Qualified Experts List
The following health physicists have been approved to provide shielding
calculations and room design for various types of medical X-ray system
installations per the requirements in WAC 246-225-030.
 This list is provided as a service and the
presence or absence of an organization on this list does not constitute an endorsement by
the Department of Health. The Office of Radiation Protection neither
certifies or guarantees the work of any of the health physics consultants
listed below.
Stanley
Addison, CHP
Radiation Physicist
1602 - 5th Place
Kirkland, WA 98033
Phone: 425-828-7119
Fax: 206-543-9726
Shielding calculations for
all facilities using diagnostic and therapeutic X-ray system.
Aktina
Medical Physics Group
George
Zacharopoulos, MS, DABR, DABMP
Board
Certified Medical Physicist
360 North
Rt. 9W
Congers, NY
10920
Phone:
845-268-0101 voice
Fax:
845-268-1700
E-mail:
George@aktina.com
Shielding
design for all diagnostic and therapeutic (excluding Proton) facilities
Michael
P. Andre, Ph.D., FAIUM, DABR
2814 Santa
Fe Vista Court, Suite M
Encinitas,
CA 92024-6600
Phone:
858-945-2619
E-mail:
mandre@ucsd.edu
Shielding
designs for radiographic, fluoroscopic, and CT X-ray units.
Rex Ayers, MS, DABR,
MCCPM, CHP
Medical Physicist
99104 East Ridgeview Drive S.E.
Kennewick, WA 99338
Phone: 509-551-2681
Fax: 425-672-8470
E-mail:
rayers@nmpc.org
Diagnostic and therapy
facility shielding design.
Baltzo Health Physics
Service, Inc.
Ander Baltzo
P.O. Box 82900
Kenmore, WA 98028
Phone: 425-908-7586
Cell: 206-406-0024
Fax: 425-908-7586
E-mail:
baltzohp@comcast.net
Full service Health Physics
and Medical Physics Service Corporation providing support for imaging
departments, nuclear medicine departments, and biotechnology companies
throughout the Northwest region.
Robert J. Barish, Ph.D., DABR, CHP, FAAPM
Certified Health
Physicist
211 E. 70th Street, Ste. 12G
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-288-7201
E-mail:
robbarish@verizon.net
Shielding designs for all modalities of
diagnostic and therapeutic radiation producing equipment including
Cyberknife and TomoTherapy, but excluding proton facilities.
Paul H. Brown, Ph.D.
Professor, Diagnostic
Radiology (L340)
Oregon Health and Science
University
3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park
Portland, OR 97239-3098
Phone: 503-348-1913
E-mail:
brownp@ohsu.edu
Shielding calculations of
diagnostic and therapeutic X-ray facilities, radiation safety surveys
and other related work.
Bruce Busby, M.S.
Radiological Health Physicist
1100 Fairview Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: 206-256-6213
Fax: 206-667-4048
Shielding calculations of
diagnostic and therapeutic X-ray facilities, radiation safety surveys
and other related work.
Austen
I.Y. Chan, Ph.D.
608 - 8th Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-233-0818
Fax: 206-292-9340
Shielding calculations for
diagnostic radiology facilities.
Anthony
Chung-Bin, Ph.D.
Board Certified Medical
Physicist
12044 Sweetwater Circle
Eagle River, AK 99577
Phone: 907-694-0554
Diagnostic X-ray machine
testing, mammography machine testing for MQSA and shielding calculations
for radiation facilities.
Jeremy L. Corwin, Certified Health Physicist
Joby Voetberg, MHP
P.O. Box
1707
Centralia,
WA 98531
Phone:
360-736-6066
Fax:
360-736-6066
Fax:
360-736-7293
E-mail:
Jeremy@corwinhp.com
E-mail:
Joby@corwinhp.com
Performs diagnostic shielding calculations,
radiation safety surveys, X-ray system calibrations, MQSA physics
evaluations, X-ray system acceptance evaluations, nuclear medicine
license preparation and nuclear medicine safety testing and audits.
Dade Moeller & Associates
Dan Mantooth, CHP
1835 Terminal Drive, Suite 200
Richland, WA 99354
Phone:
509-946-0410 ext. 328
Cell:
509-528-7826
Fax:
509-946-4412
E-mail:
dmantooth@moellerinc.com
Performs diagnostic
shielding calculations for X-ray therapy, radiographic, and
fluoroscopic facilities.
Diagnostic Physics, Inc
Elizabeth Franklin, M.S., DABR
P.O. Box 49587
Charlotte, NC 28277
Phone:
704-541-9628
Fax:
704-541-2843
Performs diagnostic
shielding calculations for all types of radiological
installations.
Roy Duncan
Les Wilkins & Associates
6850 - 35th Avenue N.E.
