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Clinical Training

Department of Radiation Oncology

Clinical Rotations

The two-year residency is divided into 10 rotations during which the residents will go through different clinical specialty areas under the supervision of rotation-specific mentors. In addition, the residents are assigned a specific faculty adviser throughout the residency. The clinical rotations include:

  • Orientation
  • 3D Treatment Planning and Dosimetry
  • Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Treatment Planning
  • Imaging for Radiation Therapy
  • Brachytherapy (LDR and HDR)
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery
  • Linear Accelerator Acceptance Testing and Commissioning
  • MRI Guided and Adaptive Radiation Therapy
  • Proton Therapy
  • Radiation Shielding and Protection

In addition, the residents will have the opportunity to work on clinical developmental research projects during residency.

Training Sites

The Medical Physics division in the Radiation Oncology Department is currently covering five radiation therapy venues with an additional three locations opening soon:

  • Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Main
  • Sylvester West
  • Sylvester Deerfield Beach
  • Sylvester at The Lennar Foundation Medical Center
  • Jackson Memorial Hospital
  • Sylvester Doral
  • Sylvester Plantation
  • Sylvester Sole Mia

Equipment

Imaging Devices:

  • 7 Siemens 64 slice CT-Simulators 
  • Siemens 3T MR Scanner

Linear Accelerators:

  • Varian TrueBeam with OBI/CBCT (5)
  • Varian Edge (3) with OBI/CBCT 
  • Varian Ethos with CBCT (3)
  • Varian Trilogy with OBI/CBCT (1)
  • Varian 23 IX with OBI/CBCT (1)
  • Elekta Unity MRI Guided Linac (1) – coming soon!

Other Treatment Delivery Devices:

  • Elekta Gamma Knife Perfexion
  • Elekta Flexitron HDR unit
  • Elekta LDR Prostate Seed Implant 
  • CivaSheet
  • Y90 microspheres
  • Eye Plaques
  • Varian RPM respiratory motion management
  • Vision RT OSMS surface localization and tracking system

Particle Accelerators:

  • Varian ProBeam Proton Therapy with OBI/CBT (1)

Didactic Training

The residents are required to attend all weekly departmental conferences, clinical lecture series, new patient conferences, medical physics weekly journal club, departmental in-service training and didactic lectures.