Clinical MRI Physicist - Assistant, Associate, Professor (CHS)

Job Summary:

The Department of Radiology is seeking a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Physicist to join as CHS Track Faculty.

Responsibilities:

The Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) physicist will join other MRI physicists in the Department, and will have clinical service and research responsibilities as described further below.

50% Clinical MRI Physics Responsibilities
1. Monitor and provide technical support for MR imaging of patients that require physics monitoring including and ensuring that novel and off-label MR imaging methods are performed according to institutional policies and guidelines.
2. Assist in establishing institutional policies and guidelines regarding the safe and effective use of MR imaging equipment.
3. Assist in customizing MR imaging hardware and/or software (including off-label use), while ensuring conformity with regulatory constraints and institutional policies and guidelines.
4. Trouble-shoot clinical issues on the MR imaging equipment such as identifying and ameliorating image artifacts and other problems affecting clinical image quality and coordinate with MR imaging equipment vendors to ensure that the MR imaging equipment is properly and routinely serviced/maintained.
5. Contribute technical input to inform decisions regarding purchasing new MR imaging equipment, perform required acceptance testing of new MR imaging equipment, and conduct ongoing Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC) of existing MR imaging equipment, including activities required for maintaining accreditation. Direct clinical and research staff in the performance of routine QA/QC procedures.
6. Assist in developing clinical and research MR imaging protocols.
7. Address other issues, as directed by the Director of Clinical MR Physics or the Chief of the Imaging Sciences Section.

40% Research MRI Physics Responsibilities
1. Serve as an institutional subject matter expert regarding specialized principles of MRI.
2. Support the research activities of other MRI investigators throughout the department.
3. Develop and maintain tools and infrastructure to facilitate departmental and core MRI research initiatives.
4. Write, or assist in writing, grant applications to secure funding to support independent MRI research projects.
5. Conduct innovative MRI research in collaboration with other UW faculty and scientists in the Department of Radiology, investigators in departments and schools across campus, and industrial partners.
6. Attend scientific conferences and meetings to present scientific research results, moderate sessions, and participate on committees and in working groups.
7. Write and submit manuscripts to professional journals describing results of research projects.
8. Mentor and conduct research with graduate students, post-docs, and scientists.

10% Teaching
1. Educate and train clinical and research faculty, staff, and trainees the basic physical and technical principles of MRI, including participating in educating the clinical faculty, fellows, residents, technologists, nurses, and other staff.
2. Provide educational MRI lectures at international meetings and other venues external to UW.

The UW Department of Radiology encourages, values, and supports innovation and translation of our discoveries into clinical practice. We attract scholars and students from around the world. Madison is the state's capital city with a population of over 254,000, and offers an ideal combination of natural beauty, stimulating cultural events, outstanding schools, and so much more.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

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Education:

Preferred
PhD
Ph.D. in Physics, Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, or a closely-related field

Qualifications:

MRI certification by the American Board of Medical Physics, or similar medical physics certifying body is encouraged.

In addition, excellent communication skills are required for interacting with a variety of MRI users including technologists, radiologists, residents, fellows, and researchers.

Work Type:

Full or Part Time: 50% - 100%

It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Anticipated Begin Date:

SEPTEMBER 01, 2022