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29 January 2019
52nd HPS Midyear Meeting Registration and Talks

Join us in San Diego for the 52nd Health Physics Society (HPS) Midyear Meeting, 17–20 February 2019. It's not too late to register!

A full slate of talks from Monday morning to Wednesday afternoon is planned. Additionally, the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA)-sponsored workshop "Radiation Safety Culture in Health Care" is FREE to attend for midyear meeting attendees and will be held Wednesday afternoon and Thursday.

This year's plenary session features both national and international experts on radiation safety.

Dr. Luis Benevides, radiation safety officer for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, will be speaking on his experiences as a health physicist serving in the Navy. The talk "Deterministic Opportunities and Stochastic Journeys: A Career in the Armed Services as a Physicist" will serve as an unofficial start to the military health physics workshop held Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning.

From the international perspective, we are pleased to have speakers from the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. Bernard Le Guen, IRPA executive officer, and Dr. María del Rosario Perez, a scientist with the WHO radiation program, will be discussing the global initiative of establishing radiation safety culture in health care. This multiorganization effort will be discussed in depth at the Wednesday and Thursday workshop.

For those interested, CAMPEP (Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Continuing Education Credits) (MPCECs) is pending for appropriate sessions. If you have any questions related to which sessions are approved, contact Sandy Konerth.

Be sure to check out the meeting website for further details and to register! See you in sunny San Diego!