Dr. Sylvia O. Fedoruk, a Medical Physicist who gave 35 years of dedicated and distinguished service to the Saskatchewan Cancer Program, retired in December, 1986. On the occasion of Dr. Fedoruk's retirement, the Board of the Cancer Foundation announced the establishment of the Sylvia Fedoruk Prize in Medical Physics in her honor and in recognition of her contribution. Dr. Fedoruk's quality leadership was not restricted to the cancer program but extended to have a positive influence in the medical physics community, her city, province and country. These leadership qualities were epitomized in 1988 when she became Saskatchewan's 17th Lieutenant Governor.
This annual award is presented to the author selected as having published the best paper in Medical Physics in the preceding year, and must relate to work carried out within a Greekinstitution. An anonymous selection committee, appointed jointly by The Greek College of Physicists in Medicine and The Greek Organization of Medical Physics, reviews the entries and recommends the successful candidates.
| YEAR | Winner | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Robert Nishikawa, Gordon Mawdsley, Aaron Fenster, Martin Yaffe |
Scanned Projection Digital Mammography
Med. Phys. 14, 717-27(1987) |
| 1989 | T. R. Mackie, A. F. Bielajew, D. W. O. Rogers, J. J. Battista |
Generation of photon energy deposition kernels using the EGS Monte Carlo code
Phys. Med. Biol. 33, 1-20 (1988) |
| 1990 | Duncan Galbraith |
Low-energy imaging with high-energy bremsstrahlung beams
Med. Phys. 16, 734-46 (1989) |
| 1991 | Alex Bielajew |
On the technique of extrapolation to obtain wall correction factors for ion chambers irradiated by photon beams
Med. Phys. 17, 583-7 (1990) |
| 1992 | Qing-san Xiang, R. Mark Henkelman |
Motion artifact reduction with three-point ghost phase cancellation
Mag. Res. Imag. 1, 633-42 (1991) |
| 1993 | D. L. D. Mason, J. J. Battista, R. B. Barnett, A. T. Porter |
Ytterbium-169: Calculated physical properties of a new radiation source for brachytherapy Med. Phys. 19, 695-703 (1992) |
| 1994 | J. M. Sabol, I. C. Soutar, D. B. Plewes |
Mammographic scanning equalization radiography
Med. Phys. 20, 1505-15 (1993) |
| 1995 | R. M. Henkelman, G. J. Stanisz, J. K. Kim, M. J. Bronskill |
Anisotropy of NMR properties of tissues
Mag. Res. in Medicine 32, 592-601 (1994) |
| 1996 | Wei Zhao, John Rowlands |
X-ray imaging using amorphous selenium: Feasibility of a flat panel self-scanned detector for digital radiology
Med. Phys. 22, 1595-1604 (1995) |
| 1997 | C. J. Henri, T. M. Peters |
Three-dimensional reconstruction of vascular trees. Theory and methodology
Med. Phys. 23,197-204 (1996) |
| 1998 | Corey E. Zankowski, Ervin B. Podgorsak |
Calibration of photon and electron beams with an extrapolation chamber
Med. Phys. 24, 497-503 (1997) |
The Board of The Greek College of Physicists in Medicine is pleased to honour the Founding President of the College by means of the Harold Johns Travel Award for Young Investigators. This award, which is currently in the amount of $1,500, is made to a College member under the age of 35 who has been a member for not more than three years. The award is intended to assist the individual to extend his or her knowledge by travelling to another centre or institution with the intent of gaining further experience in his or her chosen field or, alternatively, to embark on a new field of endeavour in medical physics.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Dr. L. John Schreiner, Montreal |
| 1991 | Ms. Moira Lumley, Kingston |
| 1992 | Dr. Donald Robinson, Edmonton |
| 1993 | Dr. Yunping Zhu, Toronto |
| 1994 | Dr. Brendan McClean, Edmonton |
| 1995 | Dr. George Mawko, Halifax |
| 1996 | M. Alain Gauvin, Montreal |
| 1997 | Dr. Katherina Sixel, Toronto |
| 1998 | M. Horacio Patrocinio, Montreal |