The Department of Radiology last week hosted its annual recognition ceremony for graduating residents and fellows. More than 140 people attended the ceremony, held at the University Club of Nashville, to celebrate the eight residents and 13 fellows who complete training in their respective programs at the end of this month.

The following story originally appeared in the June 14, 2017, edition of the VUMC Reporter.    About 10 percent of patients with colorectal cancer express a mutated form of the signaling molecule BRAF, which may be targeted for treatment by selective BRAF inhibitors. PET (positron emission tomography) imaging using a standard glucose probe is not able to predict response to BRAF inhibitors.

The following story originally appeared in the June 8, 2017, edition of the VUMC Reporter.    Last week, Vanderbilt’s Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences hosted the inaugural RadX Innovation Challenge Pitch Event.

Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Grand Rounds "Lecturing 2.0: Tools and Techniques to Improve the Way We Teach and Learn"

Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences Grand RoundsRadX Special Seminar  "Radiology's Brave New World: Innovate or Perish"

Vanderbilt Radiology resident Drs. LeAnn Shannon, Meaghan Magarik, Karthik Sundaram and John McKay will present research at the Association of University Radiologists (AUR) 2017 Annual Meeting this week in Hollywood, Florida. The 65th AUR Annual Meeting will bring together more than 1,000 radiology faculty, trainees and administrators from across the country for a weeklong conference on leading change and bringing value.

Bryan Hartley, M.D., Instructor in Clinical Radiology and Radiological Sciences, sponsored and mentored a group of mechanical engineering students for their senior design project presented last week at Design Day 2017.

The following story originally appeared online on April 27, 2017, by the Vanderbilt Academy for Excellence in Education.  

Second-year diagnostic radiology resident Meaghan Magarik, M.D., Ph.D., will participate in the Introduction to Academic Radiology Program (ITAR) at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual Meeting next week in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The following story originally appeared in the April 27, 2017, edition of the VUMC Reporter.    Rick Abramson, M.D., has always enjoyed building new programs in creative ways.