Overview
- Aims to communicate what medical physics is and what medical physicists do to a broad audience
- Brings together an all-star cast of high-profile and award-winning scholars
- Appeals to the inquisitive science student who is searching for direction and career decisions
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Medical Physics: More than History
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Medical Physics: More than Clinical Service
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Medical Physics: More than Research
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Medical Physics: More than Protection of the Public
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About this book
From the general public to the budding student in search of career guidance, as well as young and seasoned practicing professionals, these thought-provoking, witty, and simply entertaining “untold stories” encourage the reader to reflect on and ponder the many enduring lessons born from unexpected life-turning events.
Reviews
“[This] book is a collection of real-life stories told by award-winning medical physicists. … As the titles … suggest, a medical physicist is perhaps more than history, more than clinical service, more than research, more than protection of the public, more than teaching and more than commercial developments. Hopefully, readers of this book will leave with a fuller grasp of what medical physics is – and perhaps even be inspired to look into it as a worthwhile career option for themselves.” (TamiFreeman, physicsworld.com, October 11, 2022)
“For anyone who has wondered who invents the machines at the heart of modern medicine, or what happens behind the scenes before a CT appointment, this book introduces the reader to one of the invisible members of the care team. For anyone who likes both hard science and is interested in the clinical care of patients this book has many examples of people who have walked that path and can light the way. Lastly, for anyone who in interested in science and like a good yarn, True Tales of Medical Physics is as entertaining as it is informative.” (Robert Meiler, University of Rochester Medical Center)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
During his recent years at the LRCP, he was associated with research grants averaging about $1 Million per year involving various aspects of the implementation of modern technology into clinical practice. Since retirement, he has worked on projects related to radiation therapy resource analysis in different income environments around the world as well as providing medical physics guidance in low-to-middle income countries.
He has won various teaching awards. He was elected Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine in July 1997 for his “contributions to the field of medical physics”. In 2004, he was elected Fellow of The Institute of Physics (London, U.K.) “in recognition of his status in the physics community”. In 2011, he was awarded the Gold Medal by the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP). This is the highest honour which COMP bestows on a member of COMP to recognize an outstanding career as Medical Physicist who has worked mainly in Canada. In July 2012, he was presented with COMP’s inaugural Fellow of COMP (FCOMP) award in recognition of “his significant contribution to the organization and to the field ofmedical physics in Canada”. In 2013, in view of the 50th anniversary of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), he was selected as one out of 50 medical physicists "who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of medical physics over the last 50 years." In May 2014, he was granted an honorary Doctor of Science (honoris causa) degree at Western University’s MD Convocation. In November 2019, the IOMP awarded him the International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) award for “promoting medical physics to a larger audience and highlighting the contributions medical physicists make for patient care.” The IOMP is an organization representing nearly 30,000 medical physicists worldwide.
He has served as President of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM) as well as one of its examiners for multiple years. He participates on the boards and task groups of various professional, national, and international organizations. He also participates as Consultant and Lecturer for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Consultant for the World Health Organization (WHO), especially as related to technology, quality assurance, and safety considerations in radiation therapy. While he served as Full-Time Consultant at the IAEA in Vienna, Austria, from 2009 to 2011, he continues to work with the IAEA as Consultant, especially regarding projects relating to low-income environments. He has been Invited Lecturer to conferences and courses in over 41 countries.
In addition to about 200 publications, he has published 4 books (~2600 pages) in 1999 (Volume 1), 2005 (Volume 2), 2013 (Volume 3), and 2020 (Volume 4) entitled The Modern Technology of Radiation Oncology: A Compendium for Medical Physicists and Radiation Oncologists. He co-edited Volume 6 of Advances in Medical Physics (2016).
His most recent activities include founding a new organization called Medical Physics for World Benefit (www.mpwb.org) of which he is has now completed his terms of office although he is still involved in various related projects. This organization is devoted to providing medical physics support to lower income countries throughout the world.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: True Tales of Medical Physics
Book Subtitle: Insights into a Life-Saving Specialty
Editors: Jacob Van Dyk
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91724-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91723-4Published: 06 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-91724-1Published: 05 June 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 575
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 147 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Science and Technology Studies, Media and Communication, Imaging / Radiology