E. Russell Ritenour, Ph.D.
Curriculum Vitae - Page 1
CURRICULUM VITAE
E. RUSSELL RITENOUR, Ph.D.
Business Address:Medical University of South Carolina
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
96 Jonathan Lucas St., MSC 323
Charleston, SC 29425-3230
Bus. Phone Num.:843/792-4033
E-mail Address:
ACADEMIC and HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
2014 – presentMedical University of South Carolina
Professor and Chief Medical Physicist
1989 - 2014University of Minnesota -- Medical School
Department of Radiology
2008 - 2014Director: Center for Interdisciplinary Medical Imaging Research
1999 - 2014Professor
1989 - 2014Director: Physics Section
1989 - 1999Associate Professor
1989 -University of Minnesota -- Graduate School
presentGraduate Program in Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics
1993 - 2014Director of Graduate Studies
1989 - presentMember: Graduate School Faculty
2007 -2014Fairview Maple Grove Medical Center, Maple Grove, Minnesota
Radiation Safety Officer
2004 -2013Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Medical Physicist
2005 - 2013Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Medical Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer
1980 - 1989University of Colorado School of Medicine
Department of Radiology:
1984-1989Assistant Professor
1982-1984Instructor
1980-1982Postdoctoral Fellow
1986 - 1989AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver Colorado
MRI Physicist
1982 - 1986Mountain View Hospital, Denver Colorado
Radiation Safety Officer
OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
2007 - 2012American College of Radiology/MRI Accreditation Program
Image Reviewer
1995 - 1999Advanced Medical Education
Lecturer on Vascular Physics and General Ultrasound Physics
1990 - 1991Compton's Encyclopedia and Encyclopedia Britannica
Contributor and Consultant
1985 - 1989U. S. Army
Consultant, Physics Training. for Radiology. Residents:
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Denver Colorado
1987 - 1990Educational Systems Testing Corporation / Jostens Learning Corporation Member: Science Advisory Board
EDUCATION:
1971-1973James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Fall 1973-B.A. Physics
Spring 1975University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Fall 1975-Ph.D., Physics
Spring 1981 University of Virginia
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Charlottesville, Virginia
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
NIH Research Fellowship in Medical Physics
1980-1982
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
CERTIFICATION:
1986 Certified by the American Board of Radiology in:
Therapeutic Radiological Physics
Diagnostic Radiological Physics
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Diagnostic Imaging
Ultrasound Dosimetry
Bioeffects of Ionizing and NonIonizing Radiation
Distance Learning Systems for Medical Education
Picture Archiving and Communications Systems
Medical Telecommunication
VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS:
9/16/2004-9/30/2004Tianjin University
Tianjin, China
3/26/2004-3/29/2004United States Naval Hospital
San Diego, California
3/24/2003-3/26/2003United States Naval Hospital
San Diego, California
1/1/1999-6/30/1999American Board of Radiology (sabbatical)
Tucson, Arizona
7/10/1998Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
5/1/1995-5/3/1995Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
9/9/1994University of Virginia
Department of Radiology
Charlottesville, Virginia
12/7/1989Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
AWARDS and HONORS:
1972-73Highest Academic Average in the General Physics Program, Madison College (now James Madison University).
1979President's and Visitors' Prize for the best research paper in the natural sciences at the University of Virginia: PNAS 74:pp.1983-87, May 1977.
1980-1982National Research Service Award
NIH, 2 Year Fellowship.
1993Terrance Matzuk Memorial Award presented at the annual meeting of The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine: for innovative research in the development of ultrasonic instrumentation and technology - for the development of heat conduction calorimetry for measurement of ultrasonic power and energy. March 17, 1993.
1996Distinguished Commission Service Award, American College of Radiology, September 16, 1996.
