Kim Sandler, MD, is an honors graduate from Emory University and earned her medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She went on to complete a residency in Radiology at Vanderbilt, during which she received the Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award (2011-2012) and the Radiology Resident of the Year award (2013). After completing a fellowship in Cardiopulmonary Imaging at Vanderbilt, she joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2015. Dr. Sandler currently serves as Director of the Vanderbilt Lung Screening Program. On July 1, 2024, Dr. Sandler was promoted to Professor. In August of 2024, Dr. Sandler was named VUMC Radiology's Vice Chair of Faculty Development.

Section: Cardiothoracic Imaging

Glynis Sacks, MBBCh, completed residencies at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in both Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology. She was the first dedicated sonologist in the Nashville area. For over thirty years, Dr. Sacks has focused on women's imaging.

Section: Women's Imaging

John D. Ross, MD, earned his medical degree from the University of Tennessee and completed a residency in Radiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a fellowship in Neuroradiology Radiology at Emory University. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2005, and he served as Section Chief, Outpatient Radiology from 2013 to 2019.

Section: Neuroradiology

Baxter Rogers, PhD, earned his MS and PhD in Medical Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a Postdoctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2006 and was appointed Research Associate Professor in 2012. Dr. Rogers is an author of more than 60 published articles. Dr. Rogers studies the structure and function of the brain. He is particularly interested in methods of measuring the timing of functional MRI signals and the correlations between them, and in applications of these methods to the study of neurological and mental disorders. He is currently involved in a series of studies of hippocampal structure and function in epilepsy and psychosis, using ultra high field MRI with new methods of measuring functional connectivity and statistical approaches appropriate for the large data sets involved. Recent methodological work includes understanding dynamic variation in functional connectivity over short time scales (minute to minute).

Section: Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

Amanda Ragle, MD, is a graduate of Western Kentucky University and earned her medical degree from the University of Kentucky. She completed a residency in Radiology, which she received the 2009 Vanderbilt Model Resident Award, and a fellowship in Neuroradiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2010 as Assistant Professor. Dr. Ragle is a member of Radiological Society of North America and American College of Radiology.

Section: Neuroradiology

Sumit Pruthi, MBBS, earned his medical degree from Grant Medical College in Mumbai, India and completed a residency in Radiology at L.T.M. General Hospital in Sion, India. He completed a fellowship in Neuroradiology at University of Washington Medical Center and a fellowship in Pediatric Radiology at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center.

Dr. Pruthi joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2010 as Assistant Professor after practicing at Seattle’s Children’s Hospital for three years. He was appointed Associate Professor of Radiology & Pediatrics in 2015. He is currently chief of Pediatric Neuroradiology, fellowship director at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, and holds a secondary appointment in Pediatrics.

In 2018, Dr. Pruthi launched the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) 3D Printing Center, which provides services to all VUMC departments, both pediatric and adult cases.

He is a member of the Radiologic Society of North America, Society for Pediatric Radiology, American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Tennessee radiological Society and Indian Radiological & Imaging Association.

Section: Pediatric Radiology

Virginia Planz, MD, is a graduate of Auburn University and earned her medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Wake Forest Baptist Health and served as chief resident. After completing a fellowship in Abdominal Imaging and Intervention at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Planz joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2018 as Assistant Professor. In 2019, she was appointed Director of Grand Rounds and later appointed Director of CT/US Procedures in 2020. In April of 2023, Dr. Planz was named as the Section Chief for Body Imaging. She is a member of the American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, American Roentgen Ray Society and the Society of Abdominal Radiology. On July 1, 2024, Dr. Planz was promoted to Associate Professor. Later that year, she was named a Fellow of the Society of Abdominal Radiology.
 

Section: Abdominal Imaging

Catherine H. Phillips, MD, is an honors graduate of Duke University and earned her medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. Phillips completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, during which she served as chief resident and earned a medical student teaching award. She then completed her fellowship in Women's Imaging at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

After training, Dr. Phillips joined the staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital and faculty at Harvard Medical School in 2018, where she served as the Medical Director of Ultrasound from 2018-2021 and the Division Chief of Ultrasound, Co-Director of the High-Risk Obstetrical Ultrasound Unit and Radiology Director of the Ultrasound Vascular lab from 2020-2021. In 2019, Dr. Phillips was selected to attend the Brigham Leadership course at Harvard Business School.

She joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2021 as an Assistant Professor. Interests include first trimester and abdominal ultrasound, infertility, mentoring and leadership development. On July 1, 2024, Dr. Phillips was promoted to Associate Professor.

Section: Abdominal Imaging

Wellington Pham, Ph.D. is a medicinal chemist with over 20 years of experience developing molecular probes for biomarker imaging. His laboratory is well recognized for synthesizing multimodal probes, including optical, MRI, and PET agents. He served on several steering committees and conference organizers on molecular imaging and molecular probes, a recipient of the Japanese Academy of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Award (2010), and a distinguished investigator of the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research (2019). His current research interests include the discovery of biomarkers and imaging probes, combined with delivery technologies dedicated to cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, and he has published several publications, including peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, conference abstracts/proceedings, editorials, and patents on these subjects. His research is supported by NIH, DOD, the Veterans Affairs and industry.

Section: Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science

Todd Peterson, PhD, earned his MS and PhD in Physics from Indiana University Bloomington. Following three years as a Postdoctoral Research at the Center for Gamma-Ray Imaging, University of Arizona, he joined the Vanderbilt faculty as Assistant Professor and Director of Nuclear Imaging in the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012. From 2010 to 2017, he also served as Faculty Directory for the Office of Honor Scholarships. Dr. Peterson's research interests extend from the development of semiconductor radiation detectors for high-resolution nuclear imaging to preclinical and clinical applications of PET, SPECT, and CT imaging in oncology, pharmacology, and diabetes. Dr. Peterson was promoted to Professor in 2022.

Section: Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science