Doctor of Philososphy [Ph.D] [Medical Physics] From University of Miami

The objective of the Medical Physics program is to provide advanced knowledge in the field of therapeutic medical physics, and to provide the training required for students to become licensed medical physicists. This program is coordinated by the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Radiation Oncology at the School of Medicine.

Candidates are required to have completed a 3 credit course in Modern Physics (PHY?360?or equivalent) and a 3 credit course covering the physical foundations of medical imaging (BME?330?or equivalent) before they start their course work in the Medical Physics program.

Students enrolled in the Medical Physics program must complete their PhD dissertation project on a topic related to medical physics. In general, the project is co-supervised by Faculty from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Radiation Oncology.

Students enrolled in the Medical Physics program must also complete an additional separate qualifying examination focused on the medical physics curriculum (see below section on qualifying examination).