American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Please take a moment to enjoy the August edition of the President’s Monthly Minute from your 2025 AAPM President, M. Mahesh.

Interested in learning more about AAPM and Accessibility? View the Subcommittee Page: www.aapm.org/org/structur...

#AAPM's Accessibility Subcommittee Chair Lindsay Jones shows how she navigated #AAPM2205

#AAPM2025 may be over but the work continues! In this video shot by #AAPM member Natalie West, students and trainees try to summarize their research in 7 words or less.

Proud to represent #AAPM on Capitol Hill! Advocacy in action with our delegation. Great conversations today in Washington, D.C.
#AAPMadvocacy #AAPM2025

DC Diaries:

Things change so fast that luckily

1 - “Sad News of stopping healthcare research funding” at 7:49 pm was followed by some good news

2 - “Administration removed the blocking of funding” came out at 11 pm

@aapmhq #AAPM2025

Advocacy is very key!

Thanks @acadrad

"In summary: Theranostics is precision medicine in action."
-Anthony Chang, BAMF Health, Grand Rapids #AAPM2025 #ClosingKeynote

Overwhelming scientific evidence has shown Theranostics can:
See the disease we currently can't see
Treat the diease we currently can't treat
-Anthony Chang, BAMF Health, Grand Rapids
#AAPM2025 #ClosingKeynote

"Theranostics will revolutionize the way we diagnose and treat cancer."
-Anthony Chang, BAMF Health, Grand Rapids
#AAPM2025 #ClosingKeynote

Overwhelming scientific evidence has shown Theranostics can:
See the disease we currently can't see
Treat the diease we currently can't treat
-Anthony Chang, BAMF Health, Grand Rapids

Today's #AAPM2025 #ClosingKeynote at 9:00 AM in Ballroom AB features Anthony Chang, BAMF Health, Grand Rapids!

With @aapmhq.bsky.social 2025 annual meeting underway, I am reminded of this reflection following the 2022 meeting coming off the heels of the pandemic. Let our shared humanity be the context moving forward....
@aapm-hlmpsc.bsky.social

"It's important to know the impact of science on your state (jobs, follow-on economic activity). We need to speak to the economic impact of what we do."
-Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD

"Early-career scientists are embracing advocacy."
-Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD

"Lose the jargon- tell stories."
-Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD

"To influence, you have to show up."
-Sudip Parikh, PhD #AAPM2025

"We must lift the US out of our defensive crouch to become again the protagonist of our own story."
-Sudip Parikh, PhD #AAPM2025

"In the short term we must ensure science is funded. In the middle term we must ensure policies for success are in place. In the long term, we must rebuild the relationship between science and society."
-Sudip Parikh, PhD #AAPM2025

"Congress has demonstrated a bipartisan commitment to investment in research and must do so again to meet the President's call."
-Sudip Parikh, PhD #AAPM2025

"Hope and optimism aren't enough- you have to have a plan."
-Sudip Parikh, PhD #AAPM2025

"The appropriations process is complicated. The story is still being written- we are in the middle of it."
-Sudip Parikh, PhD
#AAPM2025

"There is more physics out there to discover."
-Sudip Parikh, PhD
#AAPM2025

"We live in wonderous times."
-Sudip Parikh, PhD
#AAPM2025

We're posting live from the #AAPM2025 President's Symposium this morning! Follow along and post your favorite messages using: #AAPM2025

Join us today at 8:30 AM in Ballroom AB for the Opening Keynote featuring Georgia Tourassi, PhD!

AAPM member Chloe DiTusa shared with us how a first-time attendee gets ready for #AAPM2025! We're excited to welcome everyone attending the Annual Meeting to DC- show us how you're getting ready by sharing with hashtag: #AAPM2025!

We hope you'll join us for the President's Symposium: Coming Together to Forge Ahead in Medical Physics Sponsored by Sun Nuclear Corporation, a Mirion Medical Company, Elekta and Varian. Monday 7/28, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM in Ballroom AB.
#AAPM2025

A graphic displaying the logos of AAPM and the logos of the vendors participating in the Vendor Showcase

Support #AAPM2025 vendors & plan to attend this year’s #MedPhys Vendor Showcase Presentations by GammaTile, P-Cure Ltd, Elekta, Novartis, IBA Dosimetry, & Bayer #MedicalPhysics

NEW press release: Yi Rong Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
Yi Rong, PhD, FAAPM, has been appointed as the 5th editor-in chief of AAPM’s Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics by the AAPM Board of directors. Read the press release:
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