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Southwest Regional Chapter of
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Arkansas – Louisiana – Oklahoma - Texas
SWAAPM Membership
SW AAPM membership dues are now handled through the national AAPM website.
If you have not already paid your chapter dues, you can pay them on the national chapters website.
Robert J. Shalek Award
RECORDS OF AWARD RECIPIENTS
2023
Laurence Court
Contributions to be announced at the 2024 Annual SWAAPM meeting! Register to attend this year in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2022
Richard "Bud" E. Wendt III
Contributions to education as well as service to AAPM, SDAMPP, and CAMPEP. Program director of UT MDACC graduate program in medical physics from 2013 to 2022.
2021
Brent Parker
Service 10+ yrs in SWAAPM. Contributions to AAPM such as Chair of Professional Council. Influential role in the LSU Medical Physics residency as inaugural Program Director.
2020
Kenneth (Kip) Matthews
Significant impact through research, education, and professional service. Pivotal contributions to imaging research and synchrotron CAMD beamline research.
2019
George Starkschall
Mentoring and education of graduate students at MDACC, contributions to CAMPEP, and overall impact on medical physics education.
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.
2017
John Gibbons
Significant contributions to education and AAPM through professional service (regionally & nationally) having served in approximately 50 appointed positions.
2016
Rajat Kudchadker
Professional service to SWAAPM and leadership in the developing and coordinating an ABR mock exam for the chapter members.
2015
Niko Papanikolaou
Research, Teaching and mentoring graduate students in Texas and professional service to SWAAPM and Texas Board of Licensure for Medical Physics.
2014
Russel Tarver
Leadership and professional contributions to AAPM and SWAAPM, clinical service and teaching in radiation oncology.
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No awards 1997 - 2013
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”.
1995
Raymond M. Wilenzick
Leadership and professional contributions to AAPM, ACMP, and LSRO; clinical service and teaching in radiation oncology.
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.
1993
Marilyn Stovall
Computer dosimetry of brachytherapy and education of radiotherapy professionals on its use TLD dosimetry service for QA.
1992
Arthur L. Boyer
Education of graduate students and radiotherapy professionals; research in conformal therapy and application of FFT.
1991
Gary D. Fullerton
National and international leadership in medical physics and contributions to research and education.
1990
Kenneth R. Hogstrom
Graduate education of physicists and research in electron beam dosimetry.
1989
Ann E. Wright
Advancing professional recognition of medical physicists nationally and within Texas.
1988
Benjamin R. Archer
Analytical reconstruction of x-ray spectra.
1987
Jack S. Krohmer
Medical Physics representation to local and national organizations.
1986
William F. Hanson
Leadership at the Radiological Physics Center and ADCL.
1985
Louis K. Wagner
Book: Exposure to Pregnant Patients.
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No award: 1982 - 1984
1981
Stewart C. Bushong
Contributions in medical physics.
1980
No award in 1980.
1979
Arthur G. Haus
1979 AAPM Summer School and Proceedings.
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Robert J. Shalek
Significant contributions to Medical Physics.
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