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August 7, 2025
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Items of Note
Important notices, upcoming deadlines, and events happening in the Medical Physics community.
- Yi Rong Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
Yi Rong, PhD, FAAPM, has been appointed as the 5th editor-in chief of AAPM's Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics (JACMP) by the AAPM Board of directors.
Read the press release >>
- AAPM Newsletter
- AAPM Publications
- AAPM Task Group No. 249.B—Essentials and guidelines for clinical medical physics residency training programs
View Report 249.B
- AAPM Task Group Report 332: Verification of vendor-provided data, tools, and test procedures in radiotherapy
View Report 332
- AAPM task group report 351: Protocol for clinical reference dosimetry in external beam MR-guided radiotherapy
View Report 351
- AAPM Webinars
Missed any of our previous webinars? Archived webinars can be found here.
- Topic: Protocol Management — Past, Present, and Future
Speakers: Trzasko, Yu, Zhang
CE/CAMPEP credits not available for this series.
Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET
Registration link is coming soon!
- MP3.0 Transformational Medical Physics (series)
Topic: Quality management of AI applications in Radiation Oncology
Moderator: Dee Wu
Speaker: Yi
CE/CAMPEP credits not available for this series.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET
Registration link is coming soon!
- Advances in Medical Physics
Topic: Webinar #42: AI in the Era of Precision Medicine: Metastatic Disease and Synergy with Medical Oncology
Speaker: Jeraj
CE/CAMPEP credits not available for this series.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET
Registration link is coming soon!
- Advances in Medical Physics
Topic: ABR Update: Initial Certification Exams and Continuing Certification processes
CE/CAMPEP credits not available for this series.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET
Registration link is coming soon!
- AAPM Member Profile
Global Volunteer Information Section added. Update Your Member Profile 
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- Confex
Confex, an abstract system, is 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.
- 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.
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- AAPM Website
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AAPM Meetings
Don't miss these important meetings and deadlines. Mark your calendar now!
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2025 Spring Clinical Meeting
March 29 - April 1, 2025 | Henderson, NV
Meeting Website
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2025 Summer School
Clinical MR Physics: State-of-the-Art Practice
June 19 - 24, 2025 | University of Denver | Denver, CO
Meeting Website
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RSNA 2024
Dec. 1–5, 2024 | Chicago, IL
Virtual Access
Nov. 30–Dec. 4, 2025 | Chicago, IL
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Corgi Phantom:
The Corgi Phantom is designed to evaluate cone beam CT systems. The modular phantom can be configured for different scan sizes, providing tests for multi-axis high resolution, sensitometry, cone beam artifacts, and uniformity. Additionally, the phantom includes holes for measuring dose. |
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Liver Phantom:
The Liver Phantom combines the advantages of objective test objects and anthropomorphic elements for evaluation of advanced iterative processing. The phantom includes low contrast test objects designed both for ROC tests along with conventional patterns, metal artifact inserts, and beads for MTF calculations. |
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Chapter Meetings
Ohio River Valley Chapter Fall Meeting September 13, 2025 | Cincinatti, OH
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Northern California Chapter Annual Meeting October 24, 2025 | Walnut Creek, CA
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NWAAPM 2025 Fall Meeting - Chapter 50th Anniversary Celebration October 24, 2025 | Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA
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2025 MAC-AAPM Annual Meeting and DMV Proton Radiotherapy Symposium October 24-25, 2025 | Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington D.C.
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NWAAPM 2026 Spring Meeting May 1, 2026 | Hotel Indigo, Vancouver, WA
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Endorsed | Sponsored Meetings
Nuclear Medicine Tutorials - Covering Nuclear Medicine Basic Science
Ongoing | Online
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Global Medical Physics Continuing Education Course
June 14 - December 13, 2025 | Virtual
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CT Physics Update: Dose and Imaging Quality
August 16 - 17, 2025 | Webinar
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MRI Safety Made Complicated and Dangerous
September 10, 2025 | Webinar
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ISMRM Workshop on MR Safety: From Science to Clinical Practice
September 24-26, 2025 | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) Berlin, Germany
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29th Annual Mammography Update for Physicists
September 27 - 28, 2025 | Medical Technology Management Institute | Virtual
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29th Brazilian Congress of Medical Physics
October 1-4, 2025 | Rebouças Convention Center (Avenida Rebouças, 600, Pinheiros, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
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Dental Cone Beam CT for Physicists
October 8, 2025 | Webinar
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Patient Communication for Medical Physicists Workshop
October 16 - 17, 2025 | UC San Diego | Virtual
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Hands on Radiation Safety Officer Workshop
October 18 - 19, 2025 | Rush University Hospital, Chicago, IL
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2nd Symposium on Molecular Radiotherapy Dosimetry
November 6 - 8, 2025 | Athens, Greece
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Hands-on Nuclear Medicine Physics Workshop
November 8, 2025 | University of Vermont Medical Center
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CMS
CMS Proposes Voluntary Reporting of the Excessive Radiation Quality Measure for Hospital Outpatient Departments
Read More
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Website Updates
Yi Rong Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
Yi Rong, PhD, FAAPM, has been appointed as the 5th editor-in chief of AAPM's Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics (JACMP) by the AAPM Board of directors.
Read the press release >>
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AAPM President’s Monthly Minute | August 2025
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AAPM President’s Monthly Minute | July 2025
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Press Release: AAPM Elects New Leadership for 2026
APM 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.
Read the press release >>
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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. Selection criteria includes:
The recipient should have made a significant impact in the science and scientific practice of medical physics The recipient should have participated meritoriously in national and international organizations for medical physics and have significantly influenced the development of the profession of medical physics.
The Award will include the IOMP certificate, travel funds to attend the WC 2025 in Adelaide and the opportunity to make a presentation on the awardee’s scientific and professional contributions to medical physics. Please join us in congratulating John Boone. |
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