Samson Munn, M.D.

Curriculum Vitae

15 July 2007

 

 

Contact Information

  Kaiser Permanente Non Kaiser

Electronic Address & URL

samson . munn @ kp . org

permanente.net/doctor/charlesmunn

02467 @ earthlink . net

thefoundationtrust.org/smcvall.htm

   

Postal Address

Department of Medical Imaging

Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center

401 Bicentennial Way

Santa Rosa CA 95403-2149

 
   

Facsimile

707.571.4349

707.542.3079

Telephone

707.571.4237

 

 

Date and Place of Birth

29 March 1952, New York
 

Citizenship

U. S. A., Israel and Poland
 

Legal Name

Samson Munn
 

Full Legal Name

Charles Samson Munn
 

Education

B. A. University of California, Berkeley; 24 March 1973

M. D. Boston University; 21 May 1978

 

Postgraduate Training

Internal Medicine (PGY 1: categorical internship) Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; 1 July 1978 – 30 June 1979

Diagnostic Radiology (PGY 2–4: residency in diagnostic radiology) Tufts University / New England Medical Center / Boston V. A. Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; 1 July 1979 – 30 June 1982

Fellowship in Imaging / Chief Resident (PGY 5: post residency, diagnostic radiology) Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; 1 July 1982 – 30 June 1983

Foundations of Leadership Leadership Development Institute, Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, Massachusetts; 2000-2001, certificate 3 May 2001

 

Medical Licensure

Massachusetts Registration # 44407, initially 2 July 1979

California Certificate # G 47197, initially 29 March 1982

New York License/Certificate # 162304-1, initially 3 June 1985

New Mexico License # 2003-0275, initially 13 June 2003

Arizona License # 32587, initially 10 March 2004

Georgia License # 054654, initially 2 April 2004

 

Board Certification

National Board of Medical Examiners: # 196538, 2 July 1979

American Board of Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology, 4 June 1982

 

Professional Memberships

Radiological Society of North America

American College of Radiology

New England Roentgen Ray Society

Massachusetts Medical Society

Global Lawyers and Physicians

Society of Breast Imaging

 

Present Positions

Chair (Radiology), Breast Care Task Force: Kaiser-Permanente, northern California region, starting November 2006.

President of the Medical Staff: Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center; starting 1 July 2007. 401 Bicentennial Way, Santa Rosa CA 95403-2149.

Staff Radiologist, Department of Medical Imaging: Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center; starting 1 May 2004. 401 Bicentennial Way, Santa Rosa CA 95403-2149.

Member, Medical Imaging Chiefs Committee: Kaiser-Permanente, northern California region, starting 1 May 2004.

Member, Imaging Utilization Committee: Kaiser-Permanente, northern California region, starting ~ autumn 2004.

Member, Executive Sub-Committee, Imaging Utilization Committee: Kaiser-Permanente, northern California region, starting June 2005.

Member, Medical Imaging Technology Committee: Kaiser-Permanente, northern California region, starting 1 May 2004.

Member, Mammography Chiefs Committee: Kaiser-Permanente, northern California region, starting autumn 2004.

Lecturer: School of Medicine, Tufts University; mid-March 2004 on. Teaching responsibilities regarding radiology residents, medical students and fellows. 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston MA 02111-1817.

Member and American College of Radiology Representative, Examination Committee for Computed Tomography: American Registry of Radiologic Technologists; 2003 on. 1255 Northland Drive, St. Paul, Minnesota 55120-1155.

 

Past Positions

Chief, Department of Medical Imaging: Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center; starting 1 May 2004 to 11 July 2007. 401 Bicentennial Way, Santa Rosa CA 95403-2149.

Assistant Professor: School of Medicine, Tufts University; 1 October 1987 - 14 March 2004. Teaching responsibilities regarding radiology residents, medical students and fellows. 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston MA 02111-1817.

Reviewer: American College of Radiology; 2002 - 2004: Computed Tomography Accreditation Program.

Reviewer: American College of Radiology; 2002 - 2004: Radiography/Fluoroscopy Accreditation Program.

Radiologist: New England Medical Center Hospitals; July 1997 - 14 March 2004. Primarily adult body C.T. (including guided biopsies and drainages), mammography and general adult radiology. Box 299 — Floating 4, 750 Washington Street, Boston MA 02111-1533. http://www.nemcrad.com/staff/smunn.html

Radiologist: Lemuel Shattuck Hospital; July 1997 - 8 April 2004. Department of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 750 Morton Street, Boston MA 02130.

  • President, Medical Staff; April 2000 - 7 April 2004. (Elected twice by the medical staff.)
  • Chair, Medical Executive Committee; April 2000 - 7 April 2004.
  • Chief, Department of Radiology; September 1998 - 14 March 2004.

Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Waltham Hospital, Waltham, Massachusetts; July 2002 on. Supervising radiologist, ACR-accredited mammography site.

  • Chief, Department of Radiology, 1 July 2002 – 29 July 2003. (Responsible for guiding the Department to a perfect score at JCAHO survey 24 January 2003; sole radiologist meeting with the surveyor.)

Interim Division Chief, Nuclear Medicine: New England Medical Center Hospitals; 1 January – 28 February 2002.

Vice President, Medical Staff: Lemuel Shattuck Hospital; April 1998 through March 2000. Department of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (Elected by the medical staff.)

