NCCHPS 26Feb Meeting

["Jack H. Elliott" <elliottj@pacbell.net>]

** FEBRUARY 26 DINNER MEETING
      
     The NCCHPS and the Bay Area Chapter of the American Association of 
     Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) are again co-sponsoring the Western 
     Regional Landauer Dinner Meeting.  The presentation by Dr. Kunio
Doi 
     of the University of Chicago, Department of Radiology, will be 
     entitled "Basic Concepts of Computer Aided Diagnosis and Its
Potential 
     Impact on Diagnostic Radiology."
     
     Please join us at Scott's Seafood Bar and Grill at Jack London
Square 
     in Oakland.
     
     DATE:      Thursday, February 26, 1998
     
     PLACE:     Scott's Seafood Bar and Grill, 2 Broadway, Oakland
     
     From Richmond/Berkeley/San Francisco: Take 80 to 580 E to 980
toward 
     "Downtown Oakland."  Exit at 12th/11th St.   Follow Brush St. to
5th.  
     Turn L onto 5th and follow to Broadway.  Turn R and follow Broadway
to 
     its end.
     
     From Walnut Creek/Concord:  Take 24 to 980.  Exit at 12th/11th St.  
     Follow Brush St. to 5th. Turn L onto 5th and follow it to
Broadway.  
     Turn R onto Broadway and follow it until it ends. From San 
     Jose/Fremont/Hayward:  Take 880 N to the Broadway/Downtown exit.
Turn 
     L onto Broadway and follow it until it ends.
     
     PARKING:           Underground lot across the street or 1 block
South.
     
     SCHEDULE:  6:00 - Cocktails (no host bar); 
                7:00 - Dinner; 
                8:00 - Award to and Lecture by Dr. Kunio Doi
     
     MENU:      
     A = Tuscan Chicken - Parmesan crusted boneless chicken breasts with 
     spinach, ricotta and pine nuts served with a creamy sun dried
tomato 
     sauce.
     B = Char-broiled Rainbow Trout.
     C = pasta Primavera - garden vegetables with a cheese sauce and 
     fettuccine.
     
     The price of the meal with tax and service charge is $30.00, or
$35.00 
     for late reservation or walk-ins.
       
     RESERVATIONS:   (e-mailed, phoned, or mailed) must be received by 
     Radoslav Radev by Monday, February 20.  Please contact Radoslav at 
     radev@earthlink.net or at (510) 422-3044. You can mail your check
to 
     NCCHPS, c/o Radoslav Radev, 3430 Saint Mary's Road, Lafayette, CA 
     94549. 
     
     ** THE ROBERT S. LANDAUER, SR. MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP--  The Western 
     Regional Landauer Memorial Lecture Award was established in 1973 by 
     R.S. Landauer, Jr. & Co. (now Landauer, Inc.) in honor of Robert S. 
     Landauer, Sr.  One Memorial Lectureship is now awarded each year, 
     alternating between a Western Regional award and an Eastern
Regional 
     Award.  The purpose of these awards is to encourage interaction 
     between medical physicists and health physicists, and to
memorialize 
     Robert S. Landauer, Sr. by bringing a speaker of merit who would
not 
     normally be available to speak at a local meeting, but who would
come 
     because of the extra scope of the lectureship. This award carries a 
     $400 honorarium, and all expenses of the speaker are paid for by 
     Landauer, Inc.
     
     Robert S. Landauer, Sr., was best known as a teacher of
radiological 
     physics and, in this capacity, did much to assist and encourage 
     physicians now practicing radiology, dermatology, and internal 
     medicine.  He graduated Cum Laude from the University of Chicago,
and 
     received his Ph.D. in 1921.  Dr. Landauer taught radiological
physics 
     at the Northwestern University Medical School from 1950 until his 
     death in 1966.  In 1965, he was elevated to Professor Emeritus. 
Dr. 
     Landauer served as Chief Physicist for Standard X-Ray Company from 
     1922-1932 and operated his own consulting service from 1932-1954. 
In 
     1954, he associated with Cook County Hospital where he did 
     considerable work in Nuclear Medicine, including the study of 
     emphysema using Kr-85.  Dr. Landauer was a Diplomate, American
Board 
     of Radiology, and a Fellow, American College of Radiology.
     
     The distinguished list of recipients of the Western Regional
Landauer 
     Memorial Lecture Award now includes:
     
     1974 Karl Z. Morgan, 1985 Clarence Lushbaugh, 1975 Harold E. Johns, 
     1986 John Harley, 1976 John R. Cameron, 1987 Michael Phelps, 1977
F. 
     Herb Attix, 1988 Merrill Eisenbud, 1978 Robley D. Evans, 1989
Donald 
     Kerst, 1979 Lauriston S. Taylor, 1990 John W. Poston, Sr., 1980 
     Bernard L. Cohen, 1991 James A. Purdy, 1981 Rosalyn S. Yalow, 1992 
     Charles Meinhold, 1982 Robert Loevinger, 1993 David W. O. Rogers,
1983 
     Herbert M. Parker, 1994 Robert L. Brent, 1984 Edward Webster, 1995 
     Howard I. Amols, 1996 Melissa Z.Y. Woo, and 1997 Kunio Doi.
     
     Dr. Kunio Doi received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Waseda 
     University in Tokyo.  After graduation, he joined the faculty of
the 
     Department of Radiology at The University of Chicago, where he is 
     currently the Ralph W. Gerard Professor in the Biological Sciences.
In 
     1977 he became the Director of the Kurt Rossmann Laboratories for 
     Radiologic Image Research at The University of Chicago, and in 1994 
     was appointed the Associate Chairman for Research in the Department
of 
     Radiology.  For the past 12 years he has been the Director of
Graduate 
     Programs in Medical Physics for both the Departments of Radiology
and 
     Radiation and Cellular Oncology.  Dr. Doi is currently serving the 
     third of three four-year terms as an elected commission member of 
     ICRU, and last year he became a member of the Integration Panel for 
     Breast Cancer Research Program sponsored by the US Army.  He has 
     received several awards, most recently the Umetani Award of the 
     Japanese Society of Radiological Technology.  Dr. Doi has  been
active 
     in research and has authored or co-authored more than 360 
     publications.