American Associationof

Physicists in Medicine

Awards CeremonyJuly 31, 2006

Orange County Convention CenterValencia A RoomOrlando, Florida

6:00 p.m.

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine was founded in 1958 to promote the application of physics to

medicine and biology, to encourage interest and

training in medical physics and related fields, and to prepare and disseminate technical

information in medical physics and related fields.

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2006 Program

Welcome and Presentation of Awards

E. Russell Ritenour, PhDAAPM President

Moment of silence honoring deceased AAPM Members

John R. Cameron Young Investigator Awards

Jack Fowler Junior Investigator Award

Daniel Y. J. Kim, PhD

AAPM‑IPEM Medical Physics Travel Grant

Mark Oldham, PhD

Farrington Daniels Award

George Ciangaru Martin Bues Jerimy Polf Alfred Smith

Sylvia Sorkin Greenfield Award

Rebecca Fahrig John Rowlands Zhifei Wen Grant Stevens Arundhuti Ganguly Rowland Saunders Giovanni DeCrescenzo Norbert Pelc

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AAPM Honorary Membership

Robert Hattery, MD Francis Mahoney, PhD

Fellows

Michael G. Davis, MS, JD Mary E. Moore, MS & MEdGary A. Ezzell, PhD Herbert W. Mower, ScDMichael J. Flynn, PhD Robert J. Pizzutiello, Jr, MSDavid S. Followill, PhD Mark S. Rzeszotarski, PhDGig S. Mageras, PhD Beth A. Schueler, PhDAndrew D. A. Maidment, PhD S. Jeff Shepard, MSMichael D. Mills, PhD Gerald A. White, Jr, MSJanelle A. Molloy, PhD Fang‑Fang Yin, PhD

Memorial PresentationsC.J. Karzmark, PhD Peter Wootton, BScEdward Webster, PhD Robert Loevinger, PhD

Recognition of AAPM ServiceHoward I. Amols, PhD

Award for Achievement in Medical PhysicsAzam Niroomand‑Rad, PhD

William D. Coolidge AwardErvin B. Podgorsak, PhD

Closing RemarksReception immediately following in the Valencia D Room

of the Orange County Convention Center.

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John R. Cameron Young Investigator AwardEachyeartheAAPMconductsaYoungInvestigators’CompetitionfortheAnnualMeeting.YoungInvestigatorswereencouragedtosubmitabstractsforthecompetition.The�0highestscoredYoungInvestigatorsubmissionsdeterminedbyabstractreviewersareselectedtobepresentedinaspecialsymposium,inhonorofJohnR.Cameron,PhD.SupportforthisawardisprovidedbytheSuntharalingamFamily.

Jack Fowler Junior Investigator AwardAnawardforJuniorInvestigatorshasbeenestablishedinhonorofDr.JackFowler,PhD.,Emertius Professor of Human Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin.Junior Investigators were encouraged to submit abstracts for the competition. The topscoring Junior Investigator submission determined by abstract reviewers was selected.SupportforthisawardisprovidedbytheMedicalPhysicsFoundationoftheUniverityofWisconsin.

AAPM‑IPEM Medical Physics Travel GrantThisgrant ismadeannually toaU.S.AAPMmemberwhoshowsevidenceofanactivescientific career in medical physics. The purpose of this grant is to promote communications andprofessionalpartnershipsbetweenU.S.AAPMmembersandIPEMmembersfromtheUnitedKingdom.ThegrantissupportedbyadonationfromCharlesLescrenierofupto$�,500.Inaddition,thisgrantwillinclude£400fromtheInstituteofPhysicsandEngineeringinMedicineand$�,�50fromAAPMtowardsexpensesincurredintheU.K.

Farrington Daniels AwardTheFarringtonDanielsAwardforthebestpaperonRadiationDosimetrypublishedinMedicalPhysicsin�005issupportedbytheMedicalPhysicsFoundationoftheUniversityofWisconsin.Thisyeartheawardispresentedto:

George Ciangaru, Jerimy Polf, Martin Bues, and Alfred Smith

fortheirpaperentitled “Benchmarking analytical calculations of proton doses in heterogeneous matter,”MedicalPhysics��,�5��(�005).

Sylvia Sorkin Greenfield AwardThe Sylvia Sorkin Greenfield Award for the best paper (other than Radiation Dosimetry) published in Medical Physics for 2005 is supported by Moses Greenfield. This year the awardispresentedto:

Rebecca Fahrig, Zhifei Wen, Arundhuti Ganguly,GiovanniDeCrescenzo,John Rowlands,Grant Stevens,Rowland Saunders,andNorbert Pelc

fortheirpaperentitled,“Performance of a Static-Anode/Flat-Panel X-ray Fluoroscopy System in a Diagnostic Strength Magnetic Field: A Truly Hybrid X-ray/MR Imaging System,”MedicalPhysics��,�775(�005).

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Honorary Membership

Robert Hattery, MD

As Executive Director of the American Board of Radiology (ABR)and President of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)Dr.Hatterycontinuestodemonstratehiscommitmentandbeliefthatmedicalphysicsisanintegralpartofthepracticeofdiagnosticradiologyandradiationoncology.TheRSNAandtheABRconsidercontinuingeducation and board certification of physicists to be essential to the futureofthespecialty.

