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KENNETH R. KASE   Kenneth R. Kase

Occupation:
Radiation physicist specializing in measurement, dosimetry, shielding and safety system design related to medical and research accelerators.

Born:
July 13, 1938 ; Oak Park, IL

Education:
BS Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1961
M Bioradiology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1963
PhD Biophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1975

Certifications:
American Board of Health Physics
American College of Radiology, Therapeutic Radiological Physics

Career:

During his career in Health Physics and Medical Physics Dr. Kase has held positions of Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Most recently he was an Associate Director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and Director of the Environment, Safety and Health Division. He is currently Safety Officer for Lyncean Technologies, Inc. He began his career at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, CA (now Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) in 1963 as a Health Physicist and assigned responsibility for the accelerator facilities. In 1967 he was appointed Head of the Radiation Safety Section in the Hazards Control Department. In 1969 Dr. Kase joined the radiation physics staff at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University. During his graduate studies he and a colleague taught a course at Stanford Medical School in radiation dosimetry. The class notes were developed into a monograph, “Concepts of Radiation Dosimetry”, K.R. Kase and W. R. Nelson, published by Pergamon Press. After receiving his PhD, Dr. Kase joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School in Boston at the Joint Center for Radiation Oncology, and worked there until 1985. In 1978 Dr. Kase was awarded the Elda E. Anderson Award of the Health Physics Society for outstanding contributions to the field of Health Physics by someone under the age of 40 years. Moving to the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 1985 he was appointed Chief Physicist in the Radiation Oncology Department. During the 1980s he was the senior editor, with B.E. Bjarngard and F. H. Attix of the 3 volume set, “The Dosimetry of Ionizing Radiation” published by Academic Press. In 1992 Dr. Kase returned to the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) as Head of the Radiation Physics Department, and was appointed Associate Director in 1995. He retired from SLAC at the end of 2004. Dr. Kase was a member of the American Board of Health Physics from 1981-1985, Treasurer of AAPM from 1986-1991, President of the American Academy of health Physics in 1996, and President of the Health Physics Society 2003-2004. He has been a member of National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) since 1987 and served as Scientific Vice President for Operational Radiation Safety and Chairman of Scientific Committee 46 on Operational Radiation Safety. Currently he is a member of Scientific Committee 1 on Basic Criteria, Epidemiology, Radiobiology and Risk and Senior Vice President of the NCRP. Dr. Kase has served on Committee 4 of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). He served as the Chairman of the International Congress Program Committee for the 10 th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) in Hiroshima in 2000, and is currently vice president of IRPA. He is a Fellow of the Health Physics Society (HPS), American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), American College of Radiology (ACR) and American College of Medical Physics (ACMP). He has served as Associate Editor for the journals Health Physics, Medical Physics and Radiation Research.

Publications [Up to 15]:

  1. K. R. Kase, “Radioactive Gas Production at a 100-MeV Electron Linac Facility”, Health Physics 13 (1967) 869-876.
  2. K . R. Kase and S. R. Domen, “Calorimetric and Ionization Measurements of Stopping Power in Carbon for 19.5 GeV Electrons”, Nucl. Inst. Meth. 118 (1974) 469-475.
  3. K. R. Kase and G. M. Hahn, “Differential Heat Response of Normal and Transformed Human Cells in Tissue Culture”, Nature 255 (1975) 228-230.
  4. K. R. Kase and G. M. Hahn, “Comparison of Some Response to Hyperthermia by Normal Human Diploid Cells and Neoplastic Cells from the Same Origin”, European J. Cancer 12 (1976) 481-491.
  5. K. R. Kase and B. E. Bjärngard, “Dose to Patients from Bremsstrahlung in Rotational Electron Therapy”, Radiology 133 (1979) 531-532.
  6. P. H. Huang, K. R. Kase and B. E. Bjärngard, “Spectral Characterization of 4 MV Bremsstrahlung by Attenuation Analysis”, Med. Phys. 8 (1981) 368-374.
  7. K. R. Kase, G. J. Adler and B. E. Bjärngard, “Comparison of Dosimeters and Phantom Material for Electron Beam Measurements”, Med. Phys. 9 (1982) 13-19.
  8. K. R. Kase, G. K. Svensson, A. B. Wolbarst and M. A. Marks, “Measurements of Dose from Secondary Radiation Outside a Treatment Field”, Int. J. Radiat. Oncology Biol. Phys. 9 (1983) 1177-1184.
  9. P. H. Huang, K. R. Kase and B. E. Bjärngard, “Reconstruction of 4 MV Bremsstrahlung Spectra from Measured Transmission Data”, Med. Phys. 10 (1983) 778-785.
  10. N. J. Numark and K. R. Kase, “Radiation Transmission and Scattering for Medical Linacs Producing X-rays of 6 and 15 MeV: Comparison of Calculations with Measurements”, Health Physics 48 (1985) 289-295.
  11. K. R. Kase and G. K. Svensson, “Head Scatter Data for Several Linear Accelerators (4-18 MV)”, Med. Phys. 13 (1986) 530-532.
  12. X. Mao, K. R. Kase and W. R. Nelson, “Giant Dipole Resonance Neutron Yields Produced by Electrons as a Function of Target Material and Thickness”, Health Phys. 70 (1996) 207-214.
  13. X. Mao, K. R. Kase, J. C. Liu, W. R. Nelson, J. H. Kleck and S. Johnson, “Neutron Sources in the Varian Clinac 2100C/2300C Medical Accelerator Calculated by the EGS4 Code”, Health Phys. 72 (1997) 524-529.
  14. K. R. Kase, X. S. Mao, W. R. Nelson, J. C. Liu, J. H. Kleck and M. Elsalim, “Neutron Fluence and Energy Spectra Around the Varian Clinac 2100C/2300C Medical Accelerator”, Health Phys. 74 (1998) 38-47.
  15. K. R. Kase, W. R. Nelson, A. Fasso, J. C. Liu, X. Mao, T. M. Jenkins and J. H. Kleck, “Measurements of Accelerator-Produced Neutron and Photon Transmission through Concrete”, Health Phys. 84 (2003) 180-187.

Awards:
Elda E. Anderson Award of the Health Physics Society
R. S. Landauer Memorial Lecture Award given by the Midwest Chapters of HPS and AAPM
Failla Memorial Lecture Award given by the Greater New York Chapter of the HPS and the Radiological and Medical Physics Society of new York.

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Activities:
Continuing Education Committee, Member
New England Chapter, President
Finance Committee, Member and Chairman
Board of Directors, Member
Treasurer

Additional Professional Organization Activities:

Civic Activities:
  Church

Avocations and Special Interests:
  Hiking, bicycling, Photography

Family:
Wife: Grady Kase
Daughter: Evelyn Dickson, MD
Husband: D. Ross Dickson, MD
Daughters: Molly Grace, Claire
Son: Neil
Daughter: Laura Woods
Husband: Craig Woods
Daughters: Hannah, Megan, Bridget