BWCHPS Feb. Meeeting. Dr. Goans (REAC/TS), Radiation Injuries

["Case, Diane (OD)" <DCase@exchange.nih.gov>]

THE ANNUAL JOINT MEETING OF THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON CHAPTER OF THE HEALTH
PHYSICS SOCIETY, AND THE LOCAL AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY

FEBRUARY 25, 2000 DINNER MEETING

SPEAKER: RONALD E. GOANS, Ph.D., M.D.

The BWCHPS is very pleased and fortunate to have Dr. Ronald Goans as our guest
lecturer for this BWCHPS/ANS annual joint meeting.  Since 1994 Dr. Goans has
served at the Section Leader, Medical Services, Radiation Emergency Assistance
Center and Training Site (REAC/TS), at Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak
Ridge, TN.  Dr. Goans has provided medical consultation on diagnosis and
treatment of actual and suspected radiation exposures.  He performs long-term
medical follow-up for selected radiation exposure victims, and serves as
Registrar, U.S. Radiation Accident Registry and DTPA Registry.  Dr. Goans
lectures on medical effects of radiation exposure to health physicists,
emergency planners, and health care professionals. He provides technical support
in the field of radiation medicine to the Department of Energy, Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, and other Federal and state agencies.  Dr. Goans served
as team physician, Project Sapphire (retrieval of highly-enriched uranium from
Kazakhstan); technical advisor, DOE consultant with Uruguay on Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty, and continues to develop methods for early estimation
of radiation dose.

At intervals between 1983 and 1994, Dr. Goans worked at the National Institutes
of Health, Laboratory of Theoretical and Physical Biology, as a National
Research Service Award Fellow and as a Senior Staff Fellow, and as a practicing
physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology at several hospitals in Maryland,
Virginia, and Washington, DC.  Dr. Goans received his Doctor of Medicine at
George Washington University School of Medicine in 1983, and Doctor of
Philosophy from the University of Tennessee Department of Physics, 1974.  He has
35 publications, and a myriad of honors.  Dr. Goans is also an Associate Editor
of the Health Physics Journal.  


Dr. Goans' lecture abstract follows:
		
Radiation medicine is a unique branch of medicine that requires a close working
relationship between both the physician and health physicist or nuclear
engineer.  Medical management of patients with systemic or local injury due to
high level radiation dose is complicated and requires input from both the
disciplines of medicine and physics. This presentation will first examine
whole-body injury and the clinical presentation of the acute radiation syndrome
along with certain mathematical techniques that might be used to offer medical
personnel an early estimate of whole-body dose (8-12 hours post-accident).
Local radiation injury will then be discussed in conjunction with typical
accident scenarios and a discussion of medical management.  Examples of clinical
cases will be taken from recent accidents in Florida, Peru, Japan, and from
certain historical cases of interest.

		
We thank Dr. Goans in advance for making this special trip to Bethesda from Oak
Ridge to share with us his knowledge and experiences related to medical,
industrial, and reactor radiation accidents.

Date:		FRIDAY, February 25, 2000

Time:		6-7 pm 		Social hour (don't forget your business cards!)
with cash bar. 
			7-8 pm 		Dinner: Buffet with Meat Lasagna, Shrimp
Creole, Tortoloni with Olive Oil Parsley, Long Grain and Wild Rice, Baked
Potatoes, Green Beans, Tabouleh, Tossed Green Salad, Assorted Dressings with
Vegetable Tray, Hot Rolls and Coffee, and your choice of Dessert such as
Parfait, Chocolate Mouse, Chocolate Sundae, Ice Cream, Fruit Pie, and Cream Pie
			8-9:30-ish?		Presentation: Dr. Goans

Cost:		$18 per person
	
	Location: USUHS Dinner Hall (at Navy Medical Center).  From 495, take
the Bethesda exit. Go South on Rockville Pike/Wisconsin Avenue (355). About a
mile down the Pike you will see NIH on your right, and then Navy Hospital on
your left. Take a left onto South Wood Rd (directly across from the NIH/Medical
Center Metro).  Bear right onto Palmer road and drive straight until you can no
longer do so (you will pass AFRRI on left). Take a left and park in the garage.
Exit garage, cross the road and enter at "Security."  Show your ID, and take
elevator up one floor. 

Reservations:  Please reserve early.  Please email dcase@nih.gov or call
202-518-7158 before 9 pm and leave your name and telephone number if you want a
return call.  Reservation cut-off is Feb. 23rd.  Please make cancellations 24
hours in advance.



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