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ourpeopleourpatientsourpromise ANNUAL
REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAIR’S MESSAGE 1

VISION, MISSION & STRATEGIC PLAN 2
3
1 CLINICAL CARE 11
2 EDUCATION 15
3 RESEARCH 21
4 INFORMATICS, POLICY & QUALITY 23
5 PARTNERSHIPS 25
6 OUR PEOPLE 28
7 AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Photo at right (l-r): Musculoskeletal radiologist Monica
Umpierrez, patient services coordinator Claudia
Casserly-Hinds, and MRI technologist Zach Conrad
with the Carestream Cone Beam CT.



CHAIR’S MESSAGE

As we launch our Emory Radiology 2018-2022
department strategic plan, “Designing the
Destination,” there is a palpable excitement in
the air. Our journey continues to lead us to build
on our innovation culture through collaboration
and fearless inquiry. At the heart of it all are
the people of our department who make this a
great place to be. Our shared focus on delivering
patient-centered imaging care pushes us to
continuously strive for excellence in all our
missions.

Investing in our people has served us exceedingly
well. Our talent is both locally grown and from
all points of the globe. Our intentional goal—to
create a diverse and inclusive community—is
a great source of pride. It makes us stronger,
more creative, and better suited to meet the
changing needs of academic medicine. Notably,
this year we launch the tenth class of the
Radiology Leadership Academy, which is our
flagship program for bringing out the best in new
department leaders.…

Our quest for caring for a growing patient
population can challenge and geographically
fragment our resources. In our strategic plan,
we commit to ensuring a cohesive One Emory
Radiology environment, which is the essence
of what makes our institution and department
exceptional. As always, the health and well-being
of our patients drives us to great heights.

Carolyn Cidis Meltzer, MD

Chair, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

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VISION MISSION

Emory Radiology and Imaging Sciences will be a destination for those The Emory Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences is a
who seek excellence and continuous innovation in medical imaging. community dedicated to the promotion of health, discovery and
innovation, and educating the future healthcare workforce. We embrace
and celebrate a collaborative culture, adaptive approaches to continuous
innovation, and aligned partnerships in patient-centered care.

STRATEGIC PLAN 2018-2022

Designing the Destination

Goal 1: To enhance the Emory Employee One Emory Goal 3: To foster a “One Emory
Radiology employee experience, we Experience Radiology Radiology” community for our
will: faculty, staff, learners, and those
OUR who interact with us, we will:
• Elevate and uphold our GOALS
commitment to diversity, equity, • Embrace a set of core values and a
and inclusion. Service & Innovation common language reflective of our
Outcomes mission and vision.
• Optimize the way we attract,
select, integrate, engage, and • Encourage collaboration
advance our people. through inter-site exchange and
relationship building.
• Promote and support a culture of
employee well-being. • Promote “systemness” through a
dedicated team of global liaisons.
• Foster a workplace community of
engaged individuals and high- Goal 4: To drive continuous
functioning teams. innovation through our work, we
will:
Goal 2: To optimize service and
outcomes to Emory Radiology • Build the infrastructure to support
patients, families, and our partners highly innovative work.
in care, we will:
• Recruit and retain the talent
• Improve patients’ access to required to drive innovation.
our services and their pre-visit
experience. • Establish synergistic partnerships
within and outside of Emory.
• Optimize the patient visit
experience, with a focus on wait • Attract and secure extramural
times and communication. funding for innovative programs
and projects.
• Enhance the service experience
for our referring providers. 2

1ourpCaLtiIeNnItCs ALCARE As neuroradiologist Amit Saindane, MD, MBA, 1.1. KIDNEY CANCER CURE
vice chair of clinical affairs, notes, patient-
Learn more about centered care requires accurate and timely Avis Weaver felt healthy, eager to take on the
Clinical Care online imaging using imaging modalities such as world after shedding over 100 pounds, earning
by scanning the QR radiography, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, computed her master’s degree in social work, and making
code above using tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging other important life changes. With a new lease
your favorite QR (MRI), or positron emission tomography (PET) on life, she opted for some plastic surgery.
reader app. to diagnose and plan treatment for everything
from broken bones to heart disease and stroke. Shortly after, however, Avis felt a knife-like
Photo at right: Thanks to Care advances with image-guided treatment pain in her side. Her surgeon, Emory’s Angela
interventional radiologist for conditions like vascular malformations and Cheng, MD, ordered an ultrasound. A suspicious
Sherif Nour, (center), Avis cancers. Nearly 80% of Emory Healthcare’s finding unrelated to the surgery was confirmed
Weaver (left) is cancer-free patients benefit from Emory Radiology’s by subsequent MRI: renal cell carcinoma, an
and celebrates with her expertise: the department completed more than aggressive kidney cancer.
daughter, Shezza Shagarabi. 1.2 million imaging studies in 2017 at seven
3 hospitals and dozens of clinics around metro “The room started spinning,” Avis says. “How
Atlanta. could I feel so alive and have a deadly cancer?”

Emory Radiology has 11 clinical divisions: Avis saw a string of specialists elsewhere. With
the lesion in a difficult place, they recommended
• Abdominal Imaging surgery with an incision made front to back. One
• Breast Imaging wanted to remove the entire kidney. Another
• Cardiothoracic Imaging suggested partial nephrectomy but warned
• Community Radiology Specialists about post-surgery kidney failure. Both worried
• Emergency and Trauma Imaging about traumatizing the liver. A third focused
• Interventional Radiology and Image-Guided more on finances than treatment. All expected
prolonged recovery with no guarantees.
Medicine
• Interventional Neuroradiology “I was devastated,” Avis recalls. “It made no
• Musculoskeletal Imaging sense. How could this be happening?”
• Neuroradiology
• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Coming from a medical family—her brother and
• Pediatric Imaging father are doctors, her older son is in medical
school, and her daughter just earned an MPH
Some divisions organize according to body from Emory—Avis found another option:
systems and imaging modalities, while others image-guided laser ablation. An interventional
utilize multispecialty, multimodality approaches. radiologist across town, however, chastised her
for wanting “the latest and greatest technique
touted online” instead of “standard treatment.”

Feeling her new lease on life slipping away yet

“The technique is complex, but the feeling
from saving a life is unequaled.”

