Medical Physicist (MS level) - Diagnostic Imaging Physics

The Department of Radiology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University Irving Medical Center invites applications for a diagnostic medical physicist position with focus on providing diagnostic physics support for imaging modalities in Radiology. Salary and academic rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Responsibilities and duties:

The role involves conducting quality assurance surveys, acceptance testing, and periodic equipment evaluations across diagnostic imaging modalities, including radiography, fluoroscopy, mammography, CT, ultrasound, and MRI. Key responsibilities include optimizing imaging protocols, ensuring MRI safety by reviewing MR-conditional implants and meeting SAR requirements, overseeing radiographic technologist QA programs, and supporting ACR and TJC accreditation processes. Additionally, the role includes ensuring compliance with regulatory standards (NYC-DOH, NYS-DOH, MQSA, FDA, TJC, and ACR) for diagnostic imaging, collaborating with departments like Radiation Safety and Biomedical Engineering, and coordinating with inspectors and regulators. Additional duties include educating radiology residents and healthcare staff, facilitating research through phantom scans and data collection, and assisting in CT dose monitoring and compliance.

Academic qualifications:

M.S. or Ph.D. degree in medical physics or related field and about 2-5 years of experience working with radiology imaging equipment of all types including radiography (CR/DR), fluoroscopy (II/FPD), mammography, CT, ultrasound, MRI and PACS. American Board of Radiology (ABR) or American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP) Certification is preferred. The candidates must be eligible and committed to become licensed in NYS within 6-12 months in Medical Physics Diagnostic Radiology.

Columbia University Irving Medical Center consists of a main campus with a 1300 beds hospital located in Manhattan, a community hospital and a number of satellite medical offices. The imaging equipment consists of 20 MRI units, 17 CT scanners including 4 PET/CTs and 3 SPECT/CTs, 22 special procedures suites, 31 fixed radiography and R/F rooms, 10 digital mammography units, and a large number of mobile radiographic, mobiles fluoroscopy, and ultrasound units. In total, there are more than 170 X-ray tubes.

The diagnostic radiology physics group is comprised of 3 PhD's and 4 MS level physicists as well as two medical physics residents. ACR accreditation is maintained for mammography, MRI, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, PET, and CT. Most of the equipment and facilities were recently modernized.

Academic qualifications:

M.S. or Ph.D. degree in medical physics or related field and about 2-5 years of experience working with radiology imaging equipment of all types including radiography (CR/DR), fluoroscopy (II/FPD), mammography, CT, ultrasound, MRI and PACS. American Board of Radiology (ABR) or American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP) Certification is preferred. The candidates must be eligible and committed to become licensed in NYS within 6-12 months in Medical Physics Diagnostic Radiology.

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Pay Transparency Disclosure

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.