Our mission is to promote and maintain a safe radiation environment for Washington University and Washington University Medical Center (Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Central Institute for the Deaf, Children’s Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the School of Medicine) by providing appropriate programs and services. Our commitment is to protect human health and the environment while ensuring regulatory compliance and protecting the interests of the University and the other participating institutions.
SERVICES
- Airborne Activity Evaluations & Surveys
- ALARA Personnel Dose Reviews
- Authorization For Radioactive Material, Laser, X-Ray, MRI Use
- Bioassays, Thyroid & Urine
- Decommissioning / Lab Closeout
- Inspections
- Ordering, Receipt, & Transfer of Radioactive Material
- Prenatal Counseling
- Survey Meter Calibration & Repair
- Training
RADIATION SAFETY STAFF
Maxwell Amurao, Ph.D., MBA
Director of the Office of Radiation Safety
- Phone: (314)-362-3381
- Fax: (314)-362-1995
- Email: maxwell.amurao@wustl.edu
Services: Radioactive Material License and Compliance Support; Doses from Radioactive Material Use; Magnetic Resonance (NMR and MRI) Safety and Medical Physics Support; Radiation X-Ray Producing Equipment Safety and Medical Physics; Laser Safety; Teaching and Education
Kinda Abdin
Health Physicist I
- Phone: (314) 362-2995
- Fax: (314) 362-1995
- Email: abdink@wusm.wustl.edu
Services: ALARA Personnel Dose Review; Cyclotrons and PET Isotopes; Radiation Producing Equipment Support; Dosimetry
Mairio Bradley
Radiation Safety Specialist II
- Phone: (314) 362-0599
- Fax: (314) 362-1995
- Email: bradleyma@wusm.wustl.edu
Services: Laser Safety; Radioactive Waste Pickup and Disposal; Radioactive Material Orders; Survey Meter Calibration
Briana Davis
Assistant Radiation Safety Officer
- Phone: (314) 362-4966
- Fax: (314) 362-1995
- Email: davisbr@wusm.wustl.edu
Services: Radioactive Material Authorizations and Amendments; Drain Disposal of Radioactive Material; Radioactive Material Research Lab Inspections; Radiation Safety Training Information, Requirements, and Scheduling; Generally Licensed Radioactive Materials
Casey Delf
Radiation Safety Specialist III – IT
- Phone: (314) 747-0460
- Fax: (314) 362-1995
- Email: delfdc@wustl.edu
Services: Website Development & Maintenance; Report Writing; Information Systems; Radioactive Material Lab Inspections; Uranium and Thorium Use in Labs
Michael Harrod
Health Physicist I
- Phone: (314) 362-2996
- Fax: (314) 362-1995
- Email: harrodm@wustl.edu
Services: ALARA Personnel Dose Review; Dosimetry; Clinical Radioactive Material Use; MRI Support; Radiation Producing Equipment Support
Sonny Johnson
Radiation Safety Specialist I
- Phone: (314) 362-2994
- Fax: (314) 362-1995
- Email: johnsonlo@wusm.wustl.edu
Services: Radioactive Material Package Receipt; Radioactive Waste Pickup and Disposal
Brian Kim
Health Physicist I
- Phone: (314) 362-2997
- Fax: (314) 362-1995
- Email: suhankim@wustl.edu
Services: Radioactive Material Orders/Shipping/Transfers; Radioactive Waste Pickup and Disposal; Survey Meter Calibration and Repair; Bioassays
David Luechtefeld
Health Physicist II
- Phone: (314) 362-3478
- Fax: (314) 362-1995
- Email: luechted@wusm.wustl.edu
Services: Clinical Radioactive Material Lab Inspections; Clinical Radioactive Material Use; Radioactive Material Inventory; Radioactive Sealed Sources; MRI Support
Karla Spafford
Radiation Safety Specialist III
- Phone: (314) 362-4968
- Fax: (314) 362-1995
- Email: spaffork@wusm.wustl.edu
Services: Decommissioning & Closeouts; Survey Meter Calibration and Repair
Dan Szatkowski
Associate Radiation Safety Officer
- Phone: (314) 362-3479
- Fax: (314) 362-1995
- Email: szatkowd@wustl.edu
Services: Airborne Radioactivity Evaluations; Radioactive Material Spills; Radioactive Material Orders/Shipping/Transfers; Radioactive Waste Pickup and Disposal; Survey Meter Calibration & Repair; Laser Safety