Sherif Nour, MD

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1ourpCaLtiIeNnItCs ALCARE refusing to give up, Avis returned to Emory, 50 cancer ablations in 2017. Emory’s
where urologist Viraj Master, MD, PhD, Interventional MRI Program, one of only a
Photo at right: From left: Staff referred her to Sherif Nour, MD, director handful worldwide, is a leader in MRI-guided
RNs Mandi Erwin and Laura of Emory’s Interventional MRI Program. interventions.
Austin, APP nurse practitioner With Emory Radiology, Avis says, everything
Patrick Hickey, and staff felt different. First, Debra Weber, RN, care “The technique is complex,” Dr. Nour admits,
RN Walter Auker of the coordinator, met with Avis. “Just Debra’s words “but the feeling from saving a life is unequaled.
Emory Johns Creek Hospital made me feel at ease.” To have a patient arrive with cancer and leave
Radiology Observation Care without cancer, there’s nothing better.”
Unit. When Dr. Nour came in, Avis says, “It was clear
5 he had reviewed my images. He talked about An exuberant Avis Weaver agrees. “I knew
what he saw and how he could treat it. And I had to battle cancer to save my life, but I
then he looked at me and said he absolutely never thought I’d have to battle for the right
could help me. At that moment, I felt like he treatment, too. God brought me to Emory, and
saw me as a person and I was going to be okay.” Dr. Nour was my match made in heaven.”

Four weeks after Avis’ initial diagnosis, Dr. Avis now is giving back as the newest member
Nour eradicated the cancerous lesion using of the Radiology Patient-Family Advisory
laser ablation guided by magnetic resonance Council.
imaging with an open bore, 1.5T MRI machine.
1.2. EMORY EXCELLENCE
“Using MRI lets you see the lesion and its CLOSE TO HOME
margins very clearly so you can precisely
position the laser,” explains Dr. Nour. “MRI also The Division of Community Radiology
lets you see temperature, so you can apply Specialists (CRS) brings Emory Radiology’s
the laser with confidence and easily monitor world-class imaging services to metro Atlanta’s
ablation progress.” suburbs. CRS serves the 110-bed Emory Johns
Creek Hospital in northern Fulton County and
Avis went home that afternoon with a Band-Aid the 410-bed Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital in
over a small incision in her back, her kidney DeKalb County, as well as outpatient imaging
intact. She took only ibuprofen at home and centers in Cobb, Forsyth, and Henry counties.
resumed normal activities in a few days. Three
months later, she feels good, and her MRI and The division’s 12 radiologists routinely interpret
blood tests detect neither cancer nor reduced imaging studies across a range of modalities
kidney function. and body systems. They also are specialists with
advanced training in abdominal, cardiothoracic,
Dr. Nour’s team provides the highest quality neuro, and interventional radiology (IR), so
patient care before and after the procedure. patients with complex health conditions don’t
Joining Debra Weber are MRI technologist have to travel far for cutting-edge imaging
Kenny Doan and nurse practitioner Tracy and image-guided procedures, says Howard
Powell. They helped Dr. Nour complete

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1ourpCaLtiIeNnItCs ALCARE Fleishon, MD, MMM, division director and chief of Team members work together, following strict

7 radiology services at Emory Johns Creek Hospital. protocols for patient safety while also making

patients feel comfortable. Sometimes that’s as

CRS shoulders administrative and clinical easy as playing a patient’s favorite music. Other

leadership responsibilities at both hospitals. times it requires more, as physician assistant and

Daily Radiology team huddles focus everyone APP Hilary Karp knows.

on patient safety and comfort and workflow

efficiency. Referring physicians collaborate with As an IR proceduralist in the ROCU, Hilary treats

CRS radiologists as part of a patient’s treatment patients like Mr. P, whose liver was ravaged

planning. Patients also can talk directly with CRS by autoimmune hepatitis. Every week for a

radiologists about their findings. year, ultrasound imaging helped Hilary guide

a hollow needle into Mr. P’s abdomen to drain

Emory’s CRS division is highly respected and fluid accumulating due to liver failure without

emulated for integrating radiology professionals damaging nearby organs. Called paracentesis, it’s

serving community hospitals with their peers in one of nearly 20 image-guided procedures Hilary

an academic medical center. CRS faculty have performs. She also uses CT guidance to perform

published and presented widely about their bone marrow biopsies and fluoroscopy to guide

innovative multispecialty workflow and clinical placement of IV ports and dialysis catheters.

practice models.

For Mr. P, weekly visits to the ROCU relieved more

For example, the new Radiology Observation than pressure from the fluid.

Care Unit (ROCU) in Emory Johns Creek Hospital

provides dedicated space for CRS radiologists, “He was losing hope he’d get a liver transplant.

advanced practice providers (APPs), and It broke his heart to think of leaving his students,

technologists to guide complex interventional his wife, and his two kids,” Hilary recalls. “While

procedures using CT, ultrasound, and MRI to the fluid drained, he would share his fear with

diagnose and treat a range of conditions. me and I would hold onto it for him. I shared my

experiences working on the organ transplant

“Excellence in the ROCU is built on a collaborative, team, and he’d find new hope.”

team approach to care,” says Dr. Fleishon.

The weekly visits ended a year ago, but Hilary

Curved computer workstations create a command joined the family recently to celebrate Mr. P’s

center where team members collaboratively “liver-versary.”

manage up to 20 procedures a day. Private rooms,

easily visible and quickly accessible from that “Seeing him so well a year after his transplant,

center, are fully equipped for monitoring patients celebrating with his family, that’s the reward.”

before and after procedures.

