20th Anniversary of
Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (AFOMP)
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome – Arthur Ashe
Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (AFOMP) will complete its 20-year’s of successful journey on 28th May 2020, as an organization in service of Medical Physics for the discipline and community. This remarkable two decades of team work and cooperation has sown seeds of development, advancement and hard work, which are now giving sweet fruits in the form of better recognition, better coordination and cooperation in region as a whole. The 20th anniversary year of AFOMP will be celebrated from 28 May 2020 to 27 May 2021 to mark teamwork and cooperation for sustainable growth of Medical Physics in this region.
AFOMP was formed on 28th May 2000 with a sole objective of development of medical physics community in Asia-Oceania region. AFOMP has done remarkable work, a few to mention- regularizing annual conference “AOCMP”, newsletter, journals, oration, awards, policy statements with support of each member of AFOMP. Several dedicated medical physics professionals have worked quite hard to achieve what it is today. In two decades seven teams of AFOMP Executive committees, which include President, Vice President Secretary General, Treasurer, and Committee Chairs have provided leadership, guidance and served for the betterment of organization and profession.
Despite of all these efforts some areas still needs special attention, as some NMO’s are still not participating in active manner as desired, do not maintain updated websites. This may be because of various challenges, which include absence of structured medical physics programs, lack of support from Institution/Govt., in-active national associations or lack of directional leadership. However development is always a gradual and slow process. So to achieve our goals we have to conquer all of these challenges and move forward with enthusiasm.
This is the great opportunity for whole community to celebrate this achievement and also pledge to work even harder with great enthusiasm for development of subject and medical physics profession.
Your suggestions, active participation and contribution are always welcomed by AFOMP.
I wish all of you very happy 20 th Anniversary of AFOMP.
Prof. Arun Chougule
President AFOMP