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The International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) represents over 18,000 medical physicists worldwide and 80 adhering national member organisations.
The mission of IOMP is to advance medical physics practice worldwide by disseminating scientific and technical information, fostering the educational and professional development of medical physicists, and promoting the highest quality medical services for patients.
LATEST NEWS and UPDATES
- Information about 8th South-East Asian Congress of Medical Physics, 2010
Yogyakarta, Indonesia; 10 – 13 December 2010, available at: http://seacomp2010.co.cc/
- WHO Call for Innovative Technologies that Address Global Health Concerns. The succesful projects have now been selected. See http://www.who.int/medical_devices/call/en/index.html for details
- IRPA announces its regional congresses for Africa. Please see further details at: this site
- IOMP issues statement on recent reports of radiation injuries to cancer patients
- Revised Statues and Bylaws as approved in September 2009 at wc2009, Munich are now posted on this website. Please click here.
- The Society of Medical Physics (Singapore) is now named the Singapore Medical Physics Society.
- The IOMP is delighted to announce the recipients of 2009 Awards. The Awards were presented at the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, held at Munich, Germany, on September 7-12, 2009.
- Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award: Professor Azam Niroomand-Rad, Ph.D., DSc.
- The Harold Johns Medal: Dr. Madan Rehani, PhD.
- IUPAP Young Scientist Award in Medical Physics: Dr. rer. nat. Leif Schröder, PhD
For full details click here
- On-Line Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics of Medical Physics Launched at World Congress -
The encyclopaedia with 3,200 entries, free on the Internet at this link, is linked to a Multilanguage (25 languages) dictionary of terms. IOMP is one of the partners of a consortium which has which developed the encyclopaedia with funding from the EU. Go to website for full details.
- New President takes Office. Prof. Dr. Fridtjof Nüsslin took over as President of IOMP at the General Assembly held recently at Munich. For information on IOMP Officers and Committee Chairs appointed for 2009-2012, see ‘Officers’ under ‘Officers and ExCom’ and ‘Committees’.
SPONSORED and ENDORSED MEETINGS.
- 18th International Conference on Medical Physics will be held at Porte Alegre, Brazil, 17-20 April 2011. Further information will soon be available.
CONTACT IOMP: See 'Officers' under 'Introduction to IOMP' or email sg.iomp@gmail.com
