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March 2018 Volume 28, Issue 3 Image courtesy of Sahar Saleem, MBBCH, MSc, MD of Sahar Image courtesy Paleoradiologists Unravel the Secrets of Ancient Mummies ALSO INSIDE: LOOK AHEAD: Molecular Imaging R&E Foundation Reaches $17.5 Million Campaign Goal Radiology’s Winding Road to Diversity and Inclusion Technology Can Aid Healthcare Team Communication RSNA 2018 Abstract Submissions Now Open — See Page 24 MARCH 2018 • VOLUME 28, ISSUE 3 FEATURES EDITOR 10 Gary J. Whitman, MD R&E FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Theresa C. McLoud, MD EXECUTIVE EDITOR Shelley L. Taylor MANAGING EDITOR Beth Burmahl STAFF WRITER Jennifer Allyn Paleoradiologists Unravel Mysteries of Ancient Mummies GRAPHIC DESIGNER Eriona Baholli-Karasek EDITORIAL ADVISORS 6 9 Mark G. Watson Executive Director Karena Galvin Assistant Executive Director Marketing and International Affairs Marijo Millette Director: Public Information and Communications EDITORIAL BOARD Gary J. Whitman, MD LOOK AHEAD: Molecular R&E Reaches $17.5 Million Chairman Imaging Campaign Goal Vahid Yaghmai, MD Vice Chairman Ezra Bobo, MD 12 15 Stephen D. Brown, MD Carlo Catalano, MD Daniel A. Hamstra, MD, PhD Maureen P. Kohi, MD Laurie A. Loevner, MD Theresa C. McLoud, MD Martin P. Torriani, MD Mary C. Mahoney, MD Board Liaison Radiology’s Winding Road to Technology Can Aid Healthcare 2018 RSNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Diversity and Inclusion Team Communication James P. Borgstede, MD Chairman Mary C. Mahoney, MD Liaison for Publications and UP FRONT NEWS YOU CAN USE Communications 2 First Impression 20 Journal Highlights Bruce G. Haffty, MD Liaison for Science 4 Numbers in the News 22 Radiology in Public Focus Matthew A. Mauro, MD Liaison for Education 5 My Turn 23 Value of Membership Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD Liaison for Information Technology 24 Annual Meeting Watch and Annual Meeting RADIOLOGY’S FUTURE Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD Liaison for International Affairs 25 Technology Forum 16 R&E Foundation Donors Vijay M. Rao, MD President Valerie P. Jackson, MD President-Elect RSNA MISSION Follow us for exclusive news, The RSNA promotes excellence in patient care and healthcare delivery through education, annual meeting offers and more! research and technologic innovation. FIRST IMPRESSION R&E Cohen Appointed Radiology Foundation Chair at Temple University Gary S. Cohen, MD, has been appointed chair of radiology Announces at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and radiologist-in-chief for Temple University Health System, New Education Philadelphia. A diagnostic radiologist with a subspecialty in vascular and Cohen Grant Program interventional radiology, Dr. Cohen joined Temple’s faculty in 1993. He most recently served as vice chair of diagnostic To address members’ rapidly changing imaging, section chief of vascular & interventional radiology educational needs, the RSNA Research and co-director of the Liver Tumor Treatment Program. & Education (R&E) Foundation’s Board of Trustees has developed a new education grant program that will take a fresh approach to how the Foundation Roentgen Nominations Now Open solicits applications and funds grants. The first of the new grants will be awarded in 2019. Nomination Deadline Nominations are being accepted for the RSNA Roentgen The program seeks to enhance April 2 Resident/Fellow Research Award, recognizing residents and the education of radiology faculty, fellows who have made significant contributions to their radiologists and radiology support departments’ research efforts as evidenced by presentations personnel through new educational and publications of scientific papers, receipt of research grants content, educational products or other or other contributions. innovative means for RSNA to share Nominations are limited to one resident or fellow per with its members. program in radiology, radiation oncology or nuclear medicine Grants will have specific topics of per year. The program director or department chair selects the interest representing the current and nominee for each program. future educational needs in radiology The RSNA Research & Education (R&E) and will offer the opportunity for large, Foundation provides an award plaque for multi-year, multi-institution grants of the department to display and a personalized up to $525,000. The educational grants award to present to the selected resident will allow for projects with smaller or fellow. The deadline for nominations budgets and timeframes, as well as those is April 2. Learn about the nomination focusing specifically on international process and see a list of past recipients at education. RSNA.org/Roentgen-Research-Award. The grants are: • Education Innovation Grant • Education Development Grant • Derek