Mahadevappa Mahesh, MS, PhD, FAAPM, FACR is an Associate Professor of Radiology and Associate Professor of Medicine – Division of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Chief Physicist at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD. His research interests are in medical imaging, particularly in areas of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT), interventional fluoroscopy and digital mammography. Current research includes patient dose evaluation during MDCT, radiation dose measurement and optimization of clinical protocols in MDCT. He teaches diagnostic radiological physics to the radiology residents and also provides lectures on CT, fluoroscopy and other medical physics topics. As chief physicist, he oversees the quality assurance program for the diagnostic radiology that includes maintaining compliance with regard to state and federal regulations and ensuring safe use of radiation to patients. He also provides counsels to patients concerned over their radiation exposure from diagnostic x-ray examinations. Prior joining Hopkins, Dr Mahesh obtained his Ph.D. in Medical Physics from Wisconsin.

Dr Mahesh is board certified from the American Board of Radiology in diagnostic radiological physics and is a member of the Radiation Control Advisory Board for the State of Maryland. His editorial activities include, Editor for the Physics Columns (Technology Talk and Medical Physics Consult) and Editorial Board Member for Journal of American College of Radiology (JACR), Contributing Editor for RadioGraphics, Editor of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Newsletter and peer reviewer for a number of journals. He serves as the Chair of the AAPM/RSNA Physics Tutorials and the International Scientific Exchange Programs at AAPM. He also serves on various committees at the American College of Radiology (ACR), including Chair of the Physics Panel for ACR-Diagnostic X-ray In-Training examination, Chair of the committee on government relations under the Commission on Medical Physics. He is also a phantom reviewer for ACR accreditation programs in Mammography, CT and MRI. He serves on the Scientific Program Committee for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Dr Mahesh is the President-Elect for the Medical Health Physics Section in the Health Physics Society in 2009.

Dr Mahesh is a fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. He was the member of Scientific Committee (SC 6-2) at the National Council of Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) and is one of the authors of the NCRP report number 160 titled ‘Ionizing Radiation Exposure of the Population of the United States’. Dr. Mahesh has been invited to be the United Nations-International Atomic Energy Agency (UN-IAEA) expert to participate in the IAEA activities including as lecturer to the Radiation Protection for Cardiologists meetings. Dr Mahesh also serves as a Scholar for Gerson Lehrman Group; an independent primary research firm serving business and investment leads in North America, Asia and Europe.

Dr Mahesh was recently honored as a fellow of the American College of Radiology.

Dr Mahesh recently completed the textbook ‘MDCT Physics: The Basics – Technology, Image Quality and Radiation Dose’ and is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (2009).

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