Biography
Christopher Helstern, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Radiology and the University of New Mexico's Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). He earned his PhD and MSc in Physics from the University of Tennessee: Knoxville. He is a board-certified health physicist (CHP). From 2016-2024, Dr. Helstern served as the RSO for Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center managing the radiation protection programs that included an academic medical center, a university, a pediatric hospital, three regional hospitals, and over 180 clinics across middle Tennessee.
Nationally, Dr. Helstern is an Associate Editor for Health Physics and current American Board of Health Physics Part II Panel Chair. He is also a Nuclear Medicine, Medical, and Dental Patient Issues content expert for the Health Physics Society's Ask the Experts Program.
Areas of Specialty
Medical Health Physics
Radiation Safety Regulations
Gender
Male
Languages
- English
Research and Scholarship
C.M. Helstern, L. H. Chung, K.G. Lewis. Evaluation of Peritoneal Fluid Extracted from Patients Administered Lu-177 DOATATATE. Health Physics. In Progress
K. Recca, A. Muneeb, C. M. Helstern, B. Lemieux, A. Jessop. Evaluation of patient transmission factor following the administration of Lu-177 DOTATATE. Health Physics. 2022 Dec, 123(6):457-463
C.G. Parigger, C. M. Helstern, B.S. Jordan, D.M. Surmick, R. Splinter. Laser-Plasma Spatio-Temporal Cyanide Spectroscopy and Applications. Molecules 2020, 25(3), 615
L. Chen, C.M. Helstern. Verification of Safety Compliance of Delivering Radionuclides at Vanderbilt University. Health Physics 2018 Oct; 115(4):523-530
C.G. Parigger, K.A. Drake, C. M. Helstern, G. Gautum. Laboratory Hydrogen-Beta Emission Spectroscopy for Analysis of Astrophysical White Dwarf Spectra. Atoms 2018, 6(3), 36.