2001Fellow American Association of Physicists in Medicine
2003Fellow American College of Radiology
2015Keynote Speaker: International Conference on Advancements of Medical Electronics (ICAME 2015), Kalyani India, 29th - 30th, January 2015
MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:
1986- presentAmerican Board of Radiology
Written Examination Committee for Radiologist's Certification
1991 – 1999Chair
1986 – 1991Member
Oral Examination for Physicist's Certification
1991 – presentExaminer
1/1/1999-6/30/1999Sabbatical for Special Projects in Electronic Testing
Diagnostic Written Exam Committee for Physicists
2007 – presentChair
1999 – 2007Member
2007 - presentAmerican Institute of Physics
2008 – presentAdvisory Committee on Physics Education
2007 – presentAlliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging
1997 - 2003Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs
Chair, Committee on Continuing Education
2006American Institute of Biological Sciences
Grant Reviewer
1995 - 2000World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Chair, Scientific Program Executive Committee
1988National Institutes of Health
Review Committee, National Cooperative Drug
Discovery Group
1993National Cancer Institute
Ad Hoc Technical Review Group
1995 - 1996U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command
and 2006Radiological Sciences Peer Review Panel
1994Department of Energy
Reviewer, Small Business Innovation Research Program
1989-presentDepartment of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School
2000 - 2014Chair: Promotion and Tenure Committee
Chair: External Review Committee 2000
Chair: Personal Computing Policy
Undergraduate Medical Education Committee
Quality Assurance Committee
Liaison Committee on Medical Education
Clinical Research
Program Graduate Education
Section Chiefs
Resident Education
University of Minnesota Medical School
1997Information Technology and Education Committee
1997Education Work Group
1997Liaison Committee for Medical Education Self-Study
Human Use Subcommittee
2004-2006Member
2007 – 2014Chair
2008 - 2014Promotion and Tenure Committee
University of Minnesota
1990-1992Campus Wide Imaging Technology Policy Working Group
2007 - 2014All University Radiation Protection Advisory Committee
Chair: Human Use Subcommittee
University of Minnesota Graduate School
1993 - 2014Policy and Review Council
1997Chair: Semester Conversion Committee B/Physical Sciences P & R
1995-1996Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program
United States Army Medical Research and Material Command Scientific Peer Review Panel
1996University Hospital Faculty Practice Organization
Task Force on Medical Information Systems
Fairview Healthcare System
1997Focus Group on Picture Archiving and Communications Systems
1986-89University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Radioactive Drug Research Committee
Graduate Education Committee
Radiology, Residency Selection Committee
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
2015-presentMedical Physics Leadership Academy Work Group
2008 - 2010Liaison to the American Institute of Physics, Advisory Committee on Physics Education
2007 - 2012Liaison to the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging
2007Chairman of the Board
2006President
2005President-elect
2003-Board of Directors
1985 - 1992Committee on Education and Training of Radiologists
1991 - 1998Program Committee
1992 - 1998Education Council
1993 - 1998Task Group #1, Multimedia Educational Materials Publication
1998 - 2000Continuing Education by Remote Means Subcommittee
1993 - 1997Continuing Education Committee, RSNA Ed. Coord. Subcomm.
1992 - 1998Chair, Committee on Education & Training of Medical Physicists
1992 - 1998 Chair, Secondary Education and Teaching Subcommittee
1995 - 1996 President, North Central Chapter
2006American Institute of Biological Sciences Grant Reviewer
Health Physics Society
1985 - 1986President, Central Rocky Mountain Chapter
1986Session Chairman and Scientific Program Committee for
Midyear Symposium of the National Health Physics Society
1990 - 1995Medical Physics Section Steering Committee
American College of Radiology
1987- 1996Committee on Communications and Public Information
2000-2005Chair, Education Committee, of Commission, on Medical Physics
2000-2008Councilor-at-Large
2007-2012MRI Accreditation Image Reviewer
2015-presentUltrasound Accreditation Committee
2015-presentBreast Ultrasound Accreditation Committee
Radiological Society of North America
1991 - 1995Program Committee
1992 - 1995Chair, Subcommittee on Physics
2005-2008American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Radiologist Assistant Committee
2007-2012Board of Directors Research and Education Fund
Member:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
Society of Directors of Academic Medical Physics Programs
2009 – 2012Board Member at Large
2014 - presentAmerican Roentgen Ray Society
2014 – presentEditorial Manager for Medical Physics and Informatics
EDITORIAL BOARD ASSIGNMENTS:
American Journal of Roentgenology
2014 - presentEditorial Board
2014 - presentSection Editor Medical Physics and Informatics
Radiographics
1997 - 2013Editorial Board
1997 - 2013Chair, Scientific Exhibit Review Panel
International Organization of Medical Physics
1998Editorial Board, Global On-line Medical Physics
Reviewer:
Medical Physics
Radiology
Investigative Radiology
Radiographics
Health Physics
Academic Radiology
MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:
2008 -Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Medical Imaging Research
2014University of Minnesota
Department of Radiology, Physics Section
1993 - Director, Graduate Studies
2014University of Minnesota
Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics
Graduate School Program
1989 - Director, Physics Section
2014University of Minnesota Academic Health Center
Department of Radiology
1985 - 1989 Director, Graduate Medical Physics Program
University of Colorado School of Medicine
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Graduate Students
Physics of Diagnostic Radiology, Bphy 5174; 3 cr., Fall qtr.
