Honored Educator Award

We're dedicated to recognizing RSNA members who've produced an array of radiologic resources during the calendar year (Jan. 1 to Dec. 31). Every year, the Honored Educator Award acknowledges those most invested in furthering radiologic education through the creation of high-quality educational content in their field of study.

To ensure all qualified RSNA members have access to this distinction, RSNA uses an open nomination process available to all. Review eligibility for the Honored Educator Award and the Lifetime Honored Educator Award below.

The 2023 nomination cycle is closed. We'll update this page with information for 2024 once it becomes available.

Honored Educator Award eligibility

To qualify for the Honored Educator Award, nominees must be RSNA members and participate in a number of qualifying educational activities during the previous calendar year (Jan. 1 to Dec. 31).

RSNA's Digital and Live Education Committee will select 50-60 award recipients using the following criteria:

  • Authoring educational articles, or providing invited commentary, best cases, or guest editing in RSNA's premier journals, Radiology, RadioGraphics, Radiology: Imaging Cancer, Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging, or Radiology: Artificial Intelligence
  • Contributions to RSNA Case Collection
  • Authoring online education, including CME test questions
  • Serving as an intensive mentor at a workshop outside the RSNA annual meeting
  • Authoring an online professionalism vignette
  • Serving as a faculty member at a live RSNA course outside of the annual meeting
  • Serving as a visiting professor in RSNA's International Visiting Professor Program
  • Participating in the Global Learning Centers Program
  • Delivering an invited lecture at one or more in-person educational meetings or workshops sponsored at the RSNA annual meeting or offering an RSNA-branded course at another organization's meeting
  • Authoring an education exhibit or Quality Storyboard
  • Coordinating a Case of the Day subspecialty track for the RSNA annual meeting
  • Educational content presented outside of the RSNA annual meeting and educational content presented at the RSNA annual meeting

Candidates must contribute to an RSNA educational activity to be considered for the award. Based on the number of qualifying activities completed, only the most active RSNA members are honored for their contributions.

Lifetime Honored Educator Award eligibility

A selection of members who earn three Honored Educator Awards become eligible for consideration to receive the Lifetime Honored Educator Award upon a fourth nomination. Candidates for the Lifetime Honored Educator Award must:

  • Meet the Honored Educator Award eligibility
  • Earn three Honored Educator Awards and receive a fourth nomination
  • Be placed within the top 50-60 award recipients

Honorees will no longer receive the annual Honored Educator Award after being granted the Lifetime Honored Educator Award.

Points can be earned in any category and only RSNA members in good standing are eligible.

Lifetime Honored Educator Award Recipients

Sanjeev Bhalla, MD
Elliot K. Fishman, MD
Antonio Luna, MD, PhD
Christine O. Menias, MD
Frank H. Miller, MD
Prabhakar Rajiah, MD
Carlos S. Restrepo, MD
Dushyant Sahani, MD
Akram M. Shaaban, MBBCh
Jorge A. Soto, MD
2022 Honored Educator Award Recipients

Prachi P. Agarwal, MD
Katherine P. Andriole, PhD
Yoshimi Anzai, MD, MPH
David H. Ballard, MD
David A. Bluemke, MD, PhD
Ruth C. Carlos, MD, MS
Sajeev R. Ezhapilli Chennan, MBBS
Tessa S. Cook, MD, PhD
Maria Andrea Parra Corral, MD
Matthew S. Davenport, MD
Brett M. Elicker, MD
Bradley J. Erickson, MD, PhD
David T. Fetzer, MD
Kathryn J. Fowler, MD
Christopher J. Francois, MD
Maryellen L. Giger, PhD
Mark M. Hammer, MD
Marta E. Heilbrun, MD, MS
Travis S. Henry, MD
Mindy M. Horrow, MD
Priyanka Jha, MBBS
Charles E. Kahn Jr, MD
Stella Kang, MD, MSc
Douglas S. Katz, MD
Felipe C. Kitamura, MD, PhD
Seth J. Kligerman, MD
Jane P. Ko, MD
Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD
Jennifer N. Kucera, MD, MS
Manickam Kumaravel, MD, FRCR

