@Psbasran

Medical Physicist / Associate Research Professor @Cornellvet @VaiderLab @medphyswb Noisic, AI, machine learning, radiation, nurd, Left Twitter for Bluer Skies

 Ithaca, NY
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Welcome to the first edition of the 2026 AAPM Newsletter! This issue features reporting from the Working Group on Veterinary Radiation Therapy Oncology, updates from the Government Affairs team, and an update from President Robin Miller with an inside scoop on what’s coming.
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Luc Beaulieu@lubeau0510 Oct 2024
As part of a newly financed project, we have opening for master and PhD students starting between January and September 2025 in our CAMPEP Medical Physics program. See details in the attached file and please do share among your network.
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Epic Systems makes the dominant electronic health record (EHR) system in America; if you're a doctor, chances are you're *required* to use it. For each hour a doctor spends with a patient, they spend *two* hours on clinically useless bureaucratic data-entry on an Epic EHR. 1/
A crowded field hospital. In the foreground are massed bundles of vivid green US $100 bills; atop them stands a robed skeleton, drinking from a blood filled goblet; blood stains the skeleton's robe. In the background is a row of giant mainframes. Image: Flying Logos (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Over_$1,000,000_dollars_in_USD_$100_bill_stacks.png CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

ALT A crowded field hospital. In the foreground are massed bundles of vivid green US $100 bills; atop them stands a robed skeleton, drinking from a blood filled goblet; blood stains the skeleton's robe. In the background is a row of giant mainframes. Image: Flying Logos (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Over_$1,000,000_dollars_in_USD_$100_bill_stacks.png CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

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David Juurlink@DavidJuurlink25 Sep 2024
Alberta to amend provincial Bill of Rights to allow citizens to die of preventable causes
André Picard@picardonhealth25 Sep 2024
Alberta to amend provincial Bill of Rights to allow people to opt out of vaccines, by @alanna_smithh via ⁦@globeandmail⁩ #vaccination theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Wu Tang is for the Children
@WUTangKids21 Sep 2024
It’s September 21st so you already know
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Only 4 days left. Don't miss out! #MPWB
Medical Physics for World Benefit@medphyswb3 Sep 2024
📅 Sept 24, 2024 ⏰ 09:00 ET | 15:00 CET MPWB Webinar on "mitigating medical errors in #Brachytherapy" Speaker: Dr. Samantha Simiele. Moderated by Sarah Ashmeg & Arjit Baghwala. 🔗 Register here: buff.ly/478FzZ5 #MedPhys #PatientSafety #Healthcare @aapmHQ #MPWB
📅 Save the Date! Sept 24, 2024 ⏰ 09:00 ET | 15:00 CET Join us for the MPWB Webinar on mitigating medical errors in #Brachytherapy with Dr. Samantha Simiele. Moderated by Sarah Ashmeg & Arjit Baghwala. 🔗 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pnZl3_xBSSa6NO7PFXpICA #MedPhys #PatientSafety #Healthcare

ALT 📅 Save the Date! Sept 24, 2024 ⏰ 09:00 ET | 15:00 CET Join us for the MPWB Webinar on mitigating medical errors in #Brachytherapy with Dr. Samantha Simiele. Moderated by Sarah Ashmeg & Arjit Baghwala. 🔗 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pnZl3_xBSSa6NO7PFXpICA #MedPhys #PatientSafety #Healthcare

