IOMP President’s Message
Eva Bezak, PhD
President, IOMP
New ExCom 2025-2028, WC2025 report, IOMP School, IDMP 2025
Dear Colleagues and Friends in Medical Physics,
It is with great honour, that I begin my term as President of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) for 2025–2028. I am dedicated to serve and support the global medical physics community and am looking forward to working not only with the IOMP executive committee but also with many of our dedicated medical physics colleagues and friends from around the world. Our ExCom team will also continue expanding our collaborations with our major partners like IAEA, WHO, ICRP and, of course our regional organizations and national member organizations.
As the term changes, I would like to express heartfelt thanks to the outgoing ExCom members who completed their term in 2025, namely Prof Madan Rehani, Prof John Damilakis (staying on the ExCom as the immediate past president, Prof Arun Chougule and Dr Ibrahim Duhaini. Your efforts, leadership, and commitment have been significant and contributed to IOMP’s growth and its engagement with the international medical physics community. Over the past three years, your work has guided the organization through a period marked by rapid technological change and emphasis on global collaboration and education. The initiatives you helped establish—ranging from capacity-building programs to global outreach and professional development—will continue to benefit the community for years to come. On behalf of all of us at IOMP, thank you for your outstanding service and dedication.
I would also like to personally thank Madan and John, my predecessors in the president role, for their mentorship and support over the last 2 terms.
By the same token, I extend a very warm welcome to all my colleagues joining the IOMP Executive Committee (ExCom) for this new term. Each of them brings unique expertise, perspectives, and passion that will support and strengthen IOMP’s mission to advance medical physics worldwide. You can read their personal messages in the following pages. Our first task is the establishment of the IOMP committees and preparation of strategic plans for the current term. I am confident that our work will build on the strong foundations laid by our predecessors and that we will continue to expand IOMP’s role as a leading voice in promoting patient safety, quality healthcare, education, and research through medical physics.
Our recent IUPESM World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (WC2025), held in Adelaide, Australia, from 29 September to 4 October 2025, was a great celebration of our profession’s professionalism, innovation and collegiality. The Congress brought together delegates from over 80 countries to share knowledge, present research, participate in educational activities and foster collaborations. It was also my pleasure to host an IAEA regional coordination meeting for Pacific Islands in conjunction with WC2025.
One of the highlights of the Congress was the IOMP School, which attracted great attendance and engagement. The school offered a diverse range of topics—spanning imaging, radiation therapy, AI applications, dosimetry, and safety—and was delivered by world-renowned experts. We saw students, early-career professionals, and experienced physicists alike engaging with the material, exchanging ideas, forming networks, or doing quizzes.
The success of the IOMP School and the Congress overall would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of the many organizing committees, speakers (from plenary to proffered), volunteers, and sponsors. To all of you—thank you for your dedication and commitment to excellence.
As many of you know, the International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) is held on 7 November. This year’s theme, “Medical Physics and Emerging Technologies: Shaping the Next Decade.”
The theme reflects not only the pace of technological advancement—artificial intelligence, precision imaging, theranostics, adaptive radiotherapy, and beyond—but also the ethical and educational responsibilities that come with it. As emerging technologies continue to redefine our field, it is our duty as medical physicists to ensure that these innovations translate into safer, more effective, and more equitable healthcare for all. As in previous years, we will be holding an IDMP webinar on 7 November 2025 and we are honoured to announce that our invited speaker will be Dr. Jitendra Sharma, a distinguished global expert in medical technology innovation and healthcare systems. Dr. Sharma’s insights into emerging trends, translational research, and policy will offer valuable perspectives on technology innovation in the coming years. You are warmly invited to join us for this global online celebration. Registration is open at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5fIEgeWdSp6S1iInOTb-Lg#/registration
I encourage all members, institutions, and national organizations to take part in IDMP 2025—organize local events, webinars, and outreach activities on the vital role that medical physicists play in improving human health.
When discussing the technology for the next decade, we see more and more countries embarking on the implementation of proton and heavy ion therapies, artificial intelligence and various “omics” (radiomics, genomics, proteomics) have become part of our professional world. Cybersecurity of health technology and electronic health records are hotly debated issues. We are faced with more fusion of physics, engineering, IT technology and of course biology and medicine. As such, IOMP’s work is ever so relevant, including promotion of co-operation and communication between medical physics organizations around the world, promotion of the advancement in status and standard of practice of the medical physics profession, organization of international conferences, regional and other meetings of courses and others.
I would love to see more of our member countries and their members actively involved in IOMP’s activities. Goals are not achieved by themselves. Additionally, we need to think about our next generation of up and coming medical physicists who will be carrying the torch in near future. We need to prepare leadership and mentoring programs to assist with their development, progress and readiness.
Finally, to my colleagues in the new Executive Committee—thank you for joining me in this journey. To the outgoing ExCom—thank you once again for your exceptional service and vision. To all members of IOMP—thank you for your unwavering dedication to our profession and to the patients we ultimately serve.
With best wishes,
Eva Bezak
President, International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP)
Term 2025–2028