Edward Y. Lee, MD, MPH
James T. Lee, MD
Jeong Min Lee, MD
Elissandra M. Lima, MD
Meghan G. Lubner, MD
David A. Mankoff, MD, PhD
Vincent M. Mellnick, MD
Daniel B. Montel, MD
Courtney C. Moreno, MD
Mariam Moshiri, MD
Linda Moy, MD
Yoshiharu Ohno, MD, PhD
Karen G. Ordovas, MD
Yoshiaki Ota, MD
Luciano M. Prevedello, MD, MPH
Prabhakar Rajiah, MD, FRCR
Constantine A. Raptis, MD
Scott Brian Reeder, MD,PhD
Jonathan Revels, DO
Margarita V. Revzin, MD
Preet K. Sandhu, MD
Priya G. Sharma, MD
Anup S. Shetty, MD
Ronald T. Smith Jr, MD
Lucy B. Spalluto, MD, MPH
Marcelo S. Takahashi, MD
Achala S. Vagal, MD
Walter F. Wiggins, MD, PhD
Ryan W. Woods, MD, MPH
Kaitlin M. Zaki-Metias, MD
2021 Honored Educator Award Recipients

Lauren F. Alexander, MD
Prachi P. Agarwal, MD
Hailey Allen, MD
Omer A. Awan, MD
David H. Ballard, MD
David A. Bluemke, MD, PhD
Jordi Broncano, MD
Anil K. Dasyam, MD
Matthew S. Davenport, MD
Jonathan R. Dillman, MD, MSc
Joel G. Fletcher, MD
Kathryn J. Fowler, MD
Michael S. Gee, MD, PhD
Lori Mankowski Gettle, MD
Ali Guermazi, MD, PhD
Samantha L. Heller, MD, PhD
Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD
Fernando U. Kay, MD
Lokesh Khanna, MD
Jeffrey S. Klein, MD
Jane P. Ko, MD
Edward Y. Lee, MD
Diana Litmanovich, MD
Antonio Luna, MD, PhD
Joseph Mansour, MD

Mahan Mathur, MD
Vincent M. Mellnick, MD
Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD
William D. Middleton, MD
Megan K. Mills, MD
Mariam Moshiri, MD
Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD
Linda Moy, MD
Teodoro M. Noguerol, MD
Karen G. Ordovas, MD
Prabhakar Rajiah, MD, FRCR
Sarah Raza, DO
Scott Brian Reeder, MD,PhD
Margarita V. Revzin, MD
Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD
Monica M. Sheth, MD
Bien Soo Tan, FRCR, MBBS
Bachir Taouli, MD
Ioannis Vlahos, MRCP, FRCR
Eric E. Williamson, MD
Ming Yang, MD
Judy Yee, MD
Maria Zulfiqar, MD
2020 Honored Educator Award Recipients

Suhny Abbara, MD
Katherine P. Andriole, PhD
Yoshimi Anzai, MD
Brett W. Carter, MD
Nirvikar Dahiya, MD
Matthew S. Davenport, MD
Robert J. Dym, MD
Shaimaa A. Fadl, MD
Joel G. Fletcher, MD
Michael S. Gee, MD, PhD
Maryellen L. Giger, PhD
Christine M. Glastonbury, MBBS
Valerie P. Jackson, MD
Kevin R. Kalisz, MD
Aya Kamaya, MD
Mannudeep K. Kalra, MD
Venkata S. Katabathina, MD
Anne M. Kennedy, MD
Geetika Khanna, MD, MS
Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD
Neeraj Lalwani, MD
Janie M. Lee, MD
Susanna I. Lee, MD, PhD
Claudia D. Leite, MD, PhD
Antonio Luna, MD, PhD

Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD
Linda Moy, MD
Mizuki Nishino, MD, MPH
Anwar R. Padhani, MD, FRCR
Ryan B. Peterson, MD
Jordana Phillips, MD
Srinivasa R. Prasad, MD
Prabhakar Rajiah, MD, FRCR
Demetrios A. Raptis, MD
Gaiane M. Rauch, MD, PhD
Scott Brian Reeder, MD, PhD
Margarita V. Revzin, MD
Melissa L. Rosado de Christenson, MD
Nabile M. Safdar, MD
Evis Sala, MD, PhD
Pamela W. Schaefer, MD
Meir H. Scheinfeld, MD, PhD
Eliot L. Siegel, MD
Claude B. Sirlin, MD
Justin Stowell, MD
Achala S. Vagal, MD
Hebert Alberto Vargas, MD
Carol C. Wu, MD
Marc Zins, MD
2019 Honored Educator Award Recipients

