Introducing the AAPM

NOV 01, 1973

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, grown to nearly a thousand members, is an active organization sponsoring meetings, publishing journals and managing calibration laboratories.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3128319

C. J. Karzmark

Fearghus O'Foghludha

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, affiliated with AIP since 1968, recently became a full member of the Institute. Though the AAPM is one of the smaller member societies, it may be the fastest growing. Founded in 1958, its membership is now close to 1000. This growth reflects the burgeoning interest of physicists in the social applications of their science and may be related also to the somewhat restricted opportunities in the more traditional branches of physics. Whatever the reasons, AIP members are likely to become increasingly aware of AAPM as this active society works to strengthen the substantial links it has already forged between the physics and medical communities.

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References

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More about the authors

C. J. Karzmark, Stanford University, School of Medicine.

Fearghus O'Foghludha, Duke University, Medical Center.