3 organizations support 8 ascendant researchers
The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), Strategic Radiology and Bracco Diagnostics have separately elevated early- and mid-career radiologists to heightened educational opportunities.
The selections were based on recipients’ achievements to date but oriented toward supporting work that lies ahead.
On Nov. 8, ARRS announced Sarah Kamel, MD, as the 2023 Melvin M. Figley Fellow in Radiology Journalism and Ankur Goyal, MD, as the 2023 Lee F. Rogers International Fellow in Radiology Journalism.
Both will learn the ins and outs of medical-science publishing at ARRS’s American Journal of Roentgenology under the tutelage of Andrew Rosenkrantz, MD, of New York University, the 115-year-old journal’s 13th editor-in-chief.
Kamel is a musculoskeletal subspecialist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Her research interests include the cost-effectiveness of imaging pathways for patients with joint pain.
Goyal teaches diagnostic and interventional radiology at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He has authored 100 publications and 27 book chapters, delivered more than 100 scientific lectures and received awards and accolades from ARRS, RSNA and the Indian Radiological & Imaging Association (IRIA).
The fellowships are named after two past AJR editors, and ARRS said Kamel and Goyal will work with staff as well as Rosenkrantz on manuscript preparation and editing, peer review processes, journalism ethics, print production and digital publication.
Full announcement here.
On Nov. 9, RSNA’s Research & Education Foundation awarded its 2022 Strategic Radiology Arl Van Moore Jr., MD/RSNA Research Resident Grant to Min Lang, MD, a clinical fellow in radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Funded by Strategic Radiology, the grant awards an outstanding resident $30,000 to dedicate half their working hours to a specified study led by an experienced researcher.
Under the grant, Lang will help develop an ultrafast MRI/MRA protocol for evaluating acute ischemic stroke. Part of the work will involve refining a novel, AI-assisted technique for reconstructing MR images at high diagnostic quality.
In announcing the award, Strategic Radiology (SR) said the emerging protocol stands to “improve timely diagnosis and initiation of appropriate clinical management leading to improved outcomes, while the novel reconstruction technique has the potential to be implemented for other neuroimaging indications.”
The grant is named after Strategic Radiology’s emeritus chairman and CEO.
SR is a coalition of more than 30 independent practices representing 1500+ U.S. radiologists.
Full announcement here.
Also on Nov. 9, Bracco Diagnostics named five recipients of its “Leaders on the Horizon” residency program for 2022.
First- and second-place awardees will receive scholarships of $7,500 and $5,000, respectively. Each of the three runners-up will be given scholarships of $1,000.
Scholarship sponsor Bracco said the five were selected for having authored outstanding clinical research papers exploring MRI.
Program administrator Applied Radiology will publish the papers in early 2023, and the top two resident recipients, identified by asterisks below, will attend a reception at this year’s RSNA scientific assembly.
The Bracco Diagnostics/Applied Radiology “Leaders on the Horizon” are:
- Jordan Chamberlin, MD, Medical University of South Carolina*
- Alexander Satei, MD, Trinity Health Oakland/Wayne State University*
- Melina Hosseiny, MD, University of California San Diego
- Moozhan Nikpanah, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Akarshan Monga, DO, Detroit Medical Center
Bracco Diagnostics is the U.S. subsidiary of Bracco Imaging SpA, which is headquartered in Milan, Italy.
Full announcement here.
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