Items of Note

Important notices, upcoming deadlines, and events happening in the Medical Physics community.

• AAPM President’s Monthly Minute
  Please take a moment to view the most recent President’s Monthly Minute, Dr. Ehsan Samei’s video highlighting notable August events to members of the Association.
  View the Video
• Request for Proposals
  2024 Spring Clinical Meeting
  Deadline: August 15, 2023
  Submit a Proposal
• Membership Class Proposal Q&A Virtual Sessions
  Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Membership (AHCMEM) members is holding a one-hour Q&A event virtually via Zoom to enhance understanding of this valuable topic. The Q&A session is offered to answer and clarify member questions on the proposal.
  Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 1:00 PM ET
  Learn More & Register 
• AAPM Proposed Amendments to AAPM’s Governance Documents with Corresponding Proposed Dues Changes
  The proposed amendments and dues changes are available to membership for comment. Please send comments to the AAPM Secretary or to AAPM HQ.
  Learn More 
• AAPM Funding Opportunities
  • 2023 AAPM / Academy’s Council of Early Career Investigators Opportunity
    Deadline: August 18, 2023
    Learn More & Apply
• AAPM Webinars
  Missed any of our previous webinars? Archived webinars can be found here.
  
  • AAPM Webinar Series on Advances in Medical Physics
    Topic: Development of the Next Generation Robotic Radiotherapy
    Synopsis: Traditionally, radiotherapy planning and delivery heavily depend on human operators, creating inconsistencies, inefficiencies, and inaccuracies. The recent introduction of Artificial Intelligence has shown the potential of automating radiotherapy, but the potential cannot be fully executed without robotics. Early generations of robotic radiotherapy were instrumental in advanced techniques, including SBRT and tumor tracking, but the impact has been limited in scale. With new algorithms and designs, the application of robotic radiotherapy can and should be substantially expanded. A new generation of robotic radiotherapy has been developed based on solving ultra-large-scale optimization problems and a more flexible robotic architecture, which opens up new therapy and imaging capabilities. The talk will describe key elements of the new platform and relevant research and clinical opportunities.
    Speaker: Ke Sheng
    Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET
    Register Now for the Development of the Next Generation Robotic Radiotherapy Webinar 
    
• Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System® (RO-ILS)
  RO-ILS Case Study 16 describes a recent near miss event associated with a problematic plan approved for treatment and includes five potential mitigation strategies.
  View RO-ILS Case Study 16
• AAPM Member Profile
  Global Volunteer Information Section added.
  Update Your Member Profile 
• AAPM Mentorship Program
  Sign-up as a mentee or mentor at any time, as the program is an on-demand service.
  Become a Mentor or a Mentee 
• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (EDIC)
  AAPM members, please feel free to use this anonymous and confidential resource to inform the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (EDIC) of any comments, questions or concerns you have regarding EDI within AAPM or your experience as a medical physicist.
  Learn More & Send Feedback 
• Confex
  Confex, an abstract system will now be used for all AAPM meeting program development. If you’re an author or submitter for any AAPM meeting program, please watch for and whitelist the email address aapm@confex.com.
• AAPM Website
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