HeholdsprofessoremeritusstatusattheMayoClinicinRochester,MN,wherehedevoted�0yearstohismyriadteachingandadministrativeduties,includingchairoftheDepartmentofDiagnosticRadiology,chairoftheMayoGroupPracticeBoardandchairoftheBoardofGovernors.Heiscurrentlyaclinicalprofessorofdiagnosticradiologyat theUniversityofArizona inTucson,wherehe is involved ineducatingradiologyandurologyresidentsingenitourinaryimaging.

Dr.Hatteryhasdevotedmostofhiscareertoimagingofthegenitourinarytract,withparticularemphasisoncomputedtomography(CT),CTurographyandultrasonography.Hehasbeenamuchsought-afterspeakerintheareaofgenitourinaryimaging,havingfulfilled visiting professorships and lectureships at institutions around the world, from Japan,ChinaandIndiatoGermany,SpainandScotland.Hehasparticipatedin�7namedlecturesandvisitingprofessorships.

Hehasauthoredorco-authoredmorethan�50publications,includingpeer-reviewedarticles, abstracts and book chapters. Most relate to his interest and expertise inuroradiology.Inrecentyears,duetohispositionattheABR,hehasbeenwritingpapersandspeakingmorefrequentlyonresidenttrainingandtheABRMOCprogram.

HehasservedontheRSNABoardofDirectors,ontheeditorialboardforRSNA’sjournalRadioGraphics, and was a scientific reviewer for Radiology. Dr. Hattery is involved in anumberofothersocietiesandhasbeenactiveintheAmericanCollegeofRadiology(ACR)whereheservedasamemberoftheboardofchancellors.

In�005,Dr.HatterywasawardedtheSocietyofUroradiology(SUR)GoldMedal.Healso received thegoldmedalof theAmericanRoentgenRaySociety in�000and theHarmangoldmedaloftheMinnesotaRadiologicalSocietyin�998.Dr.Hatteryisapast-presidentoftheSocietyofComputedBodyTomography,SURandABR.

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Francis Mahoney, PhD

ThroughDr.Mahoney’seffortsattheNationalCancerInstitute(NCI),many medical physicists have developed the confidence, persistence, and ‘behind the scenes knowledge’ of how the National Institutes ofHealth (NIH) funding process works so that they were ultimatelysuccessfulintheirresearchendeavors.

Dr.MahoneywasanAtomicEnergyCommissionHealthPhysicsfellowat the University of Rochester, receiving an MS in Radiation Biologyin�958,followedbyanMEinAppliedPhysicsfromHarvardin�960.

In�968,he receiveda secondME inEngineering fromHarvardandaPhD fromtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyinNuclearEngineering,researchinggammaraysfromfastneutronscattering.

AfterthreeyearsattheU.S.Army’sNatickLaboratoriesinMassachusetts,researchingfoodpreservationusingionizingradiation,heconcludedthathelovedsciencebutwasnotenamoredwithhands-onresearch.Thisledtoayear-longtrainingprogramattheNIHwherebyMD’sandPhD’swerepreparedforacareerinScienceAdministration.

Uponcompletionoftheprogramin�97�,heobtainedapositionintheNCIExtramuralProgramasaProgramDirectorforRadiationBiologyandPhysics.Intheintervening�4years,under5NCIdirectors,6NIHdirectorsand7presidents,heremainedinessentiallythesamepositionwithexpandingbudgetsandresponsibilities.HehasbeentheNCIscientific official-of-record for more than $1 billion dollars in grants involving radiation biology,chemistry,physicsandoncology. Hebecame“theNCI” foragenerationofradiation researchers. He was a messenger of good (and bad) tidings, an advisor, acoach,asoundingboard,“therepresentativeofanunfairandanunsympatheticsystem”and,often,afather-confessor.

Hehasbeena longtimememberof theAmericanPhysicalSocietyandtheRadiationResearchSociety,andbecameanhonorarymemberofAmericanSocietyforTherapeuticRadiologyandOncologyin�005.HeretiredfromtheNCIinearly�006.

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New AAPM FellowsThecategoryofFellowhonorsmemberswhohavedistinguishedthemselvesbytheircontributionsinresearch,education,andleadershipinthemedicalphysicscommunity.

Michael Davis, MS, JD

Michael Davis was a double major in Physics & Astronomy andMathematicsatWesternKentuckyUniversity.HereceivedhisMastersdegreeinRadiologicalMedicalPhysicsfromtheUniversityofKentuckyinearly�985.HealsoobtainedaDoctorofJurisprudencedegreefromthe South Texas College of Law in �994. Davis worked for RockyMountain Medical Physics in Denver from �985-�988. He was at theUniversityofTexasM.D.AndersonCancerCenterinHoustonforeightyears.TherehebecametheDirectorofBrachytherapyServices.Andhewasalsoat theGreenvilleHospitalSysteminSouthCarolinawerehe

wasDirectorofRadiationOncology.HeiscurrentlyaSeniorTreatmentPlanningSystemSalesSpecialist forVarianMedicalSystems. Davisbecamea studentmemberof theAAPMin�984andafullmemberin�99�.HehasbeenactiveintheorganizationsincethenandhecurrentlylivesinHouston,Texas.