1.3. PREPARING FOR MASS Plans will be finalized by early 2019, and work will Advanced practice providers (APPs) like Jackie
CASUALTIES AND DISASTERS begin on department-wide training and capacity Knight, NP, make collaboration easier. The nurse
building activities, including drills like the Joint practitioner assists J. David Prologo, MD, the
The Division of Emergency and Trauma Radiology Crisis Exercise held in April 2018 involving Emory, clinical site director for IR at Emory Johns Creek
deploys its subspecialty-trained radiologists the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who is renowned for image-guided treatment of
to meet growing demand for both emergency and the Atlanta Urban Area Security Initiative. phantom limb pain, pudendal neuralgia, and cancer
department imaging services and STAT inpatient pain. Jackie coordinates with referring doctors
examinations at Emory University Hospital, Emory Dr. Archer-Arroyo’s work is ensuring Emory to help Dr. Prologo and his patients prepare for
University Hospital Midtown, Wesley Woods, Radiology is well positioned to effectively deploy treatment.
Emory University Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital, human and technology resources across the “It can overwhelm patients,” Jackie says. “I get all
and Grady Memorial Hospital. It is led by Jamlik- system when disaster strikes. the information necessary and schedule any pre- or
Omari Johnson, MD, who also is chief of radiology post-procedure visits to ensure patients are ready
at Emory Midtown. 1.4. MUSCULOSKELETAL AND on the day of treatment, but the most important
SPORTS MEDICINE IMAGING part of my work is easing a patient’s fears. I explain
The division additionally plans Radiology’s things in ways they can understand, and that really
response to mass casualty events. Imaging Emory’s Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging helps them feel they can trust us.”
services are vital to an effective medical response (MSK) deals in bones, cartilage, and supporting
to natural disasters, large-scale aviation or soft tissue. Led by Monica Umpierrez, MD, MSK’s 8
vehicular accidents, and even tragedies like mass- five radiologists and four MSK fellows provide
scale shootings. Enter Krystal Archer-Arroyo, diagnostic imaging interpretation across the
MD, an emergency and trauma imaging specialist Emory enterprise. They perform advanced imaging
and director of Emory Radiology Critical Event like ultrasound tendon elastography to diagnose
Preparedness and Response. tendon pathology, MR neurography to diagnose
nerve injuries, and image-guided procedures (e.g.,
Since joining the Emory Radiology team in August medication injections; aspiration of joint fluid;
2017, Dr. Archer-Arroyo has visited every Emory and biopsies of joints, tendon sheaths, bones, and
hospital to assess Emory Radiology’s capacity soft tissues) employing fluoroscopy, ultrasound,
for responding to catastrophic events. She has and CT at Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory
reviewed existing protocols and is drafting the University Hospital Midtown. MSK radiologists
department’s consolidated plan. That plan feeds collaborate with hospital physical medicine
and is informed by Emory’s Office of Critical Event and rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians to review
Preparedness and Response (CEPAR), which imaging studies and discuss approaches to care.
leads Emory’s enterprise-wide planning for and
coordinated response to catastrophic events Emory Radiology’s MSK and IR divisions are
affecting Emory and the broader community. Dr. partners in the Emory Sarcoma Center of Winship
Archer-Arroyo serves as a member of the CEPAR Cancer Institute. Located at Emory University
working group.

1ourpCaLtiIeNnItCs ALCARE Hospital Midtown, the center is the largest in the and treatment services in the facility for the
Southeast. The MSK division also is a primary Hawks, the Atlanta Dream WNBA team, the
Photo at right: Musculoskeletal partner at the Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Atlanta Braves MLB team, the Atlanta Falcons
radiologist Felix Gonzalez uses Center and the new Emory Sports Medicine NFL team, and Atlanta United MLS team.
a model to note the location Center, both at Executive Park. Weekend warriors, little sluggers, varsity stars,
of a fibroma before treating a and daily pavement pounders now can go where
patient. EXCELLENCE IN SPORTS MEDICINE the pros go and benefit from advances first
9 pioneered to get elite athletes back in the game.
On the second floor of the Sports Medicine
Center, which opened in late 2017, two x-ray “We’re democratizing excellence in performance
suites neighbor the Siemens Magnetom Skyra and mobility,” says Felix Gonzalez, MD.
3T MRI suite, where 3-D imaging of joints and
the spine enables precise diagnosis of complex IN HER SHOES
conditions. A new Carestream Cone Beam CT
produces 3-D images of weight-bearing studies After ankle-repair surgery, Amy Kuhn was
to pinpoint defects impairing upper or lower supposed to wear supportive shoes to prevent
extremity mobility. The low-dose CT features arthritis. A fibroma, a benign mass between the
walk-in entry for significantly injured patients. instep’s skin and muscle, made arch supports
uncomfortable.
The radiology reading room is in the orthopaedic
physicians’ work area and adjacent to patient “Even the slightest supports were difficult to
exam rooms to facilitate a team approach to wear for more than an hour, which made staying
clinical decision-making and treatment. active and keeping up with my two kids difficult,”
Amy recalls. “It was like I had a rock pressing
Making the facility truly remarkable is how into my foot.”
it combines diagnostic imaging and clinical
treatment resources with a professional sports The orthopaedic surgeon referred her to Dr.
training center for the Atlanta Hawks NBA Gonzalez, who used ultrasound imaging to guide
team. The Hawks Nest boasts two full-sized steroid injections into the fibroma. Just two
practice courts, athletic performance training injections brought relief.
areas, a film room, and a recovery area offering
cryotherapy, sensory deprivation tanks, and “They shrank the fibroma considerably,”
in-ground hydrotherapy. The Hawks Basketball Amy says. “Thanks to Dr. Gonzalez, I now can
Operations Team also is onsite. maintain a more active lifestyle and even wear
heels!”
Emory Radiology’s MSK team joins Emory’s
sports medicine team in providing diagnostic

“We’re democratizing
excellence in

performance and
mobility.”