Instructor: School of Medicine, Tufts University, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston MA 02111-1817, 1 July 1982 to 30 September 1986.

Staff Radiologist, Section Chief of Nuclear Medicine, Member of the Cancer and Radiation Safety Committees, Moderator of the Thoracic Conference and Radiation Safety Officer: New England Baptist Hospital, 125 Parker Hill Avenue, Boston MA 02130. July 1983 to May 1997: adult body C.T. (including extensive experience with image-guided biopsies and drainages), mammography, ultrasound (vascular, abdominal, gynecological and image-guided procedures), nuclear diagnosis, general (plain films, gastrointestinal fluoroscopy, urography, etc.) and M.R.I. (of the chest, abdomen and pelvis). Finally, also named on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission license to NEBH.

Visiting Consultant in Radiology: School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, Okinawa, Japan, June 1983.

 

Publications

Consent for Mammography in Women with Breast Implants Munn, S. American Journal of Roentgenology (submitted July 2007)

The Way to a Man's Heart is Through His Stomach: Much "Diaphragmatic" Attenuation is Likely Gastric, and Effervescent Granules Enhance Cardiac Imaging Munn, S. European Journal of Radiology 2004;52:271–275 (also available electronically: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.02.011). Erratum: E J R 2005;54:316.

Diagnostic Accuracy of Chest X-Rays Acquired Using a Digital Camera for Low-Cost Teleradiology Szot, A, Jacobson, FL, Munn, S, et al. International Journal of Medical Informatics 2004;73:65–73.

Displaced Uterus Simulating Aneurysm on a Multiphase Bone Scan Rencus, T., Smith, J., Munn, S., and Elgazzar, A. Clinical Nuclear Medicine 2003; 28(7):574–576.

Imaging HIV/AIDS: Body Cavity-Based Lymphoma Oza, U.D. and Munn, S. AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2003 (Mar);17(3):129–132.

Imaging HIV/AIDS: Burkitt's Lymphoma Munn, S. AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2002(August);16(8):395–399.

Pseudoazygos Lobe Caused By Lymph Node Pneumatocele Munn, S. Journal of Thoracic Imaging 2002 (Oct);17(4):310–313.

Opinion: When Should Men Undergo Mammography? Munn, S. American Journal of Roentgenology 2002;178:1419–1420.

Pictorial Review of Common and Uncommon Radiological Manifestations in AIDS Oza, U.D. and Munn, C.S. Radiology (Supplement)2001; 221(P):684.

Doc, I don't wanna know! : Patient-Requested Noninformed Consent Munn, S. American Journal of Roentgenology 2001; 177(2): 473.

Rubber Products that Shrink Due to the Application of Energy and Hypo-Allergenic Rubbery Products Munn, C.S. and Cohen, R.E. United States Patent and Trademark Office 24 April 2001; patent number 6,221,447 B1.

Case Report: Malignant Mesothelioma of the Tunica Vaginalis Testis Tyagi, G., Munn, C.S., Kiser, L.C., et al Urology 1989; 34 (2): 102–104.

Young and Premenopausal Adult Ovary Volume: US Determination Munn, C.S., Kiser, L.C., Wetzner, S.M., and Baer, J.E. Radiology 1986; 159: 731–732.

Pleural Lipoma: Diagnosis by Computed Tomography Epler, G.R., McLoud, T.C., Munn, C.S., and Colby, T.V. Chest 1986; 90: 265–268.

Complications of Arthrography Newberg, A.H., Munn, C.S., and Robbins, A.H. Radiology 1985; 155: 605–606.

Computed Tomography of the Lung, Pleura, and Chest Wall Pugatch, R.D., Munn, C.S., and Faling, J. Clinics in Chest Medicine 1984; 5 (2): 265–280.

Duplex Imaging: New Diagnostic Applications Wetzner, S.M., Kiser, L.C., and Munn, C.S. Radiology 1983; 149–(P): 72.

 

Foreign Language

German: granted Zertifikat, Deutsche als Fremdsprache, certificate # PH332609, May 1998, Goethe Institut, Boston.
 

Television Interview

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Good Day!, WCVB (local, Boston affiliate of U.S., national network), broadcast 28 January 1988, © 1988. Dr. Munn was interviewed by Marilyn Griffin, M.D.; he discussed M.R.I. in general terms, in the medical segment of a daytime, television news magazine program, at a time when M.R.I. was early in the progression of its clinical use.
 

References

Jacob Lokich, M.D.; formerly Medical Director and co-founder, The Cancer Center of Boston, 830 Boylston Street (Suite 209), Chestnut Hill MA 02467-2502 , U.S.A.

Rafeeque Bhadelia, M.D.; Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School ; Chief, Clinical Operations, Neuroradiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston MA 02215-5400, U.S.A.

 

Patents

Regarding various processes, formulations and products that are rubber or rubbery, absent the tree-protein allergen of latex, and optionally heat-shrinkable near or at body temperature: US 6,221,447 and 6,946,172; German 297 17 772.9; and, others elsewhere.

Several others are pending in Japan, in Hong Kong, and in the U.S., and approved in Europe. One of these is a method of radionuclide cardiac imaging in which a common artifact is easily avoided (see USPTO # 10/894,390, PCT # US10/894,390 and related filings).