Harwood-Nash International Education Scholar Grant More details, including the specific Vinay Prabhu, MD, right, receives his 2017 topics of interest and requests for RSNA Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research applications, will be available in spring Award from Nancy Fefferman, MD. at RSNA.org/Grants-and-Awards. Time to Renew Your Image Wisely® Pledge Continue your commitment to safe Wisely logo to promote their participation imaging by renewing your Image Wisely® in the campaign. pledge or make a first-time promise to The Image Wisely website provides demonstrate your awareness about adult updated news on radiation safety, regu- radiation protection. lations and standards, and access to free Each year, those who renew their radiation safety cases to assess your under- pledges at ImageWisely.org will receive a standing of radiation safety concepts and College of Radiology, the American Soci- dated certificate validating their com- award continuing education credits. ety of Radiologic Technologists and the mitment to the campaign. Facilities with The Image Wisely campaign is a joint American Association of Physicists in current pledges can download the Image partnership of RSNA, the American Medicine. 2 RSNA News | March 2018 RSNA Partnership with DuPage Medical Group Helps Staff Better Serve Members An RSNA partnership with DuPage attended the Medical Group helps new RSNA staff tours. members understand radiologists’ “We appreciate responsibilities so that they can, in turn, DuPage Medical RSNA staff tours of DuPage Medical Group are scheduled throughout 2018. better support RSNA members. Group and their “From a radiologist’s perspective, it is For the past several years, new RSNA staff for giving their time to speak with beneficial to interact with RSNA staff and staff have had the opportunity to tour RSNA staff about what radiologists do offer them a glimpse of what a radiologist’s the outpatient radiology centers of and what they need to provide high-qual- day looks like,” Dr. Shetty said. “This DuPage Medical Group, which has ity patient care,” said Sally Nikkel, assis- helps RSNA staff understand what is locations around RSNA headquarters tant executive director, RSNA finance and important to members so they can develop in Oak Brook, IL. Staff receive detailed administration. programming and activities that support tours of the imaging centers and speak RSNA member, Rajit S. Shetty, MD, our educational and clinical needs.” with radiologists and technologists about of DuPage Medical Group, also speaks Tours are scheduled throughout 2018 their expertise. So far, 130 staff have with the staff and answers questions. for new and established employees. RSNA Members Earn Advanced Quality Certificates Four physicians received Advanced Level Quality Certificates from RSNA in 2017, bringing the total number of recipients to 20 since the first certificates were awarded in 2014. Earning the certificate requires successful completion of Quality Essentials Certificate Courses in four domains: Quality Improvement in Your Practice, Staff and Patient Safety, Customer Satisfaction and Radiologist Performance Improvement; as well as exhibition of a Quality Storyboard at an RSNA annual meeting as a primary author. (Please note, Quality Storyboards will be renamed Quality Improvement Reports beginning in 2018. The guidelines for these submissions will remain the same.) To learn more about the RSNA Quality Improvement Certificate Program, including the Advanced Level Quality Certificate program, go to RSNA.org/Quality-Improvement-Certificate-Program. Name Institution Quality Storyboard Title Suhny Abbara, MD University of Texas A Comprehensive CT Radiation Dose Reduction and Protocol Southwestern Standardization Program in a Complex, Tertiary Hospital System Medical Center Using Iterative Phantom and Clinical Testing and a Novel Web-based Information Distribution System Alan M. Kantor, MD Lincoln Medical & Adapting the Universal Protocol in a Diagnostic Radiology Mental Health Center Department to Help Prevent Wrong Patient, Wrong Site, and (Bronx, New York) Wrong Examination Events Colleen H. Neal, MD University of Improving Breast MRI Wait Times: A Model for Transitioning Newly Michigan Health Implemented Diagnostic Imaging Procedures into Routine Clinical System Operation Ben C. Wandtke, MD University of Closing the Loop: A Radiology Follow-up Recommendation Rochester Medical Tracking System Center Wang Awarded RANZCR Gold Medal Shih-chang Wang, MD, was awarded the 2017 gold medal at the recent Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) annual meeting. A recognized expert in liver cancer therapy, Dr. Wang served as the Parker-Hughes Professor of Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Sydney, Australia, and as head of breast radiology at Westmead Breast Cancer Institute,