Felix Gonzalez, MD

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2ourfEocDuUs CATION Emory Radiology trains skilled and compassionate 2.1. MENTORING MEDICAL
clinicians additionally experienced as educators, STUDENTS
Learn more about researchers, and leaders, says Vice Chair for
Education online Education Mark E. Mullins, MD, PhD. After Emory School of Medicine students begin
by scanning the QR an internship, training advances in four highly studying radiology and image-guided medicine
code above using competitive residency programs: diagnostic in second-year electives like Clinical Correlation:
your favorite QR radiology (Christopher Ho, MD, program Anatomy, Pathology, and Radiology. Next is the
reader app. director), interventional radiology (R. Mitchell required virtual, integrated third-year radiology
Ermentrout, MD, interim program director and clerkship run by Stefan Tigges, MD. In their
11 Zachary Bercu, MD, interim program co-director), fourth year, students may participate in a four-
and nuclear medicine (David C. Brandon, MD, week radiology elective administered by Eugene
program director). The Medical Physics Residency, Berkowitz, MD, PhD, plus the opportunity for a
presented in partnership with Phoenix Technology radiology-related research project during their
Corporation and Alliance Medical Physics and led fourth year.
by Jonathon A. Nye, PhD, combines diagnostic
imaging and nuclear medicine training to qualify Faculty enjoy helping students with career
graduates for practice as medical physicists. exploration. For neuroradiologist Jason Allen,
MD, PhD, “Mentoring is one of the most important
New fellowship programs in pediatric things we do with medical students. I get to
interventional radiology and imaging know them, so I can help them find not just the
informatics join programs in abdominal, breast, specialty that interests them, but also the kind
cardiothoracic, emergency, musculoskeletal, and of training programs that best fit their goals and
pediatric imaging; interventional neuroradiology; strengths.”
vascular interventional radiology; neuroradiology;
nuclear radiology; and nuclear medicine PET in For first-year resident Sidd Kosaraju, MD, “Dr.
offering exceptional subspecialty training. Allen showed a great deal of interest in making
sure my Discovery experience was a productive
The Medical Imaging Program, led by Theodore one, and that I was able to present at conferences
Brzinski, MES, RT(R), is only one of two and get published. T… hat he and several other
baccalaureate programs in Georgia. It offers faculty members were invested in making sure
concentrations in radiology administration, I had the best shot of going where I wanted
radiography education, and advanced clinical for residency (whether that was Emory or not)
practice with specialization in computed seemed indicative of a very nurturing culture, and
tomography, interventional radiology, magnetic that’s a big part of why I decided to stay.”
resonance imaging, and women’s health
(mammography and bone densitometry).

Mentorship also happens through the Emory best,” says former director of IR Gail Peters, MD.
Radiology Interest Group (ERIG). Judith Gadde, “Our matched applicants are a truly diverse group
DO, MBA, advises the group. In 2017, ERIG of brilliant and accomplished individuals.”
organized “Radiology into the Light: A Women’s
Symposium,” which was well attended by medical Similarly, more than 50% of the Diagnostic
students from Emory, Mercer, Morehouse, and Radiology Residency program’s 2017 and 2018
Medical College of Georgia plus department match classes are women and minorities.
faculty and alumnae. Faculty panelists shared
their career paths and addressed issues such “Diversity in all its forms matters to us. It is what
as work-life balance, academic versus private makes us such a wonderful place for residents to
practice pathways, and mentorship. train,” says Dr. Ho.

For Brianna Vey, MD, involvement in ERIG—she First-year resident S. Rafael Arceo, MD, agrees. More than four years in the making, the IR
co-organized the women’s symposium—plus a He chose Emory both for its exceptional radiology Residency Program responds to the growing
radiology Discovery project and faculty mentoring training and its rating as a Top Performer in demand for and interest in image-guided medicine
helped her choose Emory for both her internship the Human Rights Campaign 2018 Healthcare to treat an increasingly wide range of diseases and
and diagnostic radiology residency. Equality Index. The rating lauds Emory’s conditions. “Our program is different than most
foundational protection in practice and policies other IR residency programs,” says Dr. Peters.
2.2. DIVERSITY ENRICHES for patients, visitors, and employees of the LGBTQI “Our IR residents complete six months of clinical
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS community. training, rather than only the one month stipulated
in the program accreditation requirements.”
Emory Radiology residents are as diverse as they “It’s important for me to feel protected as an
are accomplished. Recruitment efforts include employee and for the healthcare facility itself
Diversity Interviewing Days, which highlight to share my values of practicing inclusivity and
the ways Emory is an especially welcoming and non-discrimination,” he says. “Emory became my
diverse community of scholars. The days are top pick after I met with faculty and residents and
popular and effective. participated in a Diversity Day interview, where
these values came to the forefront.”■

Emory’s Interventional Radiology Integrated 2.3. INTERVENTIONAL
Residency program not only matched with its top RADIOLOGY RESIDENCY
candidates in 2017 and 2018; the two classes PROGRAMS GROW
comprise 50% women and minorities.
Emory Radiology is expanding interventional
“Programs, including ours, are small while radiology (IR) training opportunities. The first
interest is substantial. Top candidates are heavily
recruited, so it’s incredible to match with the

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2ourfEocDuUs CATION four trainees in Emory’s new Interventional Dr. Mendoza designed the resident Clinician-
Radiology Integrated Residency program arrived Educator Track curriculum to include seminars
Dr. Dexter Mendoza July 1st and four more begin in 2019. In 2018, and group discussions about learning theories,
13 Emory obtained ACGME accreditation for a two- learning and teaching styles, providing feedback,
year IR-Independent Residency with six slots for developing curricula, mentorship, and research.
trainees who already completed a diagnostic A required capstone project for the track has
radiology residency. Early Specialization in germinated additional innovation. For his
Interventional Radiology (ESIR) in the Diagnostic capstone, Dr. Mendoza created a curriculum
Radiology Residency program lets three fourth- for building an academic career using teaching
year residents complete a specialized curriculum and education research. His work resulted in
in preparation for advanced entry into the second presentations at the Association of University
year of the Independent IR Residency. Radiologists’ (AUR) 2017 and 2018 conferences
plus an article published in Academic Radiology.
2.4. RESIDENT-LED Resident David Theriot, MD, established a
INNOVATION popular Friday morning resident teaching session
this year for his capstone project.
Emory Radiology encourages its residents to
develop more than clinical skills. With funding Mentorship facilitates success. Dr. Mendoza
and mentorship through the department’s Adopt- credits Dr. Mullins plus Adopt-A-Resident
A-Resident program, enterprising residents are mentors Ryan Peterson, MD, and Meg Fleming,
creating program tracks to more formally prepare MD, for his own success. He, in turn, mentored
trainees for rewarding careers as educators, residents as they progressed through the track,
researchers, informatics specialists, and, most thereby ensuring a leadership pipeline. Dr.
recently, medical entrepreneurs. The vision is for Theriot assumed track leadership July 1, and Fred
residents to be well-rounded professionals with Bertino, MD, succeeds him in 2019.
a broad range of skills needed to achieve their
career goals. Dr. Mendoza also inspired other residents to
propose additional program tracks (see right),
Dexter Mendoza, Clinician-Educator and he appreciates the opportunity to be both
Track inspirational and inspired.

