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Contessa Named Chair

Joseph Contessa, MD, PhD, has been named chair of radiation oncology for Rutgers Cancer Institute and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, both in New Brunswick, and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark. He will also serve as associate director for translational research at Rutgers Cancer Institute.

Dr. Contessa is a radiation oncologist who previously served as professor of therapeutic radiology and co-leader of the Yale Cancer Center Radiobiology and Genome Integrity Research Program, in New Haven, CT, where he also served as vice chair for basic science research in therapeutic radiology.

Whitlow Appointed Chair

Christopher Whitlow, MD, PhD, MHA, has been appointed chair of the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and assistant dean for translational research at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. He will also serve as chief of radiology at Yale New Haven Hospital and radiologist-in-chief across the Yale New Haven Health System, effective Oct. 20.

Currently, Dr. Whitlow serves as the Isador Meschan Distinguished Professor of Radiology and enterprise chair of radiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC.

He was president of the American Society of Functional Neuroradiology from 2023 to 2024.

Montner Named Chair 

Steven Montner, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of Chicago (UChicago), following his service as interim chair. 

Dr. Montner previously served as executive vice chair of clinical operations in the department. He joined the UChicago faculty in 1988 and has specialized in pulmonary imaging.    

In Memoriam: Martin J. Lipton 

A distinguished radiologist and educator, Martin J. Lipton, MD, died April 25, 2025, in Marin County, CA. He was 89. 

Originally from Liverpool, England, Dr. Lipton obtained his medical degree from the University of Liverpool and completed his postgraduate training at several London hospitals.  

In 1969, Dr. Lipton joined the faculty at Stanford University after moving to the United States. He became chief of cardiovascular imaging at the University of California, San Francisco in 1977. In 1988 he moved to the University of Chicago, where he served as professor and chair of the Department of Radiology for 12 years. Dr. Lipton also spent three years on the faculty at Harvard Medical School at the Brigham Women’s Hospital in Boston.  

Renowned for his contributions to the fields of cardiac and MR imaging, Dr. Lipton was a globally recognized lecturer who amassed nearly 250 peer-reviewed publications. He was an avid supporter of the RSNA R&E Foundation.   

In Memoriam: Eugene C. Klatte, MD

Greatly admired RSNA Gold Medal honoree Eugene Carl Klatte, MD, died June 19, 2025, in Sun City, AZ. He was 97.  

Dr. Klatte earned his medical degree from the Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine in Indianapolis in 1952. He completed an internship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1953, followed by a radiology residency at the University of California in 1957.  

A pioneer of cineangiography and leader in diagnostic imaging modalities, Dr. Klatte held numerous academic and leadership positions. He served as chair of radiology at several institutions, including the IU School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.  

Dr. Klatte was a highly respected and valued educator who trained more than 300 radiologist residents over the course of his career. 

Dr. Klatte served as president of the Society of Chairmen of Academic Radiology Departments (now Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments) and was chancellor of the American College of Radiology.  

The recipient of many honors throughout his lifetime, Dr. Klatte received the RSNA Gold Medal in 1998.