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Zerhouni Leaves NIH Post 
Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. | National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., stepped down at the end of last month. Dr. Zerhouni said he wanted to pursue other opportunities, including writing projects. Named to the post in 2002, Dr. Zerhouni is credited with launching the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research intended to move NIH forward as a single entity. He was formerly executive vice-dean of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he was also chair of the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Martin Donner Professor of Radiology and a professor of biomedical engineering.
Niederhuber, Brody Named to NIH Board 
John E. Niederhuber, M.D. | 
William R. Brody, M.D., Ph.D. | National Cancer Institute Director John E. Niederhuber, M.D., and outgoing Johns Hopkins President William R. Brody, M.D., Ph.D., are among those named to the National Institutes of Health Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB). Authorized by the NIH Reform Act of 2006, the SMRB will examine NIH's organizational structure and balance and provide recommendations for enhancing the agency's mission through greater flexibility and responsiveness. Dr. Brody delivered the Annual Oration in Diagnostic Radiology at RSNA 2005. McKinney is University of Tennessee Chair J. Mark McKinney, M.D., has been named chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Previously with the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., Dr. McKinney served as chair of the Hospital Radiology Practice Team, assistant director of the Radiology Residency Program and section head of interventional radiology. Wake Forest Appoints Blackstock as Radiation Oncology Chair A. William Blackstock Jr., M.D., has been named chair of radiation oncology at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. Dr. Blackstock has been on the faculty since 1996 and had been serving as vice-chair. Kruskal Named Beth Israel Chair 
Jonathan B. Kruskal,
M.D., Ph.D. | RadioGraphics Associate Editor Jonathan B. Kruskal, M.D., Ph.D., has been named chair of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Radiology and radiologist-in-chief. Dr. Kruskal has been a member of the BIDMC Radiology Department for 18 years. He was previously chief of abdominal imaging and associate chief of quality assurance. He is also a professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kruskal serves RSNA in a variety of capacities. He oversees a quality initiatives section that debuted this year in RadioGraphics and serves on the RSNA News editorial board, Public Information Advisors Network and Continuous Quality Improvement Initiative Committee.
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IN MEMORIAM: 
Hitoshi Katayama, M.D. | Hitoshi Katayama, M.D., named an RSNA Honorary Member in 2006, died of pancreatic cancer on Aug. 25. He was 75. An internationally recognized authority on the safe and appropriate use of low osmolar contrast media, Dr. Katayama was best known to some as an author of what came to be called the "Katayama Report." The pivotal large-scale study, published in Radiology in 1990, concluded that nonionic contrast media significantly reduced the frequency of severe and potentially life-threatening adverse drug reactions. Dr. Katayama and more than 100 radiologists from across Japan prospectively studied almost 350,000 cases for adverse drug reactions related to high-osmolar ionic contrast media and low-osmolar nonionic contrast media, resulting in the landmark publication.
IN MEMORIAM: 
Henry P. Pendergrass, M.D., M.P.H. | Henry P. Pendergrass, M.D., M.P.H. 1978 RSNA President Henry P. Pendergrass, M.D., M.P.H., died Sept. 21 from complications resulting from surgery to repair a hip fracture. He was 83. Known especially for his commitment to academic radiology, Dr. Pendergrass served as a professor and vice-chair of the Department of Radiology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville from 1976 to 1995. Dr. Pendergrass is also remembered for his volunteer contributions to 35 medical societies in many key administrative posts. Dr. Pendergrass received the RSNA Gold Medal in 1984. He was one of the original trustees of the RSNA Research & Education (R&E) Foundation. He and his wife, Carol, are Silver Anniversary Campaign Pacesetters and are among the Foundation's largest donors. Eugene P. Pendergrass, M.D., Dr. Henry Pendergrass' father, was 1954 RSNA President. He received the RSNA Gold Medal in 1957 and the New Horizons Lecture is named in his honor. |
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