Dexter Mendoza, MD, always enjoyed teaching. “I’m very grateful to Emory, not just for helping me
To prepare for an academic medical career, he realize my passion, but for the opportunity to turn
thought residents like him needed a structured my career exploration into a pathway for other
training program, so he proposed creating one residents interested in clinical education.”■
and was awarded Adopt-A-Resident program
funding to do just that.

Patricia Balthazar, Informatics Track and feedback during call. She also studied a data
retrieval tool to find and list imaging reports with
Patricia Balthazar, MD, just began year three noncritical, incidental findings to improve patient
of residency, yet she already has 21 published follow-up; a successful pilot-test was presented at
journal articles and national awards like the AUR the SIIM annual meeting.
Trainee Prize, the ACR-AUR Research Scholar
Award, the Radiology Alliance for Health Services Dr. Balthazar appreciates Emory Radiology’s
Research - Harvey L. Neiman Award, and the support. “The department has never said no to
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) me. If you have a good project, you’ll find mentors,
Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award. She’s appropriate resources, and protected time as
the founding member and chair of the Society for needed to make it happen. It’s an incredible
Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Residents, opportunity at Emory to have faculty specifically
Fellows, and Doctoral Students Committee, interested in informatics to learn from and to be
and she will become a chief resident for Emory mentored by national leaders.”
Radiology in 2019.
She also created a new Integrated Imaging Alex Dabrowiecki, Medical
Informatics Track (I3T) as an Adopt-A-Resident Entrepreneurship Track
project for Emory Radiology residents interested
in careers that maximize the quality and Adopt-A-Resident 2018 grantee Alex Dr. Alex Dabrowiecki
efficiency of imaging informatics technology and Dabrowiecki, MD, is designing a Radiology at
services. The I3T curriculum, approved in the Emory Medical Innovation (REMI) Track, which
spring for rollout in fall 2018, includes didactic combines didactic education with hands-on
instruction plus an informatics capstone project. learning so residents can turn good ideas into
Dr. Balthazar has been working on an operational marketable products. Lectures covering theories
informatics project to improve resident workflow and tenets of entrepreneurship and product
development will be augmented by skills-building
team challenges. REMI-track residents also will
conceive and develop a prototype technological
solution with an accompanying business
plan as a capstone project. Mentoring and
technical support will come from the biomedical
engineering program at Emory and Georgia Tech
as well as from Emory Radiology faculty and
Emory’s Office of Technology Transfer.

Dr. Dabrowiecki foresees, “This track will increase
our confidence and proficiency in innovating
solutions while also developing the leadership
skills required for radiology and business.”

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3ourpRrEomSiEseARCH Team science is more than a catchphrase in the in the Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Shared
Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences—it Resource of Winship Cancer Institute at
Learn more about defines the Division of Research. Helmed by Emory, and Georgia Tech’s School of Electrical
Research online by Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD, the division has six & Computer Engineering and Institute for
scanning the QR areas of inquiry: Robotics & Intelligent Machines. Collaborating
code above using with new leadership in Emory’s departments
your favorite QR • Molecular Imaging, Biomarker & Probe of Biomedical Informatics and Biomedical
reader app. Development; Engineering, Radiology is actively pursuing
joint faculty with cross-disciplinary talents and
Photo at right: Dr. Deqiang Qiu • Advanced Imaging Sciences; research interests in medical imaging.
15 • Computational Image Analysis & Guidance;
• Precision Imaging: Quantitative, Molecular & 3.2. CENTER FOR SYSTEMS
IMAGING SUPPORTS
Image-Guided Technologies; RESEARCH COLLABORATION
• Integrative Imaging Informatics; and
• Imaging Implementation Sciences. The Center for Systems Imaging (CSI) provides
state-of-the-art imaging services for Emory
Team science is essential for attracting funding, investigators and community partners.
driving innovation, and propelling translational Led by John N. Oshinski, PhD, associate
research to directly improve patient care. professor, CSI and Radiology and Imaging
Collaboration occurs within and across teams, Sciences faculty have developed innovative
with other Emory departments, and even with imaging systems, biomarkers, and methods
other research institutions. to support translational research. CSI also
lends investigators its imaging technologists,
3.1. RECRUITING TEAM scheduling coordinators, radiopharmacy
PLAYERS experts, and post-doctoral fellows.

In the past two years, Radiology hired junior CSI provided imaging services to 52
faculty members with the expertise and investigators in FY 2018 with $12.96 million
acumen for groundbreaking team science. in direct costs plus $5.7 million in faculty time
They are Candace Fleischer, PhD, biomedical funded by grants. Department “super-users”
spectroscopy and imaging; Michal Horný, whose researchers require hundreds of scans
PhD, healthcare policy and economics; Marina include psychiatry, internal medicine, and
Piccinelli, PhD, bioengineering and diagnostic neurology.
software development; Amir Pourmorteza,
PhD, spectral and high-resolution CT biomedical For example, super-user Ihab Hajjar, MD,
engineering; and David Reiter, PhD, MRI associate professor of medicine, neurology,
biochemistry.

Radiology also added joint/adjunct faculty

“Designing the MR imaging
protocols, and then analyzing

the images we’ve taken of
close to 500 patients so far,

is a powerful and proud
contribution to research into
early prediction and treatment

of Alzheimer’s disease.”

Deqiang Qiu, PhD

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3ourpRrEomSiEseARCH and radiology is collaborating with Radiology’s between networks of brain regions. Dr.
Deqiang Qiu, PhD, assistant professor and Gopinath’s team imaged veterans with GWI
Photo at right: Dr. Kaundinya CSI’s MRI program director, on three NIH- and normal control subjects using resting state
Gopinath funded research studies: the VASCULAR study functional MRI, and then applied advanced
17 examining the relationship between peripheral network analysis. They found impairments in
vascular disease and cognitive function and two different brain function networks significantly
clinical trials testing a hypertension angiotensin corresponded to GWI symptoms. For example,
receptor blocking drug to treat mild cognitive networks of brain areas that process pain were
impairment. overactive in GWI patients while communication
between language processing areas was
“Designing the MR imaging protocols, and then impaired.
analyzing the images we’ve taken of close to
500 patients so far, is a powerful and proud “Using functional MRI, we’re able to better
contribution to research into early prediction understand mechanisms that underlie the
and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease,” says Dr. symptoms of Gulf War Illness, which we hope
Qiu. can lead to new treatments,” says Dr. Gopinath.

