Dear Members of AFOMP,
Greetings to All !
As we start a new year and new tenure of AFOMP Ex-Com, I wish you all a very happy, healthy and blessed new year. AFOMP has been striving hard in promoting medical physics education and professional status in the region by implementation of novel ideas and efficient programs even amidst the pandemic. The professional relations committee (PRC) in its previous edition, has set the stage in supporting, collaborating, promoting and nurturing medical physics professional development activities among and across the national member organizations (NMO). I would like to thank Prof Arun Chougule, immediate past president and Prof Chai Hong Yeong, the immediate past chair-PRC, chairs of other committees and each and every member in each of the committees for their dynamic and courageous endeavors in the past term in setting the standards high against all hurdles, even a pandemic. There are huge diversities in medical physics education and medical physicists’ status in AFOMP. We have a diverse and balanced team enthusiastic about reaching out to everyone in sustaining and uplifting the professional status of medical physicists. Under the vibrant leadership of Prof Eva Bezak, I am sure the new team will lead AFOMP to better heights. We are pledged to bring unity in diversity, sustain integrity, stand up strong for each other, explore the vast possibilities future holds and etching the vision and mission of AFOMP bold and sturdy.
Personal Introduction
Dr Mary Joan is Associate Professor and Radiological Safety Officer in the department of Radiation Oncology,
Christian Medical College (CMC) and Hospital Ludhiana, India. She holds post M.Sc diploma in Radiological Physics from Bhabha Atomic Research Center Mumbai and Ph.D from Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore. She was Assistant Professor in the department of Radiological Physics, SMS Medical College and Hospitals Jaipur before joining CMC Ludhiana.
Dr. Joan is a master educator, mentor and awareness builder and she successfully employed her skills and knowledge in various clinical projects and professional community service programs. Her vision is to be an honest, empathetic and impactful medical physicist and researcher and aims to deliver leading clinical outcomes, best patient experiences and quality health education. She won many awards, 4 research grants and published 30 peer reviewed articles. She is peer reviewer to 5 internationally reputed medical physics journals and co-Editor-in-Chief of SCMPCR newsletter. Dr. Joan organized over 32 CME programs, conferences, workshops and crash courses promoting education in medical physics, awareness and capacity building in the recent past. Dr. Joan’s interpersonal skills with her colleagues and peers are excellent and she is a source of inspiration for her students.
She is a life member of the Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI) and 8 other professional bodies. She has been very active in the various activities of the Asia Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (AFOMP) since 2016 and organized the 17th Asia Oceania Congress of Medical Physics (AOCMP) 2017 in Jaipur for the first time in India as the organizing secretary. Currently, she is the chair of Professional Relations Committee (PRC)-AFOMP, Member of Science Committee- International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) and Member Executive Committee of AMPI Northern Chapter.
Thanks & Regards
Dr Mary Joan
Chair, Professional Relations Committee, AFOMP