Persistent difficulty in recruiting therapeutic medical physicists, particularly outside large metropolitan and/or academic centers, suggests a geographic mismatch between training locations and workforce demand. While residency programs have expanded nationa...
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Samuel A. Einstein, PhD
Penn State College of Medicine
Is the Geographic Distribution of Medical Physics Residency Programs In the US Aligned with the Therapy Physics Job Market?
Proffered Program · Professional
Expansion of a Multinational Medical Physics Course for Radiation Oncology Residents In East Africa As a Collaborative Model for Education In Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Stark global inequities persist in access to radiological health services, with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bearing an increasing cancer burden while facing critical shortages in trained medical physicists and radiation oncologists. Virtual educa...
Poster Program · Education (Innovation in Medical Physics: Arthur Boyer Award)
Initial Experiences Following the Launch of Radiotherapy In a Southeast African Nation
Malawi, a low-income country in southeastern Africa with a population of more than 20 million, historically lacked access to public radiotherapy services. In July 2025, the country’s first public radiotherapy program became clinically operational at Kamuzu Ce...
Poster Program · Professional