Seattle, WA 98115
Phone: 206-522-0908
Fax: 206-522-5292
Shielding calculations for
chiropractic, medical, CT, podiatric, and veterinary X-ray facilities.
Donna L. Earley
MXE - Medical X-Ray Enterprises,
Inc.
12107 West Jefferson
Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90293
Phone: 310-823-0799
Fax: 310-306-7817
E-mail:
Earley@comcaStreetnet
X-ray and nuclear shielding
calculations including diagnostic, PET/CT, Gamma Knife and other
ionizing radiation modalities.
Alex James Grosso, Jr.
1624 Crosscreek Way
Coupeville, WA 98239
Phone: 360-678-5758 or
360-320-9893
Fax: 360-678-1695
E-mail:
grosso@whidbey.net
Perform and verify shielding
calculations for diagnostic, radiographic and therapeutic X-ray
facilities; radiation safety and health program audit and reviews for
medical and industrial organizations; radioactive material license
preparation and reviews.
Robert Gutcheck, Ph.D.
P.O. Box 1574
Bothell, WA 98041
Phone: 206-781-8152
E-mail:
medphysicsser@yahoo.com
Conducts mammography physics
surveys for MQSA; evaluations of X-ray and CT equipment; shielding
calculations for all diagnostic X-ray facilities; and provides medical
physics consulting support for diagnostic imaging facilities.
Health Physics Northwest
Ross Mercer, Gene Wollan, or
others
11535 Southwest 67th
Tigard, OR 97223
Phone: 1-800-762-8444
Fax: 503-684-5548
E-mail:
Ross@HPNW.com
Shielding recommendations for
diagnostic facilities (medical, dental, nuclear medicine), therapy
facilities (accelerators, orthovoltage and radioactive materials) and
industrial facilities (X-ray, radioactive materials) and MQSA medical
physics support.
Allen F.
Hrejsa, Ph.D.
Medical Physicist
355 Millcreek Lane
Naperville, IL 60540
Phone: 630-357-6957 or
part-time office 847-723-8168
Fax: 847-723-8175
E-mail:
ahrejsa@wowway.com
Diagnostic X-ray machine
testing. Mammography machine testing for MQSA (including FFD), and
shielding calculations for radiation facilities
Nisy
E. Ipe, Ph.D., C.H.P.
3117 La Mesa Drive
San Carlos, CA 94070
Phone: 650-631-1916
Fax: 650-631-1916
Shielding design for
diagnostic, therapy, particle therapy, research and industrial facilities. General health
physics services and surveys.
Sam Iverstine, MS, CHP
Health Physicist
P.O. Box 1600 / T4-54
Richland, WA 99352
Phone: 509-373-0732
Fax: 509-373-3891
E-mail:
Sam_Iverstine@yahoo.com
Diagnostic and therapy x-ray
shielding
K & S Associates, Inc
John Pagel, Medical Health
Physicist
1926 Elm Tree Drive
Nashville, TN 37210-3718
Phone: 615-883-9760
Fax: 615-871-0856
E-mail:
jpagel@kslab.com
Calculation of shielding
needed for X-ray rooms.
The Kathren Group, Inc.
Ronald L. Kathren
137 Spring Road
Richland, WA 99352
Phone: 509-375-5643
E-mail:
kathren@bmi.net
X-ray plan shielding, environmental and
radiological consulting, general health physics services and surveys.
Melissa
C. Martin, M.S., FACR
Certified
Medical Physicist
Therapy
Physics Inc.
879 West
190th St., Ste 419
Gardena,
CA 90248
Phone:
310-217-4114
Cell:
310-612-8127
Fax:
310-217-4118
E-mail:
Melissa@TherapyPhysics.com
Medical Physics Services, LLD
James H. Brewer
15 Isaiah Trail
Belgrade, MT 59714
Cell: 406-581-9867
Fax: 866-215-5014
Larry Neubauer
4907 Bayview Road
Langley, WA 98260
Phone: 360-221-2675
Fax: 360-221-8875
E-mail:
Neubauer@Whidbey.com
Physics testing of X-ray,
mammography, and CT equipment; shielding calculations for X-ray,
mammography (digital & film screen), and CT facilities; lectures on mammography, diagnostic
radiology, and radiation safety; fetal dose calculations.
Northwest Medical Physics
Center
Lawrence Sweeney, Ph.D. or John T Washington, M.S.
21031 67th Avenue West
Lynnwood, WA 98036-7306
Phone: 425-672-2841 or
1-800-475-2841
Fax: 425-672-8470
E-mail:
jwashington@nmpc.org
Web site:
www.nmpc.org
X-ray shielding,
calculations, surveys for radiation therapy facilities and diagnostic
shielding calculations.
