Madan Rehani, PhD
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Director, Global Outreach for Radiation Protection Program Chair, Radiation Safety Committee, MGH Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School 175 Cambridge Street, Suite 244 Boston, MA 02114
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Biography
- Credited with contributions in improving radiation protection for patients and staff in over 70 countries previously through his actions through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and now through MGH since 2016
- Involved in active research at MGH in collaboration with partners from world over. Learn more
- Involved in global educational activities in medical radiation protection. Learn more
- His expertise is often sought by the World Health Organization (WHO), IAEA, and International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
- 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.
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Please visit Research collaboration page for more details about research involvement
Publications
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Awards & Recognitions
- 2021 International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) awarded his Emeritus membership for life which is very rare distinction as it has been given by ICRP to only 7 persons in the last 65 years in medical radiation protection field and Dr. Rehani is the 8 th person
- 2016 Dr Ramaiah Naidu Oration Award, Association of Medical Physicist of India for valuable contributions in Medical Physics
- 2015 Butterfly Award by Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging for leadership and global impact on improving the imaging care of children
- 2013 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 - Download PDF
- 2013 Fellow, International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP)
- 2013 8th Dr Supoj Angkaew Honorary Lecture of Thai Society of Radiological Technologists
- 2011 Honorary Membership of Society for Pediatric Radiology
- 2011 Dr. N.C. Singhal oration, Association of Medical Physicists of India (Northern Chapter), Lifetime achievement
- 2009 Harold Johns Medal, International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) for International Education
- 2005 Certificate to commemorate the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International Atomic Energy Agency including staff members whose work was included in the citation "safe use of radiation"
- 2001 Dr. K.M. Rai Oration, Indian Radiological & Radiological and Imaging Association
- 1999 Homi Bhabha Oration, Society of Nuclear Medicine, India