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Radiology Alumni Newsletter Radiology Alumni Connection 2018 Issue From the Editor Celebrating a Remarkable Career: It is my great pleasure to dedicate this newsletter to our Dr. Modic Retires from Cleveland Clinic former radiology chair, Neurological Institute chair and Chief Clinical Transformation Officer Michael Modic, Former radiology chair Michael Modic, MD (DR’78, NR’79), MD — celebrating his many amazing achievements and has retired from Cleveland Clinic after 42 years of outstanding well-deserved retirement. achievements. He is one of the most accomplished and respected Back in 1996, when I was a nuclear medicine resident leaders in the history of Cleveland Clinic radiology. at Georgetown, Dr. Modic was a guest speaker at one of our monthly District of Columbia Metropolitan At the forefront of applying emerging MR technology to brain and Radiological Society meetings. Dr. Modic delivered an excellent presentation on MR imaging for the spine and spine imaging, Dr. Modic made foundational observations on the Modic changes. His professionalism and enthusiasm utility of MR for spine infection, degenerative disc disease, cervical left an impression on me. myelopathy and postoperative spine imaging. He was the first to In 2005, he and I worked together to begin Cleveland classify degeneration of endplates and marrow changes associated Clinic’s annual radiology alumni receptions at RSNA. with degenerative disc disease. Physicians today continue to And over the years, our families and many others classify these changes, detectable by MRI, as Modic type 1, 2 developed friendships during the annual fall festivities or 3. and pumpkin hunt at his farmhouse in Seville, Ohio. Truly part of a Cleveland Clinic family, Dr. Modic Dr. Modic also has been linked with many Cleveland Clinic firsts remains engaged with our staff and administration. We — appointed as the first Chairman of the Neurological Institute in appreciate his brilliance, dedication and caring. 2007 and the first Chief Clinical Transformation Officer in 2015. I also am blessed to have an opportunity to celebrate our musculoskeletal champion radiologist Bradford As Chairman of the Neurological Institute, he led the development Richmond, MD (DR’85), who retired after 36 years at of Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Richmond has been a wonderful physician, teacher and mentor. He served as Section and multiplied Cleveland Clinic’s medical imaging facilities across Head of Musculoskeletal Radiology for many years, the U.S. started Cleveland Clinic’s fellowship in the specialty, and helped influence many residents entering He worked with Irene Katzan, MD, MS, Director of the musculoskeletal fellowship training. Neurological Institute’s Center for Outcomes Research and On behalf of Imaging Institute friends and colleagues, Evaluation, and Medical Director of Patient-Entered Data, to I wish both Dr. Modic and Dr. Richmond excellent implement the collection of patient-reported outcomes through health, prosperity and happiness in their retirement! the Knowledge Program and push the development and Sincerely, implementation of Care Paths. This has allowed Cleveland Clinic to Pauline Kwok, MD (TRS’95, DR’00, ABI’01) standardize and track outcomes of its care processes and ultimately Alumni Membership Secretary, improve quality and outcomes of care. Editor of Radiology Alumni Connection Continued on page 2 Visit us online at clevelandclinic.org/radiologyalumni. Submit your announcements or photos to [email protected]. Cleveland Clinic Radiology Alumni Connection 2 During his time leading the Neurological Institute, he as Chairman of Radiology. He collaborated with Gregory also assumed leadership of Cleveland Clinic’s emerging Borkowski, MD (IM’74, DR’79), current Chair of the business division, including Cleveland Clinic Innovations, Imaging Institute, and Dr. Piraino to integrate imaging which commercializes the medical inventions of across the health system with RIS/PACS. Cleveland Clinic caregivers. Dr. Modic served on the editorial boards of numerous As Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, Dr. Modic helped publications, including American Journal of Cleveland Clinic adapt to today’s changing healthcare Neuroradiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Radiology market through value-based care efforts, quality and and Neurology. He was active on various committees safety, patient experience, continuous improvement, of the American College of Radiology, International technology and data. At the 2016 Medical Innovation Society of Magnetic Resonance, American Society of Summit, he spoke on the meaning of healthcare Neuroradiology and other professional organizations. He transformation and the role of innovation. “What we was president of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in