ASTRO Announces Gold Medal Recipients

C. Norman Coleman, M.D.

Allen S. Lichter, M.D.

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) will present two gold medals at its annual meeting in October.

The recipients will be C. Norman Coleman, M.D., director of the Radiation Oncology Sciences Program and associate director of the Radiation Research Program at the National Cancer Institute; and Allen S. Lichter, M.D., dean of the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor.

Steven M. Larson, M.D.

Larson Earns Pioneer Award

Steven M. Larson, M.D. , one of the world's foremost experts in targeted radiotherapy and molecular imaging, was awarded the 2005 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine.

Dr. Larson holds positions at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University's Weill Medical College in New York City. He was named RSNA Outstanding Researcher in 2004.

Jadvar Receives $3.3 Million NIH/NCI Grant

Hossein Jadvar, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

Hossein Jadvar, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of radiology and biomedical engineering at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, has received a five-year, $3.3 million grant for his research project, “FDG PET-CT evaluation of metastatic prostate cancer.”

The grant, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), received a priority ranking.

Dr. Jadvar is a former RSNA R&E Foundation grant recipient. “The RSNA Research Seed Grant was instrumental in helping me perform relevant translational animal experiments and collect the preliminary data that I needed to support the motivation for my research proposal,” he said. “My advice to young investigators is to hold on to their dreams, focus, be patient, actively improve their skills, and continue expecting the very best products from themselves while always striving to lead a balanced family and work life."

Forbes New Mayo Chair

Glenn S. Forbes, M.D. , from the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, has been selected as chairman of the Mayo Clinic Rochester Board of Governors, effective January 1, 2006.

Dr. Forbes, who will succeed Hugh Smith, M.D., will serve as the chief executive officer of Mayo Clinic Rochester. Dr. Forbes has been a member and vice-chair of the board of governors since 2004. He was the RSNA first vice-president in 2001.

Lotfi Hacein-Bey, M.D.

Hacein-Bey Earns Director Post at Loyola

Lotfi Hacein-Bey, M.D., is the new director of neuroradiology and interventional neuroradiology at Loyola University Health System in Maywood, Ill. He is also a professor of radiology, neurosurgery and neurology at the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine.

Previously Dr. Hacein-Bey was a professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Seymour F. Ochsner, M.D.

In Memoriam:

Seymour F. Ochsner, M.D.

1966 RSNA First Vice-President Seymour F. Ochsner, M.D., died in May at the age of 89.

An RSNA member since 1954, Dr. Ochsner founded the Department of Radiation Oncology and established a residency in the specialty at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. His cousin was one of five founders of the institution now known as Ochsner Clinic Foundation, and his father founded the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Ochsner was a past-president of the American Roentgen Ray Society and the American College of Radiology.