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href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/departments/">Departments</a><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/radonc/">Radiation Oncology</a><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/radonc/divisions/">Divisions</a>Medical Physics</div></div><div class="section-content has-sidebar-nav"><nav class="sidebar-nav" aria-label="Sidebar"> <noscript> <button class="sidebar-nav__toggle" id="sidebar-nav-toggle" aria-controls="sidebar-nav-list" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"> <span>Navigation</span> <span class="icon-arrow-down"> </button> </noscript> <div class="sidebar-nav__list" id="sidebar-nav-list"> <ul> <li class="parent-nav"> <a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/radonc/divisions/"><span class="icon-arrow-left"></span>Divisions</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/radonc/divisions/">Divisions</a></li><li><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/radonc/divisions/clinical-programs/">Clinical Programs</a></li><li><span 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class="asset"> <img src="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/departments/radiation-oncology-/images/Shifeng-Chen.jpg" alt="Shifeng Chen" style=" " /> </div> <div class="bd"> <h3>Chief of Clinical Medical Physics</h3> <p><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Chen-Shifeng/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shifeng Chen, PhD (he/him)</a><strong><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Chen-Shifeng/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><br /></a></strong>Professor of Radiation Oncology</p> </div> </div><div class="media"> <div class="asset"> <img src="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/departments/radiation-oncology-/images/Lei-Ren-SOM-2022.jpg" alt="Lei Ren" style=" " /> </div> <div class="bd"> <h3>Associate Chief of Physics Research</h3> <p><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Ren-Lei/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lei Ren, PhD</a><br />Professor of Radiation Oncology<br /><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/departments/radiation-oncology-/documents/TRAN-REN-LABS-final-4_23-JW-1.pdf">The Ren Lab</a></p> </div> </div><div class="hr"><hr></div><h2><img src="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/departments/radiation-oncology-/images/rodrigues-tt-machine.jpg" alt="Doctors with patient in TT machine" style="border : 0; float : right;" />Goals</h2> <ul> <li>Oversee technical aspects of patients’ radiation treatments.</li> <li>Ensure the safe and effective use of radiation for the treatment of patients.</li> <li>Develop and evaluate novel therapeutic approaches.</li> </ul> <h4>We aim to achieve these goals by using a three-pronged approach:</h4> <ul> <li>Clinical Service</li> <li>Program Development</li> <li>Research and Education</li> </ul><div class="hr"><hr></div><h2>Mission Statements</h2> <h3>Clinical</h3> <p>Maintain the highest standards of quality, safety and consistency across all operational sites and technological platforms, and develop a culture of ceaseless clinical innovation to ensure the best personalized care for our patient population.</p> <h3>Research</h3> <p>Harness physics as an enabling engine to accelerate the development and translation of novel radiobiological and technological research into clinical practice.</p> <h3>Education</h3> <p>Maintain our program as a premier center for didactic education and training of Medical Physics residents and fellows, and disseminate our expertise and experience with novel, cutting-edge technologies and techniques within the larger medical physics community.</p><div class="hr"><hr></div><h2>Clinical Service</h2> <ul> <li>Participation in patient treatment planning</li> <li>Development and maintenance of the department’s quality assurance program</li> <li>Support special treatment delivery protocols</li> </ul> <h4>The division has been active in the clinical implementation of:</h4> <ul> <li>3D conformal</li> <li>Intensity-modulated radiation therapy</li> <li>Intensity-modulated arc therapy</li> <li>Image-guided radiation therapy</li> <li>Low-dose and high-dose brachytherapy</li> <li>Stereotactic radiosurgery</li> <li>Stereotactic body radiation therapy</li> <li>State-of-the-art imaging techniques and planning systems for generating high-quality radiation treatment plans</li> </ul><div class="hr"><hr></div><h2>Program Development and Research</h2> <p><img src="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/departments/radiation-oncology-/images/Physicist-GammaPod-450-pix.jpg" alt="Physicist GammaPod" style="border : 0; float : right;" /></p> <h3>Clinical Service Arm</h3> <ul> <li>Managing inter-fraction motion</li> <li>Mitigating intra-fraction motion</li> </ul> <h3>Research Programs</h3> <ul> <li>Multi-modality functional information into treatment planning</li> <li>Developing techniques to assess treatment response</li> <li>Motion management</li> <li>Advanced treatment-delivering technique</li> </ul> <p>The division’s research programs are primarily supported by extramural funding and vendor-sponsored research agreements.</p><div class="hr"><hr></div><h2>Education</h2> <ul> <li>Actively participate in the <a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/radonc/Education/Medical-Residency/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Radiation Oncology Residency Program</a> and <a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/radonc/Education/Medical-Physics-Residency/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Medical Physics Residency Program</a></li> <li>Lead the Medical Dosimetry Program</li> <li>Postdoctoral Fellow Research Program</li> <li>Several faculty hold affiliate appointments in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland, College Park <ul> <li>Primary advisor roles for PhD candidates</li> </ul> </li> <li>Lead the Medical Physics Residency Program</li> </ul><div class="media"> <div class="asset"> <img src="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/departments/radiation-oncology-/images/Arun-Gopal-9-8-14.jpg" alt="Arun Gopal" style=" " /> </div> <div class="bd"> <p><strong>Director of the Medical Physics Residency Program </strong><br /><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Gopal-Arun/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arun Gopal, PhD</a> (he/him)<br />Associate Professor<br />Department of Radiation Oncology</p> </div> </div><div class="media"> <div class="asset"> <img src="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/departments/radiation-oncology-/images/Jochen-Cammin.jpg" alt="Jochen Cammin" style=" " /> </div> <div class="bd"> <p><span><strong>Associate Director of the Medical Physics Residency Program</strong><br /></span><a href="https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Cammin-Jochen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jochen Cammin, PhD</a> (he/him)<br /><span>Assistant Professor<br />Department of Radiation Oncology</span></p> </div> </div><div 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