Professional Affiliations and Activities

Professional Affiliations

  • Health Physics Society (HPS)
  • Northern California Chapter of Health Physics Society (NCCHPS)
  • American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
  • Medical Section - Health Physics Society
  • Accelerator Section - Health Physics Society

Professional Activities

  • Associate Editor, Health Physics Journal, January.1992 - Present
  • Health Physics Society: Ask the Expert - Expert Team, November 2004 - Present
  • President, Northern California Chapter of Health Physics, May 2005 - May 2006
  • President Elect, Northern California Chapter of Health Physics Society, May 2004 - April 2005
  • President, Accelerator Radiological Protection Section of the Health Physics Society, July 1994-July 1995
  • President-Elect, Accelerator Radiological Protection Section of the Health Physics Society, July 1993-July 1994
  • Editor and Founder, International Accelerator Radiological Protection Section, E-Mail Newsletter, Jan. 1992-December 1992
  • Secretary, Accelerator Radiological Protection Section of the Health Physics Society, June 1992-June 1993
  • Board of Directors, Accelerator Radiological Protection Section of the Health Physics Society, June 1991- June 1992

Committees

  • Consultant, NCRP SC46 - 13 and AAPM TG 57, "Structural Shielding Design and Evaluation for Megavoltage Radiotherapy Facilities", March 2005 - March 2006
  • Member, Technical Group in Computational Medical Physics (TGCoMP), February 2004 - Present
  • Technical Program Committee, Monte Carlo 2005, Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 17-21, 2005
  • Scientific Committee, Tenth International Conference on Radiation Shielding, Funchal, Madeira Island, May 2004
  • Organizing Committee and Co-chair, One-Day Symposium, Shielding Techniques and Regulations for Therapy Accelerators, San Francisco. CA, April 20, 2001.
  • Technical Program Committee, ANS Topical Meeting, Spokane, Washington, 2000
  • Unified Scientific Committee, Specialists Meeting on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities, August 1999 - June 2001
  • Scientific Advisory Committee of the 13th Solid State Dosimetry Conference, July 1999 - July 2001
  • Member, International Solid State Dosimetry Organization, July 1998 - May 2004
  • Organizing Committee, Specialists Meeting on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities Nashville, Tennessee, 1998
  • Technical Program Committee, ANS Topical Meeting, Nashville, 1998
  • Technical Program Committee, ANS 1996 Radiation Protection and Shielding Topical Meeting, North Falmouth, MA, April 21-25,1996
  • Accelerator Readiness Review Committee CEBAF, Newport News, Virginia, March 20 -23, 1994
  • Member, SLAC Radiation Safety Committee, June 1995-June 2001
  • Organizing Committee, Specialists Meeting on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities Arlington, Texas, April 1994
  • D.O.E. Panel-Health Physics Faculty Research Award Committee, May 1994
  • Technical Program Coordinator, Accelerator Session, Annual Health Physics Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, July 1994
  • D.O.E. Panel-Health Physics Faculty Research Award Committee, Washington D.C. May 21-22, 1993
  • Chair, XFD Radiation Safety Committee Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, March 1993-May 1993
  • Accelerator Readiness Review Committee CEBAF, Newport News, Virginia, November 4-5, 1992
  • Co-Chair, XFD-ASD Radiation Safety Committee, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, March 1993-May 1993
  • Consultant, D.O.E. Fetal Protection Policy, June 1992-December 1992
  • SLAC ALARA Committee, September 1991-Jan. 1992
  • Administrative Panel on Radiological Safety, Stanford University, March 1991-July 1998
  • Advanced Light Source Front End Radiation Safety Requirements Review Committee, February 1991
  • Nominating Committee, Northern California Chapter of the Health Physics Society, 1991
  •  SLAC Operating Safety Committee, 1985-1988