Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists

COMP is the main professional body and the voice of medical physicists practicing in Canada. COMP’s vision is to champion medical physicists’ efforts to support and advance the science of medical diagnosis and therapy through innovation, technological development and assurance of quality and safety.

The membership is composed of graduate students in medical physics programs, post-doctoral fellows, as well as professional physicists, scientists, and academics located at universities, hospitals, cancer centres, and government research facilities such as the National Research Council. Every member has an educational or professional background in physics or engineering as it applies to medicine. COMP has six stated objectives to encourage the application of physics in medicine.

• To promote scientific knowledge
• To further the exchange and publication of scientific or technical information
• To promote educational opportunities
• To develop and protect professional standards
• To promote and encourage certification by the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine
• To link to activities of other organizations with similar objectives