Board of Directors & Committees

AAR Committee Guidelines

Board of Directors

Charge: The Board of Directors is empowered to conduct the business of the Association between annual meetings.

Composition: The Board of Directors will consist of the President, the 2nd most recent Past President, the Immediate Past President, the President-elect, the Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Chair of the Bylaws Committee, Chair of the Education Committee, Chair of the Electronic Communications Committee, Chair of the Development Committee, the Chair of the Finance Committee, Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, Chair of the Membership Committee; the Editor of Academic Radiology; the President of the AAR Research and Education Foundation, the Presidents of SCARD, APDR, ACER, AMSER, RAHSR, RRA; the Senior Faculty Advisor of A3CR2; and the representatives of scholarly programs. The President may appoint up to three additional members as Members-at-Large. The President of A3CR2 will serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Board of Directors.

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Awards Committee

Charge: The Committee will select recipient(s) of the Memorial and any other awards of the Association whenever deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors. The selection of the Gold Medal Awards will be made by the Gold Medal Award Committee.

Composition: The Chair of the Awards Committee will be the Vice President.  The Secretary and President-elect will serve as members of this committee.

Katherine Klein, MD (Chair)
Atul Agarwal, MD
Eric England, MD
Judith Gadde, MBA, DO
Kara Gaetke-Udager, MD
Lars Grimm, MD
Marta Heilbrun, MD
Christopher Ho, MD
Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD, MBA
Grace Zhu, MD

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Bylaws Committee

Charge: The Bylaws Committee will prepare changes in the Bylaws or in the Regulations for presentation to the Board of Directors at the interim and annual meetings of the Association. Upon approval, by the board, they will be presented to the membership at the annual meeting at the direction of the President. The chair of the Bylaws Committee will serve as Parliamentarian during the annual business meeting and during the interim meeting of the Association.

Composition: Chair and undefined number of members appointed by the President.

Lucy Spalluto, MD (Chair)
Katherine Klein, MD
Colin M. Segovis, MD, PhD
Lucy Spalluto, MD
Benjamin Spilseth, MD, MBA
Hanna M. Zafar, MD 

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Communications Committee

Charge: The committee shall oversee all aspects of the AAR's electronic presence on the internet, including the AAR web site. The committee will be responsible for making recommendations to the Board on the administration of the web site.

Composition: Appointed by AAR President to represent all affiliated societies.

Judith Gadde, DO (Chair)
Omer Awan, MD, MPH
Peter Bergquist, MD
Tessa Cook, MD, PhD
Erin Cooke, MD
Sarah Desoky, MD
Shannon Falcon, MD
Judith Gadde, MBA, DO
Christopher Ho, MD
Susan John, MD
Kimberly Kallianos, MD
Chelsea Life, MD
Dorothy Lowell, MD
Amy Oliveira, MD
Sherry Wang, MBBS  

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Development Committee

Charge: The Development Committee will explore sources of revenue to help support the activities of the AAR.

Composition: The Development Committee will consist of the AAR President-elect, Vice President, representatives of AAR, SCARD, APDR, ACER, AMSER, RRA, RAHSR, A3CR2 , the Editor of Academic Radiology, the Chair of the Finance Committee, and the representatives of any other corporately funded, jointly sponsored programs. The President may appoint additional members. The chair of the Development Committee will also serve on the Finance Committee.

Christopher Hess, MD, PhD (Chair)
Atul Agarwal, MD
Omer Awan, MD, MPH
Hediyeh Baradaran, MD
Matthew Barish, MD
Ruth Carlos, MD, MS, FAAR
Tara Catanzano, MD
Chloe Chhor, MD
Summer Decker, PhD
N. Reed Dunnick, MD, FAAR
Roberto Galuppo Monticelli, MD
Garry Gold, MD
Vikas Gulani, MD, PhD
Marta Heilbrun, MD
Christopher Ho, MD
Jeffrey (Jerry) Jarvik, MD, MPH, FAAR
Katherine Klein, MD
Eman Madi, MBChB, MD
Mary Mahoney, MD
Robert Martin
Rustain Morgan, MD, MS
Elizabeth Morris, MD
Pablo Ros, FAAR, MD, MPH, PhD 
Geoffrey Rubin, MBA, MD
Shyam Sabat, MBA, MD
Gelareh Sadigh, MD
Hanna Zafar, MD

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Charge: The committee will serve to actively engage the membership in all aspects of diversity, promoting equity and a climate of inclusion within the AAR including racial, sexual, gender, age, disability and academic diversity. The committee will identify challenges regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion, generating and expanding opportunities to increase representation of diverse populations throughout the organization. The committee will review diversity related initiatives and provide the Board of Directors with recommendations that will improve organizational diversity, inclusion and community in the AAR. 

