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Committee Leaders

The R&E Foundation Committees are responsible for reviewing specific programs of the Foundation, making recommendations to the Board of Trustees for revised and/or new programming, and providing regular reports on committee work to the Board of Trustees. Individuals who are interested in becoming involved with Foundation committee activity may contact the Foundation office at r&efoundation@rsna.org. The 2008 Foundation Committee chairs and members are as follows:

Nominating Committee
Anne G. Osborn, MD,  Chair
Gary J. Becker, MD
Vijay M. Rao, MD
C. Leon Partain, MD, PhD

Evaluation Committee - The Evaluation Committee is responsible for the establishment and maintenance of programmatic excellence and for the continuous quality improvement of the several research and educational initiatives of the RSNA R&E Foundation. The committee chair and members are as follows:

C. Leon Partain, MD, PhD, Chairman
David H. Hussey, MD
Theresa C. McLoud, MD
Vijay M. Rao, MD
William T. Thorwarth, Jr, MD
G. Scott Gazelle, MD, MPD, PhD, Board of Trustees Liaison

Finance Committee - The Finance Committee oversees all issues and practices that impact the finances of the Foundation, including monitoring the performance of the invested assets of the Foundation, the revenues and expenses of the Foundation, and the ratio of administrative expenses to grant program expenses. The committee chair and members are as follows:

R. Gilbert Jost, MD, Chairman and Board of Trustees Liaison
Jack E. Price
N. Reed Dunnick, MD
E. Russell Ritenour, PhD
Paul Mirabella
Mark G. Watson

Fund Development Committee - The Fund Development Committee is responsible for developing and recommending all fund raising programs of the R&E Foundation. The Fund Development Committee is comprised of subcommittees on Corporate Giving, Individual Giving, and Visionaries in Practice:

Valerie P Jackson, MD, Chair
Stephen R Thomas, Phd, Richard White, MD - Corporate Giving Subcommittee
Robert E. Campbell, MD - Individual Giving Subcommittee
William Thorwarth, Jr., MD, Gregory C. Karnaze, MD, - Visionaries in Practice Subcommittee
William G. Bradley Jr., MD, PhD, Luther W. Brady, Jr., MD, Anne G. Osborn, MD - Silver Anniversary Campaign Subcommittee
William T Thorwarth, Jr, MD, Board of Trustees Liaison

  • Corporate Giving Subcommittee - Responsible for the development and oversight of the Foundation's corporate giving programs.

Stephen R Thomas, PhD, Co-Chair
Richard D. White, MD, Vice Chair
James P Borgstede, MD
William G. Bradley, Jr, MD, PhD
Paul J. Chang, MD
Laurie L Fajardo, MD
Steven Falcone, MD
Vivan S. Lee, MD, PhD
Elizabeth G. McFarland, MD
Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD
William A. Murphy, Jr, MD
Michael A Sullivan, MD
Carl J Zylak, MD
William T Thorwarth, Jr, MD, Board of Trustees Liaison

  • Individual Giving Subcommittee - Responsible for all aspects of planned and individual giving, including oversight of solicitations to potential donors, assisting with the cultivations, and solicitation and promotion of the planned and annual giving programs.

Robert E Campbell, MD, Chair
Melvin E. Clouse, MD
James D. Cox, MD
Ernest J. Ferris, MD
Phan Huynh, MD
Nora A. Janjan, MD, MPSA
Lilian Leong, MD
Paul Mirabella
Lawrence R. Muroff, MD, FACR
William A Murphy, Jr, MD
Vijay M. Rao, MD
Carol M Rumack, MD
Marilyn J. Siegel, MD
Lawrence N Tanenbaum, MD
William T Thorwarth, Jr, MD, Board of Trustees Liaison

  • Visionaries in Practice Subcommittee - Responsible for all aspects of private practice group giving, including all solicitations of members working in a private practice group setting.

