Experience

Regions Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Diagnostic Medical Physicist

  • Jan 2023 - Present



Houston Methodist Hospital - Texas Medical Center

• Houston, Texas Area

• Senior Imaging Physicist, Associate Professor

  • May 2014 - Dec 2022

  Support in clinical practice in Diagnostic Imaging: optimization of clinical protocols; MRI safety; training of MR technologists; communication with vendors. Radiation dose measurements and radiation protection issues; ACR accreditation; Annual surveys of MRI, CT, R&F, mammography and PET/CT systems. ACR reviewer for MRI accreditation. Support in clinical practice in Diagnostic Imaging: optimization of clinical protocols; MRI safety; training of MR technologists; communication with vendors. Radiation dose measurements and radiation protection issues; ACR accreditation; Annual surveys of MRI, CT, R&F, mammography and PET/CT systems. ACR reviewer for MRI accreditation.



St. Paul Radiology

• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Medical Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer

  • Oct 2006 - Apr 2014

  Support in clinical practice in MRI and CT: optimization of clinical protocols; MRI safety; training of MR technologists; communication with vendors. Radiation dose measurements and radiation protection issues; ACR accreditation and annual testing. Annual surveys of R&F, mammography and PET/CT systems. Radiation Safety Officer in Diagnostic Radiology. Support in clinical practice in MRI and CT: optimization of clinical protocols; MRI safety; training of MR technologists; communication with vendors. Radiation dose measurements and radiation protection issues; ACR accreditation and annual testing. Annual surveys of R&F, mammography and PET/CT systems. Radiation Safety Officer in Diagnostic Radiology.



GE HealthCare

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• MR Systems Engineer

  • Dec 2002 - Oct 2006

  RF coil integration; MRI safety; Image quality support RF coil integration; MRI safety; Image quality support



Mayo Clinic

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Aug 1998 - Dec 2002

  RF coil design in MRI; Physics support in clinical practice RF coil design in MRI; Physics support in clinical practice



ICU - Istituto per la Cooperazione Universitaria

• Program Officer

  • 1996 - 1998



University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Visiting Scientist

  • Jul 1994 - Jul 1996

  Digital mammography; Callibration, and radiation dosimetry; Digital mammography; Callibration, and radiation dosimetry;



Yerevan State University

• Armenia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• CTO, X-ray Center

  • 1989 - 1994