The South East Asian Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (SEAFOMP): Its history and role in the ASEAN countries
- Author:
KH Ng
;
JHD Wong
- Publication Type:Editorial
- Keywords:
Southeast Asia, SEAFOMP, history, medical physics, organization
- From:Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal
2008;4(2):1-8
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Informal discussion started in 1996 and the South East Asian Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics
(SEAFOMP) was officially accepted as a regional chapter of the IOMP at the Chicago World Congress in 2000 with five
member countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Professor Kwan-Hoong Ng served
as the founding president until 2006. Brunei (2002) and Vietnam (2005) joined subsequently. We are very grateful to the founding members of SEAFOMP: Anchali Krisanachinda, Kwan-Hoong Ng, Agnette Peralta, Ratana Pirabul, Djarwani
S Soejoko and Toh-Jui Wong.
The objectives of SEAFOMP are to promote (i) co-operation and communication between medical physics
organizations in the region; (ii) medical physics and related activities in the region; (iii) the advancement in status and standard of practice of the medical physics profession; (iv) to organize and/or sponsor international and regional conferences, meetings or courses; (v) to collaborate or affiliate with other scientific organizations.
SEAFOMP has been organizing a series of congresses to promote scientific exchange and mutual support. The
South East Asian Congress of Medical Physics (SEACOMP) series was held respectively in Kuala Lumpur (2001),
Bangkok (2003), Kuala Lumpur (2004) and Jakarta (2006). The respective congress themes indicated the emphasis and
status of development. The number of participants (countries in parentheses) was encouraging: 110 (17), 150 (16), 220 (23) and 126 (7).
In honour of the late Professor John Cameron, an eponymous lecture was established. The inaugural John Cameron
Lecture was delivered by Professor Willi Kalender in 2004. His lecture was titled “Recent Developments in Volume CT
Scanning”.
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