New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York has named Robert J. Min, M.D., as radiologist-in-chief and chair of radiology. Dr. Min, the inventor of endovenous laser therapy for treating venous insufficiency, has been with New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell since 1999.

Lawrence R. Goodman, M.D.

Goodman Receives STR Lifetime Award

The Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR) has announced that Lawrence R. Goodman, M.D., is the recipient of its 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award. Chief of thoracic imaging and a professor of radiology and medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Dr. Goodman was one of the original members of STR and the society's third president.

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.

Collins Leaves NHGRI

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., has stepped down as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Collins delivered the RSNA 2003 New Horizons Lecture, "A Roadmap for the Future of Biomedical Research." Alan E. Guttmacher, M.D., is serving as NHGRI acting director.

RSNA Attends ICR

RSNA Board Chairman Hedvig Hricak, M.D., Ph.D., Dr. h.c., received a Moroccan Merit Medal during the International Congress of Radiology (ICR) in June in Marrakesh. Dr. Hricak is the Carroll and Milton Petrie Chair in the Department of Radiology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

Also receiving the Moroccan Merit Medal at ICR were Claude Manelfe, M.D., former chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of Toulouse, France, Guy Frija, M.D., chief of radiology at the George Pompidou European Hospital in Paris, ICR President Farida Imani, M.D., and Alain Dana, M.D., of the Paris Institute of Radiology.

Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, presented the Antoine Béclère lecture and received the Béclère Medal. Francisco Arredondo, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Radiology in the Francisco Marroquin University School of Medicine in Guatemala City, also received the Béclère Medal.

RSNA sponsored a session, "Highlights of Diagnostic Imaging in the U.S. and Common Pathologies in America," at ICR. 2008 RSNA President Theresa C. McLoud, M.D., moderated the session, which featured Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D., Suhny Abbara, M.D., and Jonathan Goldin, M.D.

(left to right) Nadia Zerhouni, M.D., Alexander R. Margulis, M.D., Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., and Hedvig Hricak, M.D., Ph.D., Dr. h.c.

(left to right) Francisco Arredondo, M.D., Miguel Stoopen, M.D., Theresa C. McLoud, M.D., Jan H. Labuscagne, M.B.Ch.B., and Claude Manelfe, M.D.

Paul L. Carson, Ph.D.	Kenneth R. Kase, Ph.D.
James M. Galvin, D.Sc.	Allen S. Lichter, M.D.

AAPM Announces Awards

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has announced awards presented at its annual meeting last month in Houston.

Paul L. Carson, Ph.D., received the William D. Coolidge Award. Dr. Carson is a professor of radiology and bioengineering and director of radiologic physics and engineering at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor.

The Award for Achievement in Medical Physics was presented to Kenneth R. Kase, Ph.D., and James M. Galvin, D.Sc. Currently safety officer for Lyncean Technologies, Inc., Dr. Kase formerly served as director of the Environment, Safety and Health Division at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Dr. Galvin is a professor and director of the Medical Physics Division in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University

Honorary membership was presented to Allen S. Lichter, M.D., executive vice-president and chief executive officer of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Michigan Gold Medal Awarded to Mueller

Charles E. Mueller Jr., M.D., of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging in Saginaw, Mich., received the gold medal of the Michigan Radiological Society.

Dr. Mueller is particularly well-known for his public education efforts. As director of the Breast Diagnostic Center from 1994-2007, Dr. Mueller advocated for early breast cancer detection by appearing on television and in radio ads and educational videos, as well as serving on professional panels and authoring newspaper editorials.

Costa Rica Society Names Board

The Association of Medical Imaging of Costa Rica has announced its new board of directors:

Randall Bujan, M.D., of San Jose, president

Jose Vega, M.D., of San Jose, secretary

Enrique Espinosa, M.D., of San Jose, treasurer

Other board members are Kal Wong, M.D., Faylan Esquivel, M.D., and Maritza Salazar, M.D.

Vijay M. Rao, M.D.

David C. Levin

Rao Named Levin Endowed Chair at Jefferson

Vijay M. Rao, M.D., has become the first David C. Levin Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiology at Jefferson Medical College and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Dr. Levin was professor and chair of the department from 1986 until semi-retirement in 2002. Dr. Rao succeeded Dr. Levin and became the first woman to chair a clinical department in Jefferson's 184-year history. The endowment resulted from a gift to Jefferson in Dr. Levin's honor by Arthur and Marilyn Penn of New York.

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