
A/Prof Michael Douglass
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Local Scientific Chair, Medical Physics
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Michael Douglass is a Principal Medical Physicist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Associate Professor at the University of South Australia, with over a decade of experience in radiation oncology and medical physics research.
Dr Douglass completed his PhD in Physics at the University of Adelaide, developing innovative stochastic radiobiological models for electromagnetic particle interactions. His research expertise spans radiation track structure physics, nanoparticle radiosensitisation, and the application of artificial intelligence in radiation therapy.
A recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Kenneth Clarke Journal Award and the Boyce Worthley Young Achiever Award, Dr Douglass has made significant contributions to the field of medical physics through his research and clinical work. He is actively involved in the development of novel techniques in radiation therapy, particularly in the areas of machine learning and optical scanning technologies.
As an educator, he supervises PhD and master’s students while contributing to the medical physics program at multiple institutions. His current research interests include the application of machine learning in radiation therapy, photogrammetry applications in oncology, and the development of robust evaluation methods for treatment planning.

Prof Karen Reynolds, FTSE FAHMS FIEAust
Flinders University
Local Scientific Chair, Biomedical Engineering
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Prof Pai-Chi Li
Asian Institute of Technology
International Scientific Chair
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Pai-Chi Li is currently the President of the Asian Institute of Technology. He received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1987 and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1994. He joined Acuson Corporation, Mountain View, CA, as a member of the Technical Staff in June 1994. In August 1997, he returned to the National Taiwan University, where he has been a Distinguished Professor and served as Vice President for Research and Development from 2019-2023, Associate Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 2015-2018, and the Founding Director of the Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics from 2006-2009. Dr Li is an IEEE Fellow, IAMBE Fellow, AIUM Fellow, and SPIE Fellow. He has won numerous awards, including the ISTU Fry Award, the AIUM Joseph Holmes Basic Science Pioneer Award, the IEEE UFFC Distinguished Lecturer Award, the IFMBE Otto Schmitt Award, the IFMBE Vladimir K. Zworykin Award.

Prof M. Mahesh, MS, PhD, FAAPM, FACR, FACMP, FSCCT, FIOMP
Johns Hopkins University
International Scientific Chair
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M. Mahesh, MS, PhD, is the Professor of Radiology and Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. He is also the Professor of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. He is the Chair of the Radiation Control Committee for the Johns Hopkins Health Systems. Prior to that he served as Chief Physicist for the Johns Hopkins Hospital over 29 years.
Dr Mahesh is the chair of science committee and member of the executive committee for the International Organization of Medical Physics (IOMP) and is one of the co-chairs of the scientific program committee for the World Medical Physics Conference to be held in Adelaide, Australia in 2025.
Dr Mahesh is also the President for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in 2025 and will be the Board Chair in 2026.
Dr Mahesh is board certified from the American Board of Radiology (ABR) and is a member of the Radiation Control Advisory Board (RCAB) for the State of Maryland. His research interests are in medical imaging, particularly in areas of computed tomography (CT), cone beam CT, interventional fluoroscopy and artificial intelligence. In addition, he has broad experience and interests in the medical imaging physics, radiation and MR safety and radiation policies. Dr Mahesh strongly strives to enhance radiation risk communications with patients, public and the media.
Dr Mahesh is the Associate Editor for the Journal of American College of Radiology (since 2007). He served as member of the Board of Chancellors and Chair of Medical Physics Commission for the American College of Radiology (ACR) (2017-2023). He served as treasurer and board member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) (2016-2022). He has served as 2nd vice-president of Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). He also serves as subject-matter-expert (SME) to the United Nations-International Atomic Energy Agency (UN-IAEA) and is the national contact person of the United States and is a member of a small group of experts on medical exposure for the United Nation Scientific Committee on Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). Dr Mahesh was the 2nd medical physicist in the United States to serve as president of radiological society, namely, Maryland Radiological Society and is the only medical physicist to have served on the board of Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT). He also served as chair of faculty senate for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2017-2019).
Dr Mahesh has published more than 160 peer-reviewed publications and given more than 170 international talks and several grand rounds. Dr Mahesh is the author of the textbook titled ‘MDCT Physics: The Basics – Technology, Image Quality and Radiation Dose’ (translated in Japanese language).
Dr Mahesh is a fellow of AAPM (2007), ACR (2009), ACMP (2011), Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) (2011) and International Organization of Medical Physics (IOMP) (2019).
Dr Mahesh is an elected council member of the National Council of Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) since 2015 and to the International Council of Radiation Protection (ICRP) Committee 3 (Medicine) since July 2021.
• Prof Eva Bezak, Professor in Medical Radiations, University of South Australia
• Dr Zoe Brady, Chief Physicist (Diagnostic Imaging) and Radiation Safety Officer, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
• Prof Martin Ebert, Director, Physics Research, Department of Health (WA Health)
• Michael Flood, BE FIEAust CPEng(Biomedical) NER APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus), Locus Consulting Pty Ltd
• Kevin Hickson, Head of Medical Physics and Radiation Safety, South Australia Medical Imaging (SAMI)
• Dr Vanessa Panettieri, Senior Medical Physicist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
• A/Prof Scott Penfold, Affiliate Associate Professor in Medical Physics, University of Adelaide
• Adrian Richards, BME Chapter, Engineers Australia
Proceedings Committee
• Dr Mikaela Dell’Oro, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University
• Dr Jake Forster, University of Adelaide
AFOMP Science Committee
• A/Prof Yanurita Dwi Hapsari, M.Sc., Lecturer, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS)
• Prof Shigekazu Fukuda, President, Japan Society of Medical Physics
• A/Prof Naoki Hayashi, Professor, Fujita Health University
• Dr Chen-Yu Huang, Medical Physicist, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
• Md Jobairul Islam, Medical Physicist & RCO, Labaid Cancer Hospital
• Adj. A/Prof Prabhakar Ramachandran, Director of Medical Physics, Princess Alexandra Hospital
• Dr Sirinya Ruangchan, Medical Physicist, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
• A/Prof Chandrasekharan Senbagavadivoo Sureka, Associate Professor and Head, Bharathiar University
• A/Prof Wonmo Sung, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences, The Catholic University of Korea
• A/Prof Jeannie Wong Hsiu Ding, Professor, University of Malaya
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