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Area Health Physicist Consultations

Area Health Physicists (AHP) are the primary resource for all radiation safety needs at NIH. Each AHP maintains coverage by area, which is set according to building, floor, room, and/or area of expertise. Please contact your designated Area Health Physicist at (301) 496-5774. ​​ Note: highlighted names below indicate the area team lead. ​

​​​​For a comprehensive list of the services provided by DS​ Health Physicists, visit Health Physicist Services.​


NIH RADIATION SAFETY OPERATIONS AREA ASSIGNMENTS​

(Effective 8/10/26)

AreaPrimary ResponsibilityAreasBackup
1
JAMES MATTERN​
1, 5, 12, 13 (non-RS/DEP Portions), 14, 15, CPAD, 29B, 40, 49, TWINBROOK 3-4, 9800 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE, DEM 2, RML, RTP, 16071 Industrial Drive Gaithersburg, NIHAC (Poolesville)

KORRESSA LEE

 

2
KORRESSA LEE
PET DEPARTMENT (Herscovitch, Delfraino), BALTIMORE, 4, 6, 6A, 6B, 9, 28, 28A, 30, 31, 35, 35A, 37, 41, 41A, 50, 51, 66A, 67, 68

JOSHUA SANDERSON​
3
MICHAEL SPADY
SRLM, CRC (Clinical areas),10/FLOORS B1-B3, 1 (Except PET), 2, DLM, OR, RADIS, NMD (Cheng, Chen, Shah, Maass-Moreno), OMS, RAD ONC (Miller, Ning), Molecular Imaging Branch – (Choyke, Adler, Baidoo, Orit)

KORRESSA LEE

NEWBEGIN DEVARAJ

TERESA FISHER

4
JOSH SANDERSON
8, 8A, 10A, Mouse Imaging Facility, 10/FLOORS 3-13 (Except OMS), CRC (non-Clinical areas)JAMES MATTERN
5
JUSTIN JENSEN
33JERRY GODWIN
6
JERRY ​GODWIN
IRF (Frederick)

OHS/DS STAFF (3/4 FTE)

JUSTIN JENSEN 1/4 FTE, ANALYSIS)

7Reserved​​
8Reserved​​
9
LARRY KOENIG​
Lixin Lang - NIBIB, cGMP- (Musachio Group), CYCLOTRON, NIAAA HOT CELLS (Sunny Kim), NIMH HOT CELLS, PET IPDC (Falguni Group)JUSTIN JENSEN
10Reserved​​
11
NEWBEGIN DEVARAJ
DS Portions of Buildings 13 and 21 except wasteANDREW CABOT
12Reserved​​
13
ANDREW CABOT​ 
DEP Portions of Buildings 13 and 21: Waste Facility, 25, 26TNEWBEGIN DEVARAJ

​​Note: AHP coverage areas are not designated by Institute. Radiation Safety staff are assigned by building, and in the Clinical Center, by floor.​ Assignments subject to change.