{"id":63851,"date":"2010-12-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-r-i-hospital-to-offer-medical-physics-degree\/"},"modified":"2010-12-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T00:00:00","slug":"uri-r-i-hospital-to-offer-medical-physics-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/12\/uri-r-i-hospital-to-offer-medical-physics-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站, R.I. Hospital to offer medical physics degree"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tInnovative 5-year dual degree program first in New England<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013December 21, 2010 \u2013Students interested in physics and medicine will be able to combine disciplines to become medical physicists and enter an expanding field that offers multiple career opportunities and salaries that start with six figures.<\/p>\n


\n\t The 溏心vlog免费B站, at the urging of and collaboration with Rhode Island Hospital, will offer an innovative 5-year medical physics degree that combines a bachelor of science in physics with a master of science in medical physics. The 162-credit dual degree program, which will be launched September 2011, will be the first of its kind in New England and may well be the only 5-year program in the country. <\/p>\n


\n\tMedical physics is an applied branch of physics concerned with the application of the concepts and methods of physics to the diagnosis and treatment of human disease. Currently there are only 26 other universities in the U.S. and Canada who offer accredited graduate medical physics programs. <\/p>\n


\n\tThere is a significant shortage of well-trained and qualified clinical medical physicists. And, with each passing year, the shortage becomes that much more severe. A glance at want ads this fall in The Washington Post shows that employers from 33 different states advertised more than 100 medical physicists positions. Starting salaries range from $82,600 to $135,000, and often include signing bonuses.<\/p>\n


\n\tWhy? Medical physicists are an important part of the radiation therapy caregiver team, working closely with the doctor (radiation oncologist), nurses, radiation therapists and medical dosimetrists.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe increased development and use of complex technology in radiation oncology and medical imaging requires skilled scientists. The use of radiation therapy in the U.S. is on the rise. Almost 1.1 million cancer patients underwent a course of radiation in 2009, up 15 percent from 2007. The increase may reflect the growth of cancer screening and early detection initiatives, along with the aging of the baby boomer generation.<\/p>\n


\n\tTreating cancer is no longer one size fits all. \u201cCancer treatment is highly personalized and targeted,\u201d says Yana Reshetnyak who with her husband Oleg Andreev, both 溏心vlog免费B站 associate professors of physics, research new ways to target and treat cancerous tumors.

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re very proud that 溏心vlog免费B站 leaders including President David M. Dooley, Provost Donald DeHayes, Vice-President for Research and Economic Development; Peter Alfonso, and Department of Physics Chair Jan Northby supported this program from the beginning to the final approval in a relatively short period of time,\u201d said Andreev. \u201cWe are especially grateful to a former 溏心vlog免费B站 physics student for his generous donation to fund the development of the medical physics program. \u201cWe believe the biological and medical physics division will grow and bring great benefits to Rhode Island. The investment in medical physics is an investment in Rhode Island\u2019s future and it is a good investment. \u201c <\/p>\n


\n\tThe degree evolved through the couple\u2019s collaborative work with Rhode Island Hospital\u2019s Medical Physics Division of the Radiation Oncology Department. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cMedical physicists play a vital role on the radiation therapy care-giving team,\u201d said Edward S. Sternick, medical physicist-in-chief in radiation oncology at Rhode Island Hospital. \u201cThey are responsible for testing the machines, such as CT scanners, to determine radiation output, as well as for calculating each patient\u2019s radiation dosage. It is a highly specialized and growing field, and this new program will allow 溏心vlog免费B站, the Brown Alpert Medical School and Rhode Island Hospital to take a leadership role in New England graduate medical education.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHere\u2019s how the program will works: Students will receive rigorous training in undergraduate and graduate physics courses as well as medical-physics courses. 溏心vlog免费B站 physics faculty, the Rhode Island Hospital-Brown Alpert Medical School faculty and staff at the Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Narragansett Bay Campus, will teach classes. <\/p>\n


\n\tStudents will spend three years studying physics. At the end of their junior year, they will apply for the master\u2019s program and, if accepted, they will spend the next two years taking medical physics courses. Upon completion of the program, students will enter a two-year residency program. Once they finish their residency, they can seek board certification. <\/p>\n


\n\tGraduates of the program can find employment at hospitals and treatment centers, in private industry, or the government.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe majority of medical physicists will focus on treatments, particularly of cancerous tumors, employing and developing different techniques,\u201d explains Physics Professor Len Kahn. \u201cSome will focus on the development of ways to get higher resolution and better definition with imaging devices in order to avoid unnecessary biopsies.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t \u201cCT scanners, MRI scanners, linear accelerators \u2013 all these were developed by or with medical physicists,\u201d says Sternick. \u201cIn fact, the Nobel Prize for Medicine has been awarded twice to American medical physicists.\u201d

\n\tTo find out more about the program, contact Physics Professor Len Kahn, 401.874.2053 or lkahn@uri.edu.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 Rhode Island Hospital

\nFounded in 1863, Rhode Island Hospital (www.rhodeislandhospital.org ) in Providence, RI, is a private, not-for-profit hospital and is the principal teaching hospital of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. A major trauma center for southeastern New England, the hospital is dedicated to being on the cutting edge of medicine and research. Many of its physicians are recognized as leaders in their respective fields of cancer, cardiology, diabetes, emergency medicine and trauma, neuroscience, orthopedics, pediatrics, radiation oncology and surgery. Rhode Island Hospital receives nearly $50 million each year in external research funding. It is home to Hasbro Children\u2019s Hospital, the state\u2019s only facility dedicated to pediatric care, which is ranked among the top 30 children\u2019s hospitals in the country by Parents magazine. Rhode Island Hospital is a founding member of the Lifespan health system. <\/p>\n


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