*Recipient 3+ years

Alex Towbin, MD
Alexander R. Guimaraes, MD, PhD
An Tang, MD
Antonio Luna, MD, PhD
Ayman H. Gaballah, MD, FRCR
Bachir Taouli, MD
Bettina Siewert, MD
Bharti Khurana, MD*
Carol C. Wu, MD
Charles E. Kahn Jr, MD*
Constantine A. Raptis, MD
Courtney C. Moreno, MD
David A. Mankoff, MD, PhD*
Dyan V. Flores, MD
Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD
Gayle E. Woloschak, PhD
James P. Borgstede, MD
Jeffrey C. Weinreb, MD
Jeffrey G. Jarvik, MD*
Jennifer W. Uyeda, MD
Jeremy R. Wortman, MD
Joel G. Fletcher, MD 
John P. Lichtenberger III, MD
Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD*
Jonathon A. Leipsic, MD
Katherine E. Maturen, MD
Katherine P. Andriole, PhD
Kyle K. Jensen, MD
Lane F. Donnelly, MD
Luciana P. Chamie, MD, PhD
Marc D. Kohli, MD
Matthew S. Davenport, MD
Mini N. Pathria, MD
Pamela T. Johnson, MD
Pardeep K. Mittal, MD*
Pari Pandharipande, MD, MPH
Perry J. Pickhardt, MD*
Pina C. Sanelli, MD
Rathan M. Subramaniam, MD, PhD
Richard L. Ehman, MD
Ruth C. Carlos, MD, MS*
Susanna I. Lee, MD, PhD
Tarek N. Hanna, MD
Tessa S. Cook, MD, PhD
Yoshimi Anzai, MD, MPH
2018 Honored Educator Award Recipients

*Recipient 3+ years

Aaron D. Sodickson, MD, PhD*
Achint K. Singh, MD
Akram M. Shaaban, MBBCh*
Alexander R. Guimaraes, MD, PhD
An Tang, MD
Angela D. Levy, MD
Anne M. Kennedy, MD
Antonio Luna, MD
Bharti Khurana, MD*
Brent Little, MD
Brett W. Carter, MD
Bryan R. Foster, MD
Cameron Hassani, MD
Carlos S. Restrepo, MD*
Charles E. Kahn Jr, MD, MS*
Christine O. Menias, MD*
Dakshesh B. Patel, MD
David A. Mankoff, MD, PhD*
David B. Larson, MD
Douglas S. Katz, MD*
Edith M. Marom, MD
Elliot K. Fishman, MD*
Frank H. Miller, MD*
George R. Matcuk Jr, MD
Jeffrey C. Weinreb, MD
Jeffrey G. Jarvik, MD*
Jorge A. Soto, MD*
Kate Hanneman, MD, FRCPC
Khaled M. Elsayes, MD*
Kumaresan Sandrasegaran, MD*
Maryam Rezvani, MD
Max Wintermark, MD
Meghan G. Lubner, MD*
Melissa L. Rosado de Christenson, MD
Mylene T. Truong, MD
Nishat Bharwani, FRCR, MBBS
Pardeep K. Mittal, MD*
Pedro Panizza
Perry J. Pickhardt, MD*
Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD
Ruth C. Carlos, MD, MS*
Sanjeev Bhalla, MD*
Sonia L. Betancourt Cuellar, MD
Toshio Moritani, MD, PhD
Vincent M. Mellnick, MD
2017 Honored Educator Award Recipients

*Recipient 3+ years

Aaron D. Sodickson, MD, PhD*
Akram M. Shaaban, MBBCh*
Amy K. Hara, MD
Andrea G. Rockall, MRCP, FRCR
Andrei S. Purysko, MD
Ania Z. Kielar, MD
Antonio C. Westphalen, MD
Atul B. Shinagare, MD
Aytekin Oto, MD
Brian W. Bresnahan, PhD
Carlos H. Torres, MD, FRCPC
Carlos S. Restrepo, MD*
Caroline Reinhold, MD, MSc*
Catherine S. Giess, MD
Christine O. Menias, MD*
Corrie M. Yablon, MD
Daniel Ocazionez, MD
Daniel Vargas, MD
Dushyant V. Sahani, MD*
Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD
Evis Sala, MD, PhD
Frank H. Miller, MD*
Geoffrey B. Johnson, MD, PhD
James V. Rawson, MD
Jeffrey G. Jarvik, MD, MPH*
Jeremy R. Wortman, MD
Jon A. Jacobson, MD             
Jorge A. Soto, MD*
Kate Hanneman, MD, FRCPC
Kazuto Kozaka, MD
Khaled M. Elsayes, MD*
Mahan Mathur, MD
Margaret N. Chapman, MD
Margarita V. Revzin, MD
Michael L. Wells, MD
Nikhil H. Ramaiya, MD
Oleg Teytelboym, MD
Osamu Matsui, MD
Paul Nikolaidis, MD
Pouya Ziai, MD
Rajesh Krishnamurthy, MD
Richard G. Barr, MD, PhD
Sachin S. Saboo, MD, FRCR
Sanjeev Bhalla, MD*
Santiago Martinez-Jimenez, MD*
Spencer C. Behr, MD
Srinivasa R. Prasad, MD
Sudhakar K. Venkatesh, MD, FRCR
Suhny Abbara, MD
Tara D. Barwick, MBChB
Tatiana Kelil, MD
Vahid Yaghmai, MD*
Venkata S. Katabathina, MD
Yoav Morag, MD 
2016 Honored Educator Award Recipients

