IAEA: CHECK, REVIEW AND REPORT – Delivering safe radiotherapy is in your hands

SAFRON – A Newsletter on Patient Safety in Radiotherapy

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND CLINICAL NEUROELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PMCN-2017 10-11March, 2017 Dhaka, Bangladesh www.pmcn2017.info Organized by Bangladesh Medical Physics Association (BMPA) Bangladesh Clinical NeuroElectrophysiologist Society (BCNEPS) & Department of Biomedical Physics & Technology (BMPT), University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Communicating radiation risks in paediatric imaging

Since 2013, medical physicists from all over the world have celebrated the “International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP)” on November 7, birthday of Marie Sklodowska-Curie. This is an important annual event at which medical physicists can share experiences, improve their knowledge, discuss professional matters and much more. Considering the importance...

On 8-10 February 2016 IOMP took part in the IAEA Consultancy meeting Radiation protection in dental uses of ionizing radiation, together with specialist representing the World Dental Federation, the International Association of Dento-Maxillofacial Radiology, and the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Paediatric Imaging. The meeting reviewed the draft training material...

1st European Congress of Medical Physics 2016 September 1-4, 2016 Athens, Greece www.ecmp2016.org

The International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) is pleased to announce the IUPAP Young Scientist Award 2016. This award is established and funded by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and awarded by the IOMP as the IUPAP affiliated International Commission for Medical Physics. It will be...

Congratulations to Madan Rehani, PhD, on receiving the 2015 Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging Butterfly Award

On 10 December 2015 the Academic Council of Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria bestowed upon Prof. Slavik Tabakov, IOMP President and Director of MSc programmes at King’s College London, their Doctor Honoris Causa degree for his contribution to the development of medical physics in Bulgaria and Eastern Europe, and for the...