The Department of Radiology this week announced incoming faculty for the Pediatric Radiology section at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Stephen Little, MD, is expected to join the department as an Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology, effective Sept. 1, 2020.

Melissa Hilmes, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology, has been elected to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s (VUSM) Academy for Excellence in Education, in recognition of her contributions to the educational mission at Vanderbilt.

The Department of Radiology is excited to announce that Erin Cooke, MD, will join faculty as an Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology and Radiological Sciences in the Body Imaging section, effective Sept. 1, 2020.  Dr. Cooke will come to Vanderbilt from Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center (VMMC), where she has served as a staff radiologist specializing in Body Imaging, Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Imaging since 2014.

Victoria Morgan, PhD, and Todd Peterson, PhD, Department of Radiology faculty in the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), have been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows.

Today, the Department of Radiology is excited to announce the results of the 2020 National Resident Match Program (NRMP) Match. Both the Diagnostic Radiology (DR) and Integrated Interventional Radiology (IR) Residency programs filled, matching a total of nine residents. 

Kristin O’Grady, PhD, Research Instructor in Radiology and Radiological Sciences, has been named to the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research’s Council of Early Career Investigators in Imaging (CECI2) Class of 2020. 

Seth Smith, PhD, Associate Director of the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS), has been promoted to Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences. 

Lucy Spalluto, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Radiology, was recently awarded a $50,000 grant through the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) Donna and Frank Delfino Caring Hearts Fund for her study, “Breast cancer Risk Assessment: achieVing Equity in Breast cancer outcomes in the public health setting (BRAVE).” 

Alexander Langerman, MD, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, was recently appointed secondary faculty in the Department of Radiology. He also currently serves as the Director of Vanderbilt’s Surgical Ethics Program, and has faculty positions in the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and the Vanderbilt Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society. 

The Department of Radiology this week announced third-year diagnostic radiology (DR) residents Ryan Adams, MD, and Fadi Azer, MD, as chief residents for the DR class of 2021.  Elected to the role by their fellow residents, Drs. Adams and Azer will assume their duties as chief residents in June following the completion of their American Board of Radiology Core Exam.