Gary Ezzell, PhD

GaryEzzellreceivedhisMSfromGeorgiaTechin�977andhisPhDfromWayneStateUniversityin�994.AfterworkinginAtlantaandCleveland,in�984hemovedtoWayneStateUniversityinDetroit,whereheprovidedclinicalserviceandtaughtfor�5years.In�999hejoinedMayoClinicinScottsdale, Arizona, where he leads the physics section in RadiationOncologyandisAssociateProfessorofOncologyintheMayoMedicalSchool. He has published �4 refereed papers and contributed to �5chaptersandhasbeenonthefacultyofthreeAAPMSummerSchools.HehasbeenanoralboardexaminerfortheAmericanBoardofMedical

PhysicsandtheAmericanBoardofRadiology.HisservicetotheAAPMincludestermson the AAPM Board of Directors, the Radiation Therapy Committee, and the Scientific Program Committee. He was a Scientific Co-director for the 2004 annual meeting and is thecurrentAAPMSecretary.

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Michael Flynn, PhD

MichaelFlynnreceivedhisPhDinNuclearSciencefromtheUniversityofMichigan(�975)whereheinvestigatedthetransportandenergylosseffectsofchargedparticlesinemulsionradiationdetectors.HepreviouslyworkedattheMt.SinaiMedicalCenterinClevelandandattheMedicalSchooloftheUniversityofMichigan.Since�98�hehasworkedatHenryFordHealthSystemasaclinicalmedicalphysicistandaresearchscientist.Forthelast�0yearshehastaughtradiationimaginglectureandlaboratorycourses at the University of Michigan as an adjunct faculty member.MichaelFlynn’sinterestshavebeeninx-rayimagingwherehehasdone

research on digital subtraction angiography, quantitative computed tomography,specimen micro-tomography, and digital radiography processing, and the display ofdigitalradiographs.HehasbeenactivelyinvolvedinthedevelopmentandimplementationofPACSsystems.

David Followill, PhD

DavidFollowillreceivedhisPhDdegreefromtheUniversityofTexasHealthScienceCenterGraduateSchoolofBiomedicalSciencesin�99�.Aftercompletingaoneyearclinicalpost-docatM.D.AndersonCancerCenterhejoinedtheRadiologicalPhysicsCenter(RPC)atM.D.AndersonCancer Center, where he is now an Associate Professor of RadiationPhysicsandAssociateDirectoroftheRPC.Dr.FollowillhasservedinmanycapacitiesintheAAPM.Hecurrentlyservesontwocommittees,twotaskgroupsandontheLocalArrangementsCommitteeforthe�008AAPM meeting. He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology.

Dr.Followillhaspublished��papersinpeer-reviewedjournals. Heisveryactiveinseveralclinicaltrialgroups.HehasalsobeenactiveinternationallyworkingwiththeInternationalAtomicEnergyAgencyasanexpertconsultantandlecturerforSoutheastAsianandLatinAmericanMedicalPhysicists.

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Gig Mageras, PhD

GigMagerasreceivedhisPhDinphysicsfromColumbiaUniversityin�98�. After a postdoctoral study in experimental particle physics, hejoinedtheDepartmentofMedicalPhysicsatMemorialSloan-KetteringCancer Center (MSKCC) in �988, where he is currently an attendingphysicist. Since�997hehasbeenaproject leaderonNationalCancerInstitute sponsored program project grants to study �D conformalradiotherapyandIntensityModulatedRadiationTherapy.Dr.Magerashas published over 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals in the field of medicalphysics,andhasmentored8postdoctoral fellowsatMSKCC.

He is board certified by the American Board of Medical Physics. Dr. Mageras has been aco-chairofanAAPMtaskgrouponmanagementofrespiratorymotioninradiationtherapy. He is a member of the AAPM Scientific Program Subcommittee, was therapy track coordinator for the 2005 Annual Meeting, and is co-director of the Scientific Program forthisyear’smeeting.

Andrew D. Maidment, PhD

Andrew Maidment received his PhD degree from the University ofToronto in �99� for developing a scanned-slot digital mammographysystem.From�99�-�00�hewastheDirectorofRadiologicalPhysicsandAssistant Professor of Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr.Maidment is now Assistant Professor of Radiology and Chief of thePhysicsSectionat theUniversityofPennsylvania. Dr.MaidmenthasservedinmanycapacitiesintheAAPM,andiscurrentlyVice-Chairofthe Scientific Program Subcommittee, and Liaison to the Radiological Society of North America Scientific Program Committee. He has also

been active professionally in the American College of Radiology and is currently amember of the Mammography Physics Subcommittee. Dr. Maidment has publishedover�40peer-reviewedjournalarticles,bookchapters,proceedingspapersandabstracts.Hisresearchinterestsincludedigitalmammography,�-Dxrayimagingofthebreast,anddigitalradiographydetectorphysics.

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Michael Mills, PhD

MichaelMillsreceivedhisPhDdegreefromtheUniversityofTexasatHoustonin�980.Afterservingasapost-docfellowattheM.D.AndersonCancerCenter,heservedasaclinicalphysicistattheClevelandClinicfrom�98�-�98�.HeservedonthefacultyoftheM.D.AndersonCancerCenterfrom�98�-�988. Between�988and�998hepracticedasasolophysicist in Monroe, Louisiana. In �998, he joined the faculty of theUniversityofLouisvilleasChiefofPhysics.HeisanAssociateProfessorattheUniversityofLouisville,andhasbeenawardedtenure,effectiveJuly 1, 2007. He is certified by the American Board of Radiology in

RadiologicalPhysicsandservesannuallyasanoralexaminer.HeisaFellowandapast-chairmanoftheAmericanCollegeofMedicalPhysics.HeistheEditor-in-ChiefoftheJournalofAppliedClinicalMedicalPhysics.Hehaspublished�4papersinpeer-reviewedjournals.