William T Thorwarth, Jr, MD, Co-Chair
Gregory C Karnaze, MD, Co-Chair
Michael H Bleshman, MD
Gerald D. Dodd III, MD
Samuel L. Hissong, MD
William T Thorwarth, Jr, MD, Board of Trustees Liaison

  • Silver Anniversary Campaign Subcommittee
    William G Bradley, Jr, MD, PhD, Co-Chair
    Luther W Brady, Jr, MD, Co-Chair
    Anne G Osborn, MD, Co-Chair
    Lilian Leong, MD
    William T Thorwarth, Jr, MD
    William T Thorwarth, Jr, MD, Board of Trustees Liaison

Grant Program Committee - The Grant Program Committee has overall responsibility for recommending and developing new and revised grant/award programs to be implemented by the Foundation. The Committee is responsible for all of the activities of the Research Study Section and the Education Study Section. The committee is also responsible for periodic review of policies and procedures of all existing programs. The committee chair and members are as follows:

Richard L. Ehman, MD, Chair
William S. Ball, Jr, MD
Jannette Collins, MD, MEd
N. Reed Dunnick, MD
Herbert Y. Kressel, MD
William W. Olmsted, MD
Daniel C. Sullivan, MD
James H. Thrall, MD, Board of Trustees Liaison

  • Research Study Section - The Research Study Section is responsible for reviewing and scoring applications for the Foundation's research grant programs. Study section members review grant applications, prepare written reviews and submit preliminary scores for assigned grant applications, and they attend a study section meeting to discuss and score all Foundation research grant applications. The Research Study Section chair and members are as follows:

William S. Ball Jr, MD, Chair
K. Ty Bae, MD, PhD
John E. Bayouth, PhD
John A. Carrino, MD, MPH
Stephen Chan, MD
Rupak K. Das, PhD
Benoit Desjardins, MD, PhD
J. Brian Fowlkes, PhD
Stephen M. Hahn, MD
Vincent B. Ho, MD, MBA
John M. Hoffman, MD
Steven C. Horii, MD
William Kerwin, MD
Elisa E. Konofagou, PhD
Despina Kontos, PhD
Elvira V. Lang, MD
James M. Larner, MD
Howard Lieberman, PhD
Laurie A. Loevner, MD
Mary K Martel, PhD
Gordon McLennan, MD
Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD, FACR
Satoshi Minoshima, MD, PhD
Kathryn A. Morton, MD
Reed A. Omary, MD, MS
Harish Poptani, PhD
James B. Smathers, PhD
Gayle E. Woloschak, PhD
Kamil M. Yenice, PhD
Jie Zheng, PhD
Jian-Ming Zhu, PhD
Vijay M. Rao, MD Board of Trustees Liaison

  • Education Study Section -The Education Study Section is responsible for reviewing and scoring applications for the Foundation's education grant programs. Study section members review grant applications, prepare written reviews and submit preliminary scores for assigned grant applications, and they attend a study section meeting to discuss and score all Foundation research grant applications. The Education Study Section chair and members are as follows:

Jannette Collins, MD, MEd, Chair
Mark A. Albanese, PhD
James M. Balter, PhD
Jocelyn D. Chertoff, MD,MS
Felix Chew, MD
Mark Frank, MD
Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD
Ella A. Kazerooni, MD
Eric E. Klein, PhD
Deborah Levine, MD
William W. Mayo-Smith, MD
Catherine C. Roberts, MD
Kitt Shaffer, MD, PhD
Robert M. Steiner, MD
Eirc J. Stern, MD
Vijay M. Rao, MD Board of Trustees Liaison

  • Medical Student Grant Review Panel - The Medical Student Grant Review Panel is responsible for reviewing applications and making funding recommendations for the Foundation's medical student grant applications.

Richard L. Ehman, MD Chair
Donna G. Blankenbaker, MD
Nancy A. Ellerbroek, MD
Kiaran P. McGee, PhD
Kathryn A. Morton, MD
Michael C. Soulen, MD
Vijay M. Rao, MD Board of Trustees Liaison

  • Outstanding Researcher/Outstanding Educator Review Panel - The Outstanding Researcher/Educator Award Review Panel is responsible for reviewing all the nominations and ranking all the nominees for the Outstanding Researcher and Outstanding Educator Award programs. The panel is charged with the responsibility of making the recommendation of the recipient for each award to the Board of Trustees. The chair and members of the panel are as follows:

Jannette Collins, MD, MEd, FCCP Chair
Jocelyn Chertoff, MD
Gary H Glover, PhD
Bruce J Hillman, MD
Anthony V. Proto, MD
Daniel C Sullivan, MD
Stephen J. Reiderer, Phd
Vijay M Rao, MD,  Board of Trustees Liaison

Public Relations Committee - The Public Relations Committee is responsible for all public relations activities of the Foundation. It will work in conjunction with other Foundation committees to develop and recommend public relations activities for the Foundation. The committee chair and members are as follows:

Bruce L McClennan, MD, Chair
Philip O Alderson,MD
Teresita L Angtuaco, MD
Robert E Campbell, MD
Diego Jaramillo, MD, MPH
James P Borgstede, MD, Board of Trustees Liaison

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