Clinical Medical Physics Residency Program

The residency program is a 3 year research and clinical training program at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, with one year dedicated to research. Core objectives include comprehensive, hands-on training in clinical therapy physics and preparation for the ABR board exams. Successful candidates will work with Mount Sinai's staff physicists covering a diverse array of specialties in the clinic, with the goal of becoming autonomous physicists capable of independent work at graduation.

Requirements

At a minimum, applicants must have:

• PhD in Physics or related discipline
  AND graduation from

• A CAMPEP-accredited graduate program
  OR

• A CAMPEP-accredited certificate program

Clinical Rotations

In order to graduate from the residency program, residents are required to complete the following 12 clinical rotations:

1. Dosimetric systems
2. Brachytherapy
3. Linear Accelerator Acceptance Testing/Commissioning/Annual QA
4. TG-51 Calibration and MU Calculations
5. TPS Modeling
6. Treatment Planning
7. Imaging for Treatment Simulation
8. Imaging for Treatment Verification
9. Stereotactic Radiosurgery
10. Special Procedures
11. Radiation Safety/Shielding Design
12. Proton Therapy Rotation

Financial Support

Competitive salary and full benefits package will be provided to the successful candidate. Please refer to Mount Sinai Benefit for more details.

Current Residents

Jing Wang, Ph.D.

Jing earned her Ph.D. in Physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, focusing on exploring the thermal properties of copper sulfides through molecular dynamics simulations and machine learning. Later, she completed a certificate program in Medical Physics at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. Her academic pursuits have furnished her with a robust understanding of physics principles and endowed her with the proficiency to employ advanced AI techniques to improve clinical outcomes in radiotherapy. As a resident with the Mount Sinai Radiation Oncology Team, Jing aims to leverage and sharpen her expertise during clinical training.

Hao Guo, Ph.D.

Hao joined the Mount Sinai Clinical Medical Physics Residency Program in 2024 after earning his PhD in Medical Physics from Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia, Canada), where he investigated the use of optical spectroscopy for donor liver fat quantification. He was awarded the Scotia Scholars Award for his graduate research and also holds a BSc in Physics from Beijing Normal University. During his PhD, he contributed to both experimental and computational projects and served as an Entrepreneur Lead in commercializing his patented liver fat quantification system. His clinical interests include radiotherapy treatment planning, quality assurance, and the development of new tools to improve treatment quality.

Tenzin Kunkyab, Ph.D.

Tenzin grew up in Northern India and earned both his Master’s and Ph.D. in Medical Physics at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus. His Master’s research focused on radiomic analysis for the early differentiation of lung cancer recurrence from fibrosis following stereotactic ablative radiotherapy. His doctoral work centered on developing clinical applications of 3D polymer gel dosimetry with cone-beam CT (CBCT) readout, including verification of small field dosimetry techniques such as virtual cone and complex approaches like lattice radiotherapy. His current research interests include knowledge-based planning and deep learning-based segmentation. Outside of work, Tenzin enjoys spending time with his family, and playing soccer and guitar.

Yuli Wang, Ph.D.

Yuli did his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he also completed the equivalent coursework for a medical physics certificate. During his Ph.D. research, Yuli led multiple projects focused on integrating artificial intelligence into clinical radiology workflows, spanning from classical deep learning models to vision-language foundation models. With a strong passion for translating computational innovations into clinical practice, Yuli is committed to bridging research and patient care, with the goal of advancing cancer management through imaging, therapy, and AI techniques. Now based in New York, he spends most of his free time running and keeping their cat, Kiwi, happy. He was a fan of the tennis player Na Li for many years, and is proudly a Carlos Alcaraz fan nowadays.

Zipai Wang, Ph.D.

Zipai received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Stony Brook University, with CAMPEP certification. During his doctoral research at the Goldan Lab, he contributed extensively to the development of high-resolution Prism-PET brain scanners, implementing advanced reconstruction algorithms, motion correction strategies, and multi-modal neuroimaging protocols. He is the recipient of the Best Student Paper Award at the 2022 IEEE-MIC and a co-inventor on four U.S. patent applications. Zipai joins the Mount Sinai Radiation Oncology residency program with a strong commitment to translating technical innovation and advanced imaging methods into meaningful clinical applications in radiotherapy.

Alumni

Charlotte Read, M.S. (2023-2025) – Mount Sinai Union Square, NY

Tingyu Wang, M.S. (2022-2024) – Hackensack Meridian Health, NJ

Tyler Alfonzetti, M.S. (2021-2023) – Mount Sinai Hospital, NY

Matthew Schelin, M.S. (2020-2022) – NYU Langone Health, NY

Thomas Wolken, M.S. (2019-2021) – TidalHealth, Salisbury, MD

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