Meeting Announcement SCCHPS/SCCAAPM Feb. 28, 2003

["Tosh Ushino, CHP" <rad_chp@YAHOO.COM>]

Ladies and Gentlemen,



There will be a meeting of the Southern California

Chapters of HPS and AAPM on February 28, 2003 at

Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.



Please find the announcement below.



Tosh Ushino

President-Elect, SCCHPS



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The View from the 21st Century - Radiation Use in

Medical Settings



Friday, February 28, 2003

Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California



We plan to explore the conversion of 20th Century

radiation and imaging programs to state-of-the-art for

the 21st Century. This program is designed to help

physicists recognize the integral challenges and

obstacles.  The Speakers will be:



Christopher Carr, C.I.D., Architect 

Design of a Linear Accelerator Room for the 21st

Century 



Ed Bailey, Chief of Radiological Health Branch for

California

Annual State of the State Address



Dennis Chapman, Nuclear Medicine Physicist

Design and Installation of a 21st Century Hot Lab



Facility Tours

1. Nuclear Medicine Hot Lab

2. Linear Accelerator

3. Taper Imaging Building



Donna Earley, Radiation Safety Officer & Director of

Environmental Health & Safety 

Challenges of a Medical and Research Radiation Program



Cass Kaufman, Director of County of Los Angeles

Radiation Protection Programs

Top Ten List on Radiation & X-Ray Inspections



Panel Discussion

Design, Installation Challenges, Future Trends, Dirty

Bombs, Terrorism, etc.



Location:

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Harvey Morse Auditorium

8700 Beverly Blvd.

Los Angeles, California, 90043

(310) 423-1113 Peter Rosemark, Ph.D. or Andrea Ravard

(310) 423-4336



Meeting Schedule:

8:30 to 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 AM to 3:30 PM Program and Facility Tours



Registration: AAPM / HPS Members, please contact Tosh

Ushino at (714) 545-0100 extension 2413 or

tushino@icnpharm.com (preferred method). Please

register by February 24 for parking and lunch

reservations.



CEC Credits: We are applying to the AAHP for 8

Continuing Education Credits towards recertification.



Cost (paid at the door): $30 pre-registered; $45

on-site





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