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We are excited to announce that Bruno Policeni, MD, MBA, has been appointed chair and DEO of the Department of Radiology. He succeeds Dr. Colin Derdeyn, MD, who stepped down as chair in December 2023 after leading the department since 2015. Dr. Policeni joined the faculty in 2006 after completing a...
On Thursday, February 29, 2024, we were honored to host Aarti Sekhar, MD, for Part II of the Joyce & Edward Barloon Visiting Lectureship: The Science of Happiness & Micro-Habits for Lifelong Learning. Dr. Sekhar is a professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory...
Congratulations to Karan Rao, MD, who won the 2024 Resident Research Award for his project entitled, "Impact of the Reading Room Coordinator on the Efficiency of On-Call Radiology Residents." His faculty mentor was Bruno Policen, MD, MBA, and the supporting authors are: Joshua Hagedorn, BSE; Sarah...
For the second year in a row, our amazing interventional and neurointerventional teams received the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics' Outstanding Patient Experience Award. They received a remarkable 99% satisfaction score from patient surveys conducted by Press Ganey. This is only the...
Pictured L-R: Joan Maley, Susan Curtis, Kristi Held, Melissa Kolker, Travis Witham We are excited to announce our 2023 Scot Heery Technologist of the Year: Kristi Held! We want to congratulate Krisit for her amazing contributions the team! Scot Heery, RT(R)(CT), was a Senior Imaging Technologist in...
Renowned Breast Imaging Radiologist Dr. Emily Conant is this year's Regina Etteldorf Visiting Professor. Dr. Conant is Professor and Chief of Breast Imaging at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, as well as Vice Chair of Faculty Development. Today she presented "Abbreviated...
Photo of Makensie Rich, Cheryl Heery (wife of Scot Heery), Colin Derdeyn (chair), Bailey Longnecker, and Karly Calvin Congratulations to The University of Iowa Radiation Sciences students Makensie Rich, Bailey Longnecker, and Karly Calvin, recipients of the 2023-24 Scot Heery Scholarship award!...
Pictured L-R: Brook Poll, Colin Derdeyn (chair), and Kayden Gillitzer We wish to congratulate University of Iowa Radiation Sciences students Brook Poll and Kayden Gillitzer, who were awarded the Margaret L. Hatch Scholarship. They are recognized for exhibiting the exceptional clinical and didactic...
Photo: Jay Smith receives Kathy E. Thompson- Hunt Outstanding Educator Award from 2022–2023 SNMMI-TS President Krystle Glasgow. Society of Nuclear Medicine J. Nucl. Med. Technol. 2023;51:7A-10A. Jay J. Smith, MA, CNMT, RT(R)(N), director of nuclear medicine technology education at University of...
Vincent Magnotta, PhD, and his team of MR physicists – Matthew Jacobs, Merry Mani, Sajan Lingala, Jim Holmes, Xi Peng The Magnus scanner, a specialized head-only scanner that is purpose built for brain mapping, and is one of the first available in the world. It will dramatically elevate...