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Dr. Terry Desser to step down in her role as Radiology Residency Program Director
Dear Residents, Fellows, Faculty, and Staff,
After eight years as director of the Radiology residency program, Dr. Terry
Desser will be stepping down at the end of this academic year to refocus on
Radiology scholarship.
During her tenure as Program Director, Dr. Desser expanded the size of the
training program from 28 residents to 36 residents and presided over seismic
changes in the radiology residency training including a new ABR
certification paradigm and new training requirements prior to independent
call.
Under her leadership, a new curriculum was developed and new call schedules
implemented with minimal disruption to clinical services. She shepherded the
residency program through two successful ACGME site visits, and organized an
inspiring faculty retreat at the Kohl Mansion during which the department's
commitment to education was reaffirmed.
Dr. Desser’s great success as program director was nationally recognized
with the program’s selection as “Best residency training program” by
AuntMinnie.com for 2009 and her nomination as one of that site’s “Best
Educators.” Through Dr. Desser's exuberant and dedicated mentorship our
program has been fortunate to attract and train an exceptionally bright and
enthusiastic group of residents who will no doubt comprise the next
generation of Radiology leaders. Her philosophy of partnering with residents
enabled her to harness their considerable talents and innovate continuously
throughout her tenure. Some new aspects she introduced to our program
include a dedicated residency website, a Radiology interest group for
medical students, the Lane library Radiology-specific reserve book
collection, a regular subject-based conference schedule, the department
phone card, the Resident survival guide, and many other improvements to the
efficiency of the work environment. She lobbied relentlessly for 24/7
ultrasound technologist coverage at all hospital sites which since its
introduction has improved care for patients and resident efficiency on call.
Of special note, the Radiology residents gave Terry the "Resident Advocate
Award" at graduation in 2009.
Although we are sad to note Dr. Desser’s departure, the residency program
will be well looked after in the years to come. Dr. Peter Poullos who has
served as the Associate Program Director for the last 2 years will continue
to be integrally involved going forward. Thanks to Peter for all his great
support. Thanks also to Dr. Mike Federle in his role as Associate Chair of
Education and in supporting Terry over the last 3 years.
The Department leadership will announce within a few weeks the new Residency
Program Director and I am confident Terry and others will help that
individual to succeed. Terry will continue to help the residents over the
next couple of months. I would like to thank the Residents in advance for
their patience in this important transition.
On a personal note, I am extremely grateful to Terry for all that she has
done at the expense of her own personal and professional time. She will
serve as a great role model for those who will follow in her footsteps. We
will have a special celebration for Terry at the upcoming graduation dinner.
Please join me in expressing gratitude to Terry for her passionate
commitment to our residents' education and in wishing her great success in
the next phase of her career.
Sincerely,
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir M.D., Ph.D.
Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor of Cancer Research
Chair, Department of Radiology
Professor by courtesy, Departments of Bioengineering and
Materials Science & Engineering
Director, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS)
Director, Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection
Stanford University School of Medicine
Reseach from the Wu Lab Featured on the Cover of the Journal Science Translational Medicine
Work from Dr. Joseph Wu's Cardiovascular Gene and Cell Therapy Laboratory (CGCT) entitled "Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells as a Model for Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy" was featured on the cover of the journal Science Translational Medicine. Their work demonstrates cardiac disease modeling and drug screening with patient specific iPS cells.
Congratulations, Dr. Wu!
» Read the Stanford press release
» Read the Science Translational Medicine article
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Murat Aksoy & Melvyn Ooi Elected Incoming ISMRM Leaders
Murat Aksoy, PhD, and Melvyn Ooi, PhD, are both incoming ISMRM leaders as Chair and Program Director, respectively, for the Detection & Correction of Motion in MRI & MRS Study Group. These positions are filled through election by the ISMRM membership and are in recognition of achievement in this specific area. Please join Gary Glover and Roland Bammer in congratulating Murat and Melvyn on these important career milestones.
Murat Askoy, PhD
Melvyn Ooi, PhD
Triple-modality MRI-photoacoustic-Raman (MPR) Nanoparticle Received Media Attention After Being Published in Nature Medicine
Stanford Radiology research published in the journal Nature Medicine showed that engineered nanoparticles homed in on and hightlighted brain tumors, precisely delineating their boundries and greatly easing their complete removal.
Stanford press release | Nature Medicine article
Deqiang Qiu Selected as an ISMRM Junior Fellow
Congratulations to Dr. Deqiang Qui. Deqiang was recently appointed a 2012 ISMRM Junior Fellow. This prestigious award is conferred through a process that includes rigorous review of academic achievement. The committee noted and was particularly impressed with the work Deqiang will present orally at the 20th Annual ISMRM meeting in May, 2012, Melbourne Australia. The Junior Fellow program was started in 2010, with Priti Balchandani a charter member. Indeed, Stanford has garnered an unfair advantage in ISMRM Junior Fellows, as Deqiang joins Preet, Holden Wu, Peder Larson and Will Grissom from MRSRL. Gary Glover and Dr. Michael Moseley (ISMRM past president, gold medalist, and Fellow) Deqiang’s advisor, invite all to congratulate Deqiang for his accomplishments toward this award.
Sarah Bohndiek Awarded AACR-Amgen Fellowship in Clinical/Translational Cancer Research
Sarah Bohndiek, PhD, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Multimodality Molecular Imaging Lab has been awarded the AACR-Amgen Inc. Fellowship in Clinical/Translational Cancer Research for work on photoacoustic imaging of ovarian cancer with targeted nanoparticles.
Congratulations, Sarah!
Prachi Pandit Received ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Merit Award
Prachi Pandit, PhD, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholars (SMIS) program and member of the Cellular & Molecular MRI Lab has been awarded the Magna Cum Laude Merit Award for the 20th Annual ISMRM meeting for her abstract entitled "Gadolinium-based "Smart" MRI Probes for Enzyme-targeted Cancer Imaging".
Congratulations, Prachi!
Rosalinda Castaneda's Paper Receives SPR Walter Berdon Award
Rosalinda Castaneda, a former pre-doctoral trainee in Dr. Heike Dalrup-Link's, Translational Tumor & Stem Cell MR Imaging Lab, has been awarded the Society for Pediatric Radiology's 2011 Walter E. Berdon Best Basic Science Paper in Pediatric Radiology for her paper, MR Imaging of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes: Should iron oxide nanoparticle labeling occur before or after differentiation? Pediatr Radiol. 41(11): 1384-1392, 2011.
The SPR website explains that "the Berdon award recognizes the best Clinical and Science papers submitted to the journal of Pediatric Radiology in the year preceding the meeting. This award was established to honor Walter Berdon who served as the North American Editor of Pediatric Radiology for 30 years and who stepped down as editor on June 30, 2003."
Research by Andrew Holbrook Receives Media Coverage
Andrew B. Holbrook, PhD, a research associate in the Radiologic Sciences Lab, has developed applications using the open-source webOS (Palm) to operate on a modified mobile phone and a HP TouchPad tablet allowing users to control an MRI scanner.
Read the full stories below
San Jose Mercury News - (2/18/2012)
Endgadget - (12/8/2011)
Scott Hsieh Poster Received Honorable Mention at 2012 SPIE Physics of Medical Imaging Conference
Scott Hsieh, Graduate Student in the Radiological Sciences Lab (mentor, Norbert Pelc). Scott’s poster, "A volumetric reconstruction algorithm for stationary source inverse-geometry CT", was one of only 8 posters given Honorable Mention at this year's SPIE Physics of Medical Imaging Conference. Please join in congratulating Scott Hsieh.
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