international organization for medical physics international organization for medical physics the international organization for medical physics (iomp) is a professional organization for medical physics with nearly 22,000 members in 84 countries. international organization for medical physicsiomp logoabbreviationiompformation1963headquartersyorkregion globalofficial language englishpresidentmadan m. rehanivice-presidentjohn damilakispast presidentslavik tabakovsecretary-generaleva bezakwebsitehttp://www.iomp.org 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). 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. 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. iomp member countries state member organisation date of membership australia australasian college of physical scientists and engineers in medicine (acpsem) canada canadian organization of medical physicists (comp) 1963 sweden swedish society of radiation physics 1963 uk institute of physics and engineering in medicine (ipem) 1963 usa american association of physicists in medicine (aapm) 1963 germany deutsche gesellschaft für medizinische physik (dgmp) romania romanian college of medical physicists (cfmr) 1990 (renewed 2010) moldova association of medical physicists from the republic of moldova (afmm) 2016 new zealand australasian college of physical scientists and engineers in medicine (acpsem) denmark danish society for medical physics (dsmf) 1982 hungary israel poland south africa brazil finland france greece mexico netherlands ireland norway italy japan spain austria belgium india switzerland schweizerische gesellschaft für strahlenbiologie und medizinische physiksociété suisse de radiobiologie et de physique médicalesocietà svizzera di radiobiologia e di fisica medicaswiss society of radiobiology and medical physics (sgsmp-ssrpm-ssrfm-ssrmp) 1982 thailand china colombia nigeria turkey hong kong philippine sri lanka malaysia cyprus argentina bulgaria ghana korea tanzania 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 countries are represented by the respective national organizations for medical physics. regional organizations european federation of organisations for medical physics (efomp) asia-oceania federation of organizations for medical physics (afomp) latin american medical physics association (alfim) southeast asian federation of organizations of medical physics (seafomp) federation of african medical physics organisations (fampo) middle east federation of organisations for medical physics (mefomp)