Taught Course 1989 – 1998
Medical and Health Physics of Imaging II, BPHY 5174; 3 cr., Spring Semester
Co-taught course 1999 - present
Physics of Nuclear Medicine, Bphy 5171; 3 cr., Winter qtr.
Course Director, taught 1/3 of course 1990 – 1999
Medical and Health Physics of Imaging I, BPHY 5171; 3 cr., Fall Semester
Course Director, Co-taught course 1998 - present
Physics of Radiation Therapy, Bphy 5173; 3 cr., Fall qtr.
3 - 1 hr. lectures 1990 – 1998
Medical and Health Physics of Radiation Theraphy, BPHY 5173, Spring Semester
1 -1 hr. lecture 1999 - present
Biophysical Sciences Seminar, Bphy 5138; Fall, Winter, Spring
Course Director for weekly seminar series, 1990 - 1999
Research Seminar, BPHY 5138, Fall Semester, 1998 to present
Seminar and Journal Club, BPHY 5139; Spring Semester
Weekly journal club and seminar, 1999 to present
Biomedical Engineering Internship, BME 8002, Summer
Directed Summer Internships in MRI for Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree students 1990, 1993
Biomedical Instrumentation, EE 5560, Fall, Summer
Directed Student Projects in Doppler Ultrasound 1992 - present
Directed Study, BPhy 8222, Spring, Summer
Individual study in X-ray measurement 1990 - 1999
Directed Study in Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics, BPHY 8293, Fall, Spring Semester, 1998 – present
Directed Research in Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics, BPHY 8294, Fall, Spring Semester, 1998 - present
Medical Students
MUSC IP 701, Transforming Health Care for the Future, Required for first year med and nursing students, 2015
Radiology Elective #5101; medical students
Lecture 1.5 hr - twice per month 1989 - present
Radiology Residents
MUSC Rad. Residents – six hours/month plus course director
Physics and Radiobiology; 2 hr./wk, Oct.'90 - April '91, 1 hr./wk, May 1991 - present
Introduction to Radiation Physics and Safety; 5 hr./wk.. July, 1990 - present
ABR Exam Review; 2 hr./wk., Aug. - Sept., 1990 – 2004
ABR Exam Review: Physics for Radiology Residents; 1 hr./wk., April - Sept. 2005 - present
Cardiology Residents and Fellows
Three Lectures -- Radiation Safety, Anatomy of X-ray Equipment, Digital Imaging Techniques; Sept.-Oct., 1992 – present
Physics of Nuclear Medicine; Sept. 2008 - May 2009 - present
Radiologic Technology Students
Physics of Radiology, Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, 2004 - present
Radiobiology and Radiation Safety, Veterans Affairs’ Medical Center, 2004 - present
Radiobiology and Radiation Safety, Fairview Health Systems, 2005 - present
Radiologic Technologists, Nurses, Laboratory Personnel
Radiation Safety Inservices (1-2 hr.): 1989 - present
Delivered separately to personnel at -
Hennepin County Medical Center
Fairview-University Medical Center
Minnesota Medical Foundation
Physics Teachers, National Workshop
Educational Programs and Career Opportunities in Medical Physics
Annual meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers: 1990
Annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Educator’s Day Program: 1991 - 98
Graduate Student Advising - Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics
Advisor - 13 Ph.D. Students, 17 Masters Students, 2 Post-Doctoral Fellows
Committee Member - 10 PhD Students, 9 Masters Students
Oral Exam Committees, other programs
Kariniemi, Robert C., Masters in Electrical Engineering, Degree Completed, January 1991
Mihailidis, Dimitris, Ph.D., Dept. of Physics, Degree Completed, August 1994
Sen, Anindya, Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D. Completion, July 1996
Ross, Gregory, Dept. of Oral Sciences, School of Dentistry, Ph.D. degree candidate
Wu, Xiaoping, Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D., September 2006
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:
Scimed - November 1990 - February 1991 -, with Dr. Bruce Hasselquist, Feasibility study for exposure of vascular structures to radiation. $2000.
