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Welcome! We are happy you sought out the Health Physics Society for factual, scientific radiation-related information designed for physicians whose patients might have questions, or who may have questions themselves.

As a practicing radiologist, I see the need for styling this type of information so it is quickly and easily read and focused on topic points. It is not our intention to make you a radiation physicist, but instead to give you answers to questions most frequently asked.

All of our physician documents are located in the Physician Documents Directory. You may also want to refer to the Radiation Fact Sheets, Radiation Terms and Definitions, or Position Statements of the Health Physics Society that we have developed on specific topics.

In addition, you can Ask the Experts a question about the Society, radiation protection, or the field of health physics using the interactive features of this site. There are a large number of questions that have already been answered. View them at the "Ask the Experts" Questions and Answers page.

Please continue to check back as we expand the online assistance to physicians with a "Physician-to-Physician Ask the Experts" section. This is for you to ask radiation-related questions and to have them answered by physicians in the radiation sciences. This will not offer medical advice or treatment referral and we reserve the right to refuse to answer a question on that basis.

Also, feel free to offer suggestions (via the comments link) on radiation-related topics of interest for which we can gather information to post on our site. Please refer to the "physician gateway" in your comment.

Stephanie Carlson, MD, MS
Radiologist