Pamela Woodard, MD (
@PamelaWoodardp
), has been named the next director of Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology and head of the radiology department at
#WashUMed
, effective July 1. Congratulations, Dr. Woodard!
Dr. Pam Woodard has been named
@RSNA
's 2021 Outstanding Researcher for her significant contributions to the field of radiology, especially in translational cardiovascular imaging. Congratulations, Dr. Woodard! We’re honored to have you represent MIR.
Sanjeev Bhalla, MD, has received
@RSNA
's Lifetime Honored Educator Award. He is a dedicated educator who wears many hats at MIR, including education vice chair, cardiothoracic imaging chief, and diagnostic
#radres
assistant director. Congrats!
#MIReducation
#MIRatRSNA
#RSNA22
Happy
#MatchDay
! We're thrilled to welcome 20 talented individuals into our new
#radres
class and guide them on the path to becoming the next generation of radiologists. Congrats and welcome to MIR!
#MIReducation
#Match2023
We're thrilled to have Daniel Castro, PhD (
@FlanBrain
), join the
#Biophotonics
Research Center as our newest assistant professor. His research interests include the study of neural circuits and the mechanisms of positive and negative affect. Welcome, Dr. Castro!
#MIRresearch
Happy Match Day! Next year, we get to welcome these 19 talented medical students into our
#radres
program and guide them as they become the radiologists of tomorrow. Congrats and welcome to MIR!
#MatchDay2024
#MIReducation
Pamela Woodard, MD, has been selected as an
@aaas
fellow, one of the most prestigious honors within the scientific community, for her translational cardiovascular research. Congrats on this incredible honor, Dr. Woodard!
#MIRresearch
A new era begins.
@RadiologyACR
announced today that MIR Director Pamela Woodard, MD, will serve as the incoming ACR president upon the closing of
#ACR2024
. Congrats, Dr. Woodard!
We're thrilled to announce our new class of radiology residents! These 19 individuals are part of the next generation of radiological excellence, and we're honored to be a part of their journey. Congrats and welcome to MIR!
#MatchDay2022
#MIReducation
#radres
MIR is thrilled to announce our next class of
#radres
! We're honored to be a part of their journey and usher in the next generation of radiological excellence. Congrats, and welcome to MIR!
#MatchDay2021
#MIReducation
In case you missed it, Pamela Woodard, MD
@PamelaWoodardp
was named president of the American College of Radiology (ACR) at the organization’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Congratulations, Dr. Woodard!
Today marks a new chapter for Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology. Take a moment to listen to a few words from our new director Pamela Woodard, MD (
@PamelaWoodardp
).
Drs. David Ballard, Vincent Mellnick, Constantine Raptis and Anup Shetty have received
@RSNA
's Honored Educator Award, which recognizes individuals who deliver high‐quality educational content to further the radiology profession. Congrats, all!
#MIReducation
#MIRatRSNA
#RSNA22
We're excited to celebrate Pamela K. Woodard, MD, PhD, the 2021
@RSNA
Outstanding Researcher Award recipient. Dr. Woodard is a globally revered researcher and her contributions to radiology, especially in translational cardiovascular imaging, are well-deserving of this honor.
Deanna Barch, PhD, (
@BarchDbarch
) the Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry and professor of radiology, was awarded the Joseph Zubin Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Research in Psychopathology (
@srp_science
). Congrats, Dr. Barch!
Congrats to Sanjeev Bhalla, MD, who was honored by
@BarnesJewish
with the Neville Grant Award last night for his delivery of superb clinical care and serving as a role model and mentor for other caregivers at the hospital.
Dr. Sanjeev Bhalla was honored by the
@AURtweet
A3CR2 with the prestigious Outstanding Teacher Award.
@cookyscan1
— an MIR alum and co-resident of Bhalla's — presented him with the award.
Scott Marek, PhD (
@smarek0502
), joins our Neuroimaging Labs Research Center as an assistant professor. His research applies neuroimaging and big data to understand neurodevelopmental processes in adolescent psychiatric illness. Welcome to MIR, Dr. Marek!
#MIRresearch
Nearly 50 years ago, positron emission tomography (PET) was developed at MIR. Michel Ter-Pogossian (left), PhD — widely remembered as the father of PET — is pictured here with MIR's interdisciplinary team.
#MIRhistory
#TBT
Congrats to MIR resident and
@NIH
T32 trainee Mohammad Fakhri, MD (
@Mohamfakhr
), who received a Resident/Fellow Research Grant from the
@RSNA
R&E Foundation. His application was titled "Improving Resting-state fMRI Localization Precision for Presurgical Eloquent Cortex Mapping."