Janelle Molloy, PhD

JanelleMolloyearnedherPhDfromtheUniversityofVirginiain�990andremainedamemberofthefacultythereuntil�005.ShecurrentlyisaSeniorAssociateConsultantintheRadiationOncologyDepartmentattheMayoClinic.HerservicetotheAAPMbeganwiththepositionofSecretary/TreasureroftheMid-AtlanticChapteroftheAAPMandgrewfromtheretoChapterPresidentandBoardRepresentative.Sheco-directedtheClinicalElectronBeamDosimetrySymposiumandwaswebmanagerandlist-ownerfortheMAC-AAPMforseveralyears. Herservicehasexpanded to include membership on the AAPM’s Therapy Physics,

Regional Organization committees and Remotely Directed Continuing EducationSub-Committee.InadditionsheisanactivememberofCAMPEP’sResidencyReviewand Continuing Education Committees and served as an examiner for the AmericanBoard of Radiology. Dr. Molloy has developed an active research program inimage-guidedtherapy,havingobtainedanRO�grant fromtheNational InstitutesofHealthandsupervisedseveralgraduatestudents.

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Mary Moore, MS, MEd

MaryMoorereceivedaMEdinSciencefromTempleUniversity(�970),andaMS inRadiologicalHealth fromRutgersUniversity (�97�). ShewasthehospitalHealthPhysicistandaRadiationTherapyPhysicistatAlbertEinsteinMedicalCenter,Philadelphia,PAfrom�97�to�978,andan Associate Radiological Physicist (diagnostic imaging) at CooperHospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ from �978-�996. In�996, she was appointed The Cooper Health System Radiation SafetyOfficer. She accepted her current position of Radiation Safety Officer andMedicalPhysicistat thePhiladelphiaVAMedicalCenter in�997.

Mary is certified in Radiological Physics by the American Board of Radiology (1982) and inMedicalHealthPhysicsbytheAmericanBoardofMedicalPhysics(�99�).SheisaFellowoftheHealthPhysicsSociety.

Herbert Mower, ScD

Herb Mower entered the field of medical physics in graduate school underDr.TrumpintheLaheyClinic/MITradiationoncologyprogramwhichpioneeredconformalx-ray therapy, total skinelectron therapy,anddynamicrotationaltherapyin�966.Hehasdesignedfourradiationoncologycentersandhashelpedprepareabout�0youngphysicistsintheclinicalapplicationsoftherapyphysicsandtrainedthreedosimetrists.HerbwasafounderandchartermemberoftheConnecticut(CAMPS)AAPMchapterandisthecurrentchairoftheAAPM’sEducationCouncil.Has served the profession as a liaison to the Conference of Radiation

ControlProgramDirectors,andtheAllianceforQualityMedicalImagingandRadiationTherapytoenhancetheawarenessoftheprofessionalroleofmedicalphysicists.HeiscurrentlytheChairoftheAmericanCollegeofMedicalPhysicsandhashelpedtodevelopavendor’sQualityAssuranceprogramforHighDoseRateRemoteBrachytherapy.Heis currently involved with evaluation of physics residency training programs forphysicistsandresidentsrelativetotheirprofessionalneedsandunderstanding.

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Robert Pizzutiello, Jr, MS

Robert Pizzutiello received both BSEE and MSEE degrees from theUniversityofRochesterin�977and�978afterwhichhetrainedinMedicalPhysicsattheUniversityofRochesterSchoolofMedicine.From�979to1989, Bob served as a Medical Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer at Rochester General Hospital. Since �989, Bob has been full time asPresidentandfounderofUpstateMedicalPhysics,Inc.andisaphysicsreviewer for the American College of Radiology Mammography andStereotactic Breast Biopsy Accreditation Programs. Bob was a keymember of the New York State (NYS) Medical Physics License group

andsubsequentlyservedasamemberontheMedicalPhysicsAdvisoryCommitteeoftheNYSBoardforMedicine.Bobhasauthoredchaptersandarticlesinoversixbooksandhasproducedtwobooklets,twovideosandaself-learningCDmodule.

Mark Rzeszotarski, PhD

MarkRzeszotarskireceivedhisPhDdegreefromCaseWesternReserveUniversity(CWRU)in�98�andwasemployedasadiagnosticmedicalphysicist and Radiation Safety Officer for sixteen years at Mt. Sinai MedicalCenterinCleveland,Ohio.HejoinedthefacultyatMetroHealthMedicalCenterin�998andiscurrentlyAssociateProfessorofRadiologyand Biomedical Engineering at CWRU. Dr. Rzeszotarski has taughtmedicalphysicstobothengineersanddiagnosticradiologyresidentsformore than twenty years. He is board certified by the American Board of RadiologyinDiagnosticandMedicalNuclearPhysicsandiscurrently

Assistant Program Director for the diagnostic radiology residency program atMetroHealthMedicalCenter. HehasbeenactiveonanumberofAAPMcommitteesandtaskgroupsrelatingtomedicalphysicseducationandhasservedascoordinatorandlecturerforboththeAAPM/RadiologicalSocietyofNorthAmericaPhysicsTutorialforResidentsandtheAAPMPhysicsReviewCoursesfordiagnosticandtherapymedicalphysicists.

