Radiologist honored with Tulane lifetime achievement award

Joseph F. Sackett, MD, has been honored with the Tulane Medical Alumni Association’s Lifetime Achievement award. Sackett, who graduated from the university's School of Medicine in 1966, received the award during a May ceremony celebrating the 50-year reunion of his medical school class.

Sackett graduated from Tulane, served in the Vietnam War and then went on to serve as the chair of the Wisconsin School of Medicine radiology chair for more than 15 years. He is known for taking part in numerous impactful studies and played a crucial role in the development of digital subtraction angiography.

“I am greatly honored to receive the 50-year reunion Lifetime Achievement Award,” Sackett said in a prepared statement. “There is a special loyalty all Tulane Medical School classes have for their school. They realize that the teaching and clinical opportunities are the best offered at any school.”

“I can’t think of a more deserving alumnus for this award,” Cynthia Hayes, Tulane School of Medicine director of alumni affairs and constituency programs, said in the same statement. “Dr. Sackett is a very accomplished physician and mentor. His dedication and commitment to the profession is readily seen, and he has been a strong advocate and volunteer for the Tulane University School of Medicine.”