Hricak, RSNA Honored at ECR

During the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna in March, RSNA was presented with a certificate and china plate commemorating 15 years of friendship and cooperation with European radiologists. In addition, ECR presented a certificate to RSNA Board Liaison for Publications and Communications Hedvig Hricak, M.D., Ph.D., “in recognition of her support for establishing molecular imaging training for radiologists in Europe.”

Antonio Scarpa, M.D., Ph.D.

Scarpa New CSR Director

Antonio Scarpa, M.D., Ph.D., will become director of the Center For Scientific Review (CSR) on July 1. CSR organizes the peer-review groups that evaluate the majority of grant applications submitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CSR also receives all NIH and many Public Health Service (PHS) grant applications and assigns them to the appropriate NIH institutes and centers and PHS agencies. Dr. Scarpa is currently the David and Inez Myers professor and chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. "Dr. Scarpa brings an expansive intellect, distinguished research career, and extensive administrative experience to the critical task of leading CSR in managing the receipt and referral of NIH grant applications and coordinating their review in CSR peer review groups," said NIH Director Elias Zerhouni, M.D.

In Memoriam: Robert G. Parker, M.D.

Robert G. Parker, M.D.

1992 RSNA President Robert G. Parker, M.D., died in March at the age of 80. Until his retirement this past January, Dr. Parker worked in the Radiation Oncology Department at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, where he had been a longtime professor and chairman. He also spent more than two decades as a professor, then later director of the Division of Radiation Oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

In a 1998 interview with RSNA, Dr. Parker said, “I’d like to be remembered as a good, conscientious doctor who tried to be a good teacher.”

He recieved many awards, including the gold medal from RSNA, ASTRO and ACR.

He was a dedicated RSNA volunteer, serving on the Refresher Course Committee, the Board of Directors, and
the RSNA Research & Education Foundation Board of Trustees.

In Memoriam: Katherine Lathrop, M.S.

A pioneering researcher in nuclear medicine has died at the age of 89. Katherine A. Lathrop, M.S., participated in the Manhattan Project as a junior chemist and was a member of the Chicago team that experimented with the isotope technetium 99m to locate and diagnose cancer. Lathrop held positions at Argonne National Laboratory and at University of Chicago, where she was a professor of radiology. She was a long-time member of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and served on its Medical Internal Radiation Dose Committee.

O’Connor Joins OmniCorder

Denis A. O’Connor, M.B.A. , R.T., is the new president and CEO of OmniCorder Technologies, Inc. He previously worked at DOBI Medical International, Philips Medical Systems, Sony Medical Systems and Life Imaging Systems.

Hobert Leads Kodak’s Health Group

Eastman Kodak has promoted Kevin J. Hobert from vice-president to president of the company’s health group. Hobert joined Kodak in 2002 from General Electric Medical Systems, where he was responsible for GE’s global radiography and fluoroscopy market segments.