Submit nominations for the 2024 Radiology Awards:
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DEI AWARDThe recipient of this award is the trainee, staff, administrator, or faculty with the most significant advancement in a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative in the last year. |
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Aparna Singhal, M.D.Neuroradiology-In support of Women in the Radiology, Dr. Singhal created a lactation support group to normalize and support breastfeeding -She created a WhatsApp group called "UAB Rad Moms Unite" to provide an inclusive space to discuss any issues related to breastfeeding or pumping -Her editorial in AJNR led to create a women in neuroradiology support group at the ASNR meeting that was heavily attended and impactful |
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Desmin Milner, M.D.Emergency Radiology-Dr. Milner is the chair of Radiology’s DEI commission and is continually looking for ways to improve on DEI issues -She mentors countless residents, students and undergrads -She does this all while carrying a heavy clinical workload -She is a superstar! |
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BEST PHD RESEARCH PAPERThe recipient of this award is the Ph.D. faculty member with the best research paper published within the last year. |
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Benjamin Larimer, M.D.Advanced Medical Imaging ResearchDr. Benjamin Larimer for his paper entitled “Comprehensive mapping of SARS-CoV-2 peptide epitopes for development of a highly sensitive serological test for total and neutralizing antibodies”. |
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BEST PHD TRAINEE RESEARCH PAPERThe recipient of this award is the Ph.D. trainee with the best research paper published within the last year. |
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Candace ParkerAdvanced Medical Imaging ResearchCandace Parker for her paper titled “Comprehensive mapping of SARS-CoV-2 peptide epitopes for development of a highly sensitive serological test for total and neutralizing antibodies”. |
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BEHIND THE SCENES AWARDThe recipient of this award is the staff or administrator with the most significant behind the scenes contribution to the department's mission in the last year. |
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Charlotte "Denise" JeffersDirector of Radiopharmaceutical Quality AssuranceUAB Cyclotron PET Production Facility -Denise does a phenomenal job with FDA approvals for novel radiopharmaceuticals -She oversees >15 IND applications and all of the associated regulatory work -She is reliable point person for scheduling of research PET/CT and PET/MR studies -She onboards multiple new research studies -She is a force in our Department's research program and cares deeply about our success |
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Lisa DowdFinancial OfficerRadiology -Lisa in involved in multiple support functions and is repeatedly is recognized by outside groups for her excellence -Lisa is always willing to help wherever needed -She provides admin support for our Quality program -She comes up with creative solutions to make sure everything is in tip top shape -Lisa is an unsung hero! |
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Sylvia V. AndrewsAdministration Education-Sylvia works behind the scenes person to put all the resident scheduling information into MedHub and QGenda prior to the academic year -She orders and organizes all the materials for the recruitment gift boxes during interview season -She keeps track of resident attendance on rotations and is responsible for notifications of vacation or sick days to attending’s -She gets all certificates correctly printed and signed for our residents, trainees, and award winners at the Radiology READY -Sylvia mines the minutia, so everyone else doesn’t have to wallow in it |
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COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDThe recipient of this award is the trainee, staff, administrator, or faculty member with the most significant community service activity at UAB in the last year. -Drs. Bass and Smith put a lot of thought and effort into wellness activities for the department, and these are noticed and appreciated |
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Elainea Smith, M.D.Abdominal Imaging |
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Rachel Bass, M.D.Musculoskeletal Imaging |
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PATIENT ENGAGEMENT AWARDThe recipient of this award is the trainee, staff, administrator, or faculty member with the most significant advancement in patient engagement at UAB in the last year. |
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Husameddin El Khudari, M.D.Interventional Radiology-Dr. El Khudari is not only an incredibly talented interventionalist, but he is also an incredibly kind and caring doctor -Dr. El Khudari knows how to make patients feel comfortable and safe when performing surgical procedures -”He came to my hospital room to show me imaging of exactly what was done when I had a questions.” -Dr. El Khudari goes above and beyond for his patients -“I cannot recommend Dr. El Khudari enough to other patients looking for an interventional radiologist.” |
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LIGHT BULB AWARDThe recipient of this award is the trainee, staff, administrator, or faculty member with the implementation of a great idea or significant intra/entrepreneurial activity in the past year. |
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Kevin Junck, Ph.D.,Imaging Informatics-Development of a remote PACS system for a hospital in Ethiopia that allowed integration with UAB PACS -This work has facilitated community service by multiple UAB faculty and trainees -He often works in the background to facilitate numerous projects, including clinical and research deployments of AI algorithms |
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Steven Rothenberg, M.D.Cardiothoracic / Informatics-Co-founded Body Check LLC, a UAB startup that is developing AI algorithms for body composition analysis and opportunistic screening of various diseases -Co-inventor of a UAB patent for care coordination software and digital therapeutics related to opportunistic screening -Led FDA clearance of AI algorithms for lung nodule detection on CT -Awarded an industry grant for validation of AI for quantifying interstitial fibrosis on HRCT |
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TOP KUDOS AWARDThe recipient of this award is the trainee, staff, administrator, or faculty with the most impressive kudos from an external source in the last year. |
