Let the Good Times Roll . . . RSNA Awards Continue

Posted 11:35 AM, October 14, 2009, by jaruiz

2009 RSNA Gold Medalist
Dr. Gary M. Glazer has been named the 2009 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Gold Medalist, which is the Society’s highest honor. As an RSNA Gold Medalist, Dr. Glazer is a member of a very select group of individuals who have deeply impacted radiology and the imaging sciences. At the forefront of research in cancer staging breakthroughs, he has profoundly influenced the science of using cross-sectional imaging in lung cancer staging and noninvasive tissue characterization of liver and adrenal tumors. His most recent investigations are in noninvasive cancer therapy monitoring and image-guided tumor insonification.

During his twenty years as chair of Stanford Radiology, Dr. Glazer has repeatedly led the Department in generating noteworthy advances in the field. Under his leadership, the Department has established four NIH Centers and has created the Richard M. Lucas Center for Imaging, which serves as a unique international resource. As a second generation radiologist, Dr. Glazer is also devoted to developing patient-centered radiology by optimizing the communication between the radiologist and the patient to improve the quality of healthcare.

Gary M. Glazer, MD, Emma Pfeiffer Merner Professor in the Medical Sciences, will receive the Gold Medal during a special awards ceremony in December at the 2009 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting in Chicago. To read more about his award, please access the following links: SUMC in the News and RSNA Gold Medal Announcements.

2009 RSNA Outstanding Researcher
In addition to Dr. Glazer’s award, Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, has been chosen as the 2009 Outstanding Researcher by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) for his unique contributions to the field of radiology. A world-renowned leader in the field, Dr. Gambhir is transforming the imaging sciences and patient treatment through his expertise and leadership in cellular and molecular imaging. He is the second scientist from our Department to be honored with this award in the past 8 years; Dr. Gary Glover won this honor in 2001. This award is given to only one physician and/or scientist each year, and only 15 such awards have ever been given out by the RSNA.

Dr. Gambhir has over 20 years of experience in molecular imaging in both animal models and patients. At Stanford, he serves as chief of the Nuclear Medicine Division; director of the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS); and head of the new Canary Center for Cancer Early Detection. He also leads several large NCI-funded programs, such as the In Vivo Cellular Molecular Imaging Center (ICMIC); the Center for Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response (CCNE-TR); and the Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholars (SMIS) Program. Currently, he is advancing "the merger of in vitro and in vivo diagnostics using novel nanotechnology for earlier disease detection and individualized patient management" (from Inside Stanford Medicine).

Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor of Radiology and Bioengineering, will receive his award at the opening session of the 2009 RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. For Dr. Gambhir’s RSNA Award announcement, please access the following URLs:
http://www.rsna.org/Foundation/OutstandingResearcherAward.cfm as well as "Inside Stanford" at http://med.stanford.edu/ism/people/index.html#gambhir.

2009 RSNA Trainee Award Winners
Stanford Radiology Residents Bao Do, MD, and Pejman Ghanouni, MD, PhD,
have also been honored with 2009 RSNA Trainee Awards for their outstanding research projects.

Dr. Do (on left) developed his project, "A Natural Language Processor to Detect Uncertainty and Recommendations in Radiology Reports," under the mentorship of Dr. Daniel Rubin, assistant professor of radiology (diagnostic), while Dr. Ghanouni (on right) pursued his research, "Minocycline Prevents Development of Neuropathic Pain by Mitigating Macrophage Recruitment to Site of Nerve Injury as Shown with USPIO-MRI," mentored by Dr. Sandip Biswal, assistant professor of radiology (musculoskeletal).