3.3. UNDERSTANDING GULF 3.4. RESEARCH IN
WAR ILLNESS RESIDENCY: ANNA
TROFIMOVA
Up to 250,000 veterans of the 1991 Gulf War
suffer from Gulf War Illness (GWI), a condition As one of six residents in the Residency
characterized by deficits in word-finding, Research Track, Anna Trofimova, MD, PhD,
memory, concentration, movement, and sensory merges her clinical diagnostic radiology training
perception; persistent mood disturbances; and with training in imaging sciences to jumpstart
chronic pain. her academic neuroradiology research career.
The third-year resident already has 21 published
Radiology’s Kaundinya Gopinath, PhD, journal articles, two book chapters, and 25
assistant professor, is collaborating with Bruce presentations at national and international
Crosson, PhD, professor of neurology and conferences. Her study pioneering a five-minute
radiology at Emory and the Atlanta Veterans brain MRI for children with headaches, which
Administration Medical Center, plus colleagues was guided by mentor Nadja Kadom, MD,
in internal medicine at the University of Texas earned the first-place scientific paper trainee
Southwestern Medical Center and computer award at the 2018 AUR conference.
engineering at the University of Houston Clear-
Lake to explain the baffling condition. Her capstone project, funded by a $30,000 RSNA
research grant and undertaken in collaboration
Brain function happens through communication

“Using functional MRI, we’re able
to better understand mechanisms

that underlie the neurological
symptoms of Gulf War Illness,
which we hope can lead to new

treatments.”

Kaundinya Gopinath, PhD

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3ourpRrEomSiEseARCH with Shepherd Center’s Brain Injury Team science also defines his longtime
Rehabilitation Program, investigates functional collaboration with Lily Yang, MD, PhD,
Photo at right: Drs. Hui Mao and structural brain connectivity alterations in professor of surgery and radiology, and Nancy
and Lily Yang patients with post-concussive central vestibular Panoz Chair of Surgery in Cancer Research.
19 impairment. Using a novel paradigm with task- They have pioneered molecular imaging
based and resting state functional MRI and probes and techniques using MRI, PET, and
diffusion tensor imaging, Dr. Trofimova hopes CT to detect and characterize cancers based
to advance understanding of the altered brain on their biomarkers. They are developing
connectivity underlying persistent vestibular biomarker-targeted MRI contrast agents and
dysfunction post-injury, which could inform multimodal imaging probes to image cancer
development of rehabilitation techniques. at the molecular and cellular levels. The
results will inform their work developing novel
“Being part of the Research Track supports nanomaterial and nanotechnology for medical
continuous professional development as a applications, especially for image-guided
researcher,” she says. “Writing the RSNA grant delivery of therapeutic agents, or theranostics.
was a novel experience for me. Working with my Theranostics could transform cancer treatment
mentor, Dr. Jason Allen, as well as Dr. Krupinski, once validated through translational clinical
allowed me not only to get funding but also trials.
to learn about grantsmanship and create a
knowledge base for future projects.”■ “The imaging strategies and approaches we
are developing are about enabling precision
3.5. COLLABORATIVE medicine,” says Dr. Mao. “The goals are
NANOMEDICINE AND to interrogate the diseases based on their
THERANOSTICS biomarkers and then stratify patients for the
appropriate treatment, which will be delivered
For more than 15 years, Radiology’s Hui Mao, through imaging guidance using nanomaterials
PhD, professor, has been leading research in and technology as platforms.”
nanomedicine and molecular imaging to improve
the detection and understanding of cancers and The duo has secured $15 million in NIH grants
neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases. with top scores and has produced more than
Team science aptly describes how post-doctoral 80 high-impact publications for their work
fellows, doctoral students, and visiting faculty to date. Both Mao and Yang belong to the
work in the lab of this Distinguished Investigator Emory 1% club—NIH grant awardees whose
of the Academy of Radiology and Biomedical proposal received impact scores in the top 1%
Imaging Research and Chair of the NIH Study of all proposals evaluated by NIH review study
Section for Clinical Molecular Imaging and Probe sections.
Development.

“The imaging strategies and approaches we are
developing are about enabling precision medicine.”

Hui Mao, PhD

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4 ourfIPoNcOuFLsOICRYM&ATICS, 4.1. STANDARDIZING 4.2. TAKING THE PATIENT
QUALITY IMAGING REPORTS PERSPECTIVE

Learn more about New uniform reporting templates rolled out When patients access their imaging reports
Informatics, Policy departmentwide in spring 2018, thanks to via the Emory Patient Portal, timeliness and
& Quality online by leadership from the vice chairs for Imaging readability are key. Standardization improved
scanning the QR Informatics (Nabile Safdar, MD, MPH); Health readability for physicians, but more work was
code above using Policy and Practice (Richard Duszak, Jr., MD); needed to meet national patient readability
your favorite QR Clinical Affairs (Amit Saindane, MD), and guidelines. Patient Family Advisory Council
reader app. Quality (Marta Heilbrun, MD, MSCI). member Karol Green, a communications
professional as well as a patient, jumped in to
Photo at right: Back row from Radiologists from all clinical divisions crafted help.
left: Peter Harri (f-faculty), templates for each kind of imaging study. The
Maaz Maqbool (t-trainee), divisions of Emergency and Trauma Imaging, “Karol was wonderful,” says neuroradiologist
Janice Newsome (f), Howard Neuroradiology, and Community Radiology Nadja Kadom, MD, associate professor and
Fleishon (f), Marijn Brummer Specialists collaboratively designed templates project leader. “She said radiology lingo scares
(s-staff), Adam Prater (f), they all can use for common studies. Templates patients. She helped us break it all down in
Christopher Vant (s), Brenda standardize both report structure—what simple terms.”
Hall (s), Steve St. Louis (s), goes where and in what order—and wording/
Denise Fennell (s). terminology. Kadom’s team first focused on conveying good
Front row from left: news: the radiologist sees nothing to worry
Mohammed Elsayed (t), A governance committee of faculty from all about. The next challenge was simplifying
Charlotte Chung (t), Paty divisions and locations continually solicits wording about study findings that need follow-
Balthazar (t), Nabile Safdar feedback from radiology colleagues and up but are unrelated to the reason the patient
(f), Dongqing Shi (s), Starla referring physicians and adjusts templates to came in for the imaging study. The words also
Longfellow (s), Mercy Mutahi meet evolving needs. had to explain recommended next steps, and
(s), Trecia Wertz (s). those had to be rooted in evidence-based
“The standardization improves clinical decision- standards.
21 making, billing accuracy, and workflow
efficiency,” says Dr. Safdar. “Each is a desirable The work dovetails with ACR’s national patient
outcome itself, but, really, they all maximize and family-centered care initiative and is
what’s most important: the quality of patient partly funded by an ACR grant. The resulting
care.” templates pilot-tested well with patients and
may provide best practice models for others.