*Recipient 3+ years

Akram M. Shaaban, MBBCh*
Anne M. Kennedy, MD
Asim F. Choudhri, MD
Christine O. Menias, MD*
Courtney A. Coursey Moreno, MD
Daniel Ginat, MD
Dushyant V. Sahani, MD*
Elliot K. Fishman, MD*
Ethan A. Smith, MD
Felix S. Chew, MD
Frank J. Rybicki III, MD, PhD
Harris L. Cohen, MD
Howard A. Rowley, MD
Ian A. Zealley, MD
Jeanne M. Horowitz, MD
Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD*
Jonathan R. Dillman, MD
Jonathan Weir-McCall, MBBCh, FRCR 
Juan C. Camacho, MD
Kassa Darge, MD, PhD 
Kumaresan Sandrasegaran, MD*
Lana H. Gimber, MD
Laura L. Avery, MD
Matthew J. Budak, MD, FRCR
Matthew S. Hartman, MD
Michael A. DiPietro, MD
Michael H. Rosenthal, MD, PhD
Mihra S. Taljanovic, MD
Mindy M. Horrow, MD
Neil M. Rofsky, MD
Pamela T. Johnson, MD
Pardeep K. Mittal, MD*
Phey M. Yeap, MBChB, FRCR
Rahul D. Renapurkar, MD
Richard L. Ehman, MD
Sanjeev Bhalla, MD*
Sreeharsha Tirumani, MBBS, MD
Terri J. Vrtiska, MD
Thiru A. Sudarshan, DMRD, FRCR
Travis S. Henry, MD
Vincent M. Mellnick, MD
2015 Honored Educator Award Recipients

*Recipient 3+ years

Akifumi Fujita, MD
Akram M. Shaaban, MBBCh*
Alberto I. Carbo, MD
Alexander A. Bankier, MD, PhD*
Amy K. Hara, MD
Brett W. Carter, MD
Catherine S. Giess, MD
Christine O. Menias, MD*
Daniella F. Pinho, MD
Douglas S. Katz, MD*
Dushyant V. Sahani, MD*
Edith M. Marom, MD
Eren D. Yeh, MD
Eric M. Rohren, MD, PhD
Farhood Saremi, MD
Geoffrey B. Johnson, MD, PhD
Gerald F. Abbott, MD
Heoung-Keun Kang, MD
Ihab R. Kamel, MD, PhD
Ioannis Vlahos, MRCP, FRCR
Jeremy J. Erasmus, MD
John A. Carrino, MD, MPH
Jonathon A. Leipsic, MD
Jorge A. Soto, MD*
Mariam Moshiri, MD
Mark D. Murphey, MD
Maryam Rezvani, MD
Meghan G. Lubner, MD*
Michael L. Richardson, MD
Michael W. Vannier, MD
Mylene T. Truong, MD
Osamu Sakai, MD, PhD*
Patrick J. Peller, MD
Puneet Bhargava, MD
Robyn L. Birdwell, MD
Ruth C. Carlos, MD, MS*
Santiago E. Rossi, MD
Santiago Martinez-Jimenez, MD*
Stefan L. Zimmerman, MD
Stuart E. Mirvis, MD
Sudhakar N. Pipavath, MD             
Sughra Raza, MD
Udo Hoffmann, MD
Vahid Yaghmai, MD*
2014 Honored Educator Award Recipients

