Office of Environmental Health and Safety
The Office of Radiation Safety and Medical Physics
Overview
The Office of Radiation Safety and Medical Physics is responsible for ensuring that all clinical and research uses of radioactive materials and ionizing and non-ionizing radiation generating devices at Boston University and the Boston Medical Center, and it's affiliated neighborhood health clinics, are safe for workers, patients and the general public, and that such use is in compliance with applicable regulations.
The Office is divided into two departments, the Department of Radiation Safety and the Department of Medical Physics. The Radiation Safety Department has core responsibilities for establishing and maintaining the programs for the use of clinical and research radiation sources, and ensuring compliance with all applicable Federal, state and local regulations. The Medical Physics Department has the core responsibility of ensuring the safe and proper functioning of diagnostic imaging equipment with specific regard to image quality.
