Dear Readers,
I wish you a very happy, healthy and fruitful new year 2025
New year has come with new opportunities to learn more, upgrade skills and stay current in the field of your specialization. AFOMP was founded in May 2000 and is celebrating its 25 years of commitment and service to medical physics. It’s a long and glorious journey which has witnessed tremendous advancement in technology, education, practice and pivotal role of medical physicist in health care. AFOMP, one of the largest regional organizations of IOMP has been instrumental in the advancement and expansion of medical physics in the region. It has played a leading role by providing guidance and support for improving medical physics education and standards of medical physics as health profession.
Medical Physics is a multidimensional science which requires open mind and out of box thinking and therefore inclusive approach for collective development is key to success. Researcher, academician, industry and healthcare providers collaborations and mutual support will create an environment of growth for all.
Artificial Intelligence is already our companion in the dynamic field of medical physics which has opened gates to new horizons of growth which are ultra-fast and can surpass human capability in every field. This has made the role of medical physicist in the field even more important. AI is an excellent tool however; we need to decide kind of relation we want with it. Either we get slaved or master it. AI as all manmade things comes with flaws and glitches. For growth we need to embrace and understand it. We need to be proactive and needs an adaptive attitude towards learning.
The World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering- WC2025 [https://wc2025.org/] along with AOCMP2025 is being organized at Adelaide, Australia during 29 September- 4 October 2025, submit your abstracts and plan to participate.
I am hopeful that year 2025 will prove a great time of learning, developing and growing together for all of you. Let’s join our hands and minds for better tomorrow.
Prof. Arun Chougule, PhD, FIOMP, FAMS
Immediate Past President IOMP
Chair ETC and Chairman IOMP Accreditation Board