Radiology Residency Newsletter
Winter 2020
Editorial
Happy new year 2020! Welcome to the Winter 2020 edition of ournewsletter.
We recently wrapped up the interviews for our diagnostic andinterventional radiology residency programs. This year (once again)we received fantastic applications from all over the country andworld. The future of radiology is indeed bright! We had a strongrepresentation from our faculty and residents at the RSNA 2019Annual Meeting in Chicago. Our residents bagged a number ofaccolades for our department. Under the aegis of our chair Dr.Choudhary, we have already started preparing for RSNA 2020! Wealso have a good representation lined up for upcoming radiologyconferences in 2020, including ARRS, SIR, AUR and ASNR to namea few.
Please follow us on Twitter at @UAMSRadiology for real-timeupdates about our program.
Thank you for reading about us.
Sincerely,
Vibhor Wadhwa, MDEditorPGY5 Resident
In This Issue
Page 2 – On TV News
Page 3 – RSNA 2019
Page 4 – Kudos
Page 5 – Ugly Sweater Party
Page 6 – Happy New Year
Editorial BoardEditorVibhor Wadhwa, MD
Faculty AdvisorsKedar Jambhekar, MDLinda Deloney, EdD
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On TV News!
The Radiology-themed Escape Room developed by UAMS Department of Radiology has been featured on KARK TV.
Watch the full interview here - https://www.kark.com/news/digital-originals/escape-room-for-new-medical-residents-at-uams-gaining-national-
attention/
UAMS Radiology at RSNA 2019
Dr. Teresita Angtuaco leading the UAMS Radiology representation at American Association of Woman
in Radiology (AAWR) Annual Reception.
UAMS Radiology hosted the famous Radiology Escape Room once again at RSNA
2019, which was very well received!
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Dr. Vibhor Wadhwa (R4) is serving on
the RSNA Residents and
Fellows Committee (RFC) to develop
trainee centric programming and to
increase trainee engagement at the annual meeting.
Dr. Teresita Angtuaco
with RSNA President Dr.
Valerie Jackson.
Dr. George Vilanilam (Intern) presented 2 oral presentations on Neuroimaging.
Dr. Akshaya Jagadale (R2) presented 3 educational exhibits and won the Certificate of
Merit. Congratulations!
Dr. Sanjaya Vishwamitra, Associate Professor of Radiology in Division ofNuclear Medicine received the 2019 Radiology Editor’s RecognitionAward for reviewing with Distinction. This is the highest honor given bythe journal Radiology on a yearly basis.
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Dr. Martin Radvany, Chief of Interventional Neuroradiology, has beenelected to become a Fellow of the American College of Radiology (FACR)— one of the highest honors that ACR bestows upon members.Recognition as an FACR demonstrates an exemplary history of service tothe College and the profession of radiology as a whole. Dr. Radvany willbe conferred the fellowship at the ACR Annual Meeting in May 2020.
Dr. Teresita Angtuaco, Chief of Body Imaging, has received the RadioGraphicsEditor’s Recognition Award with Special Distinction, once again in 2019 (andfor each of the past three years) for peer reviews of manuscripts for the journalRadioGraphics.
Winter 2020
Kudos to our Staff!
Dr. Gitanjali Bajaj, Assistant Professor of Radiology in Division of BodyMRI/MSK, has been selected for the coveted American Roentgen RaySociety (ARRS) Clinician Educator Development Program. Dr. Bajaj willattend this program at the 2020 ARRS Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Dr. Roopa Ram, Associate Professor of Radiology in Division of BodyMRI/MSK, has been recognized as “distinguished reviewer” for exceptionaland profound service as a reviewer for journal Abdominal Radiology.
Congratulations!
Ugly Sweater Party – December 2019
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Thank you Dr. Tarun Pandey
for hosting this year’s Ugly
Sweater Party at his home!
UAMS Department of Radiology wishes you a very happy and prosperous new year!
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