International Organisation for Medical Physics correspondence

International Organisation for Medical Physics correspondence, also includes circulated meeting papers. Also includes papers of the International Liaison Committee of Medical Physics, a forerunner to IOMP, set up in 1959. Correspondence regards the establishment of IOMP and the formation of the UK National Committee for Medical Physics.

1959-1965

1 file (in 2 parts)

The International Organisation for Medical Physics (IOMP) was born from the International Liaison Committee of Medical Physics, which formed after the 1959 Congress of Radiology in Munich. IOMP was established in 1963 to organise international cooperation in medical physics and to promote the exchange of information across the world. Participating countries were represented by delegates who attended IOMP meetings and congresses. Each member country established a National Committee for Medical Physics, which was then affiliated to the International Organisation of Medical Physics. The group was chaired by Dr S Benner, Sweden, and affiliated to the International Organisation for Pure and Applied Biophysics.