Michael C. Saylor


2203 Cedar Mill Court
Vienna, VA 22182

703-207-0159 (Voice)
703-207-0161 (Fax)
Email: mcs@his.com




PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE



Special Process Services, L.C.

1995-Present
Co-owner of Special Process Services, L.C., a consulting firm specializing in sterilization technologies, project management and education in the fields of sterilization and sterility assurance.



MCSaylor

1987-Present
Owner of MCSaylor, a consulting firm specializing in radioisotope and accelerator-based industrial processing, process control, validation, radiation dosimetry and image analysis.



Isomedix Inc.

1983-1988
Corporate radiation physicist and manager of Dosimetry Services.



ABS Applications

1982-1983
Consulting work in microcomputer applications for business and science.



Research Triangle Institute

1980-1982
Analytical chemistry and spectroscopy.




EDUCATION

1977-1980
M.S. Physical Chemistry, University of Illinois

1972-1977
B.A. Physics/Chemistry, Franklin & Marshall College




PROFESIONAL AFFILIATIONS

1985-Present
ASTM, ACS, AAMI, AAAS




SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Radiation Process Data Collection, Analysis, and Interpretation
Saylor MC, Baryscpolec SW, Hurwitz LM and McLaughlin WL.
In: Morrissey RF, ed. Sterilization of Medical Products, Volume VI. Morin Heights, Canada: Polyscience Publications Inc.; 1993:240-260.

ESR-Based Analysis in Radiation Processing
McLaughlin WL, Desrosiers MF and Saylor MC.
In: Morrissey RF, ed. Sterilization of Medical Products, Volume VI. Morin Heights, Canada: Polyscience Publications Inc.; 1993:213-239.

Sterilization with Radioisotopes
Herring CM and Saylor MC.
In: Morrissey RF and Phillips GB, eds. Sterilization Technologies - A Practical Guide for Manufacturers and Users of Health Care Products. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold; 1993:196-217.

Technical and Regulatory Requirements for Radiation Sterilization Facilities using Electron Beam Accelerators
Saylor MC, Parks LA and Herring CM.
In: Duggan JL and Morgan IL, eds. Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry '92 North-Holland (Elsevier Science Publications B.V.); 1993:875-878.

Routine Dosimetry Systems
Saylor MC.
Lecture notes from High-Dose Radiation Dosimetry Course, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; 1993, and ASTM Second International Workshop on Dosimetry for Radiation Processing; 1991. Available through MCSaylor, P.O. Box 605, Dunn Loring, VA 22027 USA.

Evaluation of a New X-Ray Processing Facility
Cleland MR, Thompson CC, Kato H, Odera M, Morrissey RF, Herring CM, O'Neil MT, Wilcott TR, Masefield J, Hansen JM, Saylor MC and Sloan DP.
Nuc. Inst. and Meth. Res.; 1991:B56/57, 1242-5.

Developments in Radiation Equipment Including the Application of Machine-Generated X-Rays to Medical Product Sterilization
Saylor MC.
In: Morrissey RF and Prokopenko YI, eds. Sterilization of Medical Products, Volume V, Morin Heights, Canada: Polyscience Publications Inc.; 1991:327-344.

Dose Setting, Process Control and U.S. Regulatory Compliance
Saylor MC and Herring CM.
In: Proceedings of the Fourth Nordion Gamma Processing Seminar, Nordion International Inc., Kanata, Ontario, Canada; 1991.

A Thin Film Recording Medium for Use in Food Irradiation
Saylor MC, Tamargo TT, McLaughlin WL, Kahn HM, Lewis DF and Schenfele RD.
Rad. Chem. Phys.; 1988: 31(4-6), 529-536.

Dosimetry in Process Control
Masefield J and Saylor MC.
Proceedings from the National Executive Management Seminar on Industrial Radiation Sterilization of Medical Products, Lecture No. 5, 1986. Available from Isomedix Inc., 11 Apollo Drive, Whippany, New Jersey 07981, U.S.A.

Exchange Formalism Applied to One-Dimensional Triplet Excitons: Observation of Restricted and Temperature-Dependent k to k' Scattering in the Zero-Field Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance Spectrum of 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene
Breiland WG and Saylor MC.
J. Chem. Phys.; 1980:72 (12), 6485-6497.




SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Nordion International's "Converting to Gamma Sterilization"
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 3/11-12/96.
"Irradiator Fundamentals" and "Dosimetry and Process Validation".

Nordion International's "Converting to Gamma Sterilization"
Marseille, France, 5/11-12/95.
"Irradiator Fundamentals" and "Dosimetry and Process Validation".

Nordion International's "Converting to Gamma Sterilization"
Tel Aviv, Israel, 5/7-8/95.
"Irradiator Fundamentals" and "Dosimetry and Process Validation".

Nordion International's "Converting to Gamma Sterilization"
Charlotte, North Carolina, 9/26-27/94. "Irradiator Fundamentals and Dosimetry".

HIMA - Sterilization 2000
Rockville, MD, 4/28/94.
"Dosimetry: Systems and Standards".

U. of MD. "Workshop on Dosimetry for Radiation Processing"
U. of MD, College Park, Maryland, 10/93.
"Routine Dosimetry Systems".

Nordion International's "Converting to Gamma Sterilization"
Park Ridge, New Jersey, 10/18-19/93.
"Irradiator Fundamentals and Dosimetry".

International Kilmer Memorial Conference on the Sterilization of Medical Products Brussels, Belgium, 6/93.
"Radiation Process Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation".

Nordion International's "Converting to Gamma Sterilization"
Dublin, Ireland, 3/25-26/93.
"Irradiator Fundamentals and Dosimetry".

Nordion International's "Converting to Gamma Sterilization"
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3/22-23/93.
"Irradiator Fundamentals and Dosimetry".

12th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry
Denton, Texas, 11/2/92.
"Technical and Regulatory Requirements for Radiation Sterilization using Electron Beam Accelerators".

Nordion International's "Converting to Gamma Sterilization"
Chicago, Illinois, 10/1-2/92.
"Irradiator Fundamentals and Dosimetry".

4th Nordion Gamma Processing Seminar
Ottawa, Canada, 5/28/92.
"Dose Setting, Process Control and U.S. Regulatory Compliance".

Pfizer Sterilization Forum
Boulder, Colorado, 4/1/92.
"Gamma Process, Facility and Radiation Dose Setting" and "Validation Practices and Requirements".

Nordion International's "Converting to Gamma Sterilization"
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2/11-12/92.
"Irradiator Fundamentals and Process Validation" and "Regulatory Trends".

Nordion International's "Converting to Gamma Sterilization"
Denver, Colorado, 11/11/91.
"Irradiator Fundamentals and Process Validation".

ASTM 2nd International Workshop on Dosimetry for Radiation Processing
U. of MD, College Park, Maryland, 10/7/91.
"Routine Dosimetry Systems".

International Kilmer Memorial Conference on the Sterilization of Medical Products
Moscow, USSR, 9/89.
"Developments in Radiation Equipment Including the Application of Machine-Generated X-Rays to Medical Product Sterilization".

International Meeting on Radiation Processing
Ottawa, Canada, 6/87.
"A Thin Film Recording Medium for Use in Food Irradiation".

In addition to the sessions listed above, custom, closed-session seminars have been prepared and presented to Johnson & Johnson affiliates, Alcon Surgical, Terumo Medical, Nordion International and SteriGenics.

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