AMSER Committees

AMSER committees are a great way to get involved with the organization, the committees are active and productive and always in need of new members. If you wish to be on a committee, please either contact the committee chair (click on committee link) or the current AMSER president.

Executive Committee

Nominating Committee

Awards Committee

Program Committee

Curricular and Educational Resources Committee

STARS Editorial Board

Finance Committee 

Research and Scholarship Committee

Strategic Planning Committee

Rules Committee

Membership Committee

Website & Communications Committee


Executive Committee

Atul Agarwal, MD - President
Mahan Mathur, MD - Vice President
Michelle M. Miller-Thomas, MD - Vice President-elect
Lindsey Negrete, MD - Secretary-Treasurer
Allison M. Grayev, MD - Immediate Past President
Matthew Lee, MD - Member-at-Large
Biren A. Shah, MD - Member-at-Large
Jonathan Martin, MD - Member-at-Large
David M. Naeger, MD, FAAR – Chair - Research and Scholarship Committee
Jeffrey (Jerry) Jarvik, MD, MPH, FAAR - AAR President
OPEN - Chair, Rules Committee
Allison M. Grayev, MD - Chair, Membership Committee
Matthew S. Hartman, MD - Co-Chair, Curricular and Educational Resources Committee
Judith A. Gadde, DO - Chair, Website & Communications Committee
Mahan Mathur, MD - Editor-in-Chief, STARS Editorial Board
Christopher M. Straus, MD, FAAR - Chair, Strategic Planning Committee


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Awards Committee

Terms: (Chair) 1 year; members: 1 year

Members: Immediate Past President (Chair); 2 members appointed by President

Duties: 

  • To oversee and assist in determining AMSER alliance award winners
    • AMSER Henry Goldberg award for medical student presentations
    • AMSER Excellence in (Medical Student) Education Award (EEA)
      • To develop a list of potential recipients
      • Determining the short list or preferred recipient
  • Present updates at AAR and RSNA AMSER board meetings


Chair:
 Allison M. Grayev, MD

Committee Members: TBD

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Curricular and Educational Resources Committee

Terms: (Chair) 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Chair, AMSER members appointed by President

Duties:

  • Aid in development of AMSER shared resources including: AMSER ID, AMSER RD
  • Update and maintain the AMSER national medical student curriculum
  • Evaluation of trainee posters and electronic presentations at AAR meeting
  • Present updates at AAR and RSNA AMSER board meetings
  • Maintain existing AMSER Professionalism module and AMSER Guide to Applying for Residency and develop new AMSER educational resources.
  • Solicit and develop new educational resources
  • Maintain and add to AMSER Resource Image database (ID) and AMSER Resource database (RD)


Time Commitment: Committee Chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair: Matthew S. Hartman, MD

Committee Members:

Shadi Aminololama-Shakeri
Judith Amorosa
Erin Grady
Allison Grayev
Ann Jay
Kimi Kondo
Diana Lam
Elizabeth Lee
Stephen Ling
Mahan Mathur
Joseph Philip
Michele Retrouvey
David Sarkany
Natalie Stratemeier
Christopher Straus
Vanessa Williams


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Finance Committee

Atul Agarwal, MD - President
Lindsey Negrete, MD – Secretary - Treasurer
Mahan Mathur, MD – Vice President
Michelle M. Miller-Thomas, MD – Vice President – Elect


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Strategic Planning Committee

Terms: (Chair) 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Chair, AMSER members appointed by President

Duties: Define the future path and goals of AMSER as an organization

Time Commitment: Committee chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair: Christopher M. Straus, MD, FAAR

Committee Members:

Christian Cox
Judith Gadde
Allison Grayev
Ryan Grippo
Kyle Kidd
Eun Langman
Michelle Miller-Thomas
David Naeger
Sravanthi Reddy
Marc Willis


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Membership Committee

Terms: (Chair) 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Chair, AMSER members appointed by President

Duties:

  • Planning ongoing mailings & activities for membership solicitation
  • Maintenance of membership list
  • Present updates at AAR and RSNA AMSER board meetings

 

Time Commitment: Committee chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair: Allison M. Grayev, MD

Committee Members:

