Jennifer Baker Becomes Director of APP Education and Research

August 18, 2022
Jennifer Baker, MSN, APRN-BC, will be taking on a new role as Director of APP Education and Research, effective September 1. A graduate from St. Paul College, Philippines, Baker was an RN for 11 years before earning her Master's Degree in Nursing at UCLA in 2000. She joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University in 2006 serving as a Nurse Practitioner in Internal Medicine Senior Care Services. She joined the Department of Radiology as Nurse Practitioner for Interventional Oncology in 2013 and was appointed Advanced Practice Nurse Team Leader in 2017.

Residency Programs Hosting Virtual Open House & Interactive Info Session

August 16, 2022
The Department of Radiology is happy to announce that it will be a hosting an interactive information session for our residency programs. Both Diagnostic Radiology and Integrated Interventional Radiology will be represented at the open house. The virtual Zoom event will take place on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 7:30PM CT. *Information on an additional session on a later date will be coming soon.*

Shelby Frantz Authors Essay for American Board of Radiology Newsletter

August 5, 2022
Shelby Frantz, MD, has authored a piece for the August 2022 edition of the American Board of Radiology newsletter, "The Beam," titled, "There’s Value in Attending Annual Conferences." In the essay—included in the "Focus on IR/DR" section—Dr. Frantz explains that her passion for conferences began during medical school and how the ritual has become an integral part of her experience in the world of radiology.

Erin Cooke Co-Authors Article in 'Academic Radiology' on Arts & Radiology Education

August 4, 2022
Through her role as Director of Arts at Vanderbilt Radiology, Erin Cooke, MD, has connected with a number of radiologists nationally who are also interested in supporting the arts in radiology and medical education. Omer Awan, MD, MPH, CIIP, Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Maryland, shares Dr. Cooke's passion.

Clinical Informatics Fellow Julie Bauml Joins Radiology

August 4, 2022
This July, Julie Bauml, MD, embarked on a two-year clinical informatics fellowship in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Fortunately, Dr. Bauml will also be working part-time with the Department of Radiology in breast and body imaging.

Jenny Weaver Joins as Associate Professor

August 1, 2022
The Department of Radiology is excited to welcome Jennifer S. Weaver, MD, as an Associate Professor of Clinical, Radiology and Radiological Sciences. Dr. Weaver comes to Nashville by way of Albuquerque's University of New Mexico. Dr. Weaver attended medical school at the Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health and completed her Diagnostic Radiology Residency and Musculoskeletal Imaging Fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Michael Flowers, M.D.

Michael
Flowers
M.D.
Assistant Professor
Radiology & Radiological Sciences

Michael G. Flowers, M.D., grew up in the Philadelphia area. He earned his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University with a major in Classical Studies, and pursued post-baccalaureate training in pre-medical sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park. He attended the University of Pennsylvania for medical school, and completed his internship at Lankenau Medical Center. He subsequently moved to Seattle for his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Washington, and stayed on for a fellowship in Emergency and Trauma Radiology at Harborview Medical Center.

Dr. Flowers joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2022 as an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, working in the Emergency Radiology section. His academic interests include medical education and remote teaching.

He is a member of the American College of Radiology, American Board of Radiology, and American Society of Emergency Radiology.

Mary Ellen Koran Receives AACSF Grant

July 22, 2022
Mary Ellen Koran, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, has been awarded the Alzheimer's Association Clinician Scientist Fellowship (AACSF) Grant. Over the next two years, she will study how lymphatic flow in the neck might play a role in dementia, using clinical nuclear medicine images like lymphoscintigraphy and FDG PET.
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