Radiology Grand Rounds | December 12, 2022

Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences presents a Grand Rounds Lecture: "Reframing Graduate Medical Education: Feedback, Patient Care and the Legal System" featuring

Alexandra Foust Joins as Assistant Professor

November 7, 2022
The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences is excited to welcome Alexandra Foust, DO, who joins our team as Assistant Professor in Pediatric Radiology. Dr. Foust arrives by way of Cleveland, OH, where she recently served as Director of Pediatric MRI and Assistant Professor of Radiology at Case Western Reserve Hospital.

IR Chief Resident Collin Howser to Join as Assistant Professor in 2023

November 4, 2022
The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences is happy to announce that Collin Howser, MD, one of our own Chief IR Residents, will be joining our faculty in August of 2023 as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Howser says he knew VUMC was the right place for him because of the department's strong and supportive family atmosphere.

Samuel Ostrum to Join as Assistant Professor in 2023

November 2, 2022
The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences is happy to announce that Samuel Ostrum, MD, will be joining in August 2023 as an Assistant Professor in Body Imaging. Dr. Ostrum joins us by way of Duke University, where he recently graduated from the Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program. He is currently participating in an Abdominal Imaging Fellowship at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC.

Jennifer Weaver Succeeds Jake Block as MSK Section Chief

October 24, 2022
The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences is pleased to announce that Jennifer S. Weaver, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, has stepped into the role of Section Chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging, effective October 1. Dr. Weaver succeeds Jake Block, MD, Vice Chair of Clinical Operations and Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, whose visionary leadership of the MSK section over the last 15 years has taken it to new heights.

William Barret, M.D., M.S.

William
Barret
M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor
Radiology & Radiological Sciences

William Barret, MD, MS, is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, magna cum laude in economics. Subsequently, he obtained his masters from Georgetown University and his medical degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He completed his diagnostic radiology residency and interventional radiology fellowship at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, before entering private practice in Nashville in 2016.

Since then, Dr. Barret has practiced in numerous community based hospital systems, academic medical centers, and university affiliated VA hospitals. He has a strong professional interest in interventional radiology and image-guided procedures. He enjoys teaching residents, interacting with colleagues and clinicians, and continuing to advance his procedural and diagnostic skill set in varied clinical settings. Dr. Barret is a member of the Society of Interventional Radiology.

Section: Abdominal Imaging

William Barret Joins as Assistant Professor

October 17, 2022
The Department of Radiology is excited to welcome William Barret, MD, MS, as an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences. Dr. Barret graduated magna cum laude in Economics from Vanderbilt University in 2004. Subsequently, he obtained his master's from Georgetown University and his medical degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He completed his Diagnostic Radiology Residency and Interventional Radiology Fellowship at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, before entering private practice in Nashville in 2016.

Nicholas Voutsinas, MD, RPVI

Nicholas
Voutsinas
M.D., RPVI
Assistant Professor
Radiology & Radiological Sciences
Associate Program Director
Integrated Interventional Radiology Residency

Nicholas Voutsinas, MD, RPVI, is an Interventional Radiology Attending and Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology and Radiologic Sciences. Dr. Voutsinas grew up in Staten Island, New York. He attended the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at the City College of New York (CUNY), a seven-year BS/MD Program in New York City.

After obtaining his BS degree in Biomedical Sciences, he received his MD degree from the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Dr. Voutsinas completed his internal medicine preliminary year at Staten Island University Hospital, and then moved on to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital for his diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology residencies, serving as chief resident of the interventional radiology residency in his final year.

After working for one year as an attending interventional radiologist at Northwell Health in Long Island and Queens, New York, Dr. Voutsinas joined the Vanderbilt faculty as an attending and Assistant Program Director of the Integrated Interventional Radiology Residency. His clinical and research interests included interventional oncology (radioembolization, chemoembolization, ablation), women's health (uterine artery embolization, gonadal vein embolization), venous disease, and biliary endoscopy/lithotripsy. Dr. Voutsinas is excited to be at Vanderbilt and collaborate with his wonderful colleagues across not just radiology, but the entire hospital.

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