The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is pleased to announce that Dr. Parminder Basran has been elected a Fellow of the Association. The category of Fellow honors members who have distinguished themselves by their contributions in research, education or leadership in the medical physics community. The award was presented at the 2024 AAPM 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition on July 22, 2024.

Basran is an associate research professor at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and a Fellow of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Calgary, and his expertise spans radiation dosimetry, medical image processing, AI and education. Basran is focused on translating medical physics knowledge and practice well beyond human medicine to other disciplines, such as livestock and veterinary medicine, and other dimensions under a "One Health" paradigm. 

He is an advocate for the global dissemination of medical physics knowledge, with projects focused on democratizing access to education. His AAPM work includes chairing AAPM's Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program and the Working Group for the Veterinary Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, serving on the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Artificial Intelligence Boot Camps, and leadership in organizations such as the Canadian Organization of Medical Physics, British Columbia Association of Medical Physicists and Medical Physicists for World Benefit.

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine is an organization of over 9,600 medical physicists, in 87 countries, and supports the Medical Physics community with a focus on advancing patient care through education, improving safety and efficacy of radiation oncology and medical imaging procedures through research and the maintenance of professional standards.

This story was adapted from a press release from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.