Power of Attorney



I, Allen S. Lichter hereby constitute and appoint Joseph B. Phair, Elisha W.

Finney, Crisanto C. Raimundo, John Kuo, Mary O'Byrne, Alan Palter, Tai-Yun

Chen, and each of them individually, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact

to:



1. Complete and execute on my behalf as an officer and/or director of Varian

Medical Systems, Inc. (the "Company") any Forms 3, 4, or 5 required to be

filed by me under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and

the rules and regulations thereunder.



2. Do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which may be

necessary or desirable to complete any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely

file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and

any stock exchange or similar authority; and



3. Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with

the foregoing, which in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact may

be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of

me, it being understood that the documents executed by such

attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney

shall be in such form and shall contain such information as such

attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



I hereby grant to each of such attorneys-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act which is necessary

or desirable to be done in the exercise of any of the powers and

authority granted in this Power of Attorney, with full power of

substitution and revocation, and I rarify and confirm every act

that such attorney-in-fact lawfully performs or causes to be done

by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the powers and authority

granted herein.



I acknowledge that the attorneys-in-fact appointed in this

Power of Attorney, in serving in such capacity at my request,

are not assuming, and the Company is not assuming, any of my

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities

and Exchange Act of 1934 or the rules or regulations thereunder.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until

I am no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to my

holding or transactions in securities issued by the Company,

unless I earlier revoke this Power of Attorney in a signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney

as of this _____ day of __________, 2003 at _____________.





    __________________________________________

    Allen S. Lichter



State of California



County of Santa Clara



On ________________, 2003, before the undersigned, a Notary Public for

the State of California, appeared Allen S. Lichter, personally known to

me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person

whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that

he executed the same, and that by his signature on the instrument the

person executed the instrument.



Witness my hand and official seal.



___________________________

Signature of Notary







My commission expires on _________________________.