Chicago Radiological Society gives highest honor to radiologist Aruna Vade

Aruna Vade, MD, medical director of pediatric radiology and professor of radiology and pediatrics at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Ill., has received the Distinguished Service Award from the Chicago Radiological Society.

This is the Chicago Radiological Society’s highest honor.

Vade is a member of the Pediatric Radiology Committee and the American College of Radiology (ACR), and she serve as an alternate councilor for the ACR. She has also held numerous positions with the Indian Medical Association of Illinois.

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