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Improving radiation safety of patients undergoing radiological imaging

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, US

Director of Global Outreach for Radiation Protection at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, US

Main Areas of Interest

Lecturing and Teaching: This Traineeship is designed for doctors and medical physicists.

Techniques You Will Learn

Learning and Teaching Resources(web links, YouTube links, etc.):

https://www.massgeneral.org/imaging/approach/professional-services/global-outreach-radiation-
protection/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=rehani-m+&sort=date&size=200

Modules

Tasks and Timeline:

Module 1: High patient radiation doses through computed tomography (CT) exams: In-depth analysis

This course aims to update their knowledge on high patient doses through recurrent imaging, an issue
that has been gaining momentum currently leading to attention of national and international
organizations.

Module 2: Management of patient radiation doses in interventional procedures using fluoroscopy

In this course, one can learn from the experience gained over the past 10 years on studying patients
who underwent fluoroscopic guided interventions (FGI) and the reduction in patients with high doses
achieved.

Module 3: Diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) in computed tomographic examinations

In this course, one can learn what, how, how much and when about DRLs, its limitations and potential
solutions

Module 4: Technical innovations on monochromatic X-ray source for imaging

In this course, one will learn the new development of a monochromatic x-ray source that can potentially
replace the century-old technology of x-rays that produces polychromatic x-rays.

Module 5: Avoidance of skin injuries in fluoroscopic examinations

In this course, one can learn about the requirements under State regulations, national and international
guidelines and their compliance for patients undergoing fluoroscopic guided interventions (FGI).

About the Mentor:

Dr. Madan Rehani is the Director, Global Outreach for Radiation Protection Program, and Chair, Radiation Safety Committee, MGH, but is tutoring during offsite hours and not in the capacity as the faculty of MGH

Biography

Credited with contributions in improving radiation protection for patients and staff in over 70 countries by his actions through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Responsible for establishing an IAEA website on radiation protection of patients, which became a top resource in this area as evidenced by visit statistics
Responsible for development of IAEA training material on radiation protection in diagnostic and interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, cardiology and hybrid imaging, all of which are available for free download
Established international training programs for interventional cardiologists, doctors who use fluoroscopy outside radiology (e.g., urologists, orthopedic surgeons, gastroenterologist and gynecologists) and vascular surgeons in which he trained doctors from over 60 countries
Surveyed eyes of Interventionalists for lens opacities and published several papers
Served as Director of Radiation Protection, European Society of Radiology (ESR) and is credited with establishing a new program on EuroSafe Imaging
Served as Professor and Head, Medical Physics, Cancer Hospital of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
Served as Head of the Collaborating Centre of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Imaging Technology & Radiation Protection, which he established
Visit Dr. Rehani’s wiki page for more information on his background

Research Interests

At Mass General, Dr. Rehani participates in collaborative activities with several countries as well as international and national organizations to promote safer use of X-rays and radiopharmaceuticals for human application and research. Areas of interest include.
Development of a new concept of Acceptable quality dose (AQD)
Tracking of patient doses
Radiation protection in women’s imaging (a funded project with Qatar)
Optimization in imaging of children

Program Fee


Total Number of Modules	5
Time duration of Each module	45 minutes
Total Program Cost	$468.75

This program allows Merit Applications. If you successfully are awarded a merit application - Trialect will take care of all bench and service fees, but you will have to take care of travel and accommodation. All applications will be scrutinized under the merit category. Considering 50 million health professionals around the world, the chances of getting selected under the merit category would be very low.

Who Can Apply

This Traineeship is designed for physicians and medical physicists.

Host Details

Host Name: Prof. Madan M. Rehani

Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, US

Address: 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02114-2696

Website URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madan_M._Rehani

Disclaimer:It is mandatory that all applicants carry workplace liability insurance, e.g., https://www.protrip-world-liability.com (Erasmus students use this package and typically costs around 5 € per month - please check) in addition to health insurance when you join any of the onsite Trialect partnered fellowships.