Emtek, Inc. - February 1991 - Present - Development of an image transmission system for the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Access to Emtek proprietary database system provided by Emtek, Computer Image Processing equipment valued at $50,000
Dental School, UMHC (w/Dr Ralph DeLong) - February 1991 - September 1991 - Feasibility of use of image processing techniques to quantitate bone recession in panorex dental films. Graduate student salary support and workstation usage fees: $7680
Radiological Society of North America Seed Grant - April 1991 - April 1993 - Aminoglycoside Nephrotoxicity: Sonographic Characterization. PI: P.A.Walter, DVM , E.R. Ritenour is listed as investigator, funding for animal costs:$9500.
Image, PSL - May 1992 - May 1993 - Evaluation of image quality of a system for medical image transmission and archive, graduate student salary support: $9000.
Mine Safety and Health Administration - November 1992 - February 1993 - Use of image processing to detect evidence of tampering with air filter samples. Graduate student support and workstation usage fees: $28,380
US West - November 1992 - December 1994 - Construction and Evaluation of a High-definition Distance Learning System using 155 Mbps Asynchronous Mode Technology. This system has been used to teach radiology residents at Hennepin County Medical Center and the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center from the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics location. US West provided three full-time equivalent employees for technical support with equipment valued at $2,500,000.
Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship - January 19, 1993 - October 19, 1994 - Energy Deposition and Temperature Increase During magnetic Resonance Imaging. $10,955
University of Minnesota Radiology Research Fund: Small Grants Program for Research - January 20, 1994 - September 1, 1995 - Development of a Heat Conduction Calorimeter for Practical Measurement of Ultrasound Power. $5,625
Fairview Health System - 1989 - present (formerly with University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics), Contract for radiologic physics support under the direct supervision of Dr. Ritenour. - Current yearly salary support for physicists in the University of Minnesota, Dept. of Radiology:$307,204
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis MN - 1989 - present, Contract for radiologic physics support under the direct supervision of Dr. Ritenour - Current yearly salary support for physicists in the University of Minnesota, Dept. of Radiology:$248,502
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis MN - 1989 - present, contract for radiologic physics support under the direct supervision of Dr. Ritenour - current yearly salary support for physicists in the University of Minnesota, Dept. of Radiology: $89,860
National Library of Medicine 9/29/98 6/30/99 Distributed Evolutionary Medical Education Environment This project plans uses of a highspeed backbone communications system for medical education of undergraduate, graduates, and continuing education. Emphasis will be on delivery of realtime data, images, laboratory results, conferencing, and library resources. CoPI's: Dr. Lael Gatewood and Dean Gregory Vercelotti, Dr. Ritenour is an investigator with $2,432 Salary support.
Technology Partnership Fund, Minnesota Technology Inc. 6/22/98 1/31/99 EOS Universal Workstation CoPI’s E. Russell Ritenour, PhD (radiology), Joseph Konstan, PhD (computer science). An existing highresolution medical imaging workstation is to be converted to Windows OS and the proprietary graphics controller board is to be replaced with an opensystem device. The performance of the workstation will then be compared to other imageviewing devices in a formal observer performance study involving consultants from the Biostatistics Department of the School of Public Health. $55,000.
American Board of Radiology 1/1/99 6/30/99 Computer Based Testing System Dr. Ritenour will lead a project to convert the certification exam that is currently administered to radiology residents at regional centers on specific dates in a A paper booklet and machine graded@ format to a computer based exam that will be available on demand at all residency training sites. The format will be expanded to include images, sound, and interactive simulations. The ABR is funding 50% of Dr. Ritenour’s salary for a six month period, furnishing all computer hardware and is paying travel expenses for approximately six trips to ABR headquarters in Tucson, AZ and to work with a computer consulting firm based in Lexington, KY. $50,000.
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS at REGIONAL, NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS:
1.Ritenour ER, Cacak RK, Hendee WR: Electron scattering under curved surfaces. Oral presentation, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Session H, Paper #2. Abstract appeared in Medical Physics 8(4):563-564, 1981.
