VUMC Radiology welcomes Jose Maldonado, MD, MHA, to our team as an Assistant Professor with our Cardiothoracic Imaging section.Dr. Maldonado is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, where he received his medical degree and completed his diagnostic radiology residency. He attended the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology with Washington University at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis and completed a fellowship in cardiothoracic imaging. 

Three seminal articles published in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine mark a landmark achievement in preclinical imaging science. These works, authored by an international consortium of 58 scientists, including Research Assistant Professor Kurt Schilling, PhD, Stevenson Chair of Engineering Bennett Landman, PhD, Associate Professor Adam Anderson, PhD, and Research Assistant Professor Kevin Harkins, PhD, offer comprehensive guidelines for using diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) in preclinical research. 

Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Kim Sandler, MD, has been awarded an ACR Fund for Collaborative Research in Imaging (FCRI) grant for her project title "Evaluation of Machine Learning Algorithms for Lung Cancer Risk and All-Cause Mortality Prediction in a Non-Lung Screening Cohort." Dr. Sandler will serve as co-PI with Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering Yuankai Huo, PhD. 

The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences is excited to share the promotion of Melissa Hilmes, MD, to Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.Dr. Hilmes, who also holds an appointment in the Department of Pediatrics, has been with our Pediatric Radiology section since 2007 and currently serves as the department's Director of Medical Student Education.