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Dear Colleagues,
Greetings! Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year 2023.
I have been privileged to serve as the President of AFOMP for the term 2019-2022. The new executive committee under the leadership of Prof Eva Bezak as President has taken over for the 2023-2025 term. Before all else, let me congratulate and wish the very best to the new team.
AFOMP has a history spanning over 22 years and grown up to be the largest regional organization in IOMP representing over 11000 medical physicists across Asia-Oceania. AFOMP has contributed steadfastly and sustainably for the betterment and growth of medical physics profession in the region in particular and across the world in general.
World has seen hard and difficult situations when the pandemic struck. In-person meetings and activities couldn’t be held for almost two years due to Covid-19. Despite of all, with the support and contribution of AFOMP Ex-Com and AFOMP NMO’s the academic and teaching activities were kept continued virtually, thanks to the technological advancements. AFOMP could rise to the need of the hour and started AFOMP monthly webinars virtually from June 2020. 30 webinars were conducted on various interesting topics of medical physics until November 2022. On popular demand of many young medical physicists and students of the region and recognizing the need for continued educational activities AFOMP has started the virtual monthly AFOMP schools from June 2021. With the support of a group experts from specialized fields scientific talks and discussions spanning over 2.5 to 3 hours were delivered through online platform. 17 AFOMP schools were conducted successfully by AFOMP Ex-Com so far.
To encourage, motivate and support young medical physicists and students to excel in research and publication and to enhance their contributions to medical physics various awards are started since 2020, the details are available on AFOMP website (www.AFOMP.org). Requesting all of you to disseminate the award information to your students, colleagues and encourage them to apply for the awards as per the eligibility criteria.
It is a great privilege for AFOMP and AMPI that the ICMP2023 is being organized in conjunction with AOCMP2023 and SEACOMP2023 in Mumbai during 6-9 December 2023. You can find the details at www.icmp2023.org. I request you all to encourage your colleagues and students to submit abstracts and attend this very important meeting.
Your active participation, contributions, suggestions and constructive criticism are the keys forthe success and progress of AFOMP. I take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your support and cooperation during my presidency of AFOMP.I will continue to work for the upliftment of medical physics profession in the region and across the globe to my best of abilities. Once again wishing you all a fruitful year ahead and all success in all your endeavors.
Warm Regards
Prof (Dr) Arun Chougule
Immediate Past President, AFOMP