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NCRP Elects New Members

The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) elected six new members and reelected 10 others at its annual business meeting in April. The newly elected members are:

Stephen V. Musolino, Ph.D., C.H.P., Brookhaven National Laboratory

Terry C. Pellmar, Ph.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

J. Anthony Seibert, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Medical Center

Robert C. Whitcomb Jr., Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

X. George Xu, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

R. Craig Yoder, Ph.D., Landauer, Inc.

There are 100 elected members of NCRP, which formulates and disseminates information and recommendations on radiation protection and measurements that represent the consensus of leading scientific thinking.

SPR Bestows Awards

Paul S. Babyn, M.D.	Hassan Gharbi, M.D.
Dorothy I. Bulas, M.D.	M. Ines Boechat, M.D.

The Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) bestowed several awards at its recent annual meeting.

Barry D. Fletcher, M.D., received the SPR gold medal. Dr. Fletcher served as director of the Division of Pediatric Radiology at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland from 1974 to 1987 and retired from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis in 1999 after building its Pediatric Oncologic Imaging Department.

Paul S. Babyn, M.D., radiologist-in-chief in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, received the SPR Pioneer award for his contributions in musculoskeletal imaging.

SPR Presidential Recognition Awards went to Harvey L. Neiman, M.D., Mary K. Martel, Ph.D., and Connie L. Mitchell, M.A., R.T. Dr. Neiman is executive director of the American College of Radiology. Dr. Martel, chair and immediate past-president of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, is a professor and deputy chief of Clinical Services in the Department of Radiation Physics at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Mitchell is president of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists and radiography program director at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Hassan Gharbi, M.D., chair of the Department of Radiology at the Children's Hospital in Tunis, Tunisia, for 20 years, was named an SPR honorary member.

The Singleton-Taybi Award, recognizing personal commitment to SPR educational goals, was given to Dorothy I. Bulas, M.D. Dr. Bulas, chief of ultrasound at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, chaired the SPR Task Force on Education and the first Education Summit held at SPR 2007.

SPR also named its new president at the annual meeting. M. Ines Boechat, M.D., is a professor and chief of pediatric radiology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Hricak Appointed to National Academies Board

Hedvig Hricak, M.D., Ph.D., Dr. h.c.

RSNA Board Chairman Hedvig Hricak, M.D., Ph.D., Dr. h.c., has been appointed to the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academies. Dr. Hricak is the Carroll and Milton Petrie Chair in the Department of Radiology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

The Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board organizes and oversees studies on safety, security, technical efficacy and other policy and societal issues arising from the application of nuclear and radiation-based technologies. The board addresses such topics as generation, use, remediation and disposition of nuclear materials and radioactive wastes, as well as the risks, benefits and efficacies of nuclear and radiation-based applications, including medical applications.

Michigan Medical Society Selects Another Radiologist as President

Radiologist Michael A. Sandler, M.D., has been named president of the Michigan State Medical Society.

Dr. Sandler, a senior staff member in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, succeeds radiologist AppoRao Mukkamala, M.D., as president. Dr. Sandler serves on the board of directors of the Michigan Radiological Society and previously served as its president.

Fellers to Receive Key Award

Dave Fellers, C.A.E.

RSNA Executive Director Dave Fellers, C.A.E., will receive the Key Award of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the Center for Association Leadership. RSNA Executive Director since 2001, Fellers previously served as executive director of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Fellers will receive the award at ASAE's annual meeting in August in San Diego. The Key Award is ASAE's highest honor, recognizing executives who demonstrate exceptional leadership in their own organizations along with exemplary commitment to the association management profession.

Harris Receives ASCO Breast Cancer Award

Jay R. Harris, M.D.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has awarded Jay R. Harris, M.D., its Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award recognizing a distinguished record of accomplishments in advancing the field of breast cancer treatment.

Dr. Harris is a professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He also serves as residency program director for the Harvard radiation oncology program. He has focused his research on the use of radiation therapy in the multidisciplinary management of breast cancer.

Dixon is New Master of Peterhouse

Adrian K. Dixon, M.D., F.R.C.R., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., F.Med.Sci

The Fellows of Peterhouse have announced the election of radiologist Adrian K. Dixon, M.D., F.R.C.R., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., F.Med.Sci., as the 51st known Master of Peterhouse.

Peterhouse is a college of the University of Cambridge. Succeeding Lord Wilson of Tillyorn as master, Dr. Dixon is the second medical master in the college's 700-year history and the first since 1500.

Dr. Dixon is a professor of radiology at Cambridge and an honorary consultant radiologist at Addenbrooke's Hospital. He was appointed editor-in-chief of European Radiology last year.