2007 AAPM Awards and Honors Recipients

The following awards were presented at the 2007 AAPM Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

William D. Coolidge Award was presented to: Arthur L. Boyer, PhD

Achievement in Medical Physics Award was presented to: Lawrence N. Rothenberg, PhD and Marilyn Stovall, PhD

AAPM Medical Physics Travel Grant was presented to: Sonja Dieterich, PhD

AAPM-IPEM Medical Physics Travel Grant was presented to: George A. Sandison, PhD

Honorary Membership was awarded to: Donn Brascho, MDSylvia Sorkin Greenfield Paper Award (non-dosimetry) was given for:

SemiSPECT: A small-animal single-photon emission computed omography (SPECT) imager based on eight cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector arrays"by H. Kim, L. Furenlid, M. Crawford, D. Wilson, H. B. Barber, T. Peterson, W. J. Hunter, Z. Liu, J. Woolfenden, and H. Barrett.

Med. Phys. 33, Num. 12, 4590 (2006)

Farrington Daniels Paper Award (dosimetry) was given for:

AnEGSnrc investigation of the PTP correction factor for ion chambers in kilovoltage x ray?"by D. J. La Russa and D. W. O. Rogers.

Med. Phys. 33, Num. 2, 465 (2006)

The following are named Fellows in 2007 for their distinguished contributions to the AAPM:

Susan Brownie, MSc Chee-Wai Cheng, PhD Joanna Cygler, PhDBruce Faddegon, PhDSteven Goetsch, PhDJohn Humm, PhDMahadevappa Mahesh, PhDCynthia McCollough, PhDPeter Munro, PhD Adel Mustafa, PhDWilliam Roventine, MScChristopher Serago, PhDJan Seuntjens, PhDGeorge Sherouse, PhDThomas Shope, PhDKen Shortt, PhDTimothy Solberg, PhDRobin Stern, PhDCheng-Shie Wuu, PhDDi Yan, DScMarco Zaider, PhDTimothy Zhu, PhD2007 John R. Cameron Young Investigator Competition Results1st Place: Reed Selwyn of University of Wisconsin

The Development and Validation of An Image-Based Dosimetry System for 90Y Microspheres Used to Treat Hepatic Tumors”

Http://www.aapm.org/meetings/07AM/PRAbs.asp?mid=29&aid=67442nd Place: Antje-Christin Knopf of Massachusetts General Hospital

Quantitative Assessment of the Accuracy of Proton Beam Range Verification with PET/CT”

Http://www.aapm.org/meetings/07AM/PRAbs.asp?mid=29&aid=74143rd Place: Jonas Fontenot of University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Stray Radiation Exposure During Proton Radiotherapy of the Prostate: The Influence of the Patient On Scatter and Production “

Http://www.aapm.org/meetings/07AM/PRAbs.asp?mid=29&aid=6983