
Southwest Regional Chapter of
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Arkansas – Louisiana – Oklahoma - Texas

SWAAPM Membership
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Robert J. Shalek Award
RECORDS OF AWARD RECIPIENTS
1979 - Arthur G. Haus - 1979 AAPM Summer School and Proceedings
1980 - No award
1981 - Stewart C. Bushong - contributions in medical physics
1982-84 - No award
1985 - Louis K. Wagner - book: Exposure to Pregnant Patients
1986 - William F. Hanson - leadership at the Radiological Physics Center and ADCL
1987 - Jack S. Krohmer - Medical Physics representation to local and national organizations
1988 - Benjamin R. Archer - analytical reconstruction of x-ray spectra
1989 - Ann E. Wright - advancing professional recognition of medical physicists nationally and within Texas
1990 - Kenneth R. Hogstrom - graduate education of physicists and research in electron beam dosimetry
1991 - Gary D. Fullerton - national and international leadership in medical physics and contributions to research and education
1992 - Arthur L. Boyer - education of graduate students and radiotherapy professionals; research in conformal therapy and application of FFT
1993 - Marilyn Stovall - computer dosimetry of brachytherapy and education of radiotherapy professionals on its use TLD dosimetry service for QA
1994 - David L. Goff - professional service to the ACMP, ABMP, and Texas Board of Licensure for Medical Physics consulting medical physics service in South TX
- Louis B. Levy - education of graduate students and radiotherapy professionals; professional service; consulting medical physics service in San Antonio
1995 - Raymond M. Wilenzick - leadership and professional contributions to AAPM, ACMP, and LSRO; clinical service and teaching in radiation oncology
1996 - Michael D. Mills – leadership of AAPM and ACMP sponsored Abt Study report; contributions to ACMP- sponsored “Survey of Physics Resources for Radiation Oncology Special Procedures”
1997-2013 - No award
2014 - Russel Tarver - Leadership and professional contributions to AAPM and SWAAPM, clinical service and teaching in radiation oncology
2015 - Niko Papanikolaou - Research, Teaching and mentoring graduate students in Texas and professional service to SWAAPM and Texas Board of Licensure for Medical Physics
2016 - Rajat Kudchadker - Professional service to SWAAPM and leadership in the developing and coordinating an ABR mock exam for the chapter members
2017 - John Gibbons - Significant contributions to education and AAPM through professional service (regionally & nationally) having served in approximately 50 appointed positions.
2018 - Steven McCullough - Service to the chapter as Treasurer 2012 - 2020, instrumental in many SWAAPM annual meetings promoting the membership, and serving as chair/member on AAPM committees.
2019 - George Starkschall - Mentoring and education of graduate students at MDACC, contributions to CAMPEP, and overall impact on medical physics education.
2020 - Kenneth (Kip) Matthews - Significant impact through research, education, and professional service. Pivotal contributions to imaging research and synchrotron CAMD beamline research.
2021 - Brent Parker - Attend the 2022 SWAAPM Meeting award ceremony April 8th @ 5PM CST to find out more.