2.Nelson TN, Ritenour ER, Rossi RP: Evaluation of "in the field" DR system performance. Presented at The Radiological Society of North America, 70th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, paper #869, Washington, D.C., November 1984.
3.Ritenour ER: Site planning, patient and personnel protection in magnetic resonance imaging installation. Presented at the Annual Technical Meeting of the Central Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Health Physics Society, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, April 30, 1985.
4.Ritenour ER, Alamoudi OA, Rao NAHK, Manco-Johnson ML: Measurement of dwell time and calculation of absorbed energy for specific fetal organs during normal obstetrical ultrasound exams. Presented at the Fifth Meeting of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology/American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, October, 1988.
5.Ritenour ER, Ekpere E: Calibration and use of a phantom for evaluation of commercially available Doppler systems. Presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, July 23-27, 1989.
6.Ritenour ER: RF heating in MRI at high field strengths. Presented at the annual meeting of the North Central Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, La Crosse, WI, April 10, 1992.
7.Ritenour ER, Lau M, Hammer BE, Garwood M, Merkle H: SAR in high duty cycle adiabatic pulsing schemes for MR at 4 Tesla. Presented at the Society For Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 10th Annual Meeting, New York, N.Y., April 25-29, 1992.
8.Ritenour ER, Conroy MJ, Lovrien RE: Heat conduction calorimetry for ultrasound acoustic power measurement. Presented at the 37th Annual Convention of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 15, 1993.
9.Ritenour ER, Goldberg ME, Walling WR: Design of a digital teleconferencing system for remote teaching of radiology residents. Presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Association of University Radiologists, Boston, Massachusetts, May 4-8, 1994.
10. Ritenour ER, Experience with a High Resolution Remote Teaching System for Radiology Residents, Presented at the Radiological Society of North America, Info-Rad Theater, Chicago, Illinois, Nov.29, 1994.
11.Ritenour ER: The physics of screen-film radiography. Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, November 30, 1995.
12.Ritenour ER, Anderson CA: MR angiography vs. CT angiography, Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, November 30, 1995.
E. Russell Ritenour, Ph.D.
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- Ritenour, ER, Ong HS: Dual chamber Heat conduction Calorimetry for Measurement of Ultrasonic Power in the Diagnostic Range, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Nice, France, September 15, 1997.
- Ritenour, ER: Physical basis of Magnetic Resonance, presented at the Annual Meeting of the North Central Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 5, 2000.
15. Magnetic Resonance Safety Issues at High Field Strength, International Conference on Advancements of Medical Electronics (ICAME 2015),Kalyani India, 29th - 30th, January 2015
SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITS:
1.Ritenour ER, Thickman D, Spitzer VM: 3D scanning of extremities: Preliminary results. Poster/Scientific Exhibit. World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Joint Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 17-21, 1988.
2.Carlson JE, Hedlund LJ, Ritenour ER, Halvorsen RA: Scientific Exhibit. Safe Power Injection of Contrast Media Through Portacaths During Computerized Tomographic Examinations. Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL, November 25 - 30, 1990.
3.Ritenour ER, Goldberg ME, Walling WR: Evaluation of an ATM System for Remote Teaching of Radiology Residents. Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL, November 28 - December 3, 1993.
- Pesun IJ, Nemeth BR, Rehm K, Ritenour ER, Rudney JD: Evaluation of Bone Resorption Under Maxillary Complete Dentures Opposing Implant Retained Mandibular Prosthesis, International Association for Dental Research, Orlando, Florida, March 22, 1997.
5. Ritenour ER: A High Definition Distance Learning System for Radiology Residents. Educom’97, Minneapolis, MN, October 28-31, 1997.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
1.Health Effects of Low Level Radiation, Presented to:
American Pharmaceutical Association Nuclear Pharmacy Group, Las Vegas, April 1982.
2.Health Effects of Low Level Radiation, Presented to:
Colorado Public Health Association, June, 1981.
3.Health Effects of Low Level Radiation. Presented to:
Southwestern Chapter of the Colorado Society of Radiologic
Technologists, October, 1982.
4.Health Effects of Low Level Radiation, Presented to:
Staffs of various hospitals in the Colorado Region, 1981-82.