Professor Tammie Benzinger, MD, PhD, has been named an American Association for Women in Radiology (
@AAWR_org
) Fellow, which recognizes those who've influenced others with their teaching, clinical care, research and leadership. Congrats on this honor, Dr. Benzinger!
#RadWoman
Joseph Culver, PhD (
@joe_culver
), the Sherwood Moore Professor and a leader in functional & molecular biological imaging, has been named director of the Biophotonics Research Center. We're thrilled to welcome him into this leadership position.
#MIRresearch
Professor Emeritus Dennis Balfe, MD, has received
@RSNA
's Outstanding Educator Award, which recognizes radiology pioneers who’ve made significant contributions to radiologic education. Congrats, Dr. Balfe!
#MIReducation
#MIRatRSNA
#RSNA22
Nico Dosenbach, MD, PhD, scanned his 13-year-old patient in 2012 and found he had suffered a massive perinatal stroke and lost large parts of his brain. Defying logic, Daniel's now an athletic college graduate. Read more in
@washingtonpost
:
#MIRpatientcare
Congratulations to Professor Vincent Mellnick, MD, and Ashwin Parihar, MD, who have been recognized by
@RSNA
for their dedication to enhancing radiology education.
#RSNA23
#MIRatRSNA
MIR Director Dr. Richard Wahl has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine India. The award recognizes
#nucmed
scientists who've made tremendous contributions to the field. Congrats on the well-deserved honor!
#MIRresearch
Congratulations to Pamela Woodard, MD (
@PamelaWoodardp
), on her election as
@AcadRad
's secretary and treasurer. Her role supports the organization's commitment to advancing medical imaging research and promoting patient health.
ICYMI: Drs. Tammie Benzinger (
@tlsmit1
), Matthew Glasser and Abraham Snyder were named to
@Clarivate
's Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list for their significant influence in their field. Congrats on this honor!
#MIRresearch
#HighlyCited2021
This
#WomensHistoryMonth
, we're shining a spotlight on
#RadWomen
leaders at MIR.
Dr. Pamela Woodard is the Hugh Monroe Wilson Professor and senior vice chair & division director of radiology research facilities — the first woman division director in departmental history.
Professor
@sanjeevbhalla
, MD, was selected for the Neville Grant Award for Clinical Excellence, one of
@BarnesJewish
Hospital’s highest honors. Congratulations on this prestigious recognition, Dr. Bhalla!
The Evens Society is proud to honor six trailblazing
#MIRalumni
at our upcoming Alumni Weekend:
Howard Forman, MD (
@thehowie
)
Joseph Lee, MD
M. Victoria Marx, MD (
@MVictoriaMarxMD
)
William McAlister, MD
Cooky Menias, MD (
@cookyscan1
)
Emily Smith, MD
Dr. Sanjeev Bhalla (
@sanjeevbhalla
) shares how he found his passion for
#radiology
, what makes cardiothoracic imaging so exciting, and breakthroughs transforming the specialty in our Meet the Radiologist series. 🧵(1/6)
#MIRpatientcare
This
#WomensHistoryMonth
, we're shining a spotlight on
#RadWomen
leaders at MIR.
Farrokh Dehdashti, MD, is the Drs. Barry A. & Marilyn J. Siegel Professor of Radiology, senior vice chair and division director of nuclear medicine.
Our first honoree is Howard Forman, MD. Part of our 1994
#radres
class, he's a practicing emergency/trauma radiologist and a professor of diagnostic radiology, public health, economics and management at
@YaleMed
&
@YaleSOM
.
#MIRalumni
Thanks to Professor Perry Pickhardt, MD, for presenting “Opportunistic CT Screening: Adding Value Beyond the Clinical Indication” at the 31st annual G. Leland Melson Memorial Lecture. We greatly appreciate your time and expertise.
#MIReducation
We're excited to announce that the following applicants have matched to our diagnostic and DR/IR programs. We can't wait for you to join us in 2021.
#RadRes
#IRad
#Match2020
Congratulations to senior vice chair and
#nucmed
division director Farrokh Dehdashti, MD, on receiving the 2024 Peter E. Valk, MD, Memorial Lectureship & Award. Given by
@SNM_MI
, the award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of PET.
Congratulations to
@cyrusraji
, MD, PhD, who was awarded a $2.3 million NIH R01 