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History and Heritage

Welcome to the History and Heritage Web Site of the AAPM.  The History Committee provides this as an access to the historical records of the AAPM and the contributions to the profession by it's many Distinguished Members. 

Distinguished Members

William D. Coolidge Award Recipients
Achievement Award Recipients
Officers
Fellows

Distinguished members please submit your biographic information.

Multimedia History Center

(pictures from past meetings)

Physicists of Note

The AAPM History Committee is pleased to present a selection of interviews with prominent medical physicists.

• 2007 Interviews - Minneapolis, MN
• 2006 Interviews - Orlando, FL
• 2005 Interviews - Seattle, WA

History of the AAPM Publications

Formation and early years of the AAPM
Med Phys. 1978 Jul-Aug;5(4):290-6.

History of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 1958-1998.

• Introduction pp. 1235-1237
• Early Organizations of Medical Physics pp. 1238-1243
• Formation and Activities of the AAPM pp. 1244-1360 (note - this PDF is 18MB)
• Specific Topics pp. 1361-1377
• Tables of AAPM Data pp. 1378-1382

Other Awards of Note

• Farrington Daniels Award for Best Article on Radiation Dosimetry Published in Medical Physics for the Calendar Year
• Medical Physics Awards
• Sylvia Sorkin Greenfield Award for the Best Paper Published in Medical Physics for the Calendar Year
• AAPM Medical Physics Travel Grant
• AAPM-IPEM Medical Physics Travel Grant

Past Awards and Honors Ceremony Programs

 

 

 

 

 

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