Nicole Hindman, M.D. Receives Hounsfield Award at the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance (SCBTMR)
Nicole Hindman, M.D., 3rd year Chief Resident, was awarded the Hounsfield Prize for the best CT paper at the 2005 SCBTMR meeting. Her paper was entitled, “MDCT Attenuation Measurements: Assessment of Intrascanner and Interscanner Variability with an Anthropomorphic Body CT Phantom.” Dr. Bernard Birnbaum was Nicole’s faculty mentor for this research. This was the first time NYU Radiology has received this prestigious award.
New York Roentgen Society Quizzes
Kevin Fillmore, M.D., 2nd year resident, took First Place in the competition on PET Imaging on November 15, 2004 and Third Place in the competition on Body Imaging on December 13, 2004 at the monthly New York Roentgen Society Quizzes.
Introduction to Research
Amit Saindane, M.D. (2nd year Chief Resident) was chosen to participate in an Introduction to Research Symposium sponsored by the American Roentgen Ray Society.
Bernard A. Birnbaum, M.D. Leads Service Standards Initiatives
Bernard A. Birnbaum, M.D., Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and Operations, serves as co-chairman of the NYU Medical Center Service Standards Campaign and Oversight Committee. He was recently appointed as physician leader of the design team for NYU Medical Center’s new Physician Leadership Development Program.
Nancy Genieser, M.D. Chosen Associate Dean of Admissions
Nancy Genieser, M.D., Director of Bellevue Radiology, has been appointed Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid of the School of Medicine. In addition to her other duties Dr. Genieser has also been elected President of the Medical Board at Bellevue Hospital.
Robert I. Grossman, M.D. Honored
Robert I. Grossman, M.D., Louis Marx Professor and Chairman of Radiology, was honored as the first recipient of the Outstanding Contribution in Research Award by the Neuroradiology Education and Research Foundation of the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR). This award will be given annually “in recognition of consistent excellence and lifelong accomplishment in basic or clinical neuroscience research.”
He was also elected President of the American Society of Neuroradiology and selected to become the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Neuroradiology (AJNR).
This past year Dr. Grossman proffered the 37th Aubrey O. Hampton Lecture at the Massachusetts General Hospital entitled “Academic Success: The Requisites” and the 3rd Annual T. Hans Newton Honorary Lecture at the University of California at San Francisco entitled “A Radiologist’s Perspective on Multiple Sclerosis.”
Joseph Helpern, Ph.D. Elected Fellow of ISMRM
Joseph Helpern, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Biomedical Imaging, was named a Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. He is on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Institute for Aging at NIH.
Jens Jensen, Ph.D. Chosen Guest Editor
Jens Jensen, Ph.D. was asked to be the guest editor for a special issue of NMR in Biomedicine, November 2004: “Iron-fortified MRI: effects and applications of iron-induced NMR relaxation in biological tissues.” He is one of the world’s authorities on this subject.
Institutional Review Board Appointments
Jane Ko, M.D. and John Amodio, M.D. were both named to the NYU School of Medicine Institutional Review Board.
Vivian Lee, M.D., Ph.D. Selected for NIH Study Section
Vivian Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Vice Chair for Research, was selected to be a chartered member of the Medical Imaging (MEDI) NIH Study Section. She serves on the Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, and is the Scientific Program Committee Chair for the 2005 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM). Dr. Lee is also the Cardiac Imaging Subsection Chair of the RSNA Refresher Course Committee.
Michael Macari, M.D. SGR Visiting Professor
Michael Macari, M.D., Chief of Abdominal Imaging, has been selected to be the 2004–2005 Visiting Professor by the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists. He was elected to the NYU SOM Faculty Council and serves as Associate Editor of Radiology.
Cecilia Mercado, M.D. Elected Secretary/Treasurer of the New York Metropolitan Mammography Society
Cecilia Mercado, M.D., a member of our department’s mammography section, was recently elected officer in this society.
Sandra Moore, M.D. cum laude at RSNA
Sandra Moore, M.D. and coauthors Mark Schweitzer, M.D. and Peter Sheehan, M.D. authored a scientific e-exhibit entitled “Patterns of Pedal Charcot Changes at Radiographic and MR Imaging” which won a cum laude award at this year’s RSNA.
David Naidich, M.D. Elected Officer of Fleischner Society
David Naidich, M.D. was elected Treasurer of the Fleischner Society (2005–2007) and will become President Elect in 2009. He is a member of the Committee on Chest Imaging 2005-2006 for the American College of Radiology, a member of the Special Emphasis Panel/Initial Review Group for the NIH (2004), and a member of the National Cancer Institute National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) Oversight Committee.
Mahvash Rafii, M.D., Appointed Fellow of American College of Radiology 2004
Mahvash Rafii, M.D. joins the ranks of the most eminent radiologists in the United States, as recognized by the ACR.
Henry Rusinek, Ph.D. Featured on ABC Television
On January 27, 2005, the ABC television network and several on-line news services ran a short program featuring the work of Henry Rusinek, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Radiology, and his colleagues from the NYU Center for Brain Health. In their study, reported in the December issue of Neurology (Rusinek H, Endo Y, De Santi S, et al. Atrophy rate in medial temporal lobe during progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Neurology 2004; 63:2354–2359.), Dr. Rusinek analyzed MRI and psychometric data on patients with clinical onset of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The study demonstrates that serial MRI measurements provide a very accurate marker of the disease progression, better than the memory tests. The research show a marked within-subject acceleration of brain atrophy in the medial temporal lobe of the AD brain, suggesting the spread of the territory affected by neuronal loss.