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Kim WoodardPersonnel OfficerRadiology -Kim has served the department for >40 years in a number of roles -She cares about each of our faculty and staff members, always helping us with our numerous HR questions -She makes sure we are all paid properly -She approaches this responsibility most earnestly, always seeking to make things right regardless of who is responsible for a mishap -She goes out of her way to provide a personal touch -I know firsthand that administration is a better place to work because of Kim |
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BEST JUNIOR FACULTY SCHOLAR AWARDThe recipient of this award is the junior faculty scholar (Instructor or Assistant Professor) who had exceptional scholarly activity or impact in the Department of Radiology in the last year. |
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Manoj Tanwar, M.D.Neuroradiology-Selected for the Council of Early Investigators in Imaging (CECI2) from The Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research- -Medtech Presentation at Capitol Hill -Selected for AUR Emotional and Social Intelligence Course -Inducted as a member of Sigma Xi -Member of Research and AI committees of ASNR -Chief of MRI modality -Member of Radiology Quality & Patient Experience Committee -Radiology lead at Head & Neck cancer tumor board -Selected for the UAB Medicine Innovation Academy -Selected as UAB MHIBI Innovation Fellow -Selected for UAB Clinical Investigator Training Program (CITP -Multiple published manuscripts, abstracts, and presentations |
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COMMITTEE'S CHOICE AWARDThe recipient of this award is the trainee, staff, administrator, or faculty with the most impressive contributions to the department across multiple award categories. |
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Mason Frazier, M.D.Musculoskeletal ImagingVC Clinical Operations -Mason is constantly working on keeping our department running smoothly and keeping our reputation high among other departments at UAB in the community -He works tirelessly and often without recognition for all the behind the scenes work he does! Kuddos! -Mason is easy to approach and thoughtful in his actions -I am amazed at how many things Mason does behind the scenes for the department |
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COLLABORATIVE AWARDThe recipient of this award is the trainee, staff, administrator, or faculty with the most significant advancement in an inter-departmental or multi-institutional initiative in the last year. |
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Meg BlairSupervisor3D Lab Tech -Meg Blair run the 3D lab and is always highly collaborative, willing to help despite being busy -She is always receptive and willing to brainstorm and problem solve as part of a team -She is always enthusiastic and an excellent team player -She is highly organized and does a great job maintaining the 3D lab services |
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BEST CLINICAL PAPERThe recipient of this award is the clinical faculty with the best paper published within the last year. |
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Sam Galgano, M.D.Abdominal ImagingDr. Sam Galgano for his paper entitled “Defining Oligometastatic Disease in the New Era of PSMA-PET Imaging for Primary Staging of Prostate Cancer” in the journal of Cancers. |
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BEST CLINICAL TRAINEE RESEARCH PAPERThe recipient of this award is the clinical trainee with the best paper published within the last year.
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EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE AWARDThe recipient of this award is the trainee, staff, administrator, or faculty with the most innovative educational initiative in the last year. |
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Stefanie Woodard, D.O.Breast Imaging-Development of novel approaches to train medical students and residents in breast imaging -Continuously expanding the education in breast research, including current initiatives to include virtual reality approaches and pushing the boundaries to improve resident and radiology research to allow for expanded exposure into breast imaging and procedures during medical education -Initiating new Radiology- centered outcomes research (co-mentoring a T32 postdoctoral fellow from the UAB Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education). COERE cultivates a community of interdisciplinary health services, outcomes and effectiveness investigators |
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CLINICAL ADVANCEMENT AWARDThe recipient of this award is the trainee, staff, administrator, or faculty member with the most significant clinical advancement at UAB in the last year. |
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Theresa Caridi, M.D.Interventional Radiology-Developed and implemented an inpatient consultation service for Interventional Radiology This initiative brought the practice into a truly consultative model for minimally-invasive procedures. It was a huge lift where the time and effort spent in meeting with stakeholders throughout the hospital This has improved educational opportunities for our trainees This has improved patient care and increased departmental revenue |
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IMAGE QUALITY AWARDThe recipient of this award is the trainee, staff, administrator, or faculty member with the most significant quality improvement project at UAB in the last year. |
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Tina L. ArcherMRI Technologist-Tina did a lot of hard work this year getting the PET/MRI department running after both of the previous techs departed without leaving any notes on any procedures, protocols, or even how to run the scanner -Tina has been a huge help with the PET/MRI changes -She is always willing to answer questions and learn new procedures that make her a valuable team player. We are blessed to have such a hard worker |
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HEADLINER AWARDThe recipient of this award is the trainee, staff, administrator, or faculty member with the most impactful media presence in the prior year. |
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William Parkhurst, M.D.Interventional Radiology-His work on 'Deep Venous Thrombosis and Insufficiency' was featured in a New York times article and in the UAB Dean’s annual school address this year -He collaborated and partnered with vascular surgery and wound care clinics in this endeavor -His interest and dedication has allowed multiple patients with chronic DVT and/or IVC thrombosis to seek an alternative to hope and a better lifestyle |
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