Member updates
Nominees Sought for New Award
RSNA is seeking nominations for qualified candidates to receive the new RSNA Outstanding Community Impact Award. The inaugural award will recognize one person each year who has made exceptional contributions to patient care and health care delivery through service to the community.
Candidates will be identified through open nominations until April 30. Nominees must be members of RSNA who have demonstrated measurable impact on the community through their leadership and advocacy. Strong candidates may have a history of enhancing patient care, developing new initiatives or creating partnerships that resulted in a sustainable impact on the community. Eligible nominees will demonstrate a commitment to the RSNA mission and values.
A committee will review candidates and make recommendations to the RSNA Board of Directors, and the Board will select the final honoree. The winner will be recognized during RSNA 2024. RSNA Board members, Outstanding Community Impact Award Committee members and past Gold Medal recipients are not eligible for this award. Learn more and submit a nomination.
Trainees: Apply Now for RSNA Journals Editorial Boards
RSNA Journals Trainee Editorial Boards (TEB) are seeking volunteers interested in contributing to the future of radiology research and education.
TEB members assist by creating educational content as they learn about editing, reviewing and promoting articles for RSNA’s peer-reviewed journals. Volunteers will also gain opportunities to network with peers and leaders while participating in editorial board meetings.
Resources created by TEB members are published weekly and include journal articles, educational content, videos and podcast episodes, among other content.
Applications open April 1, and all TEB terms begin July 1. Learn about specific TEB qualifications, submission requirements and responsibilities. For questions about the program, contact pubsfeedback@rsna.org.
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Faculty Members Sought for Global Learning Center
RSNA is seeking volunteer faculty members with a specialty or interest in women’s and abdominal imaging to assist with curriculum development for the RSNA Global Learning Center (GLC) at Cipto Mangunkusumo National Referral Hospital at the University of Indonesia (FKUI/RSCM), in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Volunteer faculty collaborate with onsite radiologists to develop a customized learning plan using RSNA’s educational resources. Faculty will execute the learning plan with lectures, hands-on training and point-of-care opportunities. Faculty teams will work both virtually and in person.
Faculty responsibility for the FKUI/RSCM runs June 2024 through December 2025 and includes one trip to Jakarta and virtual teaching/consultation sessions. Applications are open now—visit RSNA.org/GLC to learn more and apply.
RSNA Launches Data Repository on Amazon Web Services
RSNA recently launched a new data repository to provide open access to curated datasets assembled for RSNA’s AI challenges.
The datasets, including images and annotations from the 2020 RSNA Pulmonary Embolism Detection Challenge and the 2019 RSNA Intracranial Hemorrhage Detection Challenge, are the first to be made available for download and use through the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Open Data Sponsorship program.
Additional RSNA AI Challenge data sets will be published in future releases.
Assembling broad and diverse datasets is essential to supporting quality research leading to improvements in diagnostic care. AI researchers can access the annotated datasets to build, train and test AI models and for other research activities to spur innovation and creation of AI tools for technology.
Since 2017, RSNA has sponsored and organized a series of 10 medical imaging AI challenge competitions. For each challenge, RSNA has worked with research sites around the world that have contributed imaging data. Expert radiologists, many recruited by their subspecialty societies, have provided annotations of the imaging data.
Access the RSNA Data Repository at Imaging.RSNA.org.
Applications Open for International Fellowship
RSNA is accepting applications for its Derek Harwood-Nash International Fellowship, a program that offers faculty members from international institutions the opportunity to study at North American institutions.
To qualify, applicants must be RSNA members from outside of the U.S. and Canada and meet the following requirements:
- Have a focus in academic radiology, holding a faculty position for three to 10 years before the fellowship begins
- Demonstrate how your specific education goals can be met during a course of study in North America
- Specify how the knowledge you gain will benefit and improve the practice at your home institution and the greater radiology community
- Be proficient in English
All travel and living arrangements will be made by selected fellows. RSNA will provide a stipend to cover travel and modest living expenses for a six- to 12-week period.
The application deadline is July 1. Learn more and apply.
Submissions Open for Lumbar MR Spondylosis AI Challenge
The RSNA Lumbar MR Spondylosis AI Challenge opens this month during the American Society of Neuoradiology annual meeting. Competitors are invited to build models to detect and classify degenerative spine conditions using lumbar spine MRI images.
Launched by RSNA in association with the ASNR and the American Society of Spine Radiology (ASSR), this new challenge includes images from more than 10 sites on six continents. The highest performing models in the challenge will be made available under open licenses to encourage additional research.
Learn more and submit your models.
Providing a Trusted Resource to Help You Help Your Patients
In the new era of patient empowerment in health care, there is a pressing need to give patients information to help them navigate their medical imaging journeys—from the time an imaging study is ordered to when the patient discusses results with the ordering physician. RSNA members can aid patients in this process and provide necessary education by recommending RadiologyInfo.org.
The patient-friendly website is developed and funded by RSNA and the American College of Radiology. It provides education to the public about radiologic procedures and the role of radiologists in health care. The site is a practical resource that can help ease your patients’ anxiety and improve their understanding of radiology exams, treatments, reporting and screening recommendations.
Expert volunteers routinely review the site to offer the most current and consumable information for patients. The newest resource available on the site is a video series featuring radiologists offering insights on the features and terminology used in commonly ordered radiology reports. Learn more about the new video series. Find out how other radiologists are using RadiologyInfo.org as a tool in their practices to deliver more value to their patients.
SIR Announces Gold Medalists and New Leadership
At its March meeting, the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) awarded its 2024 gold medals to Fred T. Lee, Jr., MD, Albert A. Nemcek, Jr., MD, and Bien Soo Tan, MBBS, FRCR.
Dr. Lee is a professor of radiology and urology, the Robert Turrell Professor of Imaging Science and chief of abdominal intervention in the Department of Radiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in Madison.
Dr. Nemcek is a professor of radiology and surgery and is vice chair for quality in the Department of Radiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
Dr. Tan is a senior consultant with the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Singapore General Hospital in Bukit Merah.
SIR also named Robert J. Lewandowski, MD, as the society’s new president. Dr. Lewandowski is a professor of radiology, medicine and surgery at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Additional leadership changes included the election of Saher Sabri, MD, as board secretary and the appointment of Kelvin K. Hong, MD, as a director-at-large.
Casola, Mayo-Smith, Pickhardt Awarded SAR Gold Medals
The Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR) awarded gold medals to Giovanna Casola, MD, William Mayo-Smith, MD, and Perry J. Pickhardt, MD.
Dr. Casola is a professor of radiology at University of California, San Diego. Dr. Mayo-Smith is vice chair for education in the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Dr. Pickhardt is chief of gastrointestinal imaging in the Department of Radiology at the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health and medical director of oncological imaging at the UW Carbone Cancer Center, both in Madison.