Medical Physics Program

Director’s Greeting

Welcome to the Medical Physics Graduate Track at Stony Brook University. We appreciate your taking time to consider our Medical Physics Program.

Medical physicists apply physics to medicine and are concerned with three areas of activity: clinical service and consultation, research and development and teaching. While several clinical, research and teaching directions are possible, Oncology Physics, Imaging Physics and Nuclear Medical Physics are the focus of our program.

The Medical Physics Graduate Track resides in the Biomedical Engineering Department and offers both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The track is accredited by the commission for the accreditation of Medical Physics educational programs (CAMPEP). The Stony Brook Medical Physics track is interdisciplinary with faculty from: radiology, radiation oncology, biomedical engineering and Brookhaven National Laboratory. We offer sub-tracks in Imaging Physics, Nuclear Medical Physics and Oncology Physics. We also have CAMPEP accredited Imaging Physics and Oncology Physics residencies associated with our Program. We also offer a 2+1 residency in Imaging Physics and Nuclear Medical Physics. Our faculty is involved in Medical Physics research and clinical service. Faculty expertise include magnetic resonance imaging, image processing, virtual imaging, positron emission tomography, detector physics for imaging, microplanar beam radiation therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy and dosimetry.

We offer a number of opportunities for research training, including doctoral studies and a thesis option for MS students. Please contact us with any questions you may have. We look forward to receiving your application for Medical Physics Graduate study at Stony Brook.

Terry Button, PhD, DABR, DABMP
Director

Careers

The Graduates trained in Medical Physics enjoy a wide variety of employment opportunities. For more general information, we recommend the AIP Career Network Website or the AAPM Career Service.