System Vice Chair and Director of Medical Physics

Category Physicians Job Location 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Tracking Code 265254 Weekly Hours 37.50 Schedule Full-Time Shift Day Shift Position Overview The Department of Radiation Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health seeks an accomplished medical physicist to serve as System Vice Chair and Director of Medical Physics. This senior leadership role will help guide the strategic, clinical, educational, research, quality, and operational direction of medical physics across the health system. The Vice Chair will work closely with the Chair of Radiation Oncology, departmental and institutional leadership, physicians, physicists, dosimetrists, therapists, nurses, engineers, IT professionals, administrators, and other partners to advance safe, innovative, patient-centered radiation oncology care.

Key Responsibilities
• Provide system-level leadership for medical physics services across Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple Health, ensuring alignment with departmental, institutional, regulatory, accreditation, and patient safety priorities.
• Oversee and support clinical physics operations, including physics, dosimetry, simulation, treatment delivery, engineering, information technology, equipment commissioning, quality assurance, and technology implementation.
• Partner with the Chair of Radiation Oncology and departmental leaders to monitor and improve the quality, safety, appropriateness, efficiency, and consistency of radiation oncology care.
• Lead strategic planning for medical physics, including program growth, resource allocation, staffing models, capital equipment planning, technology assessment, and expansion of services across regional sites.
• Advance a culture of safety, quality improvement, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning within the medical physics team and the broader department.
• Support clinical innovation, including adaptive radiation therapy, image-guided treatment, advanced treatment planning, automation, artificial intelligence, data integration, and emerging radiation oncology technologies.
• Promote and lead clinical, translational, technical, and collaborative research in radiation oncology and medical physics.
• Provide leadership and oversight for medical physics education, including residency training, teaching for radiation oncology trainees, mentorship of junior physicists, and professional development for faculty and staff.
• Represent medical physics on departmental, institutional, health system, safety, quality, technology, research, and executive committees as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clinical departments, institutional leadership, academic partners, industry collaborators, and external organizations to support the mission of the department. Qualifications
• PhD in Medical Physics.
• Board certification in therapeutic medical physics.
• Significant experience in clinical radiation oncology physics, preferably in a major teaching hospital, cancer center, or academic medical center.
• Demonstrated record of progressive leadership responsibility in medical physics, including experience supervising, mentoring, and developing faculty and staff.
• Strong understanding of radiation oncology clinical operations, regulatory and accreditation requirements, quality assurance, treatment safety, and technology implementation.
• Evidence of scholarly accomplishment, educational leadership, innovation, and engagement with the national medical physics community.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, analytical, and change-management skills.
• Commitment to collaboration, professionalism, inclusion, mentorship, service excellence, and the highest standards of patient care. Preferred Attributes
• Experience leading a multi-site or system-level radiation oncology physics program.
• Experience with CAMPEP-accredited residency education or graduate medical physics education.
• Record of successful technology deployment, program development, clinical integration, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• National reputation in medical physics through scholarship, professional society leadership, invited presentations, guideline development, or major collaborative initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to build consensus, lead through change, develop people, and align teams around safety, quality, innovation, and operational excellence. About The Department The Department of Radiation Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University is part of an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and currently includes four clinical sites: Fox Chase Cancer Center Main, Temple University Hospital Main, FCCC Buckingham, and FCCC East Norriton. The department has more than 200 staff across these sites, including 19 attending radiation oncologists, 15 PhD medical physicists, medical dosimetrists, advanced practice providers, nurses, radiation therapists, engineers, and IT support. Educational programs include a radiation oncology residency based at Fox Chase Main with 10 residents, a medical physics residency training program, a dosimetry school based at Fox Chase Main and Temple University Hospital in coordination with the Department of Physics at Temple University, and clinical elective experiences for radiation therapy students. The department currently sees approximately 2,400 new cancer patients each year, with more than 11,000 new patient and follow-up visits and more than 35,000 individual radiation treatments delivered annually across its four sites. More than 20 clinical trials are currently open in the department for eligible patients, with 50 to 100 patients treated on clinical trials each year. The department houses 11 linear accelerators, including[CB1] a 45 MV racetrack microtron and multiple radiosurgical and SBRT platforms and 2 brachytherapy suites. Over the past five years, the department has installed six new Varian and Elekta linear accelerators with novel capabilities, including CT adaptive radiation therapy and frameless cobalt-60 radiosurgery. The Buckingham satellite facility includes a CT simulator with 4D capability, a Varian linear accelerator, , while Temple University Hospital Main also has a CT simulator with 4D capability. The CT adaptive radiation therapy program based at Fox Chase Cancer Center Main is one of the largest clinical adaptive programs in the United States, with more than 1,000 unique patients treated on the Ethos linear accelerator since the program began in 2023. Multiple imaging modalities are located within the department and the Cancer Center, including CT, PET functional imaging, and 3T and 1.5T MRI simulators at Fox Chase Cancer Center Main. Image guidance technologies include Brainlab ExacTrac Dynamic, kV and MV cone beam CT, and surface guidance with Identify and VisionRT. The department also includes two high-dose-rate brachytherapy suites, one at Fox Chase Cancer Center Main and one at Temple University Hospital Main. The Fox Chase suite, equipped with a Varian Bravos® remote afterloader, is general anesthesia capable and supports the system’s prostate implant program, with almost 500 HDR treatments delivered each year. The Temple University Hospital suite is equipped with an Elekta Flexitron® remote afterloader and is primarily used for gynecologic brachytherapy. Application Process Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae and a letter of interest describing their leadership experience, clinical physics expertise, academic accomplishments, vision for medical physics, and commitment to advancing safe, high-quality radiation oncology care. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Equal Opportunity Statement Temple Health and Fox Chase Cancer Center are committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and collaborative environment. Qualified applicants will receive consideration consistent with applicable institutional policies and federal, state, and local laws.