Alan Davison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor emeritus of chemistry and fellow of the Royal Society, died on Nov. 14 after a long illness. He was 79 years old.

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A. has added Chief Operating Officer Johann Fernando, PhD, and Chief Medical Officer Diku Mandavia, MD, to the company’s executive leadership team. 

The driver who struck and killed radiologist Kenneth E. Najarian, MD, in June has pleaded no contest to drunken driving, according to reporting by the Burlington Free Press. 

A total of 21 presentations scheduled for RSNA 2015 in Chicago fall under the conference’s “Leadership/Management” category. Attending each and every one would be impossible, but catching at least one a day? No sweat! Here’s one presentation you won’t want to miss for each day of RSNA 2015.

Mythreyi Bhargavan Chatfield, PhD, is the new American College of Radiology (ACR) executive vice president for quality and safety, the ACR announced this week. Chatfield is currently serving as the organization’s senior director for data registries. 

eRAD, Inc., a division of RadNet, Inc. and an industry leader in Web-based RIS, PACS and teleradiology workflow solutions, is pleased to announce that Damon Griffith has joined the company in the capacity of Manager, Channel Sales.

Long Island, N.Y.-based Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology opened its newest location in Levittown,  N.Y., on Oct. 31. It is the company’s 18th location overall. 

The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced this week that Pablo R. Ros, MD, PhD, the ACR Education Center’s new physician-in-chief, will come into the role with a focus on modality training and expanding the program. Ros, a diagnostic radiologist, is also now a member of the ACR Commission on Education.