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Beth Schueler, PhD

BethSchuelerreceivedherPhDdegreefromtheUniversityofMinnesotain �990. After completing the Clinical Medical Physics ResidencyProgram at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, she joined theDepartmentofRadiologyattheUniversityofMinnesota,in�99�.Shethen returned to the Mayo Clinic in �997, where she is now associateprofessorofRadiology.Dr.SchuelerhasservedinmanycapacitiesintheAmericanAssociationofPhysicistsinMedicine.Sheisthepastchairof the Medical Physics Education of Allied Health Professionals andserved as vice-chair of the Education Council. She is board certified by

theAmericanBoardofRadiologyinDiagnosticRadiologicalPhysics.ShehasalsobeenactiveprofessionallyintheAmericanCollegeofRadiology.Dr.Schuelerhaspublished�5papersinpeer-reviewedjournals.

S. Jeff Shepard, MS

Jeff Shepard is a Senior Medical Physicist and Director of EquipmentQualityAssuranceandPACSatTheUniversityofTexasM.D.AndersonCancerCenter.JeffreceivedhisundergraduatedegreeinMedicalPhysicsfrom Oakland University (Rochester, MI) and his MS in RadiologicalPhysicsfromTheUniversityofTexasHealthScienceCenteratDallas.Hethenperformedatwo-yearresidencyinRadiologicalPhysicsatHenryFordHospitalinDetroit.Hewasamedicalphysicistfrom�98�-�986atWheatonCancerCenter inMillville,NJand from�986-�994atBaylorMedicalCenter inDallas. In�994he joined theSectionofDiagnostic

PhysicsatM.D.AndersonCancerCenter.JeffwasamajorcontributortothedevelopmentoftheDepartmentofImagingPhysicsatM.D.AndersonCancerCenter.HehasservedonmanytaskgroupsandcommitteesfortheAAPM,mostassociatedwiththeDiagnosticX-rayCommittee.HeisconsideredanexpertinthemedicalphysicsaspectsofPACS.

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Gerald White, Jr, MS

JerryWhiteearnedanMSinMedicalRadiationPhysics,UniversityofKentucky in �978 after earning a bachelors in Mathematics from thePennsylvaniaStateUniversity.HeisaDiplomatoftheAmericanBoardofRadiologyinTherapeuticRadiologicalPhysics,DiagnosticRadiologicalPhysicsandMedicalNuclearPhysics.HeiscurrentlyaprincipalwithColorado Associates in Medical Physics, Inc. providing radiologicalphysicsandhealthphysicssupport toIndustrialandMedicalusersofradioactivematerialandradiationdevicesintheRockyMountainregion.Services include the areas of Radiation Therapy, Nuclear Medicine,

DiagnosticRadiology,andRadiationSafety.ClinicalresponsibilityformedicalphysicsattwolargemedicalcentersinsouthernColoradoissharedwithtwopartners.Supervisoryresponsibility for 9 medical physicists providing service for other medical centers inColoradoisalsosharedwithtwoseniorphysicists.JerryhasservedtheAAPMinmanycapacitiesincludingontheExecutiveCommitteeasSecretaryandiscurrentlythechairoftheProfessionalCouncil.

Fang‑Fang Yin, PhD

Fang-Fang Yin completed PhD at University of Chicago in �99�. Hejoined faculty at the University ofRochester andbecame the HeadofMedicalPhysicsatHenryFordHospitalin�998andProfessoratWayneStateUniversityin�00�.Currently,heistheProfessorandDirectorofRadiationPhysicsatDukeUniversityMedicalCenterandtheAssociateDirector of Medical Physics Graduate Program. He was board certified inTherapeuticRadiologicalPhysicsbyAmericanBoardofRadiology.Heservedasprincipalinvestigatorfor5externalfundedresearchprojectsandpublishedover70papersand5bookchapters.Heisactivelyengaged

physicistandresidenttrainingandwasawardedtheTeacheroftheYearin�004bytheAssociation of Residents in Radiation Oncology. He is the co-chair for TG �04 andassociateeditorofmedicalphysicsjournal.HeservedasabstractreviewerandsessionchairforseveralAAPMmeetings.Heorganizedinternationalsymposiumonstereotacticbodyradiosurgery.

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IN MEMORIAM

C.J. Karzmark, PhD

C.J.Karzmark,aformerpresidentoftheAAPMknowntomostofusasKarz,ProfessorEmeritusatStanford,diedonJanuary�6,�005.KarzwasbornonthefourthofJuly�9�0inCaselton,NorthDakota.HegraduatedfromUniversityofNorthDakota inPhysicsandEE.Whileintheairforcehegainedexperienceinradarandmicrowavetechnologyandwenton toearnhisPhD inNuclearPhysicsat theUniversityofIndiana.WiththisbackgroundhejoinedapioneeringteamdevelopingalinearacceleratorforcancertreatmentatStanford

Lane Hospital in San Francisco. This first medical linear accelerator appropriately christenedLA�wascommissionedin�956.In�959StanfordHospitalmovedtoPaloAltoandKarzbecameheadoftheRadiologicPhysicssection.Heretiredin�988after��yearsofservicetoStanford.

