Dr. Ronald D. Neumann '70
1999 Distinguished Alumnus Award for Professional Achievement
Dr. Ronald D. Neumann '70 has shared his leadership and knowledge in the field of
nuclear medicine with some of the world’s finest scholars, researches and students.
He served as deputy associate director for imaging sciences and chief of the department
of nuclear medicine for the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. He served
as senior policy analyst for the White House Advisory Committee on Human Radiation
Experiments under the commission of President Clinton.
Dr. Neumann's research has focused on the radiobiology of radionuclides in cancer.
Dr. Neumann has been a distinguished faculty member for over 30 years at Yale University
School of Medicine and George Washington University School of Medicine serving as
a clinical professor of diagnostic radiology. His career highlights include serving
as chairman of the medical isotopes and radiation safety committee, chairman of the
radioactive drug research committee, program chairman of the Society of Nuclear Medicine,
and head of the nuclear medicine department at the Veteran’s Hospital in West Haven,
Connecticut.
He has written more than 200 publications and holds several patents. He has been honored
as a fellow by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Biology Institute
and the American College of Chest Physicians.
Ron graduated from Carroll in 1970 with a degree in biology. He and his wife Kay currently
live in Maryland.
