Faculty Biography

Charles Ward Beasley, Ph.D.

Faculty List

Professional Focus:

Promoting the safe use of radiation in medicine.

Board Certifications:

American Board of Medical Physics

American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine

Selected Achievements:

2009

Invited speaker at Nuclear Medicine Technologists of Houston Spring Symposium
Faculty at 56th Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting
Guest speaker at Radiation Safety Officer course, Southwest Center for Occupational & Environmental Health

2008

Faculty at 55th Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting
Editorial board member of BMC Medical Physics Journal
Guest speaker at Radiation Safety Officer course, Southwest Center for Occupational & Environmental Health

2007

Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Executive board member of the Radiation Safety Operations Section of the Health Physics Society
Guest speaker at Radiation Safety Officer course, Southwest Center for Occupational & Environmental Health

2006

Guest speaker at American Association of Physicists in Medicine Missouri River Valley Chapter Symposium
Guest speaker at Radiation Safety Officer course, Southwest Center for Occupational & Environmental Health
Member of St. John’s Regional Health Center Institutional Review Board
Councilor for Nuclear Science badge at Boy Scout Post # 339 Merit Badge University

2005

Guest speaker at Ozark Health Ventures Weapons of Mass Destruction Symposium
Member of St. John’s Regional Health Center Institutional Review Board
Councilor for Nuclear Science badge at Boy Scout Post # 339 Merit Badge University

2004

Member of St. John’s Regional Health Center Institutional Review Board
Councilor for Nuclear Science badge at Boy Scout Post # 339 Merit Badge University

2003

Guest speaker at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Nuclear Medicine Symposium
Faculty at 8th Annual Nuclear Medicine Spring Symposium, Southwest Missouri Subchapter Society of Nuclear Medicine
Councilor for Nuclear Science badge at Boy Scout Post # 339 Merit Badge University

2002

Councilor for Nuclear Science badge at Boy Scout Post # 339 Merit Badge University

2000

Guest speaker at the Missouri Society of Radiologic Technologist Fifth District

1996

Member of the Medical Radiation Control Private Industry Task Force to review and update Missouri radiation protection rules impacting medical facilities

1995

Guest speaker at the Society of Nuclear Medicine Southwest Missouri Valley Subchapter

1994

Guest speaker at the 62nd Annual Missouri Society of Radiologic Technologist

1991

Creative idea award from administration at St. John's Regional Health Center

1989

Radiologic Health Section Program Chair for the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting

1988

Accepted scientific exhibitor at annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine

1987

Invited lecturer at Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section, 14th Annual Meeting

1985

Invited lecturer for the Nuclear Medicine Science Refresher Course, Southwestern Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine

Experience:

July 2006 - Present

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Assistant Professor of Radiology

Nov. 1989-June 2006

St. John's Hospital
Springfield, MO
Diagnostic Medical Health Physicist

Manage the Health System’s (ranked in the top 20 health care systems) radiation protection program. Listed on NRC license as radiation safety officer for six facilities and authorized to perform survey instrument calibration and leak testing. Provide support for Radiology (232,000 annual procedures), Nuclear Medicine (15,000 annual procedures), Cardiac Catheterization (6,000 annual procedures), and Laboratory. Participate with review of new equipment and make purchasing recommendations. Instructor in St. John’s School of Radiologic Technology. The main facility is licensed for 1000 beds, is a level 1 trauma center and ranked in the top 100 hospitals.

Aug. 1982-Oct. 1989

Baylor College Of Medicine
Houston, TX

Clinical Instructor of Radiology

Provide instruction to medical school students in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Residency programs. These classes and laboratory covered radiation protection and instrumentation used to detect and image x-ray and gamma rays. Also taught students in the Baylor College of Medicine School of Nuclear Medicine Technology. Remainder of time spent as assistant radiation safety officer at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital-Texas Heart Institute and Ben Taub General Hospital both in the Texas Medical Center.

Associations:

American Association of Physicists in Medicine
American Nuclear Society
American Public Health Association
Health Physics Society
Society of Nuclear Medicine

License:

Texas (MP0359) Diagnostic Radiological, Medical Nuclear and Medical Health Physics
USNRC (24-00866-02) Radiation Safety Officer, instrument calibration and leak testing (89-06)
TDH (L00650) Broad License Radiation Safety Officer (2006-present)

Graduate Degrees:

2004

Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas

1982

M.S., Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas

1978

B.S., University of Houston-University Park, Houston, Texas

Postgraduate Training:

2008

Diagnostic Physics Review Course, CAMPEP, Houston, TX

2007

National Nuclear Security Administration on Enhancing Security and Radioactive Materials, Houston, TX
Texas Radiation Regulatory Conference, Austin, TX

2006

PET/CT Hands-On Short Course at UT M D Anderson, Houston, TX

2005

US DOT Specialized Hazmat: Radioactive Materials, Oklahoma City, OK
Health Physics in Radiation Emergencies, Oak Ridge, TN

2002

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Medical Workshop, Chicago, IL

1999

The Physics and Technology of Mammography, Philadelphia, PA

1998

Diagnostic Physics Review Course, CAMPEP, San Antonio, TX

1996

St. Francis Hospital Breast Seminar, Tulsa, OK

1994

What MQSA Means To Your Mammographic Site, Eastman Kodak Company Health Sciences Division, St. Louis, MO

1992

Achieving Excellence in Mammography, TNI, Inc Denver, CO

1991

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Medical Workshop, Chicago, IL

American College of Radiology's Symposium on Mammography Quality Control for Medical Physicist, San Francisco

Specification, Acceptance Testing and Quality Control of Diagnostic X-ray Imaging Equipment, AAPM Summer School, University of California at Santa Cruz

1988

Texas Conference on the Regulation of Radiation, Austin, TX

1986

SPECT Preceptorship St. Agnes Medical Center, Fresno, CA University of California, San Francisco, CA

Staff Assistant:

Staff Assistant: Veronica M. Hall, MBA

Office Address: The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
                        Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
                        6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.130B
                        Houston, TX 77030

Office Phone:     713-500-7671

Office Fax:        713-500-7676

E-mail Address: Charles.W.Beasley@uth.tmc.edu

 

Location & Contact

6431 Fannin Street,
MSB 2.130 B
Houston, Texas 77030

713.500.7700 phone
713.500.7639 fax

UT Imaging Center

713.622.9729 phone
713.622.9731 fax

Faculty Biography

• Charles Ward Beasley, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  
  
• Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
  
  
• University of Texas Medical School at Houston
  6431 Fannin Street
  MSB2.130B
  Houston, Texas 77030
  
• Phone: (713) 500-7671
  Fax: (713) 500-7676
  E-mail: Charles.W.Beasley@uth.tmc.edu