Caitlin “Cat” Moon, M.A., J.D., Lecturer in Law, Vanderbilt University, has been appointed secondary faculty in the Department of Radiology. She currently serves as Director of Innovation Design at the PoLI Institute, Vanderbilt University’s Program on Law and Innovation. 

Lori C. Jordan, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has received a secondary appointment in the Department of Radiology. She currently serves as Director of the Pediatric Stroke Program and Associate Director of the Child Neurology Residency Program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. 

The Department of Radiology last week recognized 11 new diagnostic (DR) and interventional radiology (IR) residents at its 6th Annual Thomas A. Powers Lead Ceremony. A department tradition since 2013, the Lead Ceremony – much like a medical school’s White Coat Ceremony – serves as the trainees’ formal induction into their training program, the Vanderbilt Radiology Society (VRS) and a global community of radiologists. 

Rachelle Crescenzi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Radiology, has been awarded the American Heart Association’s Innovation Project Award for her project, “Magnetic Resonance Imaging tools to explore lymphatic clearance of tissue sodium.” 

Today, the Department of Radiology announces Daniel Brown, M.D., FSIR, Professor of Radiology and Chief of Interventional Oncology, as its Vice Chair of Innovation and Clinical Research.  In this newly created role, Brown will be responsible for helping faculty and trainees engage in clinical research at Vanderbilt. This will also include establishing academic partnerships with programs internal and external to Vanderbilt, including interacting with industry on clinical trials.