AAPM Medical Physics and Related Organizations

Medical Physics and Related Organizations

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MedPhys Associations	AAPM Resource List	Radiation Oncology
General Health Care	Standards Organizations	Nuclear Medicine & PET
Physics & Engineering	Research Organizations	Certifying Boards
Health Physics/ Rad Safety/ Regulatory	Diagnostic / MRI / Ultrasound	Other Lists of Organizations

Medical Physics Associations

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (homepage) (AAPM)
Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI)
Canadian Medical Physics Organisations (COMP/CCPM)
European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (homepage) (EFOMP)
International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP)

Physics & Engineering

American Institute of Physics (AIP)
American Nuclear Society (ANS)
Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM)
International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE, UK)
IEEE Computer Society
Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM, UK)
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Canadian Association of Physicists Medical and Biological Physics Division (CAP)

Standards Organizations

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards (CIRMS)
International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU)
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Data & Standards Resources (AAPM)

Health Physics, Radiation Safety, & Regulatory

US FDA Radiation-Emitting Products
IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR)
Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD)
Health Physics Society (HPS)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
U.S. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
U.K. Medical Devices Agency
U.K. National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB)
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)
Health Physics & Rad Safety Resources (AAPM)

Radiation Oncology

American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD)
American Brachytherapy Society (ABS)
American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO)
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)
European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO)
IROC Houston QA Center (formerly Radiological Physics Center (RPC))
Medical Dosimetry Certification Board (MDCB)
U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG)
Society for Radiation Oncology Administrators (SROA)
Radiation Oncology Resources (AAPM)

Diagnostic Radiology / MRI / Ultrasound

American College of Radiology (ACR)
American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA)
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)
American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
British Institute of Radiology (BIR)
European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB)
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
Japan Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (JSMRM)
Radiology Business Managers Association (RBMA)
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM)
Radiology & Imaging Resources (AAPM)
Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging)

Nuclear Medicine & PET

American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine (ABSNM)
British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS)
Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM)
Spanish Nuclear Medicine Society
Nuc Med & PET Resources (AAPM)

Research Organizations

World Health Organization Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI)
Biophysical Society
Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF)
Radiation Research Society (RRS)

Certifying Boards

American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP)
American Board of Radiology (ABR)
Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs (CAMPEP)

Misc. and General Health Care

American Heart Association (AMH)
American Medical Association (AMA)
The Joint Commission (JCAHO/TJC)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC)
International Council for Science (ICSU)
International Union for Physical Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM)
American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO)

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