Ann Jay, MD (Chair) 

Jessica Leschied, MD (Vice Chair)

Mirelys Barrios, MD 
Senta Berggruen, MD
Margaret Chapman, MD
Ernst Garcon, MD
Gloria Guzman Perez-Carillo, MD, MPH, MS
Marta Heilbrun, MD
Susan Hobbs, MD, PhD
Franklin Iheanacho
Jacqueline Junn, MD
Nolan Kagetsu, MD
Daniel Kawakyu-o'Connor, MD
Katharine Lampen-Sachar, MD
Maria Martin, MD
Karuna Raj, MD
Priscilla Slanetz, MD, MPH, FAAR
Maya Vella, MD

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Editorial Executive Committee

N. Reed Dunnick, MD, FAAR - Editor, Academic Radiology
Omer A. Awan, MD, MPH 
Jocelyn D. Chertoff, MD, MS, FAAR 
Tessa S. Cook, MD, PhD 
Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD, FAAR 
Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD 
James V. Rawson, MD, FAAR 
Kitt Shaffer, MD, PhD 
Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH, FAAR 
Christopher M. Straus, MD, FAAR 
Shane A. Wells, MD

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Education Committee

Charge: The Education Committee will encourage excellence in teaching as defined in Article II (Purpose) of these Bylaws:

• To encourage excellence in laboratory and clinical investigation, teaching and clinical practice, and radiology management in academic practice.
• To stimulate an interest in academic radiology as a medical career.
• To advance radiology as a medical science.
• To represent academic radiology at a national and international level.
• To support members in their professional development.

Composition: President appoints Chair and an undefined number of members.

Eric B. England, MD (Chair)
Hernan Bello Velez, MD
Tara Catanzano, MD
Erin Cooke, MD
Carolynn DeBenedectis, MD
Francis Deng, MD
Eric Dietsche, MD
Carol Geer, MD
Chris Gu, MD
Marion Huges, MD
Katherine Klein, MD
John Leyendecker, MD
Dexter Mendoza, MD
Megan Mercer, MD
Megan Mills, MD
Priya Mody, MD
Ryan Peterson, MD
Pamela Schaefer, MD, FAAR
Heidi Wassef, MD
Jeffrey Weinstein, MD

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Fellow Nominating Committee

Charge: The committee will review Fellow of the Association of Academic Radiology (AAR) and recommend candidates for the Board of Directors' approval.

Composition: The committee will consist of no fewer than five members, including the Chair, who will be appointed by the President. The AAR Immediate Past President and the second most recent Past President will serve as ex-officio members of the committee.

David M. Naeger, MD, FAAR (Chair)
Yoshimi Anzai, MD, MPH, FAAR
Jocelyn D. Chertoff, MD, MS, FAAR
Lori A. Deitte, MD, FAAR
Jeffrey Guenette, MD, MPH
Reed Omary, MD, MS, FAAR (Past President, ex-officio)
Priscilla Slanetz, MD, MPH, FAAR (Immediate Past President, ex-officio)
Michelle Miller-Thomas, MD
Christopher M. Straus, MD, FAAR
Stefan Tigges, MD, MSCR, FAAR
Srini Tridandapani, MD, PhD, MBA, FAAR 

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Finance Committee

Charge: The Finance Committee will establish continuity in the supervision and monitoring of all fiscal activities of the Association including review of the annual budget as well as the operational budget for each annual meeting. The committee will advise and make recommendations to the officers and the Board of Directors and, through them, to the membership, in matters concerning the fiscal status of the Association.

Composition: The chair of the Finance Committee will be appointed by the President. The Treasurer and the chair of the Development Committee will serve on the Finance Committee and other members whom the President chooses. The Account Executive of the Association will be a non-voting, ex-officio member of the committee.

Sabat Shyam, MD, MBA (Chair) 
Chloe Chhor, MD
Lisa Deptula
Christopher Hess, MD, PhD
Nolan Kagetsu, MD
Joseph Osborne, MD
Rajeev Suri, MD, FACR, MBA
Hanna Zafar, MD
Amanda Decker, CAE (Ex-officio) 

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Gold Medal Award Committee

Charge: The Gold Medal Award Committee will present its recommendation(s) to the Board of Directors by December 15th of the year proceeding the year that the award is given. 

Composition: The chair of the committee will be the second most recent Past-President of AAR. The committee will consist of three other members of the AAR selected by the President.

