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July 30, 2015

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  • eRA Commons ID Contest Winner Announced!
    AAPM is pleased to announce that Qing-Rong Jackie Wu, PhD from Duke University Medical Center is the winner of the Apple Watch/$400 cash-equivalent gift card. Thank you to the 194 members who have provided their information.
  • AAPM Expanding Horizons Travel Grant
    Deadline: September 1, 2015
    Learn More and Apply Now
  • New Image Wisely Radiation Safety Case Available
    Patient Skin Dose with Interventional Fluoroscopy: Metrics, C-Arm Geometry and Spectral Filtration
  • AAPM Summer School
    Proton Therapy: Physical Principles and Practices

    MPCEC and SAMs credits will be released July 31
    Order USB Flash Drive
  • AAPM Annual Meeting & Exhibition
    CEC Online Evaluation System Now Available
    Featured Interviews from AAPM 2015
  • AAPM Call for Nominations
    All nominations and applications must be received by October 15, 2015. Nominations are now being accepted for the following 2016 AAPM Awards:
    • William D. Coolidge Award
    • Marvin M.D. Williams Award
    • Edith H. Quimby Lifetime Achievement Award
    • John S. Laughlin Young Scientist Award
    • AAPM Fellows
    All nominations and applications are to be submitted through the online nomination system.
    Online Nomination System Available
  • Planning to attend RSNA 2015?
    Reminder - AAPM’s Headquarters Hotel is the Hyatt Regency Chicago located at 151 E. Wacker Drive.

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AAPM MEETINGS
  • SRT/SBRT: Safe and Accurate Delivery of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy
    September 18-20, 2015; Detroit, MI
    Registration Deadline: August 6
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  • Chapter Meetings
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    • NWAAPM Fall Meeting
      When: September 4, 2015
      Where: Swedish Cherry Hill Education and Conference Center, Seattle, WA
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    • Penn-Ohio Fall Symposium
      When: September 25-26, 2015
      Where: Embassy Suites, Beachwood/Cleveland, Ohio
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    • Mid-Atlantic Annual Fall Meeting
      When: October 2-3, 2015
      Where: Legg Mason Tower, 100 International Drive, Baltimore, MD 21202
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    • MRV Fall 2015 Meeting
      When: October 3, 2015
      Where: Hilton Omaha, 1001 Cass Street, Omaha, Nebraska, 68102, USA
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    • NCCAAPM Fall Symposium & Meeting
      When: October 29-30, 2015
      Where: Marriott West: 1313 John Q Hammons Drive Middleton, WI 53562
      Further Information
ENDORSED/SPONSORED MEETINGS MEETINGS OF INTEREST AHRQ CONGRESS
  • House Passes Cures Bill With Mandatory NIH/FDA Funding
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IAEA JOINT COMMISSION MEDICARE
  • Proposed Changes to 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
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  • President Obama Announces Slavitt as Pick for CMS Administrator
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NRC
  • NRC Issues Safety Culture Trait Talk Documents
    NRC has issued all nine of the Trait Talk documents and these are available at NRC’s safety culture webpage. This safety culture webpage contains a wealth of information. Choose the Outreach and Education Tab for these documents as well as another new educational tool, “Safety Culture Journey.”
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