Motuzas Completes VUMC Mid-Career Leadership Development Program

Cari Motuzas, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program Director, recently completed Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) 2019 Mid-Career Leadership Development Program. 

2019 Vanderbilt Radiology RSNA Roundup

Last week, faculty and trainees in the Department of Radiology attended the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) 105th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago. 

Gochberg, Pham Receive 2019 Distinguished Investigator Awards

Today, faculty in the Department of Radiology received 2019 Distinguished Investigator Awards from the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research. Daniel Gochberg, PhD, Professor of Radiology, and Wellington Pham, PhD, Associate Professor, were among 37 researchers inducted into the Academy’s Council of Distinguished Investigators at Radiological So

Radiology Colleagues to Participate in Introduction to Academic Radiology Programs

Kristin O’Grady, PhD, Research Instructor in Radiology, and second-year diagnostic radiology resident (DR) Hazel Asumu, MD, have been selected to participate in Introduction to Academic Radiology programs at the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) Annual Meeting this week in Chicago.   

Sandler, Landman Awarded Martineau Innovation Fund Grant

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Assistant Professor of Radiology Kim Sandler, MD, and Vanderbilt University Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science Bennett Landman, PhD, were recently awarded the Martineau Innovation Fund Grant by the Vanderbilt Thoracic Working Group for their project, “Utilization of Machine Learning to Predict Incidence Lung Cancer in a Screening Population.”&nbs

Kaye Lecture | Jan. 13, 2020

Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Presents the 2nd Annual Kaye Lecture in Musculoskeletal Imaging "Of Skeletons, Scholars and Sleuths: Four Decades of Musculoskeletal Imaging at the University of California, San Diego" featuring

Savoie to Lead Radiology Informatics

Today, the Department of Radiology announced that Brent Savoie, MD, JD, Assistant Professor of Radiology and Cardiothoracic Imaging Section Chief, will succeed Jeff Carr, MD, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, as Vice Chair of Informatics, effective January 2020. 

Radiology Faculty Awarded $3.6 Million NIBIB Grant

Faculty in the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS) have been awarded a $3.6 million grant by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering for their project, “Development of an MRgFUS system for precision-targeted neuromodulation of pain circuits with simultaneous functional MRI.” Principal investigators (PIs) on the project include Charles Caskey, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiology; 

Brett Byram, Ph.D.

Brett
Byram
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Brett Byram, Ph.D., is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, and earned his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Duke University. Prior to joining the Vanderbilt faculty in 2013, he worked at Siemen’s Ultrasound Business Unit, Jorgen Jensen’s Center for Fast Ultrasound in Lyngby, Denmark, and at Duke University. Dr. Byram is the director of Biomedical Elasticity and Acoustic Measurement Laboratory (The BEAM Lab), which is part of the Vanderbilt Biomedical Engineering Department and Vanderbilt Institute of Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and is affiliated with the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS). He also holds a secondary faculty appointment in the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences. His primary research interests include medical ultrasound, signal processing, elasticity imaging, and ultrasonic imaging and beamforming.

Caitlin Moon, M.A., J.D.

Caitlin
Moon
M.A., J.D.
Director of PoLI Institute and Innovation Design, Program on Law & Innovation
Lecturer in Law
Instructor in Radiology and Radiological Services

Caitlin "Cat" Moon is the Director of Innovation Design for the Program in Law and Innovation (PoLI) at Vanderbilt Law School. In this role, she works with PoLI colleagues to design the curriculum for both the JD program and the PoLI Institute, which provides interactive training in legal innovation to practicing lawyers and legal professionals. She also co-founded and produces the Summit on Law and Innovation (SoLI), which brings together experts across legal, technology, and other disciplines in collaborative legal innovation projects.

Professor Moon currently teaches Legal Problem Solving, which is a course in human-centered design for law, as well as the Business of Law and Blockchain and Smart Contracts. In addition to her role at Vanderbilt, Professor Moon works with law firms, legal departments, and law schools globally to bring a human-centered design perspective to re-imagining the delivery of legal services and legal education. She regularly speaks and facilitates workshops across the United States and Europe on the application of human-centered design and creativity to realizing innovation in both the legal profession and legal education.

With a deep interest in the intersection of law and blockchain technology, Professor Moon founded Ledger.Law, a consultancy providing companies and law firms with counsel on blockchain related to regulation, policy, and legal structure. 

Before joining Vanderbilt Law School's faculty and founding Ledger.Law, Professor Moon provided legal counsel and strategic guidance to start-up companies throughout her 20 years of legal practice in Nashville. Professor Moon also is a co-organizer of the Music City Legal Hackathon, sponsored by PoLI and part of the global Legal Hackers community, which brings together legal professionals, technologists, designers, and other professionals to create technology solutions to provide access to legal services.