Temple University Hospital-Fox Chase Cancer Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is an academic, research-intensive radiation oncology residency based at Fox Chase Cancer Center, a freestanding NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and founding NCCN member, in partnership with Temple University Hospital. The program trains nine residents across a four-year PGY-2 through PGY-5 structure with dedicated protected didactic time in physics and biology twice weekly, a required physics/biology board-pass track record, and an optional physics research rotation reflecting deep integration with an in-house CAMPEP-accredited medical physics residency. Conference support scales with seniority (NCCN for first-years, ASTRO for residents with research plus all fourth-years), signaling an explicit expectation that residents generate and present original work as they advance. The environment is a single-disease-focused cancer center embedded in a broader oncology fellowship ecosystem (medical oncology, surgical oncology, urologic oncology, pathology), suggesting a training culture oriented toward producing academically engaged radiation oncologists rather than general community practitioners.