David A. Schauer

David A. Schauer is an American radiologist who is the head of the Radiation Generators Division and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) liaison at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI). He previously served as the executive director emeritus of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP). Schauer is a diplomate of the American Board of Health Physics. During his tenure a number of updated and new publications were issued by the Council.

Prior to being elected NCRP secretary and treasurer, and appointed Executive Director (2004 to 2012), Dr. Schauer served in various scientific and leadership positions as an officer in the U.S. Navy (1984 to 2004). His primary research interests include thermoluminescent dosimetry and electron paramagnetic resonance biodosimetry. He is a member of numerous organizations including the American Society of Association Executives, the American College of Radiology, and the Health Physics Society.

Schauer graduated from Williamstown High School in 1979, where he was named scholar athlete. He was recruited to pitch and earned his B.S. degree at Liberty University in 1983. Schauer received his M.S. from Georgetown and his doctor of science (Sc. D.) degree from Johns Hopkins University. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Health Physics.

Following graduation from Liberty, Schauer was commissioned as an ensign in the US Navy Medical Service Corps.

Following graduation from Williamstown High School (1979) where he was named scholar athlete, Schauer was recruited to pitch at Liberty University. Schauer was used mostly as a starter and set the single game record for strikeouts until a hard-throwing lefthander (Randy Tomlin – Pittsburgh Pirates and pitching coach for the AA Harrisburg Nats) arrived a few years later and established a new mark. During his years at Liberty, Schauer was coached by former major league pitcher, Al Worthington, and played with Sid Bream, Lee Guetterman and Darrell Manuel (youngest brother of Phillies manager, Charlie Manuel). The Liberty baseball teams of the early 1980s made three successive trips to the NAIA college world series in Lubbock, TX.

Following graduation from Liberty in 1983, Schauer was commissioned as an ensign in the US Navy Medical Service Corps. Ensign Schauer attended Navy Officer Indoctrination School in Newport, RI in 1984. That same year, he completed the Navy Radiation Health Officers Course at the Naval Undersea Medicine Institute in Groton, CT, and Combat Casualty Care (C4) at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX, and was commissioned as a radiation specialist.^[1] Ensign Schauer worked his way up the ranks before retiring at the beginning of 2004 as a Commander. During those 20 years, Schauer served in various leadership positions in San Diego, CA, Portsmouth, NH and Bethesda, MD.

• Report No. 145 (2003) Radiation Protection in Dentistry
• Report No. 146 (2004) Approaches to Risk Management in Remediation of Radioactively Contaminated Sites
• Report No. 147 (2004) Structural Shielding Design for Medical X-Ray Imaging Facilities
• Report No. 148 (2004) Radiation Protection in Veterinary Medicine
• Report No. 149 (2004) A Guide to Mammography and Other Breast Imaging Procedures
• Report No. 150 (2005) Extrapolation of Radiation-induced Cancer Risks from Nonhuman Experimental Systems to Humans
• Report No. 151 (2005) Structural Shielding Design and Evaluation for Megavoltage X- and Gamma-Ray Radiotherapy Facilities
• Report No. 152 (2005) Performance Assessment of Near-Surface Facilities for Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste
• Report No. 153 (2006) Information Needed to Make Radiation Protection Recommendations for Space Missions Beyond Low-Earth Orbit
• Report No. 154 (2006) Cesium-137 in the Environment: Radioecology and Approaches to Assessment and Management
• Report No. 155 (2006) Management of Radionuclide Therapy Patients
• Report No. 156 (2006) Development of a Biokinetic Model for Radionuclide-Contaminated Wounds and Procedures for Their Assessment, Dosimetry and Treatment
• Report No. 157 (2007) Radiation Protection in Educational Institutions
• Report No. 158 (2007) Uncertainties in the Measurement and Dosimetry of External Radiation
• Report No. 159 – Risk to the Thyroid from Ionizing Radiation (2008)
• Report No. 160 – Ionizing Radiation Exposure of the Population of the United States (2009) Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
• Report No. 161 – Management of Persons Contaminated With Radionuclides: Handbook
• Report No. 162 – Self Assessment of Radiation-Safety Programs
• Commentary No. 19 (2005) Key Elements of Preparing Emergency Responders for Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism
• Commentary No. 20 (2007) Radiation Protection and Measurement Issues Related to Cargo Scanning with Accelerator-Produced High-Energy X Rays

David A. Schauer's research activities include;

• "Mobile emergency-response in vivo EPR dosimetry system", collaboration with Dartmouth Medical Center and NIST, funded by Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), FY02-03 – $325k.
• Establishment of “Department of Defense Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Forensic Radiation Biodosimetry Laboratory”, funded by DTRA, FY02-03 – $463k.
• Various grants and contracts with CDC, DHS, DOD, DOE, NASA, Navy, NCI, NIST and NRC in support of NCRP's scientific program, annual budget in 2007 – $2.9M.

Schauer has published a number of scientific articles, proceedings and reports individually and in collaboration with fellow scientists and students. He also contributed book chapters to the "Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis" published by Elsevier Academic Press (2003) and "Advances in Medical Physics: 2012" published by Medical Physics Publishing (2012).

Dr. Schauer is an Editorial Board member of the following journals:

• Radiation Measurements
• Radiation Protection Dosimetry
• Egyptian Journal of Biophysics
• Indian Journal of Radiation Research

He also serves as a referee for the following journals:

• Health Physics
• Radiation Physics and Chemistry
• Radiation Research

Television appearances:

• March 18, 2011, CNN HLN, Nancy Grace Show, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactor Accident, Potential Impact on the United States.
• March 21, 2011, CNN HLN, Nancy Grace Show, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactor Accident, Control of Contaminated Food Imports From Japan to the United States

• NCRP website
• NCRP Web-Store