Reed Omary, MD, MS, FAAR (Chair)
Janet Bailey, MD
Majid Chalian, MD

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International Relations Committee

Charge: To explore, identify, advise, and make recommendations to promote opportunities, both internal and external to the Associations, and among and between its constituent groups, related to graduate and post-graduate medical and radiological education and training, membership and member benefits, and excellence in research and patient care, as they might extend the positive influence and impact of the AAR within the international academic radiology and imaging communities.

Composition: The AAR President will appoint the committee chair. The committee will consist of AAR members in good standing, with representation by members of SCARD, APDR, and a minimum of three Affinity Groups, although representation of all Affinity Groups is preferred. The President may appoint additional members.

Kristen DeStigter, MD (Chair)
Angela Choe, MD
N. Reed Dunnick, MD, FAAR
Guillermo Elizondo-Riojas, MD, PhD
Christopher Ho, MD
Noelle Hoven, MD
Jeffrey (Jerry) Jarvik, MD, MPH, FAAR
Ilana Kafer, MD
Emily Lippincott, MD
Maria Martin, MD
Joshua Nickerson, MD
Linda Probyn, MD
Nucharin Supakul, MD
Silanath Terpenning, MD
Jorge Vidal, MD
Ryan Woods, MD, MPH

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Membership Committee

Charge: The Membership Committee will review all new membership applications when the nominee's applications needs further evaluation after review by Administrative staff of the Association and submit its recommendations to the Board of Director at the interim and annual meetings of the Association or to the Board of Directors by regular mail, electronic mail, or by facsimile transmission, the membership Committee will encourage and facilitate the recruitment of new members.

Composition: The Chair of the Membership Committee will be chosen by the President. The Secretary will serve on the Membership Committee with other members appointed by the President.

Pina Sanelli, MD (Chair) 
Jeffrey Alpert, MD
David Brandon, MD
Ariadne DeSimone, MD, MPH

Stella Kang, MD 
Laurie Margolies, MD
Christopher Mudge, MD
Jason Naidich, MBA, MD
Geoffrey Rubin, MBA, MD
Pina Sanelli, MD, MPH
Jorge Vidal, MD
Gary Whitman, MD, FAAR
Wenhui Zhou, MD, PhD

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Nominating Committee

Charge: The function of this committee will be to nominate the candidate for Treasurer. The chair of the Nominating will present the nominee for election at the annual business meeting of the Association.

Composition: The chair of the Nominating Committee will be the Immediate Past President of the Association.

Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH, FAAR (Chair)
Jocelyn Chertoff, MD, MS, FAAR
John Eng, MD
Gelareh Sadigh, MD
Lucy Spalluto, MD

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Publications Committee

Charge: The Publications Committee will promote the highest standards of care, research, education, ethics and health policy through coordination of the impact, accessibility, revenue enhancement and excellence across the AUR’s scholarly publications. The committee will carry out the annual performance review of the Editor-inChief and report their findings to the Board of Directors. The committee will oversee the recruitment of the Editor-in-Chief and report their recommendations to the Board of Directors.

Composition: The Chair of the Committee will be selected by the President. The committee will consist of the Chair and at least three other members.

Gelareh Sadigh, MD (Chair)
Patricia Balthazar, MD
Judah Burns, MD
Majid Chalian, MD
Lars Grimm, MD
Edwin Gulko, MD
Kate Hanneman, MD, MPH

Melina Hosseiny, MD 
Douglas Katz, MD
Mina Makary, MD
Beatriz Mas
Junaid Raja, MD, MPH, MS

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Program Planning Committee

Charge: The Program Planning Committee will organize the Program, including scientific sessions, for the Annual Meeting. the Program Panning Committee may, at its discretion, invite papers for presentation at the Annual Meeting from anyone, whether a member or not.

Composition: The Chair of the Program Planning Committee will be the President-elect. The committee will consist of the Program Track Chairs, AAR Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past President, the Chairs of the Program Committees of APDR, SCARD, ACER, AMSER, RAHSR, RRA and the APCR, the Senior Faculty Advisor of A3CR2, the Chairs of the AAR Faculty Development Programs, and other members appointed by the President. 

