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February 20

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds

Location
BLDG 1, 1302
677 Huntington Ave
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Event Type

1:10 pm – 1:50 pm

Event Type

Lectures/Seminars/Forums

The Department of Environmental Health and the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program invite you to the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds.

Ionizing Radiation Exposure in Occupational and Patient Care Settings: Fundamental Concepts and Current Status

Presenter: Keith Williams, MD, FACP, 1st Yr. Resident, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Discussant: Rajiv Gupta, PhD, MD, MGB Radiology AMC Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Mass General Brigham; Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Advanced X-ray Imaging Science (AXIS) Center; Lecturer, Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to…

  1. List the types of ionizing radiation
  2. Describe the deterministic and stochastic effects of ionizing radiation
  3. Discuss common methods of radiological protection
  4. Contrast the level of exposure to ionizing radiation in occupational vs. medical settings

RSVP: Please click here to register.

CMEs for US licensed physicians

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Chan Education and Research Center. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health designates this live activity for 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Speaker Information

Keith Norman Williams

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Rajiv Gupta

MGB Radiology AMC Vice Chair of Clinical Operations

Organizers

Harvard Chan Education & Research Center
Department of Environmental Health

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