Power of Attorney

I, R. Andrew Eckert hereby constitute and appoint John W. Kuo, Elisha
W. Finney, Crisanto C. Raimundo, Franco N. Palomba, Mary O'Byrne,
Alan Palter, Keith G. Askoff, S. Andrew Motozaki, 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 __________, 2005 at _____________.


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					R. Andrew Eckert

State of California

County of Santa Clara

On ________________, 2005, before the undersigned, a Notary Public for the
State of California, appeared R. Andrew Eckert, 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 _________________________.