Boston University Medical Campus
Nuclear Accident Preparedness Program

Richard V. Aghababian, MD chairs the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, MA. He is a professor of medicine and Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and past-president of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Raimundas Aleknavicius, MD, Dept. of Disaster Medicine, Kaunas Medical University Hospital, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Eugene Antipin, MD is chief of the Division of Radiation Hygiene, Federal Department of Medical, Biological and Extreme Problems, Moscow, Russian Federation.

Richard Babayan, MD is professor of urology at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

Vigen Babikian, MD is associate professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA and directs an international medical elective for fourth-year medical students available at Emergency Hospital, Yerevan, Armenia.

Mary Ellen Berger, EdD is associate director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge training facility, the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site, Oak Ridge, TN.

William Bicknell, MD founded and directs the Boston University School of Public Health’s Department of International Health. Dr. Bicknell formerly served as Commissioner of Public Health for Massachusetts, Boston, MA.

Olga Bobyljova, MD/PhD is chief of the Department of Medical Problems of the Chernobyl Accident, Ministry of Health, Kiev, Ukraine.

Alexandr Bondarenko, MD is an instructor, Kiev Regional EMS Training Center, Kiev, Ukraine.

Anna Boshyan, MD is assistant professor, Emergency Scientific Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia.

Kathryn Brinsfield, MD, is an instructor at Boston University School of Medicine and Associate Medical Director, of the Emergency Medical Services of the City of Boston, MA.

Gheorghe Chiobanu, MD/PhD is chief physician of the Emergency Care Hospital, of Chisinau State Medical University, Chisinau, Moldova.

Aram V. Chobanian, MD, professor of medicine, is dean and provost of Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

Ieronim Chumash, MD is deputy chief physician and instructor, Emergency Care Hospital and Chisinau Regional EMS Training Center, Chisinau, Moldova.

Gregory Ciottone, MD is director of the Institute for Disaster and Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA.

Paul Cooke, RN is a staff nurse, Emergency Department, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA.

Irene Davydenkova is a feldscher and instructor of emergency medicine, Moscow Regional EMS Training Center of the Federal Department of Medical, Biological and Extreme Problems, Moscow, Russian Federation.

Michael DerBoghosian is the senior engineer in the Department of Clinical Engineering at Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Gintaras Dikcius, PhD is dean of the Physics Faculty, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.

LtCol. Alexandar Dimitrov, MD is Commander of the Military Medical Detachment for Emergency Response, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Maija Eglite, MD is director, Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, Medical Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.

Frank Feeley, JD is clinical associate professor of Public Health at Boston University School of Medicine and associate director of the Department of International Health of Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

Jure Fettich, MD, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Natalya Fiksson is a nurse and instructor of emergency medicine, Moscow Regional EMS Training Center of the Federal Department of Medical, Biological and Extreme Problems, Moscow, Russian Federation.

Erwin F. Hirsch, MD is director of trauma at Boston Medical Center’s Level I Trauma Center. Dr. Hirsch, a professor of surgery at Boston University School of Medicine, is also chief of General Surgery at Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Gyozo Sandor Horvath, MD is head, Department of Pharmacology, “Frederic Joliot-Curie” National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, Hungary.

Nicolai Hovhannesyan, MD is director, Research Center for Radiation Medicine and Burns, Yerevan, Armenia.

Magdalena Simona Ionescu, MD is a specialist in environmental hygiene, Radiation Hygiene Laboratory, Institute of Hygiene, Public Health, Health Services and Management, Bucharest, Romania.

Marek Krzysztof Janiak, MD/PhD is head, Department of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw, Poland.

Cecilia Joseph, RN, MPH is executive director of Nursing Operations at Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Gayane Khachatryan, Ph.D is head of the Research Center for Radiation Medicine and Burns, Yerevan, Armenia.

Miklos Kiss, MD, Hungarian Home Defense Forces, Central Military Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.

Ulo Kivistik, MD is chief of the Intensive Care Unit, Tallinn Mustamae Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia.

Mikhail Konchalovsky, MD is senior science manager of the State Science Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation’s Institute of Biophysics, Moscow.

Lev Krivchansky, MD/PhD is professor of medicine and emergency care, Dept. of Emergency Care, Chisinau Regional EMS Training Center, Chisinau, Moldova.

Teet Lainevee, MD is Adviser to Ministry of Social Affairs, Tallinn Mustamae Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia.

Kirsten Levy, MBA directs several international medical education and training programs at Boston University School of Medicine, including the “Boston University Medical Center/Armenia Medical Partnership Program” and the “International Medical Education and Harmonization Program for Nuclear Accident Preparedness.”

Gemali Manjgaladze, MD is director of the Zahes Radiological Scientific Research Institute, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Oleg Mazurenko, MD is an instructor, Department of Disaster Medicine, Ukrainian Academy of Post-Graduate Education, Kiev, Ukraine.

Eileen McGonagle, RN is a staff nurse in the Emergency Department at Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Dimitry Mechev, MD is professor and chief of the Department of Medical Radiology, Ukrainian Academy of Post-Graduate Education, Kiev, Ukraine.

James O. Menzoian, MD professor of surgery at Boston University School of Medicine, is chief of the Section of Vascular Surgery at Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Ara M. Minassyan, MD is chairman of the Emergency Scientific Medical Center, Yerevan, Armenia which houses the Yerevan Regional EMS Training Center.

Peter H. Moyer, MD, professor of emergency medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, chairs the Department of Emergency Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

Andrei Nagachevsky, MD/PhD is chairman, Radiology Department, Emergency Care Hospital, Chisinau, Moldova.

Vladimir Ovchinnikov, MD is head of the Department of Radiology, Grodno State Medical Institute, Grodno, Belarus.

Rein Paberit, MD is director of the Disaster Medicine Center of Tallinn Mustamae Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia.

Hana Podskubkova, MD is a researcher with the National Institute for Radiation Protection, Prague, Czech Republic.

Felicia Popescu, MD, Institute of Public Health, Bucharest, Romania.

Robert C. Ricks, PhD directs the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge training facility, the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site, Oak Ridge, TN.

Georgiy Roshchin, MD is chief and general director, Department of Disaster Medicine, Ukrainian Academy of Post-Graduate Education and Ukrainian Center of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Kiev, Ukraine.

Massoud Samiei, PhD directs the Europe Section, Division for Europe, Latin America, and West Asia of the Department of Technical Cooperation, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.

Hovaness Sarkavagian, MD head of thoracic surgery of the Emergency Hospital, is the director of the trauma center of that institution, Yerevan, Armenia.

Ascher J. Segall, MD is co-director of the Center for Educational Development in Health of Boston University’s Health Policy Institute, Boston, MA.

Domenic Screnci, EdD is the director of the Educational Media Center at the Boston University School of Medicine. He has been involved with teleconferencing and distance learning since 1986 and serves as an educational technology systems advocate for distance learning projects. Dr. Screnci is a member of the International TeleConferencing Association, United States Distance Learning Association and the Association for Educational Communication and Technology.

Anatoly V. Simakov, PhD represents the State Science Center of Russian Federation’s Institute of Biophysics, Moscow, Russian Federation.

James P. Smith is executive director of American International Health Alliance, Washington, DC.

Karapet Stepanyan is director, Radiation Safety Department, Scientific Research Institute of Medical Radiology, Yerevan, Armenia

Stanko Tezak, MD, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Protection, University Hospital – Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia.

Kalev Timberg is Deputy Director General of the Estonian Rescue Board, Tallinn, Estonia.

Istvan Turai, MD/PhD is radiation protection medical specialist of the Radiation Safety Section, Division of Nuclear Safety, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, and technical officer of the “International Medical Education and Harmonization Program for Nuclear Accident Preparedness,” RER/9/049.

Hannelore Vanderschmidt, PhD is co-director of the Center for Educational Development in Health of Boston University’s Health Policy Institute, Boston, MA.

Marie Vartanian, RN formerly vice president, Patient Care Services, MetroWest Medical Center, has guided the development of international nursing initiatives since 1992 at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

Dusan Viktory, PhD is Head, Department for Radiation Protection in Nuclear Facilities, State Health Institute of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

Anooshavan Virabian, MD chief of Ambulance Substation #5 of Yerevan’s Emergency Ambulance Service, is the director of the Yerevan Regional EMS Training Center and one of its faculty, Yerevan, Armenia.

Ellen Vosumaa, MD is an instructor at the Estonian Regional EMS Training Center, of Tallinn Mustamae Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia.

Valery Zboromizcky, MD is general director, Kiev Scientific Practical Center of Emergency Care and Disaster Medicine, Kiev, Ukraine.

Luka Zhardan, MD/PhD is director of the Chisinau Regional EMS Training Center, Chisinau, Moldova.