Health Physics Society => Radiation Safety Society

["Karam, Andrew" <Andrew_Karam@URMC.Rochester.edu>]

I agree that it would be easier to tell people what I do if I were a
Radiation Safety Specialist rather than a Health Physicist.  However, I must
admit I would hesitate to lose the historical connotations of the term
"Health Physics".

In fact, we can call ourselves whatever we want, and like Peter, I usually
tell people I work in radiation safety.  However, as a Society, we are
shaped as much by our history as by our present membership.  Is it possible
to find a name that manages to convey both our history and our profession
without being too cumbersome?  Maybe Radiation Safety/Health Physics Society
(RS/HPS)?
Or, we could always go for American Radiation Safety Experts (ARSE)...

Andy

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