Announcements: Dr. Ibbott Receives AAPM William D. Coolidge Gold Medal
August 2025;18(4)10
ABR Associate Executive Director for Medical Physics Geoffrey Ibbott, PhD, was awarded the William D. Coolidge Gold Medal by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in July. The award recognizes distinguished careers and significant impact on the practice of medical physics.
Dr. Ibbott is a professor and chair emeritus in the department of radiation physics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He was an ABR Trustee and Governor from 2007 to 2017, including time as secretary-treasurer, and was named AED in 2020.
The award honors William D. Coolidge, who in 1913 produced the first practical x-ray tube employing a “hot” cathode. The introduction of this revolutionary tube served as the basis for the development of diagnostic x-ray tubes in common use today.
