Dr. Thomas Bortfeld to be honored with 2026 Klaas Breur Medal
16 April 2025We are thrilled to share that Thomas Bortfeld, PhD, has been honored as the recipient of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) 2026 Klaas Breur Medal! The Breur Award is the highest honor that can be conferred on an ESTRO member and is awarded in recognition of the excellence of scientific work and major contributions made by the winner to the field of Radiation Oncology. The recipient of this prestigious award delivers a lecture during the ESTRO Congress. Please join us...
Apply now! 2025 Undergraduate Fellowship in Medical Physics
30 December 2024The Mass General Brigham Department of Radiation Oncology is currently accepting applications for an Undergraduate Fellowship in Medical Physics! Two candidates will be selected for a paid 10-week summer fellowship working on a research project with a physicist. A stipend of $6,000 will be paid to the fellows in two installments, one in the midpoint and the other upon completion of the fellowship. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2025. Learn more
Brian Napolitano named recipient of the 2024 AAMD Outstanding Achievement Award!
10 May 2024We are thrilled to share that, Brian Napolitano, MHL, CMD , has been selected to receive the 2024 Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD). Brian will accept this award at the AAMD 49th Annual Meeting in St. Louis next month. The Outstanding Achievement Award is the highest award an individual can receive from the AAMD. It recognizes awardees for their significant contributions to the field of Medical Dosimetry. Brian has been a member of the...
Dr. Konrad Nesteruk Awarded Prestigious NIH MERIT Award (R37)
05 March 2024Konrad Nesteruk, PhD, received a prestigious National Institutes of Health MERIT Award (R37) for the project “A compact beam delivery system enabling ultra-fast dose delivery for upright proton therapy” by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) R37 Award provides longer-term grant support to Early Stage Investigators (ESI) who submitted exceptionally promising R01 research proposals. Investigators may not apply for an ESI MERIT Award. Most...
Now accepting applications for the 2024 Karen Doppke Award
05 March 2024The Division of Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School invites applications for The 2024 Karen Doppke Award , in honor of Karen P. Doppke, MS, DABR, FAAPM, FACR, for her many contributions to the field of medical physics during her illustrious 50-year career. The deadline for applications is April 12, 2024 . Karen Doppke earned an M.S. in Radiation Physics from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1967 and then...