WALTER HUDA
Occupation: Medical physicist specializing in medical imaging and radiation dosimetry
Born: 21 January 1951 in Yorkshire, England
Education:
Corpus Christi College , Oxford University (BA in Physics, 1973)
Royal Postgraduate Medical School , University of London (PhD Medical Physics, 1979)
Certifications:
Fellow of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (1986)
American Board of Medical Physics, Diagnostic Imaging (1989)
American Board of Radiology (Equivalency), Diagnostic Imaging (2001)
Career:
From 1976 to 1981, Dr Huda worked as a physicist at Amersham International, a commercial company specializing in radioactive products. In 1982, Dr Huda moved to the Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation in Winnipeg, Canada where he worked as a medical physicist in the fields of diagnostic imaging and medical radiation dosimetry. In 1990 he joined the University of Florida to become Director of Radiological Physics. In 1997, Dr Huda was appointed Professor of Radiology at the SUNY Upstate Medical University at Syracuse. His research interests are in medical imaging and radiation dosimetry. He has published one book and approximately 200 scientific papers.
Selected Publications:
Huda W and Sandison GA. "CT dosimetry and risk estimates" Radiation Protection Dosimetry 12 (1985) 241-249.
Huda W , Sandison GA and Lee TY. "Patient doses from computed tomography in Manitoba from 1977 to 1987" British Journal of Radiology62 (1989) 138-144.
Huda W, Sandison GA, Palser FR and Savoie D. "Radiation doses and detriment from chest X-rays" Physics in Medicine and Biology34 (1989) 1477-1492.
Huda W, Slone RM, Belden C, Williams JL, Cumming WA and Palmer CK "Mottle on computed radiographs of the chest in pediatric patients” Radiology199 (1996) 249-252.
Atherton JV and Huda W "Energy imparted and effective doses in computed tomography" Medical Physics23 (1996) 735-741.
Huda W, Atherton JV, Ware DE and Cumming WA "An approach for the estimation of effective radiation doses at CT in pediatric patients” Radiology203 (1997) 417-422.
Huda W and Gkanatsios NA "Effective dose and energy imparted in diagnostic radiology" Medical Physics24 (1997) 1311-1316.
Rill LN, Huda W, and Gkanatsios N "Viewbox luminance measurements and their effect on reader performance" Academic Radiology 6 (1999) 521-529.
Huda W, Scalzetti EM and Levin G “Technique factors and image quality as a function of patient weight at abdominal CT” Radiology 217 (2000) 430-435.
Huda W, Sajewicz A, Ogden KM, and Dance DR. “Dose and image quality in digital mammography”. Medical Physics 30 (2003) 442-448.
Huda W, Lieberman KA, Chang J, Roskopf ML. “Patient size and x-ray technique factors in head CT examinations. Part 1 – Radiation Dose” Medical Physics31 (2004) 588-594.
Huda W, Lieberman KA, Chang J, Roskopf ML. “Patient size and x-ray technique factors in head CT examinations. Part II – Image quality” Medical Physics 31 (2004) 595-601.
Awards:
Teaching:
Silver Spoon Award (Resident Teaching award) 1994 (UF); Silver Ladle Award (Resident Teaching award) 1995 (UF); Silver Spade Award (Resident Teaching award) 1996 (UF); Silver Bucket Award (Resident Teaching award) 1997 (UF); E Robert Heitzman Award - Teaching Excellence 1998 (SUNY/Syracuse)
Miscellaneous:
Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (2001)
Honorary Member of the Society for Paediatric Radiology (2002)
Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for reviewing with Distinction 2002, 2003 and 2004.
The RIT Award for Excellence for the best diagnostic imaging paper in J Applied Clinical Medical Physics. Radiographic techniques in screen-film mammography. TR LaVoy, W Huda , Kent M. Ogden (2002)
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Activities:
President, Upstate Chapter of the AAPM; AAPM International Affairs Committee; AAPM Task Force on Computed Radiography; AAPM CT Noise task force
Additional Professional Organization Activities:
Membership in professional societies: American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM); Canadian Organisation of Medical Physics (COMP); Radiological Society of North America (RSNA); American College of Medical Physics (ACMP); Medical Imaging Perception Society (MIPS); Health Physics Society (HPS); Society for Radiological Protection (SRP).
Editorial responsibilities:
Ukrainian Journal of Radiology (Editorial Board); British Journal of Radiology (Overseas Advisory Board); Pediatric Radiology (Editorial Board); Medical Physics (Associate Editor); Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics (Associate Editor); Radiation Protection Dosimetry (Associate Editor); Radiology (Associate Editor).
Organisational responsibilities:
Secretary/Treasurer PPC of the SNM; Councillor DMBP of the CAP; COMP Radiation Regulation Committee; Board member of the CCPM; Member of CCPM Examination Committee; Vice-President of the CCPM; Editor of the Canadian Medical Physics newsletter; DMBP/CCPM "Constitution Committee" for the formation of the Canadian Organisation of Medical Physics (COMP); Canadian MRC Grant Panel (Biomedical Engineering); Canadian AECB Working Group on ICRP "90"; Examiner American Board of Medical Physics; Examiner Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine; RSNA Committee on Radiology Resident training; RSNA Associated Science Committee; ICRU Dose & Image quality Committee.
Avocations and Special Interests: Squash (retired); Golf (no handicap); Skiing/Snowboarding; Bridge; Travel; Ukrainian History; History/Philosophy of Science.
Family: Married to Joyce Elizabeth; two step-children (Iain and Lucy), and one dog (Chorni Ochi).