Marta E. Heilbrun, MD (Chair)
Atul Agarwal, MD
James C. Anderson, MD
Omer A. Awan, MD, MPH
Matthew Barish, MD
Syed Bokhari, MD
Ruth C. Carlos, MD, MS, FAAR
Tara M. Catanzano, MD
Paul P. Cronin, MBBCh, FAAR
Summer J. Decker, PhD
Kristen K. DeStigter, MD
Eric England, MD
Ann Fulcher
Allison M. Grayev, MD
Brent Griffith, MD
Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD, FAAR
Amanda Hicks, AAS
Christopher P. Ho, MD
Angela Huff
Jeffrey (Jerry) G. Jarvik, MD, MPH, FAAR
Nadja Kadom, MD
Katherine A. Klein, MD
Ranitta McDowell, BA
Michelle Miller-Thomas, MD
Maria R. Ponisio, MD
Andrew B. Rosenkrantz, MD, FAAR
Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD, MBA
Gelareh Sadigh, MD
Dorothy Sippo, MD, MPH
Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH, FAAR
Jeffrey Weinstein, MD
Ernest Wiggins, MD
Judy Yee, MD
Hanna Zafar, MD

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Scientific Program Committee

Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH, FAAR (Chair) 
Gelareh Sadigh, MD (Vice Chair) 
Vikas Agarwal, MD
Hediyeh Baradaran, MD
Maria F. Barile, MD
Dhiraj Baruah, MD
Kathleen Y. Bhatt, MD
Majid Chalian, MD
Jennifer Chang, MD
Yu-Ming Chang, MD, PhD
Avneesh Chhabra, MD
Nicole E. Curci, MD
Mark C. DeLano, MD
Phuong-Anh T. Duong, MD
Howard P. Forman, MD
Kara D. Gaetke-Udager, MD
Tushar Garg, MD
Maryam Golshan-Momeni, MD
Elaine S. Gould, MD
Allison M. Grayev, MD
Lars J. Grimm, MD
Kate Hanneman, MD, MPH
Kevin D. Hiatt, MD
Ichiro Ikuta, MD
Jeffrey S. Kempf, MD
Asef B. Khwaja, MD
Claudia F. Kirsch, MD
Kristopher Lewis, MD
Brent P. Little, MD
Kathryn Lowry, MD
Martha B. Mainiero, MD
Bahar Mansoori, MD
Jonathan Martin, MD
Katherine E. Maturen, MD
Dexter Mendoza, MD
Matthew M. Miller, MD, PhD
Taejin Min, MD, PhD
Bahram Mohajer, MD, MPH
Mark E. Mullins, MD, PhD, FAAR
Nariman Nezami, MD
Xuan V. Nguyen, MD, PhD
Leah A. Palifka, MD
Austin Pantel, MD
Prabhakar Rajiah, MD, FRCR
Jessica B. Robbins, MD, FAAR
Pablo R. Ros, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAR
Andrew B. Rosenkrantz, MD, FAAR
Babak Saboury, MD, MPH
Lonie R. Salkowski, MD, PhD
David S. Sarkany, MD
Dorothy A. Sippo, MD
Elana B. Smith, MD
Michael B. Sneider, MD
Lilja B. Solnes, MD
Natalie G. Stratemeier, MD
Mark A. Sultenfuss, MD
Zachary T. Trenbeath
Adam C. Ulano, MD
Dharshan R. Vummidi, MD, FRCR
Ashish P. Wasnik, MD
Brent D. Weinberg, MD, PhD
Robert J. Weinfurtner, MD
Jeffrey Weinstein, MD
Shane A. Wells, MD
Stefanie Woodard, DO
Corrie M. Yablon, MD
Judy Yee, MD
Vahe M. Zohrabian, MD

Sustainability Committee

The committee will educate radiologists and staff on the environmental impact of their practices, foster research on sustainability in diagnostic and interventional radiology, and work to reduce the environmental footprint of the AAR.

John Scheel, MD, MPH, PhD (Chair)
Maura Brown, FRCPC, MD
Mary Elizabeth Buchanan, MD
Priya Dave, BA
Lisa Deptula
Eric Dietsche, MD
Halemane Ganesh, MD, MBA
Jonathan Gross, MD
Kate Hanneman, MD, MPH
Cameron Henry, MD
Tarek Hijaz, MD
Jessica Leschied, MD
Katherine Maturen, MD
Benjamin Northrup, MD
Cody Quirk, MD
Julia Schoen, MD, MS
Sean Woolen, MD
Michael Zalis, MD
Beth Zigmund, MD

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Trainee Award Selection Committee

Charge: The Committee will select the AAR Trainee Prizes 

Composition: The Chair of the Committee will be the AAR President-elect. The A3CR2 Senior Faculty Advisor and the AMSER and APDR Program Chairs will serve on the Committee.

