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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
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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- 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
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- NWAAPM Fall Meeting
- Physics 1: Elekta Medical Accelerator Introduction Meeting: August 3, 2015; Atlanta, GA
- ASTRO NCI AAPM Workshop "Exploring Opportunities for Radiation Oncology in the Era of Big Data": August 13 - 14, 2015; Bethesda, MD
- Hands-On Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Physicists: August 22 - 23, 2015; Milwaukee, WI
- Hands-On Nuclear Medicine Physics Workshop: August 29 - 30, 2015; Iowa City, IA
- Hands-On MRI Workshop for Physicists: August 29 - 30, 2015; Iowa City, IA
- Physics 1: Elekta Medical Accelerator Introduction Meeting: August 31, 2015; Atlanta, GA
- Advances in Modern Clinical Radiotherapy: September 1-5, 2015; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- 19th Annual Mammography Update for Physicists: October 3 - 4, 2015; Boston, MA
- KFMC Conference on Physics and Engineering in Medicine: October 11 - 15, 2015; Saudi Arabia
- Radiomics 2015: October 25 - 28, 2015; Clearwater, FL
- Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics 2015: October 29 - November 1, 2015; X’ian, China
- Medical Accelerator Quality Assurance: November 17 - 19, 2015; Atlanta, GA
- Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) QA: November 20, 2015; Atlanta, GA
- "Second School on Medical Physics" in cooperation with the Colombian Association of Medical Physics and Radiation Protection (ACOFIMPRO): November 27 - 30, 2015; Medellin, Colombia
- Physics 1: Elekta Medical Accelerator Introduction Meeting: December 7, 2015; Atlanta, GA
- Physics 1: Elekta Medical Accelerator Introduction Meeting: February 1, 2016; Atlanta, GA
- SPIE Medical Imaging Conference 2016: February 28 - March 3, 2016; San Diego, CA
- Medical Accelerator Quality Assurance: February 29 - March 2, 2016; Atlanta, GA
- Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) QA: March 3, 2016; Atlanta, GA
- AHRQ Electronic Newsletter
July 21, 2015, Issue #479
July 14, 2015, Issue #478
- EHC News and Announcements
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What’s New - National Guideline Clearinghouse
New This Week - National Quality Forum
News and Events - National Quality Measures Clearinghouse
New This Week - PSNet
What’s New
- House Passes Cures Bill With Mandatory NIH/FDA Funding
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- Radiation Protection of Patients (RPOP)
Website Updates
- Joint Commission Online
July 22, 2015 Issue
July 15, 2015 Issue
- 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 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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