March 26, 2004

MGH Radiation Safety staff honored

The MGH Radiation Safety Office participated in a meeting of the New England Chapter of the Health Physics Society (NECHPS) March 11. The NECHPS's mission is to offer aid in the health physics field, foster dissemination of information among radiation professionals and improve public understanding of issues involving radiation.

Rex Woodleigh, director of the MGH Radiation Safety Office, was a keynote speaker at the meeting and spoke on the topic of radiation errors. Woodleigh described the efforts by the MGH to eliminate errors of this type through the enactment of quality assurance programs in all departments where radiation is used for medical diagnosis and therapy. "The MGH has taken a leadership position in error prevention," said Woodleigh.

At the same meeting, Tara Medich, assistant director of the MGH Radiation Safety Office, was reelected to the NECHPS Board of Directors. Medich will be serving two years in this capacity and also will serve as chairperson of the NECHPS membership committee.