In accordance with the Principles of Affiliation between Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WashU Medicine, medical physics residents are employees of the university and are also subject to hospital policies and procedures. The direction and content of the physics residency program is developed and administered by the physics residency program director, an employee of WashU, assisted by the physics residency committee. Hospital administration and university administration work together daily to ensure consistency and coordination. The program director follows guidelines established by the Physics Residency Program Committee, WashU Medicine, and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in administering the program and is responsible to the chairman of the department of radiation oncology.
Program administration
Program
Director
Michael Altman, PhD
Associate Professor
of Radiation Oncology
Washington University School of Medicine
m.altman@wustl.edu
Associate Program Director
Phillip Wall, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
of Radiation Oncology
Washington University School of Medicine
phillip.wall@wustl.edu
Program Coordinator
Medical physics residency committee
The medical physics residency program committee consists of selected faculty members, clinical staff, and a rotating resident representative. The medical physics residency program committee is responsible for the following tasks:
- Resident recruitment
- Admission recommendations
- Monitor physics resident’s progress
- Training curriculum
- Orientation program
- Committee meetings
- Oral exams
- Program review