Marta Heilbrun, MD (Chair) 
Atul Agarwal, MD
Christopher Ho, MD
Ernest Wiggins, MD

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Well Being Committee

Charge: The committee will work to identify sources of burnout specific to radiology faculty and trainees, to develop programs and compile resources that will help cultivate practices which build resilience and foster a health learning and working environment. 

Sarah Averill, MD (Chair) 

Constantine Burgan, MD
Reni Butler, MD
Alison Chetlen, DO
Lori Deitte, MD, FAAR
Samantha Harrington, MD
Tara Holm, MD
Ann Jay, MD
Katherine Marchak, MD
Amy Oliveira, MD
Melissa Reichman, MD
Michele Retrouvey, MD
Monica Sheth, MD
Susan Summerton, MD
Aaron Wyse, MD

Liaisons

AAMC Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS)
Jocelyn D. Chertoff, MD, MS, FAAR - Senior Representative
Lily Belfi, MD - Junior Representative

AAMC Women's Liaison
Alison L. Chetlen, DO

ABR Representative
Cheri L. Canon, MD

Academy’s Council of Early Career Investigators in Imaging Representative

Jonathan D. Lindquist, MD 

ACR Councilor
Yoshimi Anzai, MD, MPH, FAAR

AMA Representative
Stephen Chan, MD
Shyam Sabat, MD (Alternate)

AMA-CPT Advisory Committee Representative
Shiva Gupta, MD 
Christina Marks, MD (Alternate) 

AMA-RUC Advisor
Melissa A. Davis, MD 
Gaurang V. Shah, MD (Alternate)

NCRP
Douglas Katz, MD 

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Deputy Editors

N. Reed Dunnick, MD, FAAR (Editor in Chief)
Osmanuddin Ahmed, MD 
William F. Auffermann, MD, PhD 
Omer A. Awan, MD, MPH 
Ravikanth Balaji, MD 
Leonard F. Berliner, MD 
Robert H. Brown, MD, MPH 
Jennifer Bullen, MS 
Aristides Capizzano, MD 
Brett W. Carter, MD 
Tara M. Catanzano, MD 
Teresa Chapman, MD, MA 
Jocelyn D. Chertoff, MD, MS, FAAR 
Suzanne T. Chong, MD 
Linda C. Chu, MD 
Tessa S. Cook, MD, PhD  
Carolynn M. DeBenedectis, MD 
Colin P. Derdeyn, MD 
Kristen K. DeStigter, MD 
Stamatia V. Destounis, MD 
Qian Dong, MD 
Eric B. England, MD 
Ritu R. Gill, MBBS 
Allison M. Grayev, MD 
Lauren Green, MD 
Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD, FAAR 
Rajan T. Gupta, MD 
Christopher P. Hess, MD, PhD 
Susan K. Hobbs, MD, PhD 
Hero Hussain, MD 
Paula M. Jacobs, PhD 
Saurabh Jha, MBBS 
Sheryl G. Jordan, MD 
Aparna Joshi, MD 
Aya Kamaya, MD 
Minhaj S. Khaja, MD, MBA 
John Kim, MD 
Mark A. Kliewer, MD 
Friedrich D. Knollman, MD, PhD 
Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD 
Jonathan B. Kruskal, MD, PhD 
Elizabeth Lee, MD 
Remy R. Lobo, MD 
M. Victoria Marx, MD 
Claudia R. Mello-Thoms, PhD 
Cecilia L. Mercado, MD 
Mark E. Mullins, MD, PhD, FAAR 
David M. Naeger, MD, FAAR 
Elsie Nguyen, MD 
M. Elizabeth Oates, MD 
Sophie Paqueralt, PhD 
Linda J. Probyn, MD 
James V. Rawson, MD, FAAR 
Michael P. Recht, MD 
Ingrid Reiser, PhD 
Rahim Rizi, PhD 
Eric M. Rohren, MD, PhD 
Pina C. Sanelli, MD 
David S. Sarkany, MD 
Mary H. Scanlon, MD 
U. Joseph Schoepf, MD 
Monica M. Sheth, MD 
Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH, FAAR 
Andrew Smith, MD, PhD 
Jadranka Stojanovska, MD, MS 
Christopher M. Straus, MD, FAAR 
Ronald M. Summers, MD, PhD 
Alexey Surov 
Alexander L. Towbin, MD 
Srini Tridandapani, MD, PhD, MBA, FAAR 
Yoshito Tsushima, MD 
Baris Turkbey, MD 
Ashish P. Wasnik, MD 
Bruce A. Wasserman, MD 
Emily M. Webb, MD 
Shane A. Wells, MD 
Fu-Zong Wu, MD 
Huadan Xue, MD 

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