The 2019 FLAAPM Spring meeting will be held at The Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach, FL  on 3/1/19-3/2/19. More details and registration information will be posted soon. 

The 2018 FLAAPM Fall Meeting will be held in Jupiter, FL at the Wyndham Grand Jupiter at Harbourside Place on Friday, September 14th, 2018. Registration is now available and more details are available in the Events page.

Dear FLAAPM Members,

Due to Hurricane Irma, we have decided to cancel the Fall meeting.  There’s a possibility of rescheduling, but we will wait until after the hurricane for that to be determined.  We will be issuing full refunds as soon as possible.  The refunds will be made in the payment form that was used for the registration.  Dues payments will also be included in the refund.  If you need to pay your dues, you can do so through the national AAPM or at the next FLAAPM meeting.  If you paid online, you should receive an email from PayPal when your refund is issued.  Also, please remember it is your responsibility to cancel your hotel reservation.  Stay safe!

Sincerely,
FLAAPM Board

 

GAFCHROMIC FILM COURSE---5 CAMPEP Credits

Clinical Use of GafChromic Films and FilmQA Pro 3.0 Software
for Efficient and Accurate Dosimetry
in SRS-SBRT, Proton Therapy, Brachytherapy and IMRT
 

 Date:
December 10, 2016 (8:30 am to 3:00pm)

Venue:
Florida Atlantic University, Science Building, SE 319A
Boca Raton, Florida (Directions on the 2^nd page)

SPEAKERS:

Zoubir Ouhib MS FACR, Chief Medical Physicist
Lynn Cancer Institute, Boca Raton Community Hospital, Boca Raton, FL

Maria Chan Ph.D., Chief Physicist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Basking Ridge, NJ

Linda Kelley Ph.D., Staff Physicist
Xoft - a subsidiary of iCAD

LECTURES:

Patient-Specific QA: One-Scan Protocol Across Multimodalities of Planning and Delivery (Protons, Linac-Based, CyberKnife, GammaKnife and Tomotherapy)

Small Field Dosimetry with GafChromic Film: Commissioning and E2E Test for SRS-SBRT
Current AAPM Practice Guidelines on SRS-SBRT

GafChromic Film Dosimetry for Electron Brachytherapy Source
Estaya and Xoft

WORK SHOP:

Demonstrating, Performing Verification using actual studies applying Multi-channel Dosimetry and One San Protocol

Register Now

Please contact Resat Aydin no later than Thursday December 8^th, 2016

at raydin@ashland.com or call 908-243-4725

DIRECTIONS

1.  Directions from I-95 

COMING FROM THE NORTH: Take I-95 south; exit Glades Road (Exit 45) and go east approximately one mile; FAU will be on your left. 

COMING FROM THE SOUTH: Take I-95 north; exit Glades Road (Exit 45) and go east approximately one mile; FAU will be on your left.

2.    Directions from the Turnpike

COMING FROM THE NORTH: Take the Turnpike south; exit at Glades Road and go east approximately 6 miles; FAU is located on your left.

COMING FROM THE SOUTH: Take the Turnpike north; exit at Glades Road and go east approximately 6 miles; FAU is located on your left.

Upon entering the campus, Follow West University Drive

West University Drive will lead to North University Drive, Follow North University drive

Make a right at the 2^nd traffic light on North University Drive

Make another right

The Science building (#43) will be on your left

Park in the red lot on your right side.

                                                                     

                                                                         

Congratulations to our new officers!  Dr. Matthew Studenski from University of Miami has been elected as the new President-Elect and Dr. Kathleen Hintenlang from Mayo Clinic Jacksonville has been elected as the next AAPM Chapter Board Rep.  Matt will join the board immediately and Kathleen will take Bob Pooley's seat when his term ends at the end of the calendar year.

On July 13, 2015, the State Surgeon General and Secretary of Health Dr. John Armstrong announced eight appointments to the Advisory Council of Medical Physicists. Including the following physicists:

Mr. Scott Dube, MS, DABR, with Morton Plant Hospital brings 35 years of experience as a hospital-based clinical medical physicist. He is appointed as a licensed medical physicist who specializes in therapeutic radiological physics for a four-year term beginning July 10, 2015, and ending July 9, 2019.

Dr. Ignacio Ferras III, Ph.D., DRP, MNP, TRP, with Huff, Ferras & Associates, Inc. and Tampa General Hospital brings 30 years of experience in the practice of medical physics. He is appointed as a licensed medical physicist who specializes in medical nuclear radiological physics for a four-year term beginning July 10, 2015, and ending July 9, 2019.

Dr. William Sensakovic, Ph.D., DABR, DRP, with Florida Hospital Orlando brings three years clinical practice experience in diagnostic medical physics and extensive research background related to medical physics technology development. He is appointed as a licensed medical physicist who specializes in diagnostic radiological physics for a four-year term beginning July 10, 2015, and ending July 9, 2019 

http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2015/07/071315-council-medical-physicists.html 

The presentations from the spring 2015 meetings have been posted.  We are still waiting on a few more presenters to agree to posting there presentations.  Those will be posted as soon as possible.

Link to presentations:
https://flaapm.wildapricot.org/Spring-2015-Meeting-Presentations 

Thanks, Robert

The Florida Department of Health is currently accepting applications from qualified candidates who are interested in serving on the Council of Medical Physicists.  For more information click here or contact Joseph Lesho at (850) 245-4396 or Joseph.Lesho@flhealth.gov.

CE Broker (for tracking CE Credits)

FLAAPM members can receive a $10 discount to CE Broker, the official continuing education tracking system. 

A subscription to CE Broker lasts for an entire license cycle and offers you a continuing education management tool. 

A full access account displays your renewal requirements, shows everything recorded to date, and details what you have left to complete.

Go to CEBroker.com and use the promotion code to apply your $10 discount using Promotion Code “PMCEB”