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Jerrold T. Bushberg is Clinical Professor of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, University of California (UC) Davis School of Medicine; Director of Health Physics Programs, UC Davis and UC Davis Health System; and Director, Environmental Health and Safety Department, UC Davis Health System. Dr. Bushberg was elected Senior Vice President in 2011, to the Council in 2002, and currently serves on the Board of Directors and as Scientific Vice-President and chair of its advisory committee on Radiation Protection in Medicine. Trained as a health and medical physicist, Dr. Bushberg is certified by several national professional boards with specific sub-specialty certification in radiation protection and medical physics and is an expert on the biological effects and safety of ionizing and nonionizing radiation. Dr. Bushberg received both a M.S. and Ph.D. from the Department of Bionucleonics at Purdue University. Prior to coming to the University of California, Davis, Dr. Bushberg was on the faculty of Yale University School of Medicine. In addition to his academic appointment in Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Dr. Bushberg is Director of Health Physics Programs and has served as an advisor to government agencies and institutions throughout the nation and around the world on the biological effects of ionizing and nonionizing radiation exposure. Dr. Bushberg has responsibility for medical postgraduate education in medical physics, radiation (ionizing and nonionizing) protection, and radiation biology. The textbook “The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging,” 2nd ed, authored by Bushberg, Seibert, Leidholdt, and Boone, is used extensively by Radiology Residency programs through the United States. Dr. Bushberg was appointed by Governor Deukmejian as chair of an expert advisory panel on radiological emergency preparedness for the State of California and has conducted numerous training programs on radiological emergency medical management throughout the United States. Dr. Bushberg served as a member of the State of California’s Nuclear Emergency/Terrorism Task Force that developed the radiological emergency response plan for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and he served as a member of the Radiological sub-committee of the State of California Strategic Committee of Terrorism. Dr. Bushberg also serves as a subject matter expert in radiological emergency medical management for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Dr. Bushberg's doctoral dissertation at Purdue University was on various aspects of the biological effects of microwave radiation and he is a member of International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES) which reviews and evaluates the scientific literature on the biological effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation (NIEMR) and establishes exposure standards. He also serves on the ICES Risk Assessment Working Group that is responsible for evaluating and characterizing the risks of NIEMR. Dr. Bushberg was also appointed to the International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Committee on Man and Radiation which has as its primary area of interest the biological effects of NIEMR.
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