SUR/SGR Awards

Robert R. Hattery, M.D.

The Society of Uroradiology (SUR) presented two gold medals during its 30th scientific assembly in San Antonio.

The distinguished recipients were RSNA president-elect Robert R. Hattery, M.D., from Tucson, Ariz., and John R. Thornbury, M.D., from Castle Rock, Colo.

The Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists (SGR) held its 34th annual meeting concurrently. Charles A. Rohrmann Jr., M.D., from Seattle, received the Walter B. Cannon Medal and Albert L. Baert, M.D., Ph.D., from Leuven, Belgium, was named distinguished international member.

SIR Gold Medals

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) presented two gold medals during its annual meeting in New Orleans. They were awarded to:

• Frederick S. Keller, M.D., who specializes in embolotherapy and the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding. He is a past-president of SIR.
• John Abele, the co-founder and chairman of Boston Scientific Corporation, and co-founder of the SIR Foundation.

Peter R. Mueller, M.D., presented the Dr. Charles T. Dotter Lecture. Kurt Amplatz, M.D., received the 2005 Leaders in Innovation Award.

Frederick S. Keller, M.D.	John Abele	Peter R. Mueller, M.D.	Kurt Amplatz, M.D.

ACR Gold Medals

Robert W. Holden, M.D.	Kay H. Vydareny, M.D.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) presented two gold medals during its annual meeting this month in Washington. The recipients are:

• Robert W. Holden, M.D., an interventional radiologist, who is dean emeritus of the Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine and a professor emeritus at IU.
• Kay H. Vydareny, M.D., who is a professor in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at Emory University.

ACR also presented honorary fellowship to Francisco Arredondo, M.D., Jens Overgaard, M.D., and Rolf Gunther, M.D.

SMRI Honors

The Sociedad Mexicana de Radiología e Imagen honored four people during its February meeting in Mexico City. The awards and the recipients are:

Award for Academic Excellence

• Pablo R. Ros, M.D., M.P.H.
• Pedro Salmerón Suevos, M.D.

Honorary Membership

• Felipe Vázquez Guzmán, M.D.
• Ing. Federico Hollander

SMRI also presented RSNA with a silver tray to recognize 10 years of collaboration between the two societies.

In Memoriam: John S. Laughlin, Ph.D.

A founder of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and a pioneer in the field of radiation therapy has died from complications of acute myelogenous leukemia. John S. Laughlin, Ph.D., was 86.

He chaired the Department of Medical Physics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center from 1952 until 1989. There he installed the first betatron dedicated to medical use and one of the first cyclotrons used in a medical research center. He was recognized for seminal work in treatment planning, including initial applications of computers and the design of small ionization chambers for bone marrow and soft tissue dose measurement in the diagnostic x-ray range.

Dr. Laughlin became an RSNA member in 1954 and was a third vice-president of the Society in 1992. He earned many awards including a gold medal from the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology and the American College of Radiology.

Boston Medical Library Appoints Sood as Trustee

Ajay Sood, M.D.

Ajay Sood, M.D., a fellow in interventional radiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, has been appointed a trustee of the Boston Medical Library.

The library serves as a resource for the students and faculty of Harvard Medical School, Boston University Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine and the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Berlin Earns CRS Honor

Leonard Berlin, M.D.

Leonard Berlin, M.D., chairman of the Department of Radiology at Rush North Shore Medical Center in Skokie, Ill., will receive the 2004-2005 Distinguished Service Award from the Chicago Radiological Society (CRS).

The award will be presented this month by Jonathan W. Berlin, M.D., his son and a fellow radiologist.

Leonard Berlin is a CRS past-president and will become the president-elect of the Illinois Radiological Society on May 1st.

McArthur Joins Stentor Board

John H. McArthur, D.B.A., M.B.A., has been named to the Stentor board of directors. McArthur is a former chair of Brigham & Women's Hospital and former board co-chair for Partners Healthcare System.

Kevin J. Hobert

Hobert New Kodak President

Eastman Kodak Company has appointed Kevin J. Hobert as president of Kodak's Health Group. He previously served as vice-president of the division.