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Charge	The subcommittee will facilitate an active dialogue with the AAPM membership to determine specific issues of concern regarding vendors' hardware and/or software design and the ease of performing commonly recommended performance evaluations. This would include, but not be limited to, maintaining a forum on the AAPM's BBS. To facilitate an active and collegial dialogue with hardware and software vendors in medical physics to encourage improvements in product design that would better facilitate commonly recommended performance evaluations by clinical physicists. Act as a liaison for communication of collective vendor issues to the membership of the AAPM as they arise. May serve as a conduit to the AAPM membership about various issues that concern the AAPM Corporate Affiliates.
Bylaws:	Not Referenced.Rules: Not Referenced.
Approved Date(s)	n/a
Committee Keywords:	VRPUSC

[VRPUSC]

Vendor Relations and Product Usability SC [Status]
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Chair

Gig Mageras
Subcommittee Chair

(dates shown below are beginning date of position)

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VOTING Appointments

There are 8 voting members.

Maritza A. Hobson, PhD 7/28/2017 - 12/31/2020 Member	Sunyoung Jang, PhD 1/1/2016 - 12/31/2018 Member
Ulrich W. Langner, PhD 1/1/2016 - 12/31/2018 Member	Gig S. Mageras, PhD 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2018 Subcommittee Chair
Varun Sehgal, PhD 1/1/2016 - 12/31/2018 Member	Benjamin J. Sintay, PhD 1/1/2016 - 12/31/2018 Member
Sugata Tripathi, PhD 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2018 Subcommittee Vice Chair	Qing-Rong Jackie Wu, PhD 1/1/2016 - 12/31/2018 Member

NON-VOTING Appointments

There are 13 non-voting members and guests.

Erin Angel, PhD 2/11/2018 - 12/31/2018 Guest (nonvoting)	Barrett S. Caldwell, PhD 1/1/2016 - 12/31/2018 Consultant (nonvoting)
Song Gao, PhD 7/28/2017 - 12/31/2018 Guest (nonvoting)	Victor A. Gurvich, PhD 7/28/2017 - 12/31/2018 Guest (nonvoting)
Long Huang, PhD 7/28/2017 - 12/31/2018 Guest (nonvoting)	Shuai Leng, PhD 7/28/2017 - 12/31/2018 Guest (nonvoting)
Peter Munro, PhD 3/7/2018 - 12/31/2018 Guest (nonvoting)	Sreeram Narayanan, PhD 7/28/2017 - 12/31/2018 Guest (nonvoting)
Michael Owens 7/28/2017 - 12/31/2018 Guest (nonvoting)	Frank Rath 1/1/2016 - 12/31/2018 Consultant (nonvoting)
Mehrdad Sarfaraz, PhD 7/28/2017 - 12/31/2018 Guest (nonvoting)	Jussi K. Sillanpaa, PhD 7/28/2017 - 12/31/2018 Guest (nonvoting)
David B. Wiant, PhD 9/21/2017 - 12/31/2018 Guest (nonvoting)

STAFF Appointed to Committee

There are 0 staff.