Deborah Brahee
Peter Gunderman
Donna Magid
Sosamma Methratta
Dharshan Vummidi
Gary Whitman


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Nominating Committee

Terms: (Chair) 1 year; members: 2 years

Members: Chair, Immediate Past President; members, next two Immediate Past Presidents

Duties:

  • Prepare slate of interested and eligible candidates for open AMSER positions
  • Present these annually at RSNA meeting, to be voted on by executive board. Will be voted on by membership at the following AAR meeting

Time Commitment: as needed with communication throughout the year to prepare a slate of candidates to open positions for presentation annually

Chair: Allison M. Grayev, MD

Committee Members:

Judy Gadde, DO
Marc Willis, DO


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Program Committee

Terms: (Chair) 1 year; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Chair, Vice President; AMSER members appointed by President

Duties:

  • Design upcoming AMSER programs
  • Schedule and communicate with all speakers and AAR program planners
  • Chair the AAR Program Planning Meeting
  • Work with APDR and ACER program planners

Time Commitment: Committee Chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair: Mahan Mathur, MD

Committee Members:

TBD

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STARS Editorial Board

Terms: Editor-in-Chief: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible, Members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Editor-in-Chief, AMSER members appointed by President

Duties:

  • Overseeing all STARS activities including but not limited to: user registration, test item development, editing, creation and maintenance of AMSER shelf exams, question item validation analysis, site upgrades and changes, maintenance of user manual, etc.
  • Editorial Board actives include item writing, editing, validation, exam development and validation.
  • Editor-in-Chief will serve as liaison to the STARS software platform.

Time Commitment: Editor-in-Chief will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Editor-in-Chief and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Editor-in-Chief and committee members.

Editor-in-Chief: Mahan Mathur, MD

Committee Members:

Judith Amorosa
Andres Ayoob
Keith Baynes
Joseph Budovec
Tara Catanzano
Julie Champine
Sarah Desoky
Angela Giardino
Katherine (Kate) Klein
Kimi Kondo
Madelene Lewis
Stephen Ling
Nancy McNulty
Jessica Robbins
Stefan Tigges


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Research and Scholarship Committee

Terms: (Chair) 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Chair, AMSER members appointed by President

Duties:

  • Oversee the annual AMSER/ACER issue of Academic Radiology and act as a resource for members interested in publishing opportunities.
  • Act as associate editors on the Academic Radiology issue.
  • Pursue and inform alliance members of reviewer and submission opportunities in AMSER and publications.
  • Inform members of noteworthy publications including the Alliance newsletter and the annual meeting.
  • Chair will serve as an editor of the annual AMSER/ACER issue of Academic Radiology.

Time Commitment: Committee Chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair: David M. Naeger, MD

Committee Members:

Judith Amorosa
Alison Chetlen
Sarah Desoky
Siddhartha Gaddamanugu
Cylen Javidan-Nejad
Aine Kelly
Megan Mercer
Sravanthi Reddy
David Sarkany
Michael Sneider
Jorge Taboada
Maya Vella


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Rules Committee

Terms: (Chair) 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Chair, AMSER members appointed by President

Duties: Maintenance and update of AMSER rules and bylaws

Time Commitment: Committee chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair: OPEN

Committee Members:
Theodore Hall

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Website & Communications Committee

Terms: (Chair) 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible; members: 3 years with 1 or more reappointments possible

Members: Chair, AMSER members appointed by President

Duties:

  • Maintenance and support of the AMSER website at aarad.org
  • Adjunct support of joint AMSER electronic projects for web-publishing
  • Present updates at AAR and RSNA AMSER board meetings

Time Commitment: Committee Chair will attend AMSER Executive Committee meeting at AAR meeting and at RSNA meeting (in person or by teleconference). Chair and committee will communicate throughout the year to attend to committee business. Attendance at AMSER members’ meeting at AAR meeting is strongly encouraged for both Chair and committee members.

Chair: Judith A. Gadde, DO

Committee Members:

Judith Amorosa
Konrad Cios
Shannon Falcon
Navid Faraji
Matthew Hartman
Kimi Kondo
Surbhi Raichandani
Biren Shah


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