Medical Physics, PhD at Johns Hopkins University

Medical physicists are professionals with MS or PhD degrees, specializing in the technical and clinical aspects of diagnosis and therapy. They work alongside MDs and technologists, contributing to technical areas such as imaging, radiation therapy, and radiation safety. The field is governed by organizations like the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), the American Board of Radiology (ABR), and CAMPEP (Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs).

Faculty: School of Medicine  |  Duration: five year  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Baltimore, MD, United States

What you will study

Medical physicists are professionals with MS or PhD degrees, specializing in the technical and clinical aspects of diagnosis and therapy. They work alongside MDs and technologists, contributing to technical areas such as imaging, radiation therapy, and radiation safety.

Career pathways

The mission of the MP PhD program is to train the next generation of PhD medical physicists in both basic and translational research applied to medicine and human health. The program will provide aspiring students with the knowledge and skills that they will need in their future profession as medical physicists.

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