Nigel Orton, PhD, DABR
Chief Medical Physicist
Cancer Care Northwest
910 West 5th Avenue, Suite 102
Spokane, WA 99204
Phone: 509-590-3207
Fax: 509-252-9421
E-mail: ortonnp@ccnw.net
Shielding calculations for diagnostic and therapeutic X-ray facilities;
radiation safety surveys; radiotherapy physics consulting.
Pacific Health Physics, Inc.
E. Lynn McGuire, M.S., DABR
Certified Medical Physicist
14603 SE 173rd Street
Renton, WA 98058
Phone: 425-228-2932
Cell: 501-246-0227
Fax: 425-271-6698
E-mail: lynnm50@swbell.net
Diagnostic and therapy facility shielding design, radiation exposure
dosimetric analysis and dose reconstruction.
ProPhysics Innovations, Inc.
Bill
DeForest, CHP, DABR
400
Dominion Drive #109
Morrisville, NC 27560
Kevin
Minter 919-306-6347
Michelle
Lockamy Hernandez 919-306-4685
Phone:
919- 465-2545 or 1-800-835-3615
Cell:
919-306-6345
Fax:
919-465-2544
E-mail:
billd@prophysics.com
Shielding calculations for diagnostic,
radiographic, and therapeutic x-ray facilities; equipment performance
evaluations, radiation safety and health program audits, reviews and
training; radioactive material license preparation (medical &
industrial).
Quality
Assurance Services, Inc
Glenn R Deacon, MSEE, M.S.
1500 Via Hacienda
Chula Vista, CA 91913
Phone: 619-482-1003
Cell: 619-370-7920
Fax: 619-421-7670
Web site:
www.qaservices.net
General radiation shielding
plans/consultation for all diagnostic imaging (R&F, CT, etc) and for
Nuclear Medicine (gamma camera and radioactive materials) and PET
installations.
Radiological
Physics Services, Inc
Ray A. Carlson, M.S.
3839 Napier Road
Plymouth, MI 48170
Phone: 734-455-4730
Fax: 734-453-8851
E-mail:
rcarlson@voyager.net
Shielding and plan reviews
for diagnostic, radiographic, and mammography facilities.
S & D Design LLC
Vivian
Denton
Tom Slowey
1926
Elmtree Drive
Nashville,
TN 37210
Phone:
615-308-6411
E-mail:
ddenton@earthlink.net
or
tomslowey@earthlink.net
Dave Salmon
Johnson, Jennifer
Health Physicists
Empiricos, LLC
P.O. Box 244
Freeland, WA 98249
Phone: 360-321-4010
Fax: 360-321-4020
E-mail:
physics@empiricos.com
Shielding plans for
diagnostic radiology, CT, PET, nuclear medicine consulting and
licensing, general radiation safety consulting and planning.
Anil
Sharma, PhD, DRP, DABR, DABMP
Director, Medical Physics &
RSO
Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center
Clinical Associate Professor,
UCI
California State Approved Medical Physicist
17928 Point Reyes St.
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Phone: 562-233-7535
Cell: 714-848-0535
E-mail:
asharma@memorialcare.org
X-ray therapy facility shielding design.
Sound Medical Physics
Ray W. Luse
Senior Radiological Physicist
Sacred Heart Medical Center
15508 North Shady Slope Road
Spokane, WA 99208
Phone: 509-474-7221
Cell: 509-991-9094
Fax: 509-474-4891
Physics locums, shielding
designs, and surveys for facilities using diagnostic and therapeutic
equipment.
T & K X-Ray Consultants, Inc.
Terry Hart
Independent X-Ray Consultant
930 Dover
Street
Chippewa
Falls, WI 54729
Phone: 218-940-6152
Lawrence
G. Vorndran, M.Sc., D.A.B.R.
Certified
Medical Physicist
8817 S.
Cheney - Spokane Rd.
Spokane,
WA 99224
Phone:
509-220-8583
E-mail:
VORNDRL@EMPIREHEALTH.ORG
Physics locums, shielding
designs, surveys, acceptance, and commissioning of therapeutic and
diagnostic equipment.
West Physics Consulting, LLD
Geoffrey West
3825 Paces
Walk, Suite 250
Atlanta, GA
30339
Phone: 866-275-9378
Fax: 770-435-9186
Full-service diagnostic medical physics, specializing in ACR accreditation,
shielding design, and nuclear medicine consulting.
Washington State -
Department of Health (DOH)
Construction Review
Attn: Bart Eggen
P.O. Box 47852
Olympia, WA 98504-7852
Phone: 360-705-6652
Fax: 360-705-6654
Note: This name and address
is to submit notification information to the Department of Health
Construction Review Office for HOSPITALS undergoing changes in
X-ray rooms.
Links to external resources are provided as a public
service and do not imply
endorsement by the Washington State Department of Health.
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