RSNA News - February 2005

Announcements

RSNA Research & Education Foundation Board of Trustees

RSNA Research & Education Foundation Board of Trustees

The 2005 Board of Trustees for the RSNA Research & Education Foundation gathered for the first time at RSNA 2004. They are (front row, from left): R. Gilbert Jost, M.D.; Anne G. Osborn, M.D.; Peggy J. Fritzsche, M.D., Secretary; Beverly B. Huckman; R. Nick Bryan, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman; and Robert R. Hattery, M.D. (back row, from left): C. Leon Partain, M.D., Ph.D.; Brian C. Lentle, M.D.; David H. Hussey, M.D., Treasurer; Jack E. Price; Stephen R. Thomas, Ph.D.; and James H. Thrall, M.D.

Radiology Executive Directors Summit

Radiology Executive Directors Summit

RSNA Executive Director Dave Fellers, C.A.E., hosted a breakfast meeting for international radiology association executives at RSNA 2004. The 27 executive directors discussed issues impacting each society, including education, research, staffing and new radiology society progress. Those pictured are: (from left) Ed Nagy (Academy of Radiology Research), Jane Tiemann (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), Peter Baierl (European Congress of Radiology), Otha W. Linton, M.S.J. (International Society of Radiology), Richard Lauzon, Ph.D., C.A.E. (Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists), Brigitte Lindlbauer (European Society for Gastrointestinal & Abdominal Radiology), Normand Laberge (Canadian Association of Radiologists), Pamela A. Smith (American Osteopathic College of Radiology), David Schauer, Sc.D., C.H.P. (National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements), Fellers, Catherine Prop (Societe Francaise de Radiologie), and Jorge Bisteni, M.D. (Sociedad Mexicana de Radiologia e Imagen and Inter-American College of Radiology).

Two RadioGraphics Editorial Board Members Retire

Two members of the RadioGraphics editorial board have retired after many years of dedicated service.

Raymond B. Dyer, M.D., was in charge of the genitourinary imaging section for 10 years. Betty J. Manaster, M.D., Ph.D., was in charge of the musculoskeletal radiology section for eight years.

Dr. Dyer is a professor of radiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C. Dr. Manaster is the vice-chairman and practice director at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC), the residency director at UCHSC and a full-time professor.

Raymond B. Dyer, M.D.		Betty J. Manaster, M.D., Ph.D.

Enhanced Biomedical Informatics Research Network

The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will provide $32.8 million in additional funding to enhance its Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN).

BIRN is an NIH initiative involving a consortium of 15 universities and 22 research groups that fosters collaborations in biomedical science by utilizing information technology innovations. BIRN's initial three test bed projects focus on brain imaging of human neurological disorders and associated animal models.

"Information technology offers tremendous potential to advance our ability to diagnose and treat disease," said NCRR Director Judith L. Vaitukaitis, M.D. "BIRN's powerful and flexible approaches to data integration are designed to accommodate the dynamic nature of scientific inquiry and to allow novel discoveries that incorporate knowledge across scale and even across species. With this additional investment in the BIRN consortium, we hope to provide researchers with networked analytical tools that will greatly advance our knowledge of neurological disorders such as depression, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease."

For more information, go to www.nbirn.net.

Medical Imaging Company News:

• Johnson & Johnson has agreed to buy Guidant Corp. for $25.4 billion in cash and stock.
• VitalWorks, Inc. has completed the sale of its medical division to Cerner Corp. In addition, VitalWorks will now be called AMICAS, Inc. and will be headquartered in Boston.