International Organization for Medical Physics

International Organization for Medical Physics
	IOMP logo
Abbreviation	IOMP
Formation	1963
Headquarters	York
Region	Global
Official language	English
President	Slavik Tabakov
Vice-President	Madan M. Rehani
Past President	K Y Cheung
Secretary-General	Virginia Tsapaki
Website	http://www.iomp.org

The International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) is a professional organization for medical physics with nearly 22,000 members in 84 countries.^[1]

Objectives and History

IOMP is charged with a mission to advance medical physics practice worldwide by disseminating scientific and technical information, fostering the educational and professional development of medical physics and promoting the highest quality medical services for patients.

IOMP was formed in January 1963 initially with 4 affiliated national member organizations (Canada, Sweden, UK, USA).^[2] After 50 years of active existence and global support for the medical physics profession, IOMP has a membership of 80 national member organizations and 6 regional organizations. IOMP is affiliated to IUPESM, IUPAP and ICSU and is officially connected to IFMBE.

IOMP collaborates with professional bodies such as IRPA and ICRP and international organizations such as WHO and IAEA in promoting the development of medical physics and safe use of radiation and radiological equipment technology.

IOMP publishes an electronic Newsletter (Medical Physics World) and an open-source journal (Medical Physics International).

To raise awareness about the role medical physicists play for the benefit of patients, IOMP organizes the annual International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) on November 7 - the birthday of Marie Sklodowska-Curie.^[3]

The World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (World Congress) is organised by IOMP (together with IFMBE and IUPESM) as well as the International Congress of Medical Physics (ICMP), held between World Congresses. ^[4]

IOMP Member Countries

State ^[2]	Member Organisation ^[5]	Date of membership
Canada	COMP-OCMP ^[6]	1963
Sweden	Swedish Society of Radiation Physics ^[7]	1963
UK	IPEM^[8]	1963
USA	AAPM	1963
Germany
Hungary
Israel
Poland
South Africa
Brazil
Finland
France
Greece
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Ireland
Norway
Italy
Japan
Spain
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
India
Switzerland
Thailand
China
Colombia
Nigeria
Turkey
Australia
Hong Kong
Philippine
Sri Lanka
Malaysia
Cyprus
Argentina
Bulgaria
Ghana
Korea
Romania
Tanzania
Moldova
Pakistan
Russia
Slovenia
Sudan
Trinidad & Tobago
Algeria
Indonesia
Iran
Panama
Venezuela
Zimbabwe
Cuba
Estonia
Georgia
Lithuania
Morocco
Ukraine
Zambia
Ecuador
Portugal
Bangladesh
Chile
Egypt
Nepal
Taiwan
Singapore
Uganda
Mongolia
Jordan
Croatia
Cameroon
Czech Republic
United Arab Emirates
Macedonia
Lebanon
Peru
Saudi Arabia
Vietnam
Iraq
Qatar