*Recipient 3+ years

Aaron D. Sodickson, MD, PhD*
Alex Towbin, MD
Alexander A. Bankier, MD, PhD*
Bharti Khurana, MD*
Carlos S. Restrepo, MD*
Caroline Reinhold, MD, MSc*
Christine O. Menias, MD*
David B. Larson, MD
David J. DiSantis, MD
Ella A. Kazerooni, MD
Elliot K. Fishman, MD*
Fatih Akisik, MD
Frank H. Miller, MD*
Gautham P. Reddy, MD
Hernan Jara, PhD
Isabelle Trop, MD, MPH
Jenny T. Bencardino, MD
Jorge A. Soto, MD*
Julie David, MD 
Katarzyna J. Macura, MD, PhD
Katherine E. Maturen, MD
Khaled M. Elsayes, MD*
Kumaresan Sandrasegaran, MD*
Leslie M. Scoutt, MD
Lucie Lalonde, MD
Meghan G. Lubner, MD*
Mona M. El Khoury, MD
Osamu Sakai, MD, PhD*
Paul G. Nagy, PhD
Perry J. Pickhardt, MD*
Prabhakar Rajiah, MD, FRCR
Ramit Lamba, MD
Ronald L. Eisenberg, MD, JD
Sanjeev Bhalla, MD*
Santiago Martinez-Jimenez, MD*
Scott Sheehan, MD
Sonia L. Betancourt Cuellar, MD
Suhny Abbara, MD
Temel Tirkes, MD
Valerie P. Jackson, MD
Yoshimi Anzai, MD
Zehava S. Rosenberg, MD
2013 Honored Educator Award Recipients

*Recipient 3+ years

Alampady Krishna Prasad Shanbhogue, MD
Aletta Ann Frazier, MD
Alexander A. Bankier, MD, PhD*
Aytekin Oto, MD
Caroline Reinhold, MD, MSc*
Chandana G. Lall, MD
Christine O. Menias, MD*
Christopher Michael Walker, MD
Daniel Edward Wessell, MD, PhD
Daniel L. Rubin, MD
Daniel Paul Barboriak, MD
David A. Mankoff, MD, PhD*
Douglas S. Katz, MD*
Evan Spencer Siegelman, MD
Evis Sala, MD, PhD
Helen Clare Addley, MRCP, FRCR
J. David Godwin, MD
Jacobo Kirsch, MD
Jason DiPoce, MD 
Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD
John Carrino, MD, MPH
Jonathan Hero Chung, MD
Jorge A. Soto, MD*
Joseph R. Steele, MD
Kumaresan Sandrasegaran, MD*
Mariam Moshiri, MD
Michael L. Richardson, MD
Mindy Meislich Horrow, MD
Mitchell Dennis Schnall, MD, PhD
Osamu Sakai, MD, PhD*
Peter Raff Mueller, MD
Richard L. Wahl, MD
Sadhna Verma, MD
Stephanie Nougaret, MD
Subba Rao Digumarthy, MD
Sudhakar Pipavath, MD
Surjith Vattoth, MD, FRCR
Susanna In-Sun Lee, MD, PhD
Temel Tirkes, MD
Theodore J. Dubinsky, MD
2012 Honored Educator Award Recipients

*Recipient 3+ years

Alampady K. Shanbhogue, MD
Ali Guermazi, MD, PhD
Anwar R. Padhani, MD
Atif Zaheer, MD
Carlos S. Restrepo, MD*
Charles E. Kahn Jr, MD, MS*
Damian E. Dupuy, MD
Daniel L. Rubin, MD
Debra A. Gervais, MD
Dushyant V. Sahani, MD*
Elliot K. Fishman, MD*
Felix S. Chew, MD
Frank H. Miller, MD*
Grant E. Lattin Jr, MD
H. Page McAdams, MD
Heoung‐Keun Kang, MD
Jacob Sosna, MD
James M. Provenzale, MD
Jeffrey J. Peterson, MD
Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD
Jon A. Jacobson, MD
Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD*
Jonathan S. Lewin, MD
Jorge A. Vidal, MD
Katarzyna J. Macura, MD, PhD
Lale Kostakoglu, MD
Melissa L. Rosado De Christenson, MD
Naoki Takahashi, MD
Paul S. Babyn, MD
Peter R. Mueller, MD
Phillip M. Boiselle, MD
Priya R. Bhosale, MD
Raghunandan Vikram, MBBS, FRCR
Richard H. Wiggins, III, MD
Riham H. El‐Khouli, MD
Ronald L. Eisenberg, MD, JD
Srinivasa R. Prasad, MD
Stefan L. Zimmerman, MD
Theodore J. Dubinsky, MD
Vahid Yaghmai, MD*
Venkata S. Katabathina, MD
William Pavlicek, PhD
William W. Boonn, MD
Woojin Kim, MD