Job Description
Clinical Therapy Medical Physicist, Willis Knighton Cancer Center
The Department of Radiation Oncology at Willis Knighton Cancer Center in Shreveport, Louisiana is recruiting to fill an immediate opening for a full-time, on-site Clinical Therapy Medical Physicist. This new hire will complete our team of 5 clinical medical physicists supporting a diverse array of clinical treatments including proton therapy using the United States' first clinically utilized installation of IBA's Proteus®ONE proton therapy system, linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery on an Elekta platform, a busy brachytherapy practice, and a recently-opened Nuclear Oncology (theranostics) Department. Additionally, the selected candidate will serve as faculty within our CAMPEP-accredited medical physics residency program, which is part of the first CAMPEP-accredited affiliate-model consortium. Although this position is primarily clinical, all Willis Knighton physics staff have ample opportunity and departmental support to pursue both clinical research and professional development as evidenced by numerous and notable publications by members our group.
Minimum Requirements:
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Medical Physics or closely related discipline
- Board certified or board eligible in Therapeutic Medical Physics by the American Board of Radiology
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2-5 years' experience post physics residency training
- Experience with Elekta linear accelerators, IBA proton, or Accuray Radixact units
- Familiarity with IMRT, VMAT, IGRT, SRS/SBRT, and HDR treatment modalities
All applications must include a statement of interest, CV, and a list of three references. Additional information about the Willis Knighton Cancer Center and its physics team can be found at
About the Department of Radiation Oncology at Willis Knighton Cancer Center: Part of the Willis Knighton Health System located within the Shreveport-Bossier area of Northwest Louisiana, our mission is to continuously improve the health and well-being of the people we serve. While part of a large system comprised of 5-hospitals (1256-beds), multiple specialty and imaging centers, and even a senior living community, among other elements; all radiation therapy is performed in the Department of Radiation Oncology at a single location, the Willis Knighton Cancer Center, located off Interstate 20 just west of the I-20/I-49 interchange. Our department is home to 5 full-time faculty physicists, 5 physicians, 3 dosimetrists, and 2 medical physics residents. Our facility operates an IBA Proteus®ONE proton therapy unit, as well as two Elekta Versa HD linear accelerators (one routinely performing Brainlab, ExacTrac-guided, stereotactic radiosurgery), a Radixact unit, an Elekta Flexitron HDR afterloader, one Philips big-bore RT'CT simulator, a Samsung/NeuroLogica BodyTom® (portable, full-body, 32-slice CT scanner), and one Philips Ingenia MR-RT simulator. We use MOSAIQ® as our oncology information system, RayStation for most external beam treatment planning, Brainlab Elements for SRS, and Oncentra for all HDR brachytherapy. Our CT scanner and all LINACs are equipped with C-RAD solutions for patient positioning, motion monitoring, and respiratory gating. Our Nuclear Oncology Department is home to a new state-of-the-art GE StarGuide SPECT/CT and Siemen's Biograph Vision 450 PET/CT with patient specific dosimetry performed using MIM SurePlan MRT software. Radiotherapy patient volume is approximately 75 patients per day across all portions of a broad demographic spectrum that comprises the population of the ArkLaTex region.
Willis Knighton offers an excellent benefits package including generous paid time off, robust health/dental/vision insurance, and both short- and long-term disability insurance, as well as employer-provided defined benefit and optional 403b retirement plans. All physicists are provided with a yearly stipend to cover costs of association dues and/or travel to scientific meetings.
Please address questions to:
Joseph P. Dugas, Ph.D., DABR
Medical Physicist & Medical Physics Residency Director
Willis Knighton Cancer Center
Radiation Oncology
2600 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103
Email: [click to reveal email address] jdugas@wkhs.com
Job Tags
Full time, Temporary work, Immediate start,