AtatimewhenCobalt60wasking,Karzwasastrongpromoteroflinacsforradiationoncology.HisdetractorspointedtotheirtechnologicalcomplexityandpotentialdowntimebutKarzshowedthatwithsystematicpreventativemaintenancethelinacwasthefutureforradiationtreatment.Theclassic�99�referencetext,MedicalLinearAccelerators,co authored by Karz, was a major contribution to our field late in his career. He also led a pioneering effort in the development of the first dedicated RT simulator. Karz’s clinical contributions included the first total skin therapy technique with electrons and a rigorousdosimetrysystemforHodgkin’sDiseasetreatment.Hetaughtmedicalphysicstoinnumerablefutureradiationoncologists.

AsAAPM’s�4thpresidentKarzaddressedtheneedforanewjournalin�97�.MedicalPhysics was first published the next year. He also instituted the present council structure.

Karzissurvivedbyfourchildrenandthreegrandchildren.Manyphysicistsasourselvesowetheircareerstohisexample,encouragementandforjustbeingagentleman.

(TheabovebiographywasprovidedbyBryanHughes,MScandPeterFessenden,PhD)

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Edward Webster, PhD

EdwardW.Webster,betterknowntofriendsandcolleaguesas“Ted”,was a physicist for all seasons. He was a renown scientist, a fine scholar, a skilled teacher, a loyal mentor and a highly respected colleagueand friend. His numerous contributions to medical physics weremultifaceted,includingradiationoncology,radiationdosimetry,highvoltageengineering,nuclearmedicine,radiationprotection,andthebiophysicsoflowlevelradiationexposure.Ted’smanyprofessionalactivitiesbeganwiththedraftingoftheAAPMConstitutionandBy

laws.In�964,hebecamethe5thpresidentoftheAAPM,whichhonoredhimin�98�withthecovetedCoolidgeAward.Heplayedamajorroleinthetrainingandeducationofphysiciansandmedicalphysics,beginningwithnumerouscoursesheinitiatedintheBostonareaandthedraftingofteachingsyllabusesandexamquestionsfortheAAPMandtheAmericanCollegeofRadiology.HewillbelongrememberedforhisimportantrollasaphysicsexaminerfortheAmericanBoardofRadiologyonwhichheservedinvariouscapacitiesfor�6years.

TedwasborninLondononApril��,�9��anddiedinaretirementfacilityinBedford,MAonDecember�7,�005.HeearnedadoctorateinEEduringthewaryearsinLondon.HissubsequentworkonthedesignofVandeGraaffgeneratorsattheEnglishElectricCompanypromptedTed’sdecisiontopursuepostdoctoralstudiesinnuclearphysicsatMIT,whereheworkedwithVandeGraaffandTrump.AfterlecturingatKing’sCollegeinLondonforayear,hereturnedtoBostonin�95�attheinvitationofDr.RobbinatMGM.Thusbeganabrilliantcareerinmedicalphysicsthatwouldcontinuefor47yearsuntilhisretirementinJanuary�00�.

Ted served on numerous committees of many scientific and professional organizations. For��yearshewasaprodigiousparticipant intheactivitiesof theNationalCouncilonRadiationProtectionandMeasurements,culminatingwiththehonorofpresentingthe�6thannualTaylorLectureonDoseandRiskinDiagnosticRadiology.HeplayedaparticularlyimportantroleontheBEIRIIICommitteeforwhichheandHaroldRossipreparedacontroversialdraftadvocatingthelinearquadraticdoseeffectmodelwhichlaterwassupportedbythemajorityoftheCommittee.

Ted is survived by his second wife, Dorothea, and six children, John, Peter, Anne,Edward,MarkandSusan;andbysixgrandchildren.

ThosewhoknewTedwilllongrememberthetwinkleinhiseyesandhisengagingsmileupongreetingyou.TedlovedAmericaandwasgratefultobecomeaU.S.citizen.TheAAPMwillforeverbegratefulthatTedchoseAmericaashisadoptedcountry,medicalphysicsashislife’scareer,andtheAAPMashisprofessionalhome.(TheabovebiographywasprovidedbyRobertO.Gorson,MS)

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Peter Wootton, BSc

Peter Wootton was born in Peterborough, England in �9�4. HeattendedBirminghamUniversityinBirmingham,England,whereheearnedthedegreeofBScwithHonors,intheSchoolofPhysics,andtrainedattheChristieCancerHospital.

FollowingWorldWarIIhetookapositionasradiationphysicistatthe Royal Infirmary in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1951, he came to the UnitedStatesasan Instructorat theUniversityofTexas,Houston,

andasmedicalphysicistattheM.D.AndersonHospital.ThereheworkedwithRobertShalekandGilbertFletcheronaspectsofthecalculationofdoseinwaterandtissuefromradiumandcobalt60.

In �95�, Peter came to Seattle, as a Radiation Physicist at the Tumor Institute of theSwedishHospital;hewasatthattimetheonlyfulltimemedicalphysicistintheNorthwestregion.HecametotheUniversityofWashingtonin�964,tobecomeAssistantProfessorofRadiologyandHeadoftheDivisionofMedicalRadiationPhysics.HewaspromotedtoAssociateProfessorin�967andtoProfessorin�97�.WhentheAAPMwasincorporatedin�965,PeterservedasamemberoftheinitialBoardofDirectors,andin�978heservedatermasAAPMPresident.

