Annual Meetings

Every year, the members of the Pennsylvania-Ohio-West Virginia Chapter of AAPM gather to share their work and learn from a variety of invited speakers covering research, clinical, professional development, and well-being topics relevant to physicists in any specialty.

Typically the third weekend of September, this meeting offers CAMPEP continuing education credits for talks from AAPM leadership, invited speakers, and proffered abstracts.

The meeting fosters collegial interaction between clinical and academic medical physicists, students, trainees, and vendors to promote collaboration and networking.  

The meeting is 1.5 days (Friday and Saturday morning) and its location changes to different cities around the POWV area.  It also features a night out for participants to interact in a more informal setting.

We have Speaker positions for proffered Abstracts. Click here to contact us.

2026 POWV-ORVC Joint Fall Symposium

Redefining Radiation: The Next Era of Medical Physics

Registration is now open!

The AAPM Ohio River Valley Chapter (ORVC) and AAPM Penn-Ohio-West Virginia (POWV) Chapter are joining efforts to bring members from Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia together for another joint fall symposium “Redefining Radiation: The Next Era of Medical Physics.”

We are excited to offer an optional 2 hour workshop “gLocal Leadership & Soft Skills Workshop: Working local, thinking global” on Friday afternoon. This interactive workshop is designed to strengthen leadership and soft skills through a “glocal” lens: connecting local professional experiences with global practice realities.  The workshop will focus on four themes: Cultural Awareness, Professionalism and Ethics, Managing Difficult Situations, and Leading with Emotional Intelligence.

Join us on Friday evening for our night out on the Gateway Clipper. We will cruise up and down the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers with views of downtown Pittsburgh. Dinner and drinks are included. And bring your best dance moves because we’re having a DJ!

The scientific meeting will commence on Saturday at Allegheny General Hospital’s auditorium. There will be educational and professional sessions as well as the Early Career Investigators Symposium. This meeting has applied to CAMPEP for approval of 8 MPCEC hours (2 hours Fri. + 6 hours Sat.).

Meeting information

  • Date: September 18-19, 2026
  • Event Address: Allegheny General Hospital Magovern Conference Center, 320 E. North Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15212
  • Time: Friday, Sept 18 – 3:30-5:30 pm, Saturday, Sept 19 – 8:00 am-4:45 pm
  • Click here for agenda and meeting objectives

Night-out information

  • Date: September 18, 2026
  • Time: 6:30-9:30 pm (boarding from 6:30-7 pm)
  • Event Address: Gateway Clipper Riverboat Dinner Cruise, 350 W Station Square Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Early Career Investigator Symposium

  • Deadline: August 21, 2026
  • Submission information can be found here
  • Dispositions will be sent to applicants by August 28, 2026

 

Hotel Room Block

 

Click here to access the group rate!

  • Location: Sheraton Pittsburgh Hotel at Station Square, 300 W. Station Square Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
  • Rate: $209 per night
  • Available Dates: Friday – Sunday, September 18-20, 2026
  • Last Day to Book: Friday, August 28, 2026 September 4, 2026

If you are interested in being a corporate sponsor, please contact either:

  • Gary Ge, ORVC President-Elect (gary.ge@uky.edu)
  • Abby Dare, POWV President-Elect (abigail.e.dare@outlook.com)

Registration:

Attendee Registration

Sponsorship

Exhibit tables, exclusive sponsorships, and add-ons – pick any combination that applies in one checkout, and your total is calculated automatically. Please fill out the sponsor contact form using the “sponsor” tab. Thank you for supporting the 2026 POWV-ORVC Joint Fall Symposium.

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