“The standardization improves clinical decision-
making, billing accuracy, and workflow efficiency...
they all maximize what’s most important: the quality of

patient care.”

Nabile Safdar, MD, MPH

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5ourfPoAcuRsTNERSHIPS Collaboration strengthens Emory Radiology’s faculty, and informatics staff, and the program
clinical care, enriches its educational activities, helps ACGME-accredited programs fulfill the
Learn more about and powers its research enterprise. In addition informatics instruction requirement. The first two
Partnerships online to dozens of Emory University and Emory sessions held in October 2017 and January 2018
by scanning the QR Healthcare departments, partners include trained more than 600 residents, fellows, and new
code above using Georgia Tech, Morehouse School of Medicine, attendings from 60 programs, including Emory.
your favorite QR Harvard University, Addis Ababa University, The next sessions in October 2018 and January
reader app. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Grady Memorial 2019 will reach more. NIIC is sponsored by the
Hospital, numerous radiology-related professional Radiological Society of North America and Society
23 associations, and even sports teams (see p.9). for Imaging Informatics in Medicine and funded in
part by an Association of University Radiologists
5.1. NATIONAL IMAGING Strategic Alignment Award.
INFORMATICS CURRICULUM
5.2. REPLeT RADIOLOGY
Emory Radiology joins Penn’s Perelman School ECONOMICS AND POLICY
of Medicine/Penn Medicine and Harvard Medical LEARNING ELECTRONIC
School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital as the TOOLKIT
co-directing sites for the National Imaging
Informatics Curriculum (NIIC), a week-long online Funded by an RSNA GE Healthcare/Education
program introducing learners to the fundamentals Scholar Grant (2017-19) to Vice Chair for Policy
of imaging informatics with emphasis on practical and Practice Richard Duszak, Jr., MD, the online
knowledge. electronic resource toolkit provides radiology
trainees practical education in imaging economics
The course combines lectures, facilitated group and health policy. Content also satisfies the new
discussions, readings, and problem-solving curriculum requirements mandated for all 10
exercises designed and led by the nation’s leading ACGME-accredited program types (e.g., diagnostic
informatics experts, including Emory Radiology’s radiology residencies, interventional radiology
Nabile Safdar, MD, MPH, course co-director fellowships). Practicing radiologists also may
and co-architect. Participating Emory Radiology utilize the online learning modules for SA-CME
faculty are Richard Duszak, Jr., MD; Falgun credit—approximately two credits per course—
Chokshi, MD, MS; and Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD, required for ABR Maintenance of Certification.
along with Ashish Sharma, PhD, from Emory
Biomedical Informatics. Three dozen modules of approximately 20 minutes
each are organized into five structured courses:
The registration fee for a US-based residency Reimbursement Basics, Service Valuation and
program covers an unlimited number of trainees,

Costs, Current and Emerging Payment Models, guidance on how radiologists could communicate Dr. Patricia Hudgins talks about Emory Radiology’s
Physician Performance Assessment, and Revenue directly with patients. For PFAC member Jim patient consultation program for patients with
Cycle Optimization. Two advanced modules are Stapleton, an H&N cancer patient himself, it had cancers of the head and neck. The segment is part of
specialty-specific: nuclear radiology and vascular to start with the radiologist explaining her role so a video developed collaboratively by the American
and interventional radiology. Each course the patient could appreciate the expertise being College of Radiology and Emory Radiology for
includes case-oriented video mini-lectures, offered. ACR’s Imaging 3.0 initiative.
online self-assessment tests, and additional
study resources. Signaling the importance of this They also talked with treating physicians and staff
project, RSNA is co-branding and hosting this to ensure radiologists’ involvement enhanced
series of courses on its online educational portal patient care. Drs. Aiken and Hudgins then created
and making this initiative one of its priorities for the patient consultation program for H&N cancer
trainee member communication and marketing patients.
over the next academic year.
“There’s something powerful about meeting
5.3. PIONEERING DIRECT with the expert who’s interpreting the images of
PATIENT CONSULTATION your anatomy,” Mr. Stapleton says. “I could point
to the image on the screen and directly ask the
It started five years ago in the Ear, Nose, and neuroradiologist my questions and get immediate
Throat clinic. Patients diagnosed with head and answers.”
neck (H&N) cancers wanted to better understand
the results of their scans so they could make Their work is showcased as a best practice in the
informed decisions about their care. Emory ACR’s Imaging 3.0 initiative. Emory Radiology’s
Radiology’s Ashley H. Aiken, MD, associate communications team co-produced the video
professor in the Division of Neuroradiology, and component of the online materials.
Patricia Hudgins, MD, professor and director
of Head and Neck Radiology in the Division of
Neuroradiology, started by collaborating with the
treating ENT doctors on standardizing protocols
so all of the H&N radiologists read and reported
findings the same way. The resulting Neck
Imaging Reporting and Data System (NI-RADS)
is a best practice published in June 2016 in the
Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Drs. Aiken and Hudgins then tapped Radiology’s
Patient Family Advisory Council (PFAC) for

