imaging Group
Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology, URMC
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