American Nuclear SocietyBiology and Medicine Division (BMD)

and the Computational Medical Physics

Working Group

Presentation to the

ANS Board of Directors

Sheldon Landsberger

November 10, 2010

Las Vegas, NV

BMD Mission 1. Promote uses of radioisotopes and radiation in medical

diagnosis, therapy and complex imaging techniques, and in other life science research including neutron, photon, and charged particle applications

2. Stimulate and promote the creation of specialized materials, equipment and facilities required for the pure and applied research in these areas

3. Advance and improve techniques and methodologies using nuclear and atomic radiations in nuclear medicine and other life science research and applications.

Governance

2010-2011

Officers• 2011 Sheldon Landsberger Chair• 2011 Wayne D. Newhauser Vice Chair• 2011 Steven R. Biegalski Secretary/Treasurer•  • Members• 2011 Steven R. Biegalski 2011 Mary Pik-Wai Chin• 2013 Elisabete A. De Nadai Fernandes 2011 Sam Glover• 2011 Stephen P. LaMont 2011 Sheldon Landsberger• 2013 Dragan Mirkovic 2012 Wayne D. Newhauser• 2012 John D. Robertson 2013 Nicholas M. Spyrou• 2012 Bryan E. Tomlin 2012 Rolf L. Zeisler

 

Membership Trends Last 5 Years/Composition418 end of October 2010

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

300

350

400

450

500

392416 430

452 456 463 468 463 452 440

Bio & Med Annual Membership

Composition

Students24%

Educational Institution14%

Retired10%

Government Agency9%

National Lab9%

Medical Institution8%

Manufacturer7%

Consulting Company7%

other4%

Biology and Medicine Division by Industry

2% or less:UtilityPrivate Research Lab Architect/ConstructionService CompanySupplierTest Lab

Budget 12 months 2009

Budget Funds

Carry Forward 2009 11,816

Member Allocation 904

Total Budget 13,581

Budget ExpensesAwards, PlaquesNewsletters

104

Meeting Costs

Officer Expense 500

Student Support

Need Funding 0

Other Expenses 0

Total Expense 285

Excess Budget Funds/Expenses

12,692

Budget 12 months 2010Actual 8 months 2010

Budget Funds

Carry Forward 2009 12,692

Member Allocation 800 800

Total Budget 880 13572

Budget ExpensesAwards, PlaquesNewsletters

0 0

Meeting Costs 1000 0

Officer Expense 500 0

Student Support 500 200

Need Funding 0 0

Other Expenses 0 24

Total Expense 2000 224

Excess Budget Funds/Expenses

-1120 13,348

Communications/Web, E-mail/Copy of Newsletter

• http://bmd.ans.org/isotopes.shtm

BMD Contributions to ANS• ANS Position Statements• Participation with Other Professional

Societies– negligible

• Society Leadership– negligible

• Non-Meeting Publications– Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear

Chemistry- some BMD related

BMD Meetings

• National Meeting Participation• Topicals/Prior Two Years, Current Year,

Future Two Years- Class I, Class II Topicals- Class III Topicals

Contributions to ANS Annual and Winter Meetings

• 2010 AM San Diego, CA• BMD organized 1-day symposium on Food Irradiation

with the help of Joseph Butterweck, AEMGroup as Session Organizer with one Invited Paper and one Panel Session. Session was well attended with up to 30 “outsiders”.

• 2011 Annual Meeting Hollywood, Florida June 26-30, 20• Track 2a. Proton and Ion Treatment of Cancer. Session

Organizer George Xu

Class I Meetings

 • BMD, IRD, RSPD and CMPWG have co-sponsored the

2010 Las Vegas topical meeting of the ANS Nevada Section, Palace Station Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, April 18-23, 2010.

•  • Calendar placement was obtained for MARC-IX, March

25-30, 2012 in Kona. This meeting is sponsored by BMD, IRD, and the Northern California Section.

Class III Meetings

• EMBEDDED TOPICAL MEETING – 2010 ANS Winter Meeting

• November 8-11, 2010 • Riviera Hotel • Las Vegas, NV

• 2010 Isotopes for Medicine and Industry

Class IV Meetings• On behalf of CMPWG, the Class IV Approval Request for the

5th Joint Symposium on Computational Cancer Research to the NPC and obtained approval. The meeting is endorsed by BMD, RPSD, and MCD.

•  • BMD is proposing two meetings for ANS calendar placement

and approval:• 3rd International Nuclear Chemistry – 3rd INCC, Sept. 18-23,

2011, Citta del Mare, Palermo, Italy• The 10th International Conference on Nuclear Analytical

Methods in the Life Science, Jan. 22-27, 2012 Bangkok, Thailand

Division Meetings Division Governance Division Contributions to Society

Division Services to Membership

National Meeting Participation

2009 Annual: 2 sessions, 0 panels2009 Winter: 4 sessions, 1 panel

Succession Planning

2008 succession plan implemented2009 reviewed

ANS Position Statements

19 Radon in Homes (withdrawn), 41 Health Effects of LL Radiation (draft

submitted)28 Food Irradiation (Active)

Professional Development

AM 2008 Tutorial2009 “Current Status, Trends and Needs in Radiochemical Education: The USA

and Abroad”

Class I, Class II Topicals

+/- 25 % attendance MARC (237/239) 2006 MARC VII 239/ CMPWG

20072009 MARC VIII

Membership Trends

453/468 mbrs +1.1% change 2006468/463 mbrs -1.1% change 2007463/452 mbrs -2.3% change 2008452/440 mbrs -2.7% change 2009

Participation with Outside Professional Societies

BMD has liaison with ACMP, ISMRM and NCRP, AAPM, HPS

Scholarships

Vogt Scholarship (joint scholarship with IRD)

Class III Topicals

2008 Embedded: Co-sponsored with IRD (72 summaries)

Communications

2 newsletters in 2009Website update in 2009

Co-sponsors Comp Med Physics WG

Society Leadership

4 of 4 PDC Mtgs., 75% Exec. Comm. 4 of 4 NPC

BoD presentation in 2008

Peer Recognition/Awards

2009 Radiation Science & Technology

AwardThe Hevesy Medal

Division Planning

2009 Strategic Plan

Non-Meeting Publications

BMD helped update the ANS Radiation Dose Chart and wrote responses to public

inquiry about radiation. 2009 “Current Status, Trends and Needs

in Radiochemical Education: The US and Abroad” book

Student Support

2009 Student Conference

Division’s Commitment to YMGLiaison appointed; subcommittee in

place2009 organized session for Young

Professionals Congress

Professional Division MetricsBMD Vitality Measures – CY 2009

Summary

• Status of Division/TG Metrics and Measures–All adequate

• List Areas of Success–Computational Medical Physics Working Group

• Focus for Future Action–Computational Medical Physics Working Group– Increase Membership