Olmsted Fellowship

Overview

The William W. Olmsted Fellowship in Radiology Education Journalism is a prestigious, competitive and virtual program designed to cultivate emerging leaders in radiologic scholarly communication and scientific publishing with an emphasis on radiology education. 

Fellowship Details

This virtual fellowship lasts approximately one week and provides early-career radiologists and trainees with a mentored, immersive experience within RSNA’s publication and editorial activities. Upon receipt of fellowship, recipients are invited to work with the editorial offices to tailor the fellowship to a specific journal/area of interest.

The Olmsted Fellowship:

  • Provides structured editorial education through on-demand learning
  • Offers a shared core curriculum in peer review, publication ethics and digital publishing
  • Offers mentored capstone projects with tangible deliverables tailored to the fellows' journal of interest
  • Provides opportunities for continued engagement after the fellowship
  • Grants attendance at the following meetings (virtually or in person):
    • Editors' Forum (location varies)
    • March Publications Council (in Chicago)
    • Editorial meetings during the RSNA annual meeting (in Chicago)

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Olmsted Fellowship, you must:

  • Be an RSNA member
  • Residents, fellows and early-career faculty (including junior faculty up to ~5 years out of residency)
  • Have a record of publications in scientific and/or educational peer-reviewed journals

Each department or institution should nominate only a single candidate for the fellowship in any given year. Interested individuals should coordinate their application with their department’s administration.

Award

One fellow is selected each year and is awarded a stipend of $5,000.

Applications Closed

The 2026 application cycle for the Olmsted Fellowship is closed.

Ashwin Singh Parihar, MD

2026 Olmsted Fellow

Ashwin Singh Parihar, MD, has been named the 2026 RSNA William W. Olmsted Trainee Editorial Fellow. 

Dr. Parihar is an assistant professor of radiology in the Division of Nuclear Medicine at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine (WashU) in St. Louis, where he is also pursuing a Master of Science in clinical investigation. 

He earned his medical degree from Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Government Medical Sciences and Research Institute in Uttarakhand, India. He then completed a nuclear medicine residency at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India, and later served as chief resident at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital at WashU, where he also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship. 

Dr. Parihar is actively engaged in radiologic publishing and peer review. He served as an editorial board member for several journals and previously held roles as deputy editor and associate editor on the Radiology Trainee Editorial Board. He currently serves as an associate editor of Radiology and was recognized with the Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award with distinction (2024) and special distinction (2023 and 2025). 

“Dr. Parihar has distinguished himself through his accomplishments in research, education, peer review and editorial service, as well as his dedication to advancing nuclear medicine and molecular imaging,” said Christine Cooky Menias, MD, editor of RadioGraphics. “Through the 2026 Olmsted Editorial Fellowship, he will gain firsthand experience with the editorial decision-making process and educational mission of radiology publishing, further strengthening his contributions to radiology education, research and scientific communication.” 

Dr. Parihar serves as co-chair of the committee on quality and evidence for the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and as an at-large member of the board of directors for the American College of Nuclear Medicine. His research focuses on the use of functional imaging to improve disease characterization and patient outcomes, as well as the identification of novel theranostic targets in radiotheranostics. He has authored 83 manuscripts, eight book chapters and received over 1,200 citations. 

The recipient of several honors, Dr. Parihar received the RSNA Honored Educator Award and the RSNA Trainee Research Prize in 2023, followed by the RSNA Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award in 2024. 

Past Olmsted Fellows

  • 2025 Ali Tejani, MD, CIIP 
  • 2024 Nadia Solomon, MD, MSc, MA
  • 2023 Masis Isikbay, MD
  • 2022 Dhairya A. Lakhani, MD
  • 2021 Kaitlin Marie Marquis, MD 
  • 2020 Anna Trofimova, MD, PhD
  • 2019 Matthew D. Alvin, MD 
  • 2018 Elizabeth George, MD
  • 2017 David Ballard, MD
  • 2016 Karen Buch, MD
  • 2015 Manisha Bahl, MD
  • 2014 Andrew Degnan, MD
  • 2013 Sina Tavakoli, MD
  • 2012 Mai-Lan Ho, MD
  • 2011 Tara Ann Morgan, MD
  • 2010 Amy M. Fowler, MD, PhD
  • 2009 Samantha Lynn Heller, PhD, MD
  • 2008 Dino P. Massoglia, MD, PhD
  • 2007 Christopher Whitlow, MD, PhD
  • 2006 Anu Bansal, MD
  • 2005 Joseph P. Erinjeri, MD, PhD

Contact Us

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