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On Capitol Hill, Top U.S. Academic Radiology Departments Convene toShowcase Cutting-Edge Academic Imaging Research

On May 18, 2011, the Academy of Radiology Research

’s

Academic Council

sponsored its second annualcongressional reception focusing on the latest advancements in imaging research. Chairs and representativesfrom leading academic radiology departments presented posters which displayed a snapshot of their

institution’s ongoing imaging research projects.

Members of Congress, staff and patient advocates were ableto meet

some of their State’s top

academic researchers, and staff and Members were encouraged to talk withposter-presenters about their research and actually participate in the process by which science is vetted anddisseminated.The popular event filled the Gold Room of the Rayburn House Office Building, with an attendance of 185Congressional staff, patient advocates, NIH staff and industry representatives. Overall attendance was up 55%from 2010.

CIBR and Academy Leadership: William Bradley Jr. MD, PhD (UCSD),Jonathan Lewin, MD (Hopkins), Carolyn Meltzer, MD (Emory), ReneeCru

ea (CIBR), Steven Seltzer, MD (Brigham & Women’s), Richard

Ehman, MD (Mayo), Mike Kalutkiewicz (CIBR)

Patient Advocacy Leaders, JamesJorkasky, NAEVR, Martha Nolan, SWHRand Sheila Ross, LCA with Renee Cruea

More than 20 Academic Radiology Departments, including twelveDepartment Chairs, provided detailed research posters depicting cutting-edge imaging research at their institution. Guests enjoyed wine, hors

d’oeuvres and

an ice cream bar as they networked and read the researchposters. For many Members and staff, it was their first opportunity tomeet Chairs

from their home State or District’s institutions

. Academicresearch Chairs and patient advocates were easily identified by their largelanyard name tags that clearly stated their name, state and Universityaffiliation or name and patient advocacy group.Guest speakers included Martha Nolan, Vice President for the Society for

Women’s Health Research, James Jorkasky, Executive Director for the National

Alliance for Eye and Vision Research and Sheila Ross from the Lung CancerAlliance, also a lung cancer survivor. We were honored to hear from these threeCIBR Steering Committee members as they articulated to a full room why imaging research was important totheir patient constituency.This reception was a lead-in to the CIBR medical technology reception and showcase on May 19

. Over thecourse of three days, Academy, Academic Council and CIBR leadership met with NIH leadership at sevenInstitutes, Academic Chairs met with their elected Representatives and the CIBR Steering Committee held aspring meeting to discuss and plan further advocacy initiatives.Academic Council members who participated in the Congressional Reception by providing a research posterand/or attending the events in DC are listed below. For more information about the Academy or CIBR pleasevisit our website www.acadrad.org or www.imagingcoalition.org.

Steven Seltzer, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Carolyn Meltzer, MD Emory University School of MedicineValerie Jackson, MD Indiana UniversityJonathan Lewin, MD Johns Hopkins MedicineJames Thrall, MD Massachusetts General HospitalCynthia McCollough, PhD Mayo ClinicHedvig Hricak, MD, PhD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterMichael Recht, MD NYU Langone Medical CenterElizabeth Krupinski, PhD University of ArizonaScott Goodwin, MD University of California, Irvine Medical CenterDieter Enzmann, MD University of California, Los AngelesWilliam Bradley, MD, PhD University of California, San Diego School of MedicineRon Arenson, MD University of California, San FranciscoN. Reed Dunnick, MD University of MichiganR. Nick Bryan, MD, PhD University of PennsylvaniaKyongtae (Ty) Bae, MD, PhD University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineEdwin Stevens, MD University of Utah School of MedicineNorm Beauchamp, MD, MHS University of WashingtonThomas Grist, MD University of Wisconsin-Madison