The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences is proud to share that Simone Montoya, MD, has joined the department’s Integrated Interventional Radiology Residency (IR) program’s leadership team as Assistant Program Director (APD), effective October 1. Dr. Montoya, a highly experienced neuroradiologist, joined VUMC Radiology faculty this August. 

The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences presents the16th Annual Martin P. Sandler Lecture in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 

The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences presents the26th Annual A. Everette James, Jr. Lecture in Radiology and Radiological Sciences 

The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences is happy to announce that Associate Professor Kate Frederick-Dyer, MD, MRMD, has been named Magnetic Resonance Medical Director. Dr. Frederick-Dyer is an MRMD certified physician and will use her training to ensure the safety of our patients, faculty and staff.“I am proud to serve the department as MRMD and help promote MRI safety across our hospital system,” says Dr. Frederick-Dyer. 

Todd Peterson, PhD, Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, has received an S10 Shared Instrumentation Grant from the National Institutes of Health for $609,250, funding his project, “Automated Multi-run Carbon-11 Radiosynthesis System.” 

Zhongliang Zu, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, has received a one-year R21 grant from the National Institute on Aging for $275,405 to fund his project, “Development of an Innovative Non-Invasive MR Imaging Technique for Assessing Membrane Lipids and Their Properties in Alzheimer’s Disease.” 

Allen Newton, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences and Pediatrics, has received a two-year R21 grant, totaling $498,240, from the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research for his project, “Human Craniosynostosis Atlas (HuCA): Standardizing & Establishing a Public Repository for Genomic and Imaging Data."Dr. Newton will be working with his co-principal investigator, Michael Golinko, MD, FACS, FAAP, Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, and Neurosurgery, in his research. 

VUMC Radiology is proud to share that Rochelle Andreotti, MD, will take on the role of Medical Director of the Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) Program.The endeavor is an accredited certificate program offered through Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Center for Programs in Allied Health. It prepares students with education and clinical training to become ultrasound technologists, also known as sonographers. This includes an 18-month demanding curriculum of didactic coursework along with a scanning lab and clinical practicum courses.

VUMC Radiology is happy to welcome back Peter Shanahan, MD, to our department! A graduate of our Diagnostic Radiology residency program and Neuroradiology fellowship, Dr. Shanahan returns to VUMC as an Assistant Professor in our Neuroradiology section. After finishing his fellowship in 2016, Dr. Shanahan went to work for Radiology Alliance in Nashville, where he stayed until coming back to Vanderbilt.