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Eric Topol
@EricTopol29 Aug 2024
Not enough attention is being paid to this critical issue @janneke_gerards @ScienceMagazine science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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*ANOTHER* preventable MRI accident! Why are facilities allowed to decline existing, life-saving best practices, like ferromagnetic detectors (FMD)? linkedin.com/posts/adel-abou…
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🚨 Heads up! There are only 3 days left to register for CUMPC 2024! 🚨 Register at cumpc.ca/ before August 21st at midnight (EST) to secure your spot. We're looking forward to a great conference—see you on August 22-23rd!
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ArjitBaghwala@ArjitB_medphys19 Aug 2024
Replying to @medphyswb
@medphyswb is set for another webinar with Dr. Samantha Simiele discussing on "Mitigation of Medical errors in #brachytherapy" Register here --> us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… @aapmHQ @AmericanBrachy @UABmedphys @MDAndersonNews @ASTRO_org Moderated by the amazing @sarahashmeg and me 🙂
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Congratulations to #CornellVet's Parminder Basran (@Psbasran), associate research professor of medical oncology, who has recently been elected a Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (@aapmHQ)! 👏 vet.cornell.edu/about-us/new…

Dr. Parminder Basran elected as Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine

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...

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Sarah Aubert@sarah_aubert1329 Jul 2024
First year as undergraduate medical physics students VS first year physics residents (almost a decade later) Very glad I got to see @TriciaChinnery on the west coast 💓
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medRxiv@medrxivpreprint25 Jul 2024
The TRIPOD-LLM Statement: A Targeted Guideline For Reporting Large Language Models Use medrxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #medRxiv
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Meanwhile in Canada@MeanwhileinCana26 Jul 2024
Without notice, X has opted all users into training its "Grok" AI Model. To turn off this setting and stop your "posts, interactions, inputs, and results" from being used for training and fine-tuning Grok, click link and uncheck the checkbox. xitter.cf/settings/grok_settings
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MedPhysLindsay@LindsayPhys22 Jul 2024
Please come out early tomorrow morning to learn about disability and accessibility in medical physics! 🥰 #AAPM2024 #MPLatAAPM
AAPM Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee@AAPM_EDIC22 Jul 2024
"Don't Want To Say The Wrong Thing? AAPM'S Accessibility Subcommittee will discuss how to approach difficult conversations surrounding disability and accessibility in the medical physics community. Can't wait to see you at @aapmHQ Annual conference on Tuesday July 23 at 7:30am!"
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"Medical physicists have a pivotal role to play in #AI revolution. We need to position ourselves at the forefront of ‘Real AI’ & lead the charge... It is time for action & take 1st steps w potentially just a few ABCs" @aapmHQ #AAPM2024 aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
Dr M. Mahesh (ಮಹೇಶ್) (he/him/his)@mmahesh117 Jul 2024
What’s Happening? Day before @aapmHQ #AAPM2024 meeting, a specialty meeting is organized w the title, “AI for Clinical Medical Physicist” Materials will become available under virtual library soon for those interested #MedicalPhysics #AIinHealthcare w4.aapm.org/meetings/2024AM/…
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Pediatric cancer patients on the street after russia hit pediatric hospital in Kyiv @OncoAlert @oncodaily @ASCO @ASTRO_org
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AAPM Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee@AAPM_EDIC12 Jun 2024
📣 Calling all kids ages of 12 - 17 📣 Either you'll be interested in medical physics now or sometime in the future 😏 so sign up now! This event is for you! Register at aapm.me/MedPhyzWizKidz to get a tour of the AAPM Exhibit Hall on July 21 and receive a FREE GIFT!
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aapmstsc@aapmstsc3 Jun 2024
The Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP) Shattering Glass Ceilings series interview is out now! See the whole video here: youtube.com/@ShatteringGlass…
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Pranav Rajpurkar@pranavrajpurkar2 Jun 2024
1/ Can AI diagnose rare diseases better than human experts? We compared CheXzero (self-supervised AI) vs 227 radiologists on 79 chest X-ray pathologies. CheXzero significantly outperformed humans, especially on uncommon conditions. Huge implications for improving diagnosis of neglected "long tail" diseases. Our new study, with co-authors from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, out in AEA papers and proceedings. 🧵
Cover page of the paper "Comparative Advantage of Humans vs AI in the Long Tail"

ALT Cover page of the paper "Comparative Advantage of Humans vs AI in the Long Tail"

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