accolades
Celebrate the wins and accomplishments of colleagues for the period January 1 - March 2023.

Aravind Somasundaram, MD, Muhammad Naeem, and Aws Hamid, MD
Earned a Cum Laude Award at the Society of Thoracic Radiology Annual Meeting for their poster "Congenital Aortic Arch Anomalies: What the Clinician Needs to Know."
Earned a Cum Laude Award at the Society of Thoracic Radiology Annual Meeting for their poster "Congenital Aortic Arch Anomalies: What the Clinician Needs to Know."

Patricia Balthazar, MD
Named Journal of the American College of Radiology Exceptional Reviewer.
Named Journal of the American College of Radiology Exceptional Reviewer.

Hernan Bello, MD
Selected by the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) for the 2023 ARRS Clinician Educator Development Program.
Selected for the Emory School of Medicine Junior Faculty Development Course.
Selected by the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) for the 2023 ARRS Clinician Educator Development Program.
Selected for the Emory School of Medicine Junior Faculty Development Course.

Joshua Brown, MD, PhD
Accepteded into the Association of University Radiologists (AUR) Radiology Resident Academic Leadership Development (ARRALD) Program.
Accepteded into the Association of University Radiologists (AUR) Radiology Resident Academic Leadership Development (ARRALD) Program.

Jigyasa Chopra, MBBS
Poster award at the ACNM/SNMMI Mid-Winter Meeting.
Poster award at the ACNM/SNMMI Mid-Winter Meeting.

Christian Fauria-Robinson, MD
Selected for the Emory School of Medicine Junior Faculty Development Course.
Selected for the Emory School of Medicine Junior Faculty Development Course.

Lea Gilliland, MD
Selected to serve on the ACGME Review Committee for Radiology.
Selected to serve on the ACGME Review Committee for Radiology.

Judy Gichoya, MD
Received the NIH Director's Award as part of the DS-I Africa Common Fund Leadership Team.
Received the NIH Director's Award as part of the DS-I Africa Common Fund Leadership Team.

Adam Goldman-Yassen, MD
Selected for the Emory School of Medicine Junior Faculty Development Course.
Selected for the Emory School of Medicine Junior Faculty Development Course.

Juan Guerrero-Calderon, MD
Selected by the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) for the 2023 ARRS Clinician Educator Development Program.
Selected by the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) for the 2023 ARRS Clinician Educator Development Program.

Aws Hamid, MD
Selected for the Emory New Clinical Leaders Course.
Selected for the Emory New Clinical Leaders Course.

Nadja Kadom, MD
Named Journal of the American College of Radiology Exceptional Reviewer with Special Distinction.
Named Journal of the American College of Radiology Exceptional Reviewer with Special Distinction.

Geetika Khanna, MD
Received the Radiology Editor's Recognition Award with Distinction.
Received the Radiology Editor's Recognition Award with Distinction.

Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD
Named Journal of the American College of Radiology Exceptional Reviewer with Special Distinction.
Named Journal of the American College of Radiology Exceptional Reviewer with Special Distinction.

Hui Mao, PhD
Elected Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. The award honors those most invested in furthering radiologic education through the creation of high-quality educational content in their field of study. Candidates must contribute to an RSNA educational activity and only the most active RSNA members are honored.
Received a grant award from NIBIB for "Artificial Intelligence Driven Platform for PET/MRI Imaging."
Elected Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. The award honors those most invested in furthering radiologic education through the creation of high-quality educational content in their field of study. Candidates must contribute to an RSNA educational activity and only the most active RSNA members are honored.
Received a grant award from NIBIB for "Artificial Intelligence Driven Platform for PET/MRI Imaging."

Charles Marcus, MD
Featured in the American Journal of Radiology (AJR) Reviewer Spotlight for February. The "Spotlight recognizes reviewers who recently completed a high-quality review that was helpful to the Editors in rendering a decision for a manuscript."
Featured in the American Journal of Radiology (AJR) Reviewer Spotlight for February. The "Spotlight recognizes reviewers who recently completed a high-quality review that was helpful to the Editors in rendering a decision for a manuscript."

John Moon, MD
Awarded a Neiman Health Policy Institute grant.
Awarded a Neiman Health Policy Institute grant.

Sadhna Nandwana, MD
Selected for the Emory New Clinical Leaders Course.
Selected for the Emory New Clinical Leaders Course.

Mimi Newell, MD
Named American Board of Radiology's Associate Executive Director for Diagnostic Radiology.
Incoming President of the Society of Breast Imaging.
Named American Board of Radiology's Associate Executive Director for Diagnostic Radiology.
Incoming President of the Society of Breast Imaging.

J. David Prologo, MD
Received the Startup of the Year Award from the Emory University Office of Technology Transfer for his next-generation cryoablation probe, developed in partnership with Yogi Patel, PhD, the CEO of Focused Cryo, to destroy tumors and quiet pain signals. The improvements in this probe "are novel, solve many existing challenges for operators, and allow for expanded indications."
Received the Startup of the Year Award from the Emory University Office of Technology Transfer for his next-generation cryoablation probe, developed in partnership with Yogi Patel, PhD, the CEO of Focused Cryo, to destroy tumors and quiet pain signals. The improvements in this probe "are novel, solve many existing challenges for operators, and allow for expanded indications."

Akshat Pujara, MD
Selected for the Emory New Clinical Leaders Course.
Selected for the Emory New Clinical Leaders Course.

Ed Richer, MD
Appointed Assistant Editor of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
Appointed Assistant Editor of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Colin Segovis, MD
Appointed Chair of the American Society of Neuroradiology Economics Committee.
Appointed Chair of the American Society of Neuroradiology Economics Committee.

Lakshmi Sivathapandi, MBBS
Poster award at the ACNM/SNMMI Mid-Winter Meeting.
Poster award at the ACNM/SNMMI Mid-Winter Meeting.

Phillip Zhe Sun, PhD
Recipient of the 2023 Innovation of the Year Award from the Emory University Office of Technology Transfer for methods to improve MRI quantification and accuracy.
Recipient of the 2023 Innovation of the Year Award from the Emory University Office of Technology Transfer for methods to improve MRI quantification and accuracy.

Hari Trivedi, MD
Selected for the Emory Professional Leadership Enrichment and Development Program (EM-ProLEAD).
Selected for the Emory Professional Leadership Enrichment and Development Program (EM-ProLEAD).

Anna Trofimova, MD, PhD
Received a Radiology Editor's Recognition Award with Distinction.
Received a Radiology Editor's Recognition Award with Distinction.

Philip Wong, MD
Selected for the Emory New Clinical Leaders Course.
Selected for the Emory New Clinical Leaders Course.

Matthew Zygmont, MD
Selected for the Emory New Clinical Leaders Course.
Selected for the Emory New Clinical Leaders Course.
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