University of Washington Program

Seattle, WA

Specialty:Radiation oncology

ACGME Code:4305421107

NRMP Code:1918430A0

Status:Continued Accreditation

Overview

Overview of the Radiation Oncology Program

The Radiation Oncology Program at the University of Washington deems radiation oncology as a crucial branch of clinical medicine focused on utilizing high-energy radiation for disease treatment, primarily cancer. The program has three distinct divisions, including clinical radiation oncology, medical radiation physics, and experimental cancer biology, allowing for a comprehensive training approach across multiple areas of expertise in radiation oncology

Training Components

The program offers training programs in clinical radiation oncology and medical radiation physics, ensuring that residents are well-versed in both patient care and the underlying physics necessary for effective treatment planning. The curriculum comprises rigorous clinical and theoretical content, emphasizing interactive learning to help residents develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills essential for their future career

Unique Research Opportunities

Research is a paramount component of the program, focusing on the physical and biological mechanisms of interactions between ionizing radiation and both normal and cancerous tissues. There is a particular emphasis on high linear energy transfer (LET) radiation effects. Associated research programs include endeavors in radiation treatment planning, particularly around intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), making it a leader in this pivotal area of oncology 1.

Clinical Training and Rotations

The program offers clinical training experiences through multi-faceted rotations that span various clinical settings. These rotations are designed to provide residents with comprehensive exposure to different facets of radiation oncology and enhance their clinical skills. Additionally, trainees participate in specialized rotations that may not be available in other programs, equipping them with unique competencies sought after in the field of radiation medicine 2.

Visa Support

The program provides visa sponsorship for international applicants, specifically supporting J-1 Exchange Visitor visas. This ensures that qualified international medical graduates can participate in the residency program without facing visa-related barriers that might hinder their training 2.

Competitiveness and Application Requirements

The University of Washington’s Radiation Oncology Program is known to be highly competitive due to its esteemed faculty, extensive resources, and commitment to training future leaders in oncology. The program welcomes applications from both US and international medical graduates, which indicates a degree of inclusiveness, particularly towards DO and IMG applicants. However, applicants need to be mindful of particular requisites, such as restrictions on the number of failed exams on the USMLE Step exams and the acceptable year of graduation from medical school 2.

Student Support and Community

The program fosters a strong sense of community and support among residents, which is vital for their personal and professional growth. Residents are encouraged to engage with faculty, participate in program activities, and access various mentorship opportunities aimed at enhancing their residency experience. Additionally, the alumni network is robust and provides valuable connections that benefit current residents throughout their careers 1.

Web sources

1. Radiation Oncology Overview 2. Alumni - Medical Physics Residency

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Program Information

Application deadline:October 1, 2026

PGY-1 salary:$88,836

Positions per year:2 some years, 3 others

Accepting background:IMGs, DOs

Visa sponsorship:J-1 + H-1B

Years since graduation cutoff:≤ 5 years

Failed exam attempts:Considered case by case

US clinical experience (USCE):Preferred

ECFMG certification deadline:No

Letters of recommendation:3 · SLOE + Chair letter

Away / audition rotation:Recommended

Interview format:In-person

Program signaling:Participates

Program website:https://live-radiationoncology-uw.pantheonsite.io/education/physician-residency/

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Program data

ACGME History

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation0

Full accreditation0

Continued26

Warning1

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2000 - 2001	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 25, 1997
02	2001 - 2002	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 25, 1997
03	2002 - 2003	Warning	Mar 3, 2003
04	2003 - 2004	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 3, 2003
05	2004 - 2005	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 3, 2003
06	2005 - 2006	Continued	Jan 19, 2006
07	2006 - 2007	Continued	Jan 19, 2006
08	2007 - 2008	Continued	Jan 19, 2006
09	2008 - 2009	Continued	Jan 19, 2006
10	2009 - 2010	Continued	Jan 19, 2006

Program

Program Size

-- (4 years)

Accreditation Status

Continued Accreditation

(Effective: January 8, 2026)

Composition

Training

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:2X

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: --

First Year Paid Vacation: --

First Year Salary: $88,836

Admission

Visa Sponsorship:H1B, J1

YOG Cutoff:5

Gender

No gender data available.

Rotation Duration by Site

Rotation Duration Chart Data

Benchmarks

Scores

Match History

Track ID: 1918430A0

2020

2 of 2

2021

2 of 2

2022

2 of 2

2023

3 of 3

2024

3 of 3

2025

2 of 2

2026

2 of 2

Filled Position

Unfilled Position

Roster

Publications

50 Publications (5 yr)

Peer-reviewed output from faculty and residents, last 5 years

50 Publications (5 yr)

iScience2026

Multi-organ acute and delayed effects following exposure to neutron radiation.

Tracy Gasperetti,¹Jeyalakshmi Kandhavelu,²Meth Jayatilake,²Tomas Kanholm,³

PMID: 42338475doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.116380

Seminars in radiation oncology2026

Exercise in Oncology Patients: A Call for Strategies to Address the Critical Gap Between Evidence-Based Recommendations and Implementation.

