Resident Training Location Overview
The majority of resident training takes place at the UW University Hospital on the University of Wisconsin main campus and the EastPark Medical Center on the east side of Madison. These are our two main sister sites where the majority of our technologies are housed. Each physics faculty member is primarily based at one site, where their office and main clinical coverage are located, though several faculty regularly provide support across both sites. The physics residents have office space in both locations and will split their time between the two locations depending on their rotation and clinical coverage assignments. While we try to minimize the chance that residents need to go between the two sites in one day, there is a public bus and employee shuttle available that travels between the University Hospital and EastPark.
On rare occasions some resident training will also take place at the Veterans Hospital located on the main campus directly adjacent to the University Hospital and also a satellite UW Cancer Center in Johnson Creek, WI.
Across all UW locations, we treat ~2300 patients per year. A wide range of treatments and special procedures are offered including 3D-CRT, IMRT, VMAT, SBRT, SRS, SgRT, IgRT, MRgRT, gantry-based and upright proton therapy, TBI, TSET, ventricular tachycardia radioablation, fiducial tracking, HDR & LDR brachytherapy, radiopharmaceutical therapy, MR-sim, 4DCT, dual energy CT, respiratory gating, and online adaptive RT.
UW University Hospital
600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI
The UW Health University Hospital (“UH”) is located on the University of Wisconsin main campus. This location currently includes three Varian TrueBeams (one STx), a Viewray MRIdian Linac with daily online adaptive radiation therapy an AccuRay Tomotherapy HDA, and two brachytherapy with Elekta Flexitron HDR afterloaders, anesthesia support, and a CT-on-wheels. Advanced simulation capabilities are routinely integrated into clinical practice including Siemens dual-energy computed tomography and 1.5 T GE MR-simulator units. Physics residents spend about half their time at UH and have a dedicated shared office space within the department.
UW EastPark Medical Center (~30 hr from University Hospital)
4621 Eastpark Blvd, Madison, WI 53718
Our department is vibrant and growing with opening of our dual-hub UW Health Cancer Center, Eastpark Medical Center location, located on Madison’s east side. The 469,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility opened in October 2024 and introduced two new Varian TrueBeams and a Varian Edge TrueBeam. EastPark also house another brachytherapy suite with an Elekta Flexitron HDR afterloader and a Siemens CT-on-rails which is fully equipped for anesthesia support. Advanced simulation capabilities are routinely integrated into clinical practice including Siemens multi-energy CT sim and 1.5 T GE MR-simulator units. In 2026, we will then go live with two proton therapy rooms which include one Hitachi gantry system and one fixed beam with an upright patient positioning system from Leo Cancer Care. Residents spend about half their time at EastPark and have a large, shared office space that they share with the physician residents and the medical physics assistants.
UW Johnson Creek Cancer Center (~1 hr from University Hospital)
250 Doctors Ct, Johnson Creek, WI 53038
UW Cancer Center in Johnson Creek, WI is located about 1 hour from the University Hospital (and ~30 min from EastPark). It houses a single TrueBeam linac and CT simulator and the delivery systems are matched entirely in hardware, software, and QA and treatment processes to the systems in use at University Hospital. Johnson Creak is staffed by fully by UW faculty and staff and all treatment planning is done centrally by the UW dosimetry team. Physics residents do not often travel to Johnson Creak except for annual linac QA and one-off unique opportunities like machine commissioning, shielding surveys, or clinical projects.
Veterans Hospital (Adjacent to University Hospital)
2500 Overlook Terrace, Madison, WI 53705
Another site where resident education may take place is at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital and Clinics. The “VA” is located directly next to the main University Hospital and houses a single TrueBeam linac and CT simulator. The delivery systems are matched entirely in hardware, software, and QA and treatment processes to the systems in use at University Hospital. This VA is not under the UWHealth umbrella but is staffed by UW physicists and physicians. Residents do not have any formal training requirements at the VA hospital but may often use the linac or CT scanner for projects or observations due to the machines being finished treating earlier in the day.