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The Medical Physics Unit (MPU) was founded in 1979 as an academic unit in the Faculty of Medicine, with the primary objective to offer a graduate program leading to an M.Sc. degree in medical physics. The first Director of the MPU was Montague Cohen, who was instrumental in establishing the graduate program in medical physics at 69热视频. During his 12 years as director of the MPU, Dr. Cohen succeeded in building the M.Sc. program in medical physics into a strong and reputable program that is well-known and respected worldwide.
In September 1991, Dr. Cohen was succeeded as Director of the MPU by Dr. Ervin B. Podgorsak who held the position until December 2008. Under the directorship of Dr. Podgorsak, the total number of students to have graduated from 69热视频 with an M.Sc. degree in medical physics grew by 130 to 168 and by 20 to a total of 24 with a Ph.D. degree in medical physics.
From January 2009 to August 2021 the position of Director of the MPU was held by Dr. Jan Seuntjens during which time the total number of students having graduated from 69热视频 with degrees in medical physics since 1980 increased to 266 M.Sc. degrees and 55 Ph.D. degrees. As of August 2024, the total number of MSc medical physics graduates stands at 280, total number of PhD graduates stands at 59, and total number of Graduate Diploma graduates stand at 5.
Since March 2023 the position of Director of the MPU is held by Dr. Shirin A. Enger.
In 1979, six medical physicists with principal appointments in Radiation Oncology or Neurology-Neurosurgery departments at 69热视频 received secondary appointments in the MPU. During the past 40听years, the number of MPU members grew to the current staff list of 39 (27 staff members plus 12 associate members).
Medical Physics is an interdisciplinary field with many interesting and rewarding career opportunities in clinical medical physics, medical physics research, and development in academia, industry, government, medical physics in regulatory agencies, etc. Our programs have a strong fundamental basis combined with modern clinical training that helps any graduate to reach his or her full career potential, whether in the clinic, research, government, or industry.
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Shirin A. Enger, PhD
Director, Medical Physics Unit
Graduate Program Director, Medical Physics
Canada Research Chair in Medical Physics
Co-Director, FRQS Experimental Therapeutics Axes
Associate Professor, Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology
Associate Member, Department of Physics; Department of Biomedical Engineering
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Investigator, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
Associate Academic Member, Mila - Quebec AI Institute
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