- 1) Introduction to Radiation Safety
- 2) Radiation Safety- Justification
- 3) Radiation Safety and QA: CMRTO perspective
- 4) Radiation Safety – Optimization
- 5) Radiation Safety – QC
- 6) Canada Safe Imaging: achievements and moving forward
- 7) Dose Optimization in CT and Interventional Radiology
- 8) Radiation Safety in Pediatrics
Short Biography
Ms. Valentina Al Hamouche, MRT(R), MSc.: Ms. Al Hamouche holds an M.Sc. Health Systems Management, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK (2006) and B.Sc. (Hons) in Radiography Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, UK Applied Health Sciences Department, Division of Radiography (1996). She has also received a FAETC: Further Adult and Education Teacher’s Certificate from the College of North-East London, UK (1991), and a Diploma in Radiologic Technology American University of Beirut-Medical Centre Radiologic Technology Training Program, Lebanon (1989). In 1994, she has pursued further education and training in radiation safety sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the International Center of Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste Italy. She has over 25 years of radiography teaching experience at different Universities in Canada and abroad. She is a registration committee member at the College of Radiological Technologists of Ontario (CMRTO). She is certified with the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT). In 2017 she founded VCA Education Solutions for Health Professionals, Inc. In 2018, she was nominated for the OAMRS Practitioner of the Year award; and lately, she was appointed to represent CMRTO at Accreditation Canada.
Ms. Annette Hornby, MRT(R)(DMS): Annette Hornby has been Director of Quality Assurance at the CMRTO for the past 5 years.Prior to this role she worked as an Applications Specialist in x-ray, was a department manager of two DI sites within a large hospital corporation and prior to this she was a charge technologist in X-ray and Ultrasound.
Ms. Janet Maggio, M.Sc (HSE), MRT(N)(MR): Janet Maggio is dual certified in Nuclear Medicine and MRI and joined the CMRTO team last year from her previous roles at the Ontario Association of Medical Radiation Sciences and teaching in the Nuclear Medicine program at the Michener Institute.
Dr. David Koff, MD FRCPC: David Koff has been Chair of the Department of Radiology at McMaster University and Chief of Diagnostic Imaging at Hamilton Health Sciences for the past 10 years, Professor of radiology at McMaster University, and founder and director of MIIRCAM, the Medical Imaging Informatics Research Centre at McMaster, leading research projects on radiation monitoring and integration of images in the electronic patient record. He created and is currently Chair of Canada Safe Imaging, a joined initiative with Canadian Universities and professional associations to promote radiation safety in Canada, aligned with the Bonn Call-for-Action and major international initiatives. For the last 20 years, Dr. Koff’s research has centered on the electronic communication and workflow integration of medical images, and he developed the Canadian standards on lossy compression. His current research interests are about aggregation of medical data and medical applications of nanotechnology. He has been a co-founder of IHE Canada (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise), and is a member of the IHE section of the Medical Informatics committee at RSNA. He is co-Chair of the IHE International Radiology Planning Committee. Dr Koff has been organizing MIIT, the Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology conference in Canada for the past 12 years. He is also teaching leadership in healthcare using the LEADS framework.
Ms. Marvalyn Whyte, CDR, BSc, MRT(R), CTIC, CIR: Ms. Whyte is a CT/IR technologist at the Scarborough and Rouge Hospital General campus and a casual CT technologist at the North York General Hospital. Marvalyn has been a MRT for over 30 years, with 10 years experience in CT and IR. She has held various positions which includes general MRT, managerial, and teaching roles. She obtained her diploma in Radiography from the School of Medical Radiation Technology in Kingston, Jamaica. In addition, she holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of the West Indies in Management Studies, Economics and International Relations. Marvalyn believes in continuing education and professional development and has completed the Advance certificate in CT Imaging and Interventional Radiology with the CAMRT. Marvalyn is also an external instructor at the Michener Institute of Applied Health Sciences where she works with Internationally Trained Professionals in the Radiography Bridging program.