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6ourfOocUuRs PEOPLE 6.1. TECHNOLOGISTS (chair) and William Haralson (vice-chair) –
REWARD EXCELLENCE Emory University Hospital; Michael Panas
Learn more about – Emory University Hospital Midtown; Veena
Our People online Friendly competition inspires Emory’s Rajeevan – Winship Cancer Institute; Kelli
by scanning the QR radiography technologists to make every Smith-Fore – Emory University Orthopaedic
code above using radiograph they take their best one yet. Each and Spine Hospital; Jason Smitherman –
your favorite QR month, the best radiographs by rad techs Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center at
reader app. across the Emory enterprise compete for the Executive Park; and Wilber Pope – Emory Saint
Merrill Award, a program created in 2012 Joseph’s Hospital. ■
Photo at right: Clinical business and relaunched in 2017 by the Computed
manager Harold Glenn, Jr. Radiography/Digital Radiography (CD/ 6.2. MOVING UP:
DR) Committee to celebrate excellence in MENTORSHIP MATTERS
radiography.
The impeccably dressed, quietly commanding
Merrill Award Committee members, themselves lead instructor for the Service Excellence
rad techs, use a two-part scoring system to Institute stunned two newly hired patient
select each month’s winner. Monthly winners transporters by revealing his first job at Emory:
receive a $20 Amazon gift card and a feature patient transporter. In eight years—four with
in the department newsletter plus the chance Emory Radiology—Harold Glenn, Jr., MBA, has
to be named Merrill Award Winner of the Year become Emory Radiology’s service excellence
and receive funding to attend the professional expert, responsible not only for SEI, but also
development workshop of their choice. the Patient Family Advisory Council, patient
satisfaction surveys, and Caught in the Act of
“It really means a lot to know your peers think Service Excellence awards. That’s in addition to
you do award-winning work,” says Aurora his primary role as Emory Radiology’s clinical
Marinescu, RT(R), who chairs the selection business manager at Emory University Hospital
committee and who has worked tirelessly with Midtown.
the entire committee to grow the program since
2017. The secret to his success? Service excellence,
which is nurtured by mentoring.
Nancy Stauffer, RT(R), a two-time winner who
images at Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center, “As a transporter, I talked to everyone, and I
agrees. “It means quite a lot since it is a peer discovered that when others see you reaching
award. I honestly was humbled and thrilled out to people and being eager, they want to
when I found out I had won.” help you.”

Merrill Award Committee: Aurora Marinescu Mentors encouraged Harold to advance, from

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“People see you differently as a
transporter, but I still feel the same,
even though I got my MBA and wear a
suit.”

Harold Glenn, Jr., MBA

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6ourfOocUuRs PEOPLE call center representative to service ambassador. 6.3. DIVERSITY STRENGTHENS
Another mentor connected Harold to Emory EMORY RADIOLOGY
Radiology’s Deb Smith, MBA, administrator
for academic affairs, who Harold says “saw my Emory Radiology, like Emory University, embraces,
potential and gave me opportunities to grow.” understands, and celebrates the rich dimensions
of diversity in its people. Each individual is unique
Harold credits both Smith and Willie Arnold, and valued because of their differences across
Jr., MBA, administrator for clinic operations, as dimensions such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual
major forces in his professional growth. “It wasn’t orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical
about moving up, but rather about doing good abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs or other
work for a place that does good. They encourage ideologies, global locations, and cultures.
me and everyone else around them to explore and
maximize their potential.” The Emory Radiology Diversity and Inclusion
Committee leverages broad representation from
Harold’s now turning those insights into guidance faculty, clinical and administrative staff, and
for his colleagues, as well as for those who are trainees to ensure different ideas, perspectives,
looking up to him from where he started in 2009. and values can be expressed and contributed to
enrich the department’s work.
“I always appreciate the reaction I get when I say I
started as a transporter. People see you differently In January 2018, the committee launched a
as a transporter, but I still feel the same, even new web-based Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit.
though I got my MBA and wear a suit. The values The toolkit provides faculty, staff, and trainees
I learned there are the same that help me now: a wealth of resources designed to ensure
make things better wherever you are and take care Emory Radiology is a welcoming and supportive
of people.” ■ environment for all people. It also explains the
basic tenets of diversity, inclusion, and equity, and
ORY RADIOLO it provides concise definitions of other key terms
GY such as unconscious bias, microaggression, and
white privilege.
D
EM Work is underway to expand diversity training
opportunities across the department in
Y partnership with Emory University’s Office of
IVERSIT Equity and Inclusion. ■

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7 ourpAeWopAleRDS& Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Learn more about Awards
RECOGNITION Biological Engineering and Recognition online

FACULTY RECOGNITION Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD by scanning this QR code
Fellow, Society of Interventional Radiology using your favorite QR
American College of Radiology Gold Merit Abstract reader app.
Meg Fleming, MD, MSc Gail Peters, MD
Eric Friedberg, MD J. David Prologo, MD Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, American Board of
J. David Prologo, MD, FSIR Radiological Society of North America Cum Laude Radiology
Award
American Journal of Roentgenology Silver Fred Bertino, MD Mary Newell, MD
Distinguished Reviewer Award Kiery Braithwaite, MD Vice Chair, Board of Chancellors, American College
Matt Hawkins, MD of Radiology
Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD, FSIIM, FSPIE, FATA, FAIMBE Sarah Milla, MD, FAAP
Mark Mullins, MD, PhD, FACR Radiological Society of North America Honored Howard Fleishon, MD, FACR, MMM
Srini Tridandapani, MD, PhD Educator Award Board of Chancellors, American College of
Association of University Radiologists A3CR2 Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD Radiology
Outstanding Teacher Award Society of Interventional Radiologists Resident,
Mark Mullins, MD, PhD Fellow and Student Case Competition Winner Matt Hawkins, MD
Association of University Radiologists Achievement Anne Gill, MD Secretary/Treasurer, Executive Committee, American
Award Matt Hawkins, MD College of Radiology
Mark Mullins, MD, PhD Christopher Hesh, MD
Association of University Radiologists Gold Medal Stanley Baum Outstanding Poster and Exhibit Award Howard Fleishon, MD, MMM
Carolyn Meltzer, MD, FACR Fred Bertino, MD Vice Speaker, American College of Radiology
Association of University Radiologists Radiology
Research Alliance Innovation and Leadership Award APPOINTMENTS Richard Duszak Jr., MD, FACR
Jon Lewin, MD, FACR Chair, Executive Council and Publications
Fellow, American College of Radiology Trustee, American Board of Radiology Committee, American Roentgen Ray Society
Mark Mullins, MD, PhD Stephen Simoneaux, MD
David Schuster, MD, FACR Deborah A. Baumgarten, MD, MPH
Stephen Simoneaux, MD, FACR Chair, Gastrointestinal Education Exhibits
Committee, Radiological Society of North America

Courtney Moreno, MD
Board of Directors, Society for Pediatric
Interventional Radiology

Matt Hawkins, MD
Senior Member, Society of Photographic
Instrumentation Engineers

Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD

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