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Madan M. Rehani
Madan Rehani
NationalityIndia
Alma materAll India Institute of Medical Sciences (Ph.D.)
Known forPatient and staff radiation protection, patient exposure tracking, radiation and cataract, training of cardiologists and doctors using fluoroscopy
Scientific career
FieldsMedical Physics, Medical Imaging, and Radiation Protection
InstitutionsInternational Atomic Energy Agency, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Madan M. Rehani, PhD, is an Indian-born medical physicist who has made outstanding contributions in raising patient dosimetry skills of professionals in over 70 countries by his actions through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).[1] He established a website on radiation protection of patients which was the first of its kind;[2] the smart card project for tracking radiation exposures of patients;[3] research on radiation-induced cataract in the eyes of interventional cardiologists and support staff;[4] extensive research on radiation safety of children in a large number of developing countries [5]; development of vast training material on radiation protection which was made available for free download; [6] and training of doctors using fluoroscopy outside radiology (cardiologists, urologists, orthopedic surgeons, vascular surgeons, gastroenterologist, and gynecologists) from over 60 countries.[7] He was instrumental in setting up a new program on EuroSafe Imaging by the European Society of Radiology.[8]

Employment and Voluntary Positions

Madan Rehani worked for over 11 years (until January 2013) with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria. Currently, he is a Visiting Scientist in the Radiology Department at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. He was Professor and Head of Medical Physics at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India before joining the IAEA in 2001. He was also Head of the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Centre on Imaging Technology & Radiation Protection, which he established in 1997. He held faculty positions at different levels during1977-2001 in different medical institutes in India.

He has been Secretary-General of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) (from 2009) and Secretary of the Protection in Medicine Committee of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) (from 2009). He has been a member of the ICRP since 1997. He is Associate Editor of The British Journal of Radiology and Medical Physics and was Assistant Editor of American Journal of Roentgenology for several years.

Honors and awards

Rehani was chosen among 50 medical physicists who have made outstanding contributions in the world over the last 50 years (1963-2013) and honored at the International Conference on Medical Physics in Brighton, UK on 1-4 September 2013.[9]

He was elected as Fellow of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) in 2013,[10] and awarded Honorary Membership of the Society for Pediatric Radiology in May 2011,[11] the Dr. N.C. Singhal Oration by the Association of Medical Physicists of India (Northern Chapter) in April 2011, the Harold Johns Medal by the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) in 2009,[12] the Dr. K.M. Rai Oration by the Indian Radiological & Imaging Association in 2001, and the Homi Bhabha Memorial Oration by the Society of Nuclear Medicine India in 1999.

Rehani was President of the Association of Medical Physicists of India (UPDEL Chapter) from 1990-1994, President of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India in 2001, Fellow of the Indian College of Nuclear Medicine, and Secretary of the College from 1997-2001.

Research focus

He has recently developed a new concept on “acceptable quality dose (AQD)” to take into account limitations of diagnostic reference levels (DRLs), which have been used for nearly three decades.[13]

Publications

The following is a list of selected publications. He has edited 5 books, is responsible for 15 IAEA publications, 7 Annals of ICRP, published more than 130 papers in peer reviewed journals and contributed Editorials in British Medical Journal, International Journal of Cardiology, and Indian Journal of Radiology & Imaging. An exhaustive publication list can be found on Rehani's Google Scholar page.[14]

References

  1. ^ Madan M. Rehani - Short CV
  2. ^ MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.1, No.1, 2013
  3. ^ Patient exposure tracking: the IAEA smart card project. - PubMed - NCBI
  4. ^ Radiation and cataract. - PubMed - NCBI
  5. ^ Multi-national findings on radiation protection of children - PubMed - NCBI
  6. ^ Free Material - Radiation Protection of Patients
  7. ^ Radiological protection in fluoroscopically guided procedures performed outside the imaging department. - PubMed - NCBI
  8. ^ ECR Today - Friday, March 7, 2014
  9. ^ 50 Medical physicists who have made an outstanding contribution - International Organization for Medical Physics
  10. ^ Fellow of IOMP (FIOMP) awards - International Organization for Medical Physics
  11. ^ Award to Dr. Madan M. Rehani of Honorary Membership of The Society of Pediatric Radiology (SPR) - YouTube
  12. ^ Award to Dr. Madan Rehani - YouTube
  13. ^ Limitations of diagnostic reference level (DRL) and introduction of acceptable quality dose (AQD). - PubMed - NCBI
  14. ^ Madan Rehani - Google Scholar

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