[ RadSafe ] Local HPS-AAPM JOINT MTG November 17 Columbia Maryland:RADIATION SAFETY IN MEDICINE

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> BWC - HPS Meeting Announcement - Radiation Safety in Medicine 
> November 17, 2006, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm 
> Columbia Sheraton Hotel (see location details below). 
> Cost: $30 for chapter members $40 non-members (includes lunch). 
> RSVP: Steve McGuire sam2 at nrc.gov (preferred) or call 301-415-6204 by 
> noon on November 14. 
> Jointly sponsored by MAC of the American Association of Physicists in 
> Medicine and the Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the Health Physics 
> Society 
> Agenda 
> 8:30 - 9:30 Coffee and Meet the Vendors 
> 9:30 - 10:15 Radiation Biology Revisited- Nick Detorie 
> Review of fundamentals of radiation biology and new research which will 
> impact on the science of radiation dose and its determination. 
> 10:15 - 11:00 Radiation Hormesis- Deal or No Deal? - Ken Strubler 
> Hormones, vitamins and essential trace minerals are classic hormetins. 
> But do high and low doses of ionizing radiation produce diametrically 
> opposite results? 
> 11:00 - 11:45 CT technology in dual-modality imaging systems such as 
> PET-CT and SPECT-CT - Mahesh Mahadevappa 
> Review of current hybrid scanners, including radiation safety from both 
> x-ray and radiopharmaceuticals. 
> 11:45 -1:00 LUNCH / Meet the Vendors 
> Radiation Safety Challenges in a complex professional and regulatory 
> environment: 
> 1:00 - 1:20 Fluoroscopy: Have we failed or succeeded? - Tom Shope 
> Review of fluoroscopy issues, past, current, and future efforts, both 
> educational and regulatory. 
> 1:20 - 1:40 What is the actual Risk? - Orhan H Suleiman 
> Review of common sources of radiation, the actual risk, and how risk is 
> perceived. Where did ALARA fail? 
> 1:40 - 2:00 The NRC's new responsibilities for NARM and its impact 
> on PET facilities - Duane White 
> 2:00 - 2:20 How Maryland has handled such multifaceted challenges - 
> Roland Fletcher 
> 2:20 - 2:45 Break / Visit with Vendors 
> 2:45 - 4:00 Panel Discussion (All speakers) 
> Potential panel questions: 
> 1. Even though fluoroscopy doses were a concern, why did it take 
> radiation burns and litigation to stimulate activity? 
> 2. Is the increasing use of CT, especially with high dose 
> radiopharmaceutical imaging exams an emerging issue, why or why not? 
> 3. What impact will the new NRC regulation of PET nuclides have in this 
> geographical area? 
> 4. When educational efforts begin to fail, should regulation be the next 
> step, e.g. first voluntary quality assurance efforts, then voluntary 
> accreditation, finally federal regulation? 
> 5. When regulation fails, what should be the next step? 
> Attendees may submit questions in advance of the meeting by emailing 
> them to BWCHPS at comcast.net. 
> Location: Columbia Sheraton (10207 Wincopin Circle Columbia, Maryland 
> 21044) For more information on hotel and driving directions go to: 
> http://www.sheratoncolumbia.com/ 
> Please RSVP early! And Please come if you RSVP. The 
> Baltimore-Washington Chapter may be charged for each reservation, 
> whether everyone comes or not. Therefore, if you make a reservation but 
> don't cancel by the RSVP cutoff date, we may ask you to pay the cost 
> even if you don't come. Please remember we try to keep costs to our 
> Members as low as possible! 
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