Health Physicist Resume

["Thomas J. Bauer" <thom1@idt.net>]

I am an accomplished Health and Safety Officer with 25 years of
experience in Safety to offer you.  I enclose my resume as a first step
in exploring the possibilities of employment.

I have twenty years' experience at a supervisory/administrative level. 
As a Safety Officer, I would bring a focus on quality  and ease of
access to your program.  Furthermore, I work well with others, and I am
experienced in project management.

Salary is negotiable, prefer NJ/NY/PA area, available for immediate
employment.  Thank you for your consideration.

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                           Resume 1998

Thomas J. Bauer, M.S., MPH
49-03 Quail Ridge Drive
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
home (609)936-8296
fax  (609)936-8170
thom1@idt.net

Advanced degrees in Radiation Biophysics and Public Health. Experience
as RSO of record for (NRC/State) University/Medical Type A Broad
Licenses.  Director of Radiation Safety programs in complex safety
environments.  Significant involvement in local and National Health
Physics Society activities. 

EDUCATION:

MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Harvard University, Boston, MA 1972

MASTER OF SCIENCE in Radiation Biophysics, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL 1971

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Chemistry and Mathematics, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL 1970

EMPLOYMENT:

1995-1997:  Bronx Veterans Affairs Hospital, Supervisory Health
Physicist (left position due to Federal Reduction in Force, RIF)

Advise, establish and implement programs on all matters relating to
radiation safety including:

a. radiation monitoring programs;

b. condition of and need for radiation monitoring and protective
equipment;

c. action to be taken to reduce the radiation exposure of employees or
members of the public to a level that is both below the radiation
protection limits and as low as reasonably achievable with social and
economic factors being taken into account;

d. action to be taken in the event of an emergency or accidental
exposure.

Set up personal monitoring systems for the determination of effective
doses for any employee;

Maintain detailed records on all the above matters.


1992 - 1994: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (Personal Services
Contract Employee) 

Implementation, interpretation, and educational aspects of governmental
regulatory matters as they relate to radioactive, chemical, medical, and
biohazardous material.  Responsible for the departmental
decay-in-storage facility, chemical hygiene plan, the bloodborne
pathogen program, and laboratory safety standards. DOE Technical writer
for radiological safety for the installation of the fusion project
tritium injection and recovery system.

1991 - 1992: U.S. Department of Energy, Pinellas Plant, Largo, FL -
General Engineer/Physical Scientist (Left position due to closure of
nuclear ascpects of weapons facility)

Provided professional support and advice to DOE on radiation and other
safety matters and on the engineering aspects of the contractor's safety
programs.  Assure that adequate measures were provided for the safety of
personnel, for prevention of damage to property, and to identify the
safety effects of the operations of a nuclear weapons components
production plant on the general public.  This interdisciplinary position
involved chemical manufacturing processes, hazardous and radioactive
waste regulation.

1981 - 1991: University of Hawaii, Manoa, University Radiation Safety
Officer

Duties as described in Bronx VA employment (above).

Developed, promoted, and administered a comprehensive, campus-wide
Environmental Health and Safety Program that included laboratory safety
and hazardous waste management.  Responsible for the University's
compliance with applicable county, state, and federal environmental,
health and safety regulations.

1977 - 1981: University of Florida, Gainesville, University Radiation
Control Officer

Duties as described in Bronx VA employment (above).

Consulted with potential radiation users and evaluated all proposed
procedures that involved the use of radioactive materials or
radiation-producing devices.  Reviewed experimental procedures, safety
equipment, radiation detection techniques, and evaluated all proposals
to use radioisotopes or other hazardous materials.

1972 - 1977: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ - University Health
Physics Officer, Assistant Director

Duties as described in Bronx VA employment (above).

Responsible for health and safety matters in University laboratories,
including the high-energy Princeton Particle Accelerator, and the
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.


COMMUNITY:

Governor's Advisory Committee on Radiation Safety, State of Hawaii-Vice
Chairman, 1983-1989; Governor's Conference on Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention, Committee on Toxic Agents and Radiation Control,
1984-1990.

PERSONAL:

Considerable computer skills; Commercial Aircraft Pilot's License,
Instrument Rating; Certified SCUBA Diver; former Cub Scoutmaster;
National Honor Society.