Madan M. Rehani
NationalityIndian
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 is an Indian-born medical physicist.

Employment and voluntary positions

Madan Rehani is currently director of global outreach for radiation protection at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, US,[1] and an adjunct professor at the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, US.[2] He worked earlier for over 11 years at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria. 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 (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Imaging Technology & Radiation Protection, which he established in 1997. He held faculty positions at different levels from 1977-2001 in different medical institutes in India. He is currently president (2018-2021) of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP).[3][4] He is a member of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). Under his chairmanship, 4 Annals of the ICRP have been published, and another 4 with him as member of the Task Group. He is senior editor of The British Journal of Radiology,[5] associate editor of Medical Physics and was assistant editor of American Journal of Roentgenology for several years.

Work on Radiation Protection

Rehani has made contributions in patient dosimetry in over 70 countries by his actions through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).[6][7][8] He established a website on radiation protection of patients;[9][10] the smart card project for tracking radiation exposures of patients;[11][12][13] research on radiation-induced cataract in the eyes of interventional cardiologists and support staff;[14] research on radiation safety of children in developing countries;[15] development of training material on radiation protection;[16] and training of doctors using fluoroscopy outside radiology (cardiologists, urologists, orthopedic surgeons, vascular surgeons, gastroenterologist, and gynecologists) from over 60 countries.[17] He also set up the EuroSafe Imaging program by the European Society of Radiology.[18] 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 as an index in radiation protection for nearly three decades.[19] He is currently Chair of the Program Committee of the IAEA International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine.[20]

Honors and awards

During his tenure at the IAEA, a certificate was awarded to Madan Rehani to commemorate the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, which was jointly awarded to the Head of the IAEA and to the IAEA.[21] Staff members whose work was included in the citation (e.g. “safe use of radiation” in the case of Rehani), were awarded a certificate with a copy of the original prize;[22] the prize money was donated to a cancer fund charity.

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.[23][24] He received the 2015 Butterfly Award from the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging.[25]

He was elected as Fellow of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) in 2013,[26] and awarded Honorary Membership of the Society for Pediatric Radiology in May 2011,[27][28] 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,[29][30] 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 to 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.

Publications

The following is a list of selected publications. He has edited 5 books, is responsible for 15 IAEA publications, 8 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.[31]

Media coverage

  • Concerns emerge about EU radiation safety directive - AuntMinnieEurope[32]
  • YouTube videos weigh threat of CT radiation exposure - DiagnosticImaging[33]
  • IAEA Calls for Enhanced Radiation Protection of Patients - CNN[34]
  • Cataract Risk Points to Need for Better Safety Measures - RSNA[35]
  • Overview of media coverage regarding radiation exposure to patients during interventional procedures[36]
  • ESR's EuroSafe Imaging campaign promotes radiation protection[37]
  • RPOP celebrates sending the 100th update to its subscribers[38]

References

  1. ↑ Global Outreach for Radiation Protection - Madan Rehani, PhD - Massachusetts General Hospital
  2. ↑ Faculty - Duke Medical Physics
  3. ↑ IOMP - Officers
  4. ↑ Announcements - Association of Medical Physicists of India
  5. ↑ The British Journal of Radiology - Editorial Board
  6. ↑ Madan M. Rehani - Short CV
  7. ↑ Imaging services prepare for tighter radiation safety regulations - DiagnosticImaging
  8. ↑ Interventional-related radiation exposure skyrockets in developing world
  9. ↑ MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.1, No.1, 2013
  10. ↑ RPOP celebrates sending the 100th update to its subscribers
  11. ↑ IAEA Smart Card/SmartRad Track Project
  12. ↑ Rehani, MM; Frush, DP (2011). "Patient exposure tracking: the IAEA smart card project". Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 147 (1–2): 314–6. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncr300. PMID 21778155.
  13. ↑ International agency wants smart cards to track patient radiation histories - DiagnosticImaging
  14. ↑ Rehani, MM; Vano, E; Ciraj-Bjelac, O; Kleiman, NJ (Sep 2011). "Radiation and cataract". Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 147 (1–2): 300–4. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncr299. PMID 21764807.
  15. ↑ Rehani, MM (2014). "Multi-national findings on radiation protection of children". Pediatr Radiol. 44 (Suppl 3): 475–8. doi:10.1007/s00247-014-3125-7. PMID 25304707. S2CID 24398660.
  16. ↑ Free Material - Radiation Protection of Patients
  17. ↑ Rehani, MM; Ciraj-Bjelac, O; Vañó, E; Miller, DL; Walsh, S; Giordano, BD; Persliden, J (2010). "ICRP Publication 117. Radiological protection in fluoroscopically guided procedures performed outside the imaging department". Ann ICRP. 40 (6): 1–102. doi:10.1016/j.icrp.2012.03.001. PMID 22732420. S2CID 205160159.
  18. ↑ ECR Today - Friday, March 7, 2014
  19. ↑ Rehani, MM (Jan 2015). "Limitations of diagnostic reference level (DRL) and introduction of acceptable quality dose (AQD)". Br J Radiol. 88 (1045): 20140344. doi:10.1259/bjr.20140344. PMC 4277375. PMID 25430807.
  20. ↑ IAEA International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine
  21. ↑ The Nobel Peace Prize 2005
  22. ↑ Nobel Peace Prize 2005 Certificate - Madan M. Rehani
  23. ↑ Outstanding Contributions Over the Last 50 Years - Madan M. Rehani - International Organization for Medical Physics
  24. ↑ 50 Medical physicists who have made an outstanding contribution - International Organization for Medical Physics
  25. ↑ Temporary reference - 2015 Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging Butterfly Award
  26. ↑ Fellow of IOMP (FIOMP) awards - International Organization for Medical Physics
  27. ↑ Award to Dr. Madan M. Rehani of Honorary Membership of The Society of Pediatric Radiology (SPR) - YouTube
  28. ↑ The Society for Pediatric Radiology - Honorary Members Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  29. ↑ Award to Dr. Madan Rehani - YouTube
  30. ↑ IOMP - Award Recipients
  31. ↑ Madan Rehani - Google Scholar
  32. ↑ Concerns emerge about EU radiation safety directive - AuntMinnieEurope
  33. ↑ YouTube videos weigh threat of CT radiation exposure - DiagnosticImaging
  34. ↑ IAEA Calls for Enhanced Radiation Protection of Patients - CNN
  35. ↑ Cataract Risk Points to Need for Better Safety Measures - RSNA
  36. ↑ Overview of media coverage regarding radiation exposure to patients during interventional procedures
  37. ↑ ESR's EuroSafe Imaging campaign promotes radiation protection
  38. ↑ RPOP celebrates sending the 100th update to its subscribers
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