Shannon E Fogh,¹Heather Greenlee,²Blake Langley,³Erin F Gillespie,⁴

PMID: 42288368doi.org/10.1016/j.semradonc.2026.151025

Location

Seattle, WA

Population

737,015

Median income

$120,608Above

Education

69.8%Above

Employment

72%Below

Health

4.3%Above

Age

35On par

Above the national average
Below the national average
Similar to the national average

Housing — Rental prices

Rental prices

Typical Observed Market Rent Index - ZORI Over Time

Date

Region - Seattle, WA

State - Washington

United States

1/31/2015

$1,510

$1,147

$1,193

2/28/2015

$1,524

$1,157

$1,199

3/31/2015

$1,543

$1,164

$1,206

4/30/2015

$1,546

$1,168

$1,213

5/31/2015

$1,550

$1,160

$1,228

6/30/2015

$1,556

$1,175

$1,233

7/31/2015

$1,567

$1,183

$1,235

8/31/2015

$1,579

$1,192

$1,241

9/30/2015

$1,590

$1,201

$1,245

10/31/2015

$1,603

$1,209

$1,253

11/30/2015

$1,618

$1,225

$1,259

12/31/2015

$1,626

$1,234

$1,263

1/31/2016

$1,632

$1,270

$1,275

2/29/2016

$1,639

$1,278

$1,279

3/31/2016

$1,641

$1,297

$1,282

4/30/2016

$1,648

$1,300

$1,285

5/31/2016

$1,662

$1,312

$1,291

6/30/2016

$1,676

$1,319

$1,294

7/31/2016

$1,687

$1,328

$1,295

8/31/2016

$1,686

$1,334

$1,303

9/30/2016

$1,692

$1,340

$1,307

10/31/2016

$1,701

$1,352

$1,311

11/30/2016

$1,709

$1,359

$1,312

12/31/2016

$1,718

$1,365

$1,313

1/31/2017

$1,727

$1,346

$1,317

2/28/2017

$1,744

$1,349

$1,324

3/31/2017

$1,758

$1,363

$1,335

4/30/2017

$1,767

$1,373

$1,346

5/31/2017

$1,771

$1,382

$1,353

6/30/2017

$1,777

$1,391

$1,357

7/31/2017

$1,781

$1,397

$1,359

8/31/2017

$1,788

$1,405

$1,363

9/30/2017

$1,793

$1,411

$1,406

10/31/2017

$1,795

$1,417

$1,414

11/30/2017

$1,791

$1,420

$1,413

12/31/2017

$1,794

$1,422

$1,420

1/31/2018

$1,795

$1,435

$1,422

2/28/2018

$1,798

$1,455

$1,427

3/31/2018

$1,799

$1,462

$1,429

4/30/2018

$1,803

$1,469

$1,434

5/31/2018

$1,810

$1,476

$1,438

6/30/2018

$1,815

$1,473

$1,444

7/31/2018

$1,818

$1,486

$1,449

8/31/2018

$1,820

$1,488

$1,455

9/30/2018

$1,822

$1,492

$1,461

10/31/2018

$1,824

$1,498

$1,465

11/30/2018

$1,831

$1,506

$1,473

12/31/2018

$1,835

$1,529

$1,482

1/31/2019

$1,839

$1,536

$1,492

2/28/2019

$1,844

$1,542

$1,495

3/31/2019

$1,849

$1,535

$1,503

4/30/2019

$1,853

$1,539

$1,509

5/31/2019

$1,856

$1,543

$1,514

6/30/2019

$1,860

$1,549

$1,519

7/31/2019

$1,868

$1,556

$1,526

8/31/2019

$1,877

$1,566

$1,531

9/30/2019

$1,887

$1,575

$1,534

10/31/2019

$1,897

$1,583

$1,541

11/30/2019

$1,907

$1,590

$1,545

12/31/2019

$1,917

$1,597

$1,552

1/31/2020

$1,928

$1,605

$1,560

2/29/2020

$1,937

$1,611

$1,565

3/31/2020

$1,955

$1,626

$1,565

4/30/2020

N/A

$1,616

$1,566

5/31/2020

$1,916

$1,619

$1,563

6/30/2020

N/A

$1,604

$1,562

7/31/2020

$1,858

$1,613

$1,571

8/31/2020

$1,836

$1,622

$1,574

9/30/2020

$1,810

$1,630

$1,586

10/31/2020

$1,782

$1,645

$1,593

11/30/2020

$1,754

$1,656

$1,602

12/31/2020

$1,731

$1,664

$1,606

1/31/2021

$1,726

$1,673

$1,613

2/28/2021

$1,732

$1,679

$1,620

3/31/2021

$1,747

$1,698

$1,629

4/30/2021

$1,770

$1,714

$1,649

5/31/2021

$1,801

$1,738

$1,663

6/30/2021

$1,840

$1,758

$1,686

7/31/2021

$1,876

$1,778

$1,707

8/31/2021

$1,911

$1,801

$1,729

9/30/2021

$1,942

$1,814

$1,752

10/31/2021

$1,970

$1,833

$1,767

11/30/2021

$1,995

$1,852

$1,777

12/31/2021

$2,014

$1,868

$1,791

1/31/2022

$2,026

$1,877

$1,800

2/28/2022

$2,031

$1,884

$1,820

3/31/2022

$2,032

$1,890

$1,829

4/30/2022

$2,039

$1,893

$1,841

5/31/2022

$2,046

$1,905

$1,852

6/30/2022

$2,056

$1,919

$1,861

7/31/2022

$2,063

$1,932

$1,868

8/31/2022

$2,067

$1,925

$1,872

9/30/2022

$2,069

$1,923

$1,875

10/31/2022

$2,072

$1,921

$1,873

11/30/2022

$2,072

$1,927

$1,875

12/31/2022

$2,071

$1,926

$1,874

1/31/2023

$2,069

$1,926

$1,877

2/28/2023

$2,069

$1,934

$1,879

3/31/2023

$2,073

$1,941

$1,884

4/30/2023

$2,073

$1,944

$1,886

5/31/2023

$2,074

$1,933

$1,886

6/30/2023

$2,071

$1,934

$1,886

7/31/2023

$2,073

$1,940

$1,891

8/31/2023

$2,077

$1,943

$1,908

9/30/2023

$2,083

$1,946

$1,912

10/31/2023

$2,085

$1,950

$1,916

11/30/2023

$2,083

$1,954

$1,918

12/31/2023

$2,088

$1,960

$1,921

1/31/2024

$2,099

$1,966

$1,928

2/29/2024

$2,112

$1,962

$1,932

3/31/2024

$2,115

$1,975

$1,935

4/30/2024

$2,119

$1,974

$1,942

5/31/2024

$2,122

$1,983

$1,946

6/30/2024

$2,122

$1,990

$1,973

7/31/2024

$2,120

$1,996

$1,958

8/31/2024

$2,120

$2,002

$1,992

9/30/2024

$2,119

$2,007

$1,993

10/31/2024

$2,124

$2,012

$1,995

11/30/2024

$2,132

$2,020

$1,999

12/31/2024

$2,143

$2,030

$2,003

1/31/2025

$2,152

$2,028

$2,006

2/28/2025

$2,157

$2,033

$2,007

3/31/2025

$2,164

$2,037

$2,016

4/30/2025

$2,172

$2,038

$2,019

5/31/2025

$2,177

$2,043

$2,022

6/30/2025

$2,186

$2,049

$2,026

7/31/2025

$2,193

$2,053

$2,029

8/31/2025

$2,199

$2,052

$2,027

9/30/2025

$2,204

$2,058

$2,030

10/31/2025

$2,205

$2,059

$2,052

11/30/2025

$2,205

$2,063

$2,095

12/31/2025

$2,200

$2,058

$2,086

1/31/2026

$2,193

$2,052

$2,160

2/28/2026

$2,186

$2,039

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - Seattle, WA

State - Washington

United States

4/1/2021

100

5/1/2021

114

6/1/2021

115

7/1/2021

125

8/1/2021

111

9/1/2021

129

10/1/2021

134

11/1/2021

111

12/1/2021

114

1/1/2022

119

2/1/2022

112

3/1/2022

130

4/1/2022

122

5/1/2022

134

6/1/2022

121

7/1/2022

131

100

8/1/2022

123

9/1/2022

118

10/1/2022

128

11/1/2022

117

12/1/2022

112

1/1/2023

118

2/1/2023

100

3/1/2023

114

4/1/2023

118

5/1/2023

137

6/1/2023

135

7/1/2023

123

8/1/2023

125

9/1/2023

115

10/1/2023

131

11/1/2023

104

12/1/2023

111

1/1/2024

2/1/2024

3/1/2024

120

4/1/2024

100

5/1/2024

117

6/1/2024

110

7/1/2024

116

8/1/2024

109

9/1/2024

113

10/1/2024

107

11/1/2024

12/1/2024

1/1/2025

2/1/2025

3/1/2025

4/1/2025

5/1/2025

6/1/2025

101

7/1/2025

8/1/2025

9/1/2025

10/1/2025

11/1/2025

12/1/2025

1/1/2026

2/1/2026

3/1/2026

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External Links

1. United States Census Bureau - https://data.census.gov/profile/City,_VS?g=160XX00US5363000

2. Zillow Research - Observed Rent Index (ZORI) - https://www.zillow.com/research/data/

3. FBI - Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) - https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr

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University of Washington Program

Overview

Overview of the Radiation Oncology Program

Training Components

Unique Research Opportunities

Clinical Training and Rotations

Visa Support

Competitiveness and Application Requirements

Student Support and Community

Web sources

Follow this program

From the Program

Program Information

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Program data

Program

Training

Quality of Life

Admission

Gender

Rotation Duration by Site

Benchmarks

Scores

Match History Matched positions of the program in previous years

Roster

Publications

Multi-organ acute and delayed effects following exposure to neutron radiation.

Exercise in Oncology Patients: A Call for Strategies to Address the Critical Gap Between Evidence-Based Recommendations and Implementation.

Location

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Other specialties near Seattle, WA

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