He continued to lead the Medical Physics Division at the University of Washington(UW)untilhisretirementin�995.DuringhistenureattheUniversityofWashingtonhecreatedamedicalphysicsservicefortheNorthwest,thenknownastheRegionalMedicalPhysicsprogram.Subsequentlyitbecameanindependentservice,theNorthwestMedicalPhysicsCenter,whichisstilloperatingtoday.Amongmanythings,heworkedwithDr.RobertParkeronstudiesoftheOxygenEffect,initiallyontheuseofhyperbaricoxygenasaradiationsensitizer. Later,undercontractwiththeNationalCancerInstitute,heledthedevelopmentoftheUniversityofWashingtonClinicalNeutronTherapySystem,whichisstillinoperationandremainsstateofthearttoday.

PeterpassedawayathishomeinBellevue,Washingtonon�May�004.

(TheabovebiographywasprovidedbyIraKalet,PhD)

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Robert Loevinger, PhDRobertLoevingerwasborninSt.Paul,Minnesota.HeattendedtheUniversityofMinnesotaatMinneapolis,where,in�9�6,heearnedaBA,magnacumlaude,inAstronomyandMathematics,withaminorinPhysics.

HewentontoHarvardAstronomyObservatory.In�940hereceivedanMAinAstronomyfromHarvard.HemovedtotheUCBerkeley,to continue graduate work in physics. From �94� to �945 he wasinvolvedintheManhattanProject.

After the end of the war he continued graduate work at the Donner Laboratory ofMedicalPhysicsatBerkeley.AfterobtaininghisPhDinPhysics,in�947,hestartedhismedicalphysicscareerintheRadiationTherapyandX-RayDiagnosisdepartmentsatMountSinaiHospitalinNewYorkCity.In�956,hewasaFellowattheRoyalMarsdenHospital,London,England.From�957to�965,hewasAssistantProfessoratStanfordUniversityMedicalSchool,PaloAlto,California. From�965-�968,heservedasChiefoftheDosimetrySectionattheInternationalAtomicEnergyAgency,Vienna,Austria.AfterreturningtotheU.S.in�968,hejoinedtheNationalBureauofStandards,latertheNationalInstitutesofStandardsandTechnology,inGaithersburg,MD,andbecametheleaderoftheDosimetryGroup.WithfullsupportoftheNBS,heworkedcloselywiththe AAPM. This led to the current system of five AAPM-accredited secondary standard dose laboratories, directly traceable to NIST. He officially retired in 1988, but stayed on till�99�,and“maintainedadesk”thereforanothertenyears.

LoevingerwasaChartermemberoftheAAPM.HewasonitsExecutiveCommitteefrom �958 to �965. In �966 he became a member of the subcommittee for radiationdosimetry(SCRAD).Hewasamember,andlaterconsultant,oftheRadiationTherapyCommittee,andchairmanoftheAd-HocCommitteeontheEffectsofSIunits.Hewasa key member of five AAPM Task Groups, which together covered all aspects of clinical dosimetry.HewasalsoamemberoftheMedicalInternalRadiationDosimetry(MIRD)CommitteeoftheSocietyofNuclearMedicinefrom�968to�99�.Heproducedabout�00publications.

Honors�980U.S.CommerceDepartmentSilverMedal�985FederalLaboratoryConsortiumAwardforExcellenceinTechnologyTransfer1993 Health Physics Society Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award�995AmericanAssociationofPhysicistsinMedicineWilliamDCoolidgeRecipientDate Uncertain: American Association of Physicists in Medicine Farrington DanielsAward,SocietyofNuclearMedicinePlaque

Robert Loevinger died November 6, �005, in San Diego, CA. He is survived by hischildren Nancy Loevinger (spouse David Larom and child Maia), David Loevinger(spouseKatherineandchildrenCoreyandAndrew)andNealLoevinger.(TheabovebiographywasprovidedbyJohannesvandeGeijn,PhD)

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Achievement in Medical Physics AwardAzam Niroomand‑Rad, PhD, FAAPM

Azam Niroomand-Rad received her PhD in Atomic and MolecularPhysics from Michigan State University in �978. She completeda post-doctoral fellowship in medical physics at the University ofWisconsin, Madison in 1983, and is currently board certified by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) and the American Board ofMedicalPhysics.Forthepast�8years,shehasworkedatGeorgetownUniversity Medical Center (GUMC) in Washington D.C. She iscurrentlyafullprofessoratGUMCandservesasthePresidentofthe

InternationalOrganizationofMedicalPhysics(IOMP).

For the past �5 years, Dr. Niroomand-Rad has been very productive in academia asa clinical radiation oncology physicist. She has published over forty peer-reviewedarticlesandnumerousbookchapters,andisco-inventorofaU.S.patentfordesigninga novel stereotactic method for treatment of spine lesions. She has been an invitedspeakertomanyconferencesrelatedtoherclinicalresearchactivities.Inaddition,shehasbeenrecognizedforherteachingandhasreceivedtheTeacheroftheYearAwardfromtheAssociationofResidentsinRadiationOncology.SheisalsoanOralExaminerforAmericanBoardofRadiology. Heradministrative responsibilitieshave includedthatofClinicalPhysicsDirectoratGUMC.

In addition to her research, teaching, administrative, and patient care activities, Dr.Niroomand-Rad has been very active in the scientific, educational, and professional activities of the AAPM. She became a Fellow of our organization in �997. She hasserved theassociation inmanycapacities, including twiceasamemberof theBoardof Directors, Founding Chair of the International Scientific Exchange Programs for developingcountries,ChairofInternationalAffairsCommittee,ChairofTaskGroups,andasanAssociateEditoroftheMedicalPhysicsJournal.