need to do today is to create a model of care delivery Medicine in the early 1990s. that (a) engages the patient as well as the caregivers at A prolific researcher, and holder of The Thomas F. all levels and (b) provides an input function that allows Meaney, MD, Research Scholars Endowed Chair, us to address the really critical issues of healthcare: first, Dr. Modic published more than 200 papers, as well as quality and safety for all concerned — not just patients, nearly 50 books or book chapters. He was a well-traveled but caregivers; second, experience for all concerned speaker and lecturer, and made hundreds of scientific — not just patients, but caregivers; third is access, the presentations. ability to get in, the ability to experience, the ability to navigate; and fourth is affordability, because all this must In addition to being named a Fellow of the American be done within the context and constraints of reality. College of Radiology and the Society of Magnetic These are the challenges for which innovation will be Resonance, Dr. Modic earned a Gold Medal Award from absolutely critical to addressing,” he said. the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine for his ability in combining magnetic resonance technology, Dr. Modic received his medical degree from Case Western radiology and pathophysiology. He also earned a Silver Reserve University School of Medicine in 1975 and then Medal from Clinical MRI for advancing the use of completed a residency in radiology and a fellowship in magnetic resonance. neuroradiology at Cleveland Clinic. He joined Cleveland Clinic in 1980 as a staff neuroradiologist and was He was appointed to Cleveland Clinic’s Board of promoted to Head of the Section of Magnetic Resonance Governors in 2000 and named a professor of radiology at in 1983. He directed Cleveland Clinic’s Radiology Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine in 2004. Residency Program from 1982 to 1985. Dr. Modic received Cleveland Clinic’s 2014 Distinguished “Dr. Masaryk and I, and many others, had Dr. Modic Alumnus Award, recognizing his exceptional as our residency director,” says David Piraino, MD achievements and leadership. He was the second (DR’85), Imaging Informatics Officer in the Department radiologist to receive the prestigious award since it began of Diagnostic Radiology. “He was instrumental in helping in 1977. Thomas Meaney, MD (DR’57), earned the us be part of the early MR revolution, with some of the award in 1995. earliest MR scans at Cleveland Clinic.” After a few years at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine/University Hospitals in the mid- 1980s, Dr. Modic returned to Cleveland Clinic in 1989 Visit us online at clevelandclinic.org/radiologyalumni. | Submit your announcements or photos to [email protected]. Cleveland Clinic Radiology Alumni Connection 3 Fond Farewell Approximately 250 family members, friends and colleagues attended a casual yet beautiful farewell party for Dr. Modic in December 2017. The event was hosted by the Imaging and Neurological institutes at The Barn at Mapleside Farms in Brunswick, Ohio. Thomas Masaryk, MD (NR’89, DR’85), Chairman of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, and Andre Machado, MD, PhD, Chairman of the Neurological Institute, spoke at the event, congratulating Dr. Modic on his remarkable career. “Now that he’s retired, he will receive total consciousness. So he’s got that Dr. Thomas Masaryk, Dr. Michael Modic, Dr. Manuel Cerqueira and Dr. David Piraino goin’ for him, which is nice,” quipped Dr. Andre Machado Dr. Masaryk. Dr. Christine Quinn, Dr. Michael Modic, Mammography Section Manager Rosemary Dr. Andre Machado, Dr. Barbara Risius, Jeric, Joy Borkowski, Dr. Gregory Borkowski, Dr. Leo Pozuelo, Dr. Thomas Masaryk Administrative Assistant Cathy Boyle Dr. Pauline Kwok, Dr. Paul Ruggieri, Dr. Charles O’Malley, Dr. Erica Remer Dr. Mary Alfidi and Dr. Erick Remer For more photos, see the Imaging Institute’s Alumni Events web page. Visit us online at clevelandclinic.org/radiologyalumni. | Submit your announcements or photos to [email protected]. Cleveland Clinic Radiology Alumni Connection 4 Recognition from Honoring 36 Years at Cleveland Clinic: State Rep. Dr. Richmond Retires Martin J. Sweeney Diagnostic radiologist Bradford Richmond, MD (DR’85), has retired after 36 years at Cleveland Clinic, 33 as a staff member. Among the guests at Dr. Modic’s “I have enjoyed working with and learning from everyone — from the people retirement party was Ohio State who kept our floor clean to the technologists, front desk people, nurses, Rep. Martin J. Sweeney. He residents, fellows, administration and radiologists,” he says. “I enjoyed presented Dr. Modic a certificate of sharing our life’s trials, tribulations and joys. I felt like I was
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