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Newsletter AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
OF
PHYSICISTS
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VOLUME 24 NO. 4
MEDICINE JULY/AUGUST 1999
AAPM President’s Column A Successful Annual Meeting
will expire in about two years. The AAPM is acting proactively, and has for some time had a committee on Headquarters Rel oc at io n, ch aire d by Tre a s u rer Melissa Martin. The committee is considering all of the possible options, i nc lu d ing s ta yi ng a t th e American Center for Physics in College Park. Other options include leasing or purchasing sp a ce el se whe re i n t he Washington DC area, or mov-
by Geoffrey Ibbott Lexington, KY By the time you read this column, our 41st Annual Meeting will have come and gone. At the time of this writing, our m eet in g pr o mis es to b e a r es oun di ng s uc c ess. Registrati ons are runn in g somewhat ahead of predictions, and the exhibit hall space has sold very well. The program will meet our customary high standards, thanks to the work of the Pro g r a m Committee, particularly chair David Pickens, Scientific Program Director Maryellen Giger, and Scientific Program Co-Director Eric Klein. The ve nu e, o f cou r se, is t he Opryland Hotel, which is said by many who have visited to be spectacular. The previews we’ve been provided on the AAPM web page are certainly t ant a li z in g. T he L oc al Ar rangements C ommi ttee , chaired by Ron Price, have already outdone themselves with the preparations. Our headquarters staff are all working hard to make sure the meeting is a success. In particular, the successful exhibit hall is due to the work of Lisa
R o se S u l l i v a n , a nd th e Tec hn ic al E xhi bi ts Subcommittee, chaired by Jim Marbach. Again this year, our electronic abstract submission system p e rf o rmed flawlessly. The number of abstracts submitted this year was comparable to the number submitted last year. This is important for several reasons; it indicates that participation in our annual meeting remains high, even in this time of cost-cutting by hospitals, and reductions in time and funding for professional development. The AAPM membership has grown slightly since last year and is expected to increase almost 3% from 1998.
Headquarters Relocation As many of you know, the AAPM’s lease in College Park
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INSIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS President’s Column . . . . . . . . . p. 1 Call for Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 3 Executive Dir. Col. . . . . . . . . . p. 4 Balanced Budget Act. . . . . . . . p. 5 Draft Standards Comments. . . . p. 6 ABR Physucs Update. . . . . . . . p. 7 ACR Physics Com. Link . . . . . . p. 11 Reference Values. . . . . . . . . . . p. 9 Letter to Editor . . . . . . . . . . . p. 11 Announcements . . . . . . . . . . p. 12