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On Capitol Hill, Top U.S. Academic Radiology Departments Convene to

Showcase Cutting-Edge Academic Imaging Research

On May 18, 2011, the Academy of Radiology Research’s Academic Council sponsored its second annual

congressional reception focusing on the latest advancements in imaging research. Chairs and representatives

from leading academic radiology departments presented posters which displayed a snapshot of theirinstitution’s ongoing imaging research projects. Members of Congress, staff and patient advocates were able

to meet some of their State’s top academic researchers, and staff and Members were encouraged to talk with

poster-presenters about their research and actually participate in the process by which science is vetted and

disseminated.

The popular event filled the Gold Room of the Rayburn House Office Building, with an attendance of 185

Congressional staff, patient advocates, NIH staff and industry representatives. Overall attendance was up 55%

from 2010.

CIBR and Academy Leadership: William Bradley Jr. MD, PhD (UCSD),

Jonathan Lewin, MD (Hopkins), Carolyn Meltzer, MD (Emory), Renee

Cruea (CIBR), Steven Seltzer, MD (Brigham & Women’s), Richard

Ehman, MD (Mayo), Mike Kalutkiewicz (CIBR)



Patient Advocacy Leaders, James

kasky, NAEVR, Martha Nolan, SWHR

d Sheila Ross, LCA with Renee Cruea

More than 20 Academic Radiology Departments, including twelve

Department Chairs, provided detailed research posters depicting cutting-

edge imaging research at their institution. Guests enjoyed wine, hors

d’oeuvres and an ice cream bar as they networked and read the research

posters. For many Members and staff, it was their first opportunity to

meet Chairs from their home State or District’s institutions. Academic

research Chairs and patient advocates were easily identified by their large

lanyard name tags that clearly stated their name, state and University

affiliation or name and patient advocacy group.

Guest speakers included Martha Nolan, Vice President for the Society for

Women’s Health Research, James Jorkasky, Executive Director for the National

Alliance for Eye and Vision Research and Sheila Ross from the Lung Cancer

Alliance, also a lung cancer survivor. We were honored to hear from these three

CIBR Steering Committee members as they articulated to a full room why imaging research was important to

their patient constituency.

This reception was a lead-in to the CIBR medical technology reception and showcase on May 19th

. Over the

course of three days, Academy, Academic Council and CIBR leadership met with NIH leadership at seven

Institutes, Academic Chairs met with their elected Representatives and the CIBR Steering Committee held a

spring meeting to discuss and plan further advocacy initiatives.

Academic Council members who participated in the Congressional Reception by providing a research poster

and/or attending the events in DC are listed below. For more information about the Academy or CIBR please

visit our website www.acadrad.org or www.imagingcoalition.org.

Steven Seltzer, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Carolyn Meltzer, MD Emory University School of Medicine

Valerie Jackson, MD Indiana University

Jonathan Lewin, MD Johns Hopkins Medicine

James Thrall, MD Massachusetts General Hospital

Cynthia McCollough, PhD Mayo Clinic

Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Michael Recht, MD NYU Langone Medical Center

Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD University of ArizonaScott Goodwin, MD University of California, Irvine Medical Center

Dieter Enzmann, MD University of California, Los Angeles

William Bradley, MD, PhD University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Ron Arenson, MD University of California, San Francisco

N. Reed Dunnick, MD University of Michigan

R. Nick Bryan, MD, PhD University of Pennsylvania

Kyongtae (Ty) Bae, MD, PhD University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Edwin Stevens, MD University of Utah School of Medicine

Norm Beauchamp, MD, MHS University of Washington

Thomas Grist, MD University of Wisconsin-Madison



Arun Thittai, PhD University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Bennett Greenspan, MD, MS Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington Univ. in St. Louis

James Brink, MD Yale University School of Medicine

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