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Radiation Safety Committee (RSC)


Meets:  2nd Wednesday of each month

Proposal Review Subcommittee Meets:  4th Wednesday of each month

Proposal Deadline:  Third Monday of each month
Proposals must be submitted to Curtis Kwasniewski in the Radiation Safety Section.  Radiation safety research application forms are available from the Radiation Safety Forms page.

Charge:  The Radiation Safety Committee (RSC) will ensure that radioactive material, licensed under the broadscope radioactive material license, and ionizing radiation producing equipment (i.e. x-ray equipment, fluoroscopes, accelerators, etc.) are used safely, and in compliance with State of Tennessee and federal regulations, broadscope license conditions, and certified registrations. The RSC must also; (1) review and approve or disapprove users and uses of licensed material; (2) review recommendations on ways to maintain individual and collective doses as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA); (3) review quarterly, a summary of the occupational radiation dose records (ALARA report) of all personnel working with licensed material; (4) review quarterly all incidents involving licensed materials with respect to cause and subsequent actions taken; and (5) review annually the radiation safety program.

RSC Members

Faculty

Michael Stabin (Chair) Diagnostic Radiology
Jeffrey Clanton Radiology
Eric Delpire Anesthesiology
George Ding Radiation Oncology
Ellen Fanning Biological Sciences
Alyssa Hasty Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
David Kosson Civil & Environmental Engineering
Arnold Malcolm Radiation Oncology
William Martin Radiology
Marcus Mendenhall Physics
Todd Peterson VUIIS

Administrative & Ex Officio

Andy Miller Radiation Safety Officer, VEHS
Robert Wheaton VEHS - Executive Administration
Wendy Leutgens Hospital Administration
Nancy Feistritzer Nursing Representative
Karen Jackson Division of Animal Care
Ruth Nagareda University Compliance Officer
Lori Ann Rolando Health & Wellness
Benny Hopper VCH - Radiology Administration
David Crosby Clinical Laboratory
Kevin Warren VEHS - Assistant Director
Susan Johnson VEHS - Assistant Director

Human Studies Involving Radiation

The Human Subjects Radiation Committee (HSRC) and the Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC) are radiation safety committees that come under the jurisdiction of the Institutional Review Board (IRB).  

The application forms for these two committees may be downloaded from the IRB's web site.  These forms must be submitted to the IRBDo not submit these forms the the Radiation Safety Officer.

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