In her role as President of the IOMP, she has helped promote the status of medicalphysicsworldwide.Shehasbeencriticalintheestablishmentofseveralnationalmedicalphysicsassociationsinthedevelopingcountriesandhasorganizedmanyinternationalscientific and educational programs. Most recently, she has worked diligently towards thelistingofthemedicalphysicsprofessionasahealthprofessioninthenextrevisionofthe International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88) by the International LaborOrganization.

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William D. Coolidge Award

TheAAPM’shighesthonorispresentedtoamemberwhohasexhibitedadistinguishedcareer in medical physics, and who has exerted a significant impact on the practice of medicalphysics.

William D. Coolidge Award Recipients

�97� WilliamD.Coolidge�97� RobertJ.Shalek�974 JohnS.Laughlin�975 MarvinM.D.Williams�976 HaroldE.Johns�977 EdithE.Quimby�978 LawrenceH.Lanzl�979 HerbertM.Parker�980 JohnR.Cameron�98� JamesG.Kereiakes�98� GailD.Adams�98� EdwardW.Webster�984 RobleyD.Evans�985 JackS.Krohmer�986 WarrenK.Sinclair�987 GordonL.Brownell�988 JohnR.Cunningham

�989 WilliamR.Hendee�990 PeterR.Almond1991 Moses A. Greenfield�99� NagalingamSuntharalingam�99� ColinG.Orton�994 F.H.Attix�995 RobertLoevinger�996 LeonardStanton�997 JamesA.Purdy�998 BengtE.Bjarngard�999 FaizM.Khan�000 LowellL.Anderson�00� RavinderNath�00� BhudattR.Paliwal�00� KennethR.Hogstrom�004 C.CliftonLing�005 GaryT.Barnes

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AAPM William D. Coolidge Recipient for 2006

Ervin B. Podgorsak, PhD, FCCPM, FAAPM

Ervin B. Podgorsak was born in Vienna, Austria and grew up inSloveniawherehecompletedhisundergraduatestudiesinTechnicalPhysicsat theUniversityofLjubljana. HecontinuedhisstudiesattheUniversityofWisconsininMadisonwherehereceivedhisMScdegreeinPhysicsunderJohnR.Cameronin�970andhisPhDdegreeinPhysicswithaminorinRadiologicalScienceunderPaulR.Moranin�97�.AftercompletingaPost-doctoralFellowshipunderHaroldE.JohnsandclinicalphysicstraineeshipunderJohnR.Cunningham

at the University of Toronto in �975, Dr. Podgorsak accepted a position of AssistantProfessor and clinical physicist at McGill University in Montreal where he currentlyholds the positions of Professor of Medical Physics (since �985) and Director of theMedicalPhysicsUnit(MPU)intheFacultyofMedicine(since�99�)aswellasDirectoroftheMedicalPhysicsDepartmentintheMcGillUniversityHealthCentre(since�979).

DuringhisassociationwithMcGill,Dr.Podgorsakhasbeeninvolvedwithallaspectsofmedicalphysics,includingclinicalworkandconsultation;basicandappliedclinicalresearch;teachingoftwograduatephysicscoursestomedicalphysicsgraduatestudents;mentoring of graduate students; teaching of medical residents and radiotherapytechnology students; administration of a hospital medical physics department with�0 staff, and administration of an academic graduate program with 40 students andresidents.

Ofallprofessionalresponsibilities,Dr.Podgorsakismostfondofteachingandderivesmuchpleasurefromseeinghisstudentsembarkingonsuccessfulprofessionalcareers.TheMPUwasformedatMcGillin�979andtodateitgraduated�40MScstudentsand�8PhDstudents;oftheseDr.Podgorsakmentored�0MScand7PhDstudents.McGill’sMScandPhDprogramshavebeenCAMPEP-accreditedsince�99�;anditsresidencyprograminradiationoncologyphysicssince�000.Dr.PodgorsakhasservedintheAAPMontheBoardofDirectors,Radiotherapycommittee,varioustaskgroups,EducationCouncil,andthe“MedicalPhysics”EditorialBoard.HealsoservedaschairoftheLocalArrangementscommitteeforthe�00�annualmeetingandiscurrentlychairofthe“EducationandTrainingofMedicalPhysicists”committee.Hewasalsoactiveonmanyothernationalandinternationalcommittees,boardsandadvisoryboards,inparticulartheCanadianCollegeofPhysicistsinMedicine(CCPM),servingontheCCPMBoardasChairoftheExaminationcommittee,VicePresident,andPresident. He is board certified in radiation oncology physics by the CCPM and the

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AmericanBoardofMedicalPhysics(ABMP)andservedonexaminationpanelsforboththeCCPMandtheABMP.

Dr.PodgorsakisaFellowoftheCCPMandtheAAPM.Hehaspublished�40papersinpeer- reviewed journals, recentlyediteda radiationoncologyphysics textbook fortheInternationalAtomicEnergyAgencyandpublishedatextbook“RadiationPhysicsforMedicalPhysicists”throughSpringer.WithhisgraduatestudentCoreyZankowskihe received theSylviaFedorukPrizeand theFarringtonDanielsAward. In�005hereceivedtheLifetimeAchievementAwardfromtheUpstateNewYorkAAPMchapter.

Congratulations to all of the Award Winners!

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