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AAPM President’s Monthly Minute | July 2025 [general | posted: 2025-07-17 | sunset: 2025-08-16]
Press Release: AAPM Elects New Leadership for 2026
AAPM is pleased to announce the 2026 volunteer leadership election results. AAPM is strengthened by the dedication of its many volunteers, and appreciates all who have volunteered their service.
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AAPM Member and Past President John Boone Selected for 2025 IUPESM Award of Merit in Medical Physics
The 2025 International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM) Award of Merit in Medical Physics has been awarded to Professor John M. Boone, PhD, FAAPM, FACR, FAIMBE, FSBI, FSPIE, from the University of California Davis Health. IUPESM selects medical physicists or biomedical engineers who have established distinguished careers in their field to honor with its IUPESM Awards of Merit. Please join us in congratulating John Boone.
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AAPM Webinar | Radiation Risk Communication: Looking Ahead, from Strategy to Impact
July 10 26 @ 12pm ET
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AAPM Newsletter - July/August 2025 Edition [publications | posted: 2025-07-07 | sunset: 2025-08-06]
The IHE Radiation Oncology Technical Committee has published the following new supplements for public comment in the period from May 20 through July 19, 2025:
Consistent Dose Content for External Beam Radiation (CDEB)
High-Definition Structure Set Content (HDSS)
The IHE Radiation Oncology Technical Committee will consider comments submitted by July 19, 2025 in developing the trial implementation versions of the supplements.
Submit your comments here ≫
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