Meet your MPWB board members for 2021-2022
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President
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John Schreiner, PhD, FAAPM, FCOMP, FCCPMEmeritus Professor of Oncology and Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy, Queen’s University; past president of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine, founding scientific committee member for the International Conferences on Three Dimensional and advanced Dosimetry (IC3Ddose). |
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President-Elect
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Tomas Kron, PhD, FCCPM, FCOMP, FACPSEM, FIOMPTomas is Director of Physical Sciences at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne and holds academic appointments at Wollongong, RMIT and Melbourne Universities. Fellow of IOP(UK), ACPSEM, COMP, IOMP and IUPESM and was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to medicine, research and education in 2014. He is on the editorial board of Radiother. Oncol., Clin. Oncol. and Radiat. Meas. and consultant for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).For the last seven years he also has served in various roles on the International Medical Physics Certification Board (IMPCB). |
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Past-President 
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Yakov Pipman, DSc, FAAPM, FACMPPhysicist (emeritus) and former Director of Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Medicine, NSLIJ Health System, New York; Chair, International Scientific Exchange Program of AAPM, past Chair of International Educational Activities, Latin American Affairs, member of the BoD (2001-4 and 2014-7, Liaison to ALFIM and Cuba, delegate to IOMP, member of African Affairs and Equipment Donation program (AAPM); Chair of Professional Relations Committee (IOMP); Served on expert missions and Education programs (IAEA) and Educational programs of the ICTP. |
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Secretary/Treasurer
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Dave Wilkins, PhD, FCCPMAdjunct Professor, Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada; Senior Medical Physicist (retired), The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre; past president of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (2009-2012). |
Director of Communications |
Parminder S. Basran, PhD, FCCPMAssociate Research Professor, Cornell University; Served as Councillor for Communications for the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists; Past Editor COMP InterACTIONS Newsletter; Past President of BC Association of Medical Physicists (2015-17); Chair of AAPM Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program, Member of a number of AAPM Committees. |
Director of Fund Raising
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Eduard Gershkevitch, PhDHead of Medical Physics Service, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia. Past Physics Committee member of ESTRO, Consultant to the IAEA, active in area of RT equipment commissioning, verification and audits. |
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