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Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting, November 27 & 29, 2011

The annual business meeting of the Radiological Society of North America was convened at RSNA 2011 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Two sessions were held. The first was held on Sunday, November 27, at 10:15 am; the second session was held on Tuesday, November 29, at 10:00 am. Burton P. Drayer, MD, president of the Society, presided throughout the sessions. George S. Bisset III, MD, president-elect and secretary-treasurer, served as parliamentarian.

Minutes of the business meeting held at RSNA 2010 (sessions on Sunday, November 28, and Tuesday, November 30), which were published on RSNA.org, were approved.

The secretary-treasurer reported on registration figures for the meeting. As of Saturday, November 26, 2011, a total of 53,493 individuals pre-registered for the 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. This total includes 24,751 professionals.

Reports were accepted from the officers and committee chairs. These reports can be found on RSNA.org.

Awards: The president announced to the membership, and for the official record, that Honorary Memberships were awarded to Adrian K. Dixon, MD, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Ricardo D. Garcia-Mónaco, MD, PhD, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Yves M. Menu, MD, Paris, France. The president also announced that Gold Medals, the highest honor of the Society, were presented to Robert R. Hattery, MD, Tucson, Arizona; Bruce J. Hillman, MD, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Herbert Y. Kressel, MD, Boston, Massachusetts.

Election: The Committee on Nominations consisted of Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD, Dr(hc), New York, New York, and Valerie P. Jackson, MD, Indianapolis, Indiana, members; and George S. Bisset III, MD, Houston, Texas, Chairman. Dr. Bisset presented the committee's slate of nominees for election.

The officers elected were: President-elect Sarah S. Donaldson, MD, Stanford, California; First Vice-President Donald P. Frush, MD, Durham, North Carolina; Second Vice-President Mahadevappa Mahesh, MS, PhD, Baltimore, Maryland; Third Vice-President Luis Felipe Alva Lopez, MD, Mexico City, Mexico; and Board Member to serve a six-year term, Vijay M. Rao, MD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

There was no new business presented and no unfinished business.

Sarah S. Donaldson, MD
2012 President-elect/Secretary-treasurer