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Awards & Honors

The status of American College of Radiology (ACR) Fellow has been awarded to Gordon Sze, MD at the 2009 convocation ceremony held in May. The ACR Honorary Fellow designation is awarded to distinguished radiologists for their service in the field.

Bruce McClennan, MD is the honoree of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Gold Medal Award for 2009. The ARRS Gold Medal is the American Roentgen Ray Society’s highest honor awarded to recipients for distinguished service to radiology. more

Adeel Sabir, MD, a second year resident in Diagnostic Radiology at the Yale School of Medicine was a recipient of the Roentgen Resident/Fellow Award for 2008. This award recognizes and encourages outstanding residents and fellows in radiologic research through scientific papers, research grants, and other research contributions. (RSNA website)

James A. Brink, MD, was elected to the Board of Chancellors of the American College of Radiology as the Commissioner for Body Imaging and appointed to the Board of Directors for Image Metrix, a contract research organization sponsored by the American College of Radiology. Also in 2008, Dr. Brink was elected as an “Honorary Member” of the Italian Society of Medical Radiology and was selected to assume the role of Vice-President of the American Roentgen Ray Society, beginning in May, 2009. Brink was recently selected to serve on the Yale University Budget Committee and in February, 2009, he was elected to represent the Hospital-Based Departments on the Board of Governors for the Yale Medical Group.

Risa Kent, MD, was elected to the executive board of the Women and Family Life Center for the Connecticut Shoreline. The Women & Family Life Center, a nonprofit organization, helps women and families meet the challenges of daily living and personal development through education, enrichment, support and referral services.

Leslie Scoutt, MD, serves as Secretary and Board of Trustees member of The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists. Dr. Scoutt is also the director of the Ultrasound Section for the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Exam for the American Board of Radiology and has helped to organize the Ultrasound Categorical Course for the ARRS annual meeting held in Boston this year. She was an invited guest speaker to the 2009 IRIA meeting in India.

Fahmeed Hyder, PhD, has published a book entitled Dynamic Brain Imaging:
Multi-Modal Methods and In Vivo Applications. Up-to-date and user-friendly, this publication is designed to be accessible to both specialist neurophysiologists and general neuroscientists. It reviews the fundamental, theoretical, and practical principles of magnetic resonance, electrophysiology, and optical methods as applied in the neurosciences and shows how these tools can be used successfully to answer important questions in brain science.

Richard Carson, PhD, was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). This distinction placed Carson in the top 2% of the medical and biological engineers that make up AIMBE. Carson accepted his award in February, 2008, at the AIMBE Annual Event: "The Global Impact of Medical and Biological Engineering." Professor Carson was also recognized by the Yale University College of Engineering as the 2008 Sheffield Distinguished Teaching Award recipient, honoring his commitment to excellence in teaching Yale biomedical engineering students.

Erik M. Shapiro, PhD, assistant professor of diagnostic radiology and biomedical engineering at the Yale School of Medicine, has been awarded a $1.5 million New Innovator Award by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Rob Goodman, MD, was among a group of five empolyees recognized as Dream Builders by Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) during it's eight annual ceremony honoring the legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

James Duncan, PhD, newly named as the Ebenezer K. Hunt Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has focused his research and teaching in the areas of biomedical image processing and analysis.

Richard E. Carson, PhD, received the "Kuhl-Lassen Lecture Award" for Research in Brain Imaging by the Society of Nuclear Medicine's Brain Imaging Council. This award is given annually to a scientist who has made significant contributions to the field of functional brain imaging using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and PET.