Centra Health employs two full-time medical physicists and a physics technologist whose responsibilities include quality control of medical imaging and therapy equipment and management of the hospital's radiation safety program. The physicists are responsible for the techniques used to standardize and calibrate this equipment and for staying abreast of the research and development of new techniques, physical methods of and equipment. The latter includes educating and monitoring staff members who work in radiation areas and assuring that the hospital's program is in compliance with state and national regulatory bodies.

The physicists play an important role through indirect patient care. They assure that all physical data being used to treat patients is accurate and appropriate by routinely reviewing all records and treatment plans for patients undergoing radiation therapy. In addition, the physicists are called upon to contribute scientific advice and resources to solve numerous and diverse physical problems that arise in many specialized medical areas of the hospital. The physicists' decisions contribute to optimal, safe and effective patient care.