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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (ACC)
ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS Release Critical Consensus Document to Help Guide Use of New Minimally Invasive Heart Therapy to Treat Aortic Stenosis

JANUARY 2012 | With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients with aortic valvular stenosis, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), along with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), today released an expert consensus document to provide important guidance on its use. Read full article»

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICISTS IN MEDICINE
2012 AAPM Fellowship for Graduate Study in Medical Physics

Application Deadline: April 17, 2012
The fellowship is awarded for the first two years of graduate study leading to a doctoral degree in Medical Physics. A stipend of $13,000 per year, plus tuition support not exceeding $5,000 per year is assigned to the recipient. The amount of tuition support granted will be at the discretion of the AAPM. The award will be paid to the recipient’s institution and distributed in accordance with the institution’s disbursement procedures. It is AAPM’s policy that none of the funds may be diverted to the institution’s “facilities”, “administrative”, or other overhead categories and the full $13,000 stipend must be provided to the recipient. Graduate study must be undertaken in a Medical Physics Doctoral Degree program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs, Inc. (CAMPEP). Additional information on CAMPEP accredited programs can be found at www.campep.org.

Criteria for Applicant

Each applicant must be a graduate of an undergraduate program in physics or equivalent majors (e.g. engineering-physics, math-physics, or nuclear engineering or applied physics) from an accredited university or college in North America. The undergraduate grade point average must be greater than 3.5 (Based on a 4.0). Each applicant must have submitted an application for graduate study to one of the accredited programs with subsequent acceptance.

Award Period

The fellowship will be active July through June and is awarded for the first two years of graduate study. 2012 Application»

For more information, please visit the AAPM website»

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