NRC: News Release - 2008-167 - NRC Announces Appointment of New Members to the Advisory Committee on Medical Uses of Isotopes

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No. 08-167

September 10, 2008

NRC ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBERS TO THE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL USES OF ISOTOPES

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced the appointment of Steven R. Mattmuller and Debbie B. Gilley as new board members on the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI). The ACMUI was established in 1958 and advises the NRC on policy and technical issues related to the regulation of the medical use of radioactive material.

Steven R. Mattmuller has been serving as the nuclear pharmacist representative on the ACMUI. He received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Ohio Northern University and a Master of Science in Radiopharmacy from the University of Southern California. Mattmuller is board certified in nuclear pharmacy by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties. Mattmuller has held clinical staff positions at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri, and at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio. Currently, he is the Chief Nuclear Pharmacist at Kettering Medical Center.

Mattmuller has also participated in a number of professional societies and served on numerous institutional and professional society committees, including the Institutional Review Board and the Radiation Safety Committee. He is the Chair-Elect of the Nuclear Pharmacy Practice Section of the Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management of the American Pharmacists Association.

Debbie B. Gilley has been serving as the state government representative on the ACMUI. Gilley earned a Bachelor of Science and Masters in Public Administration degree from Florida State University. She is currently an Environmental Manager for Florida’s Bureau of Radiation Control. She is responsible for staff development, including statewide training, quality assurance, public relations and strategic plan coordination. She participates in emergency response activities as the assistant operations officer and investigator of medical events. Gilley has more than 20 years of experience with the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control, working as a manager and evaluator in the radioactive materials program, the technology certification program and inspection program.

In addition, Gilley has been involved extensively with, and is past chairman of, the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. She is also involved as a member of the Health Physics Society, American Association of Physicists in Medicine and as a consultant to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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