Madan M. Rehani

Madan M. Rehani, PhD, is an Indian-born medical physicist.

Employment and Voluntary Positions

Madan Rehani worked for over 11 years (until January 2013) with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria. Currently, he is a Visiting Scientist/Professor in the Radiology Department at the Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, and an Adjunct Professor at the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. 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 Collaborating Centre on Imaging Technology & Radiation Protection, which he established in 1997. He held faculty positions at different levels during1977-2001 in different medical institutes in India. He has been Secretary-General (2009-2015) and Vice-President (from 2015) of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) and Secretary of the Protection in Medicine Committee of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) (from 2009). He has been a member of the ICRP since 1997. Under his chairmanship, 4 Annals of the ICRP have been published, and another 4 with him as member of the Task Group.

He is Associate Editor of The British Journal of Radiology and 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). He established a website on radiation protection of patients; the smart card project for tracking radiation exposures of patients; research on radiation-induced cataract in the eyes of interventional cardiologists and support staff; research on radiation safety of children in developing countries; development of training material on radiation protection; and training of doctors using fluoroscopy outside radiology (cardiologists, urologists, orthopedic surgeons, vascular surgeons, gastroenterologist, and gynecologists) from over 60 countries. He also set up the EuroSafe Imaging program by the European Society of Radiology.

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. 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; 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. He received the 2015 Butterfly Award from the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging.

He was elected as Fellow of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) in 2013, and awarded Honorary Membership of the Society for Pediatric Radiology in May 2011, 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, 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 1990-1994, 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.

Research focus

In addition to areas of research mentioned above under "Work on Radiation Protection", 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 for nearly three decades.

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.

• Rehani, M.; D. Frush (2010). "Tracking radiation exposure of patients.". Lancet. 376 (9743): 754–5. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(10)60657-5. PMID 20816532. 
• Rehani, M.M.; E. Vano; O. Ciraj-Bjelac; N.J. Kleiman (2011). "Radiation and cataract.". Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 147 (1-2): 300–4. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncr299. PMID 21764807. 
• Rehani, M.M.; S. Srimahachota (2011). "Skin injuries in interventional procedures.". Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 147 (1-2): 8–12. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncr257. PMID 21737442. 
• Vassileva, J.; et al. (2013). "IAEA survey of pediatric CT practice in 40 countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa: Procedure and protocols.". Eur Radiol. 23 (3): 623–31. doi:10.1007/s00330-012-2639-3. PMID 22940731. 
• Rehani, M.M. (2013). "Challenges in radiation protection of patients for the 21st century.". Am J Roentgenol. 200 (4): 762–4. doi:10.2214/ajr.12.10244. PMID 23521444. 
• Rehani, M.M.; J.F. Kushi (2013). "A Study on Smart Card for Radiation Exposure History of Patient.". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 200 (4): 780–2. doi:10.2214/ajr.12.10245. PMID 23521448. 
• Seuri, R.; M.M. Rehani; M. Kortesniemi (2013). "How Tracking Patients Radiological Procedures and Dose Helps?: Experience from Finland.". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 200 (4): 771–5. doi:10.2214/ajr.12.10112. PMID 23521446. 
• Rehani, M.M.; T. Berris; D.P. Frush (2014). "Templates and existing elements and models for implementation of patient exposure tracking.". Rad Prot Dosimetry. 158 (1): 36–42. doi:10.1093/rpd/nct185. PMID 23882115. 
• Ciraj-Bjelac, O.; M.M. Rehani (2014). "Eye dosimetry in interventional radiology and cardiology: current challenges and practical considerations.". Rad Prot Dosimetry. 162 (3): 329–37. doi:10.1093/rpd/nct291. PMID 24262928. 
• Picano, E.; et al. (2014). "The appropriate and justified use of medical radiation in cardiovascular imaging: a position document of the ESC Associations of Cardiovascular Imaging, Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions and Electrophysiology.". Eur Heart J. 35 (10): 665–72. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/eht394. PMID 24401558. 
• HO, I.K.; et al. (2014). "Radiation exposure in gastroenterology: improving patient and staff protection.". Am J Gastroenterol. 109 (8): 1180–94. doi:10.1038/ajg.2014.122. PMID 24842339. 
• Rehani, M.M. (2014). "CT Imaging in large part of the world: What we know and what we can learn.". Pediatric Radiology. 44 (S3): 511–4. doi:10.1007/s00247-014-3045-6. 
• Rehani, M.M. (2014). "Global View on Radiation Protection of Children.". Pediatric Radiology. 44 (S3): 475–8. doi:10.1007/s00247-014-3125-7. PMID 25304707. 
• Rehani (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. PMID 25430807. 

• Madan Rehani - Google Scholar

Other links

• Concerns emerge about EU radiation safety directive - AuntMinnieEurope
• YouTube videos weigh threat of CT radiation exposure - DiagnosticImaging
• IAEA Calls for Enhanced Radiation Protection of Patients - YouTube

• Concerns emerge about EU radiation safety directive - AuntMinnieEurope
• YouTube videos weigh threat of CT radiation exposure - DiagnosticImaging
• IAEA Calls for Enhanced Radiation Protection of Patients - YouTube