The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Board of Directors made two big executive announcements this week at the RSNA 2015 annual meeting in Chicago, naming Richard L. Baron, MD, its newest president and Richard L. Ehman, MD, its newest president-elect.

Meet the new president

Baron has been a professor of radiology at the University of Chicago Medical Center since 2002, and served as chair of the radiology department there from 2002 to 2011. In the past, he has served on the American College of Radiology, the American Roentgen Ray Society, the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance, the UPMC Healthcare Systems Board of Directors, and the Joint Commission Professional Technical Advisory Committee.

Baron wants to focus on fostering innovation and facilitating daily education for all RSNA members during his time as president.

“My former position as board liaison for education and international affairs afforded me the opportunity to interact with a large number of members worldwide and to understand the important role these volunteers hold in ensuring that the RSNA remains an essential component of radiology science and education development and communications," Baron said in a statement. "I look forward to representing the RSNA worldwide with our extensive membership and with other national and international radiology organizations. Building bridges among radiology communities, based on providing collaborative opportunities, education and resources, is an important role for the RSNA.”

Meet the new president-elect

Ehman, a professor of radiology and Blanche R. & Richard J. Erlanger Professor of Medical Research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., will become the RSNA’s president during the society’s annual meeting in 2016.

He served on the Mayo Clinic Board of Governors from 2006 to 2014, and became an emeritus member of the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees in 2014. In addition, Ehman has served as a member of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Academy of Radiology Research, Society for Body Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance, and Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Study Section of the National Institutes of Health.

“Fostering research and new technologies is a key component of RSNA's mission," Ehman said in a statement. "As RSNA wraps up its Centennial celebration and looks toward the future, I will work with the Board to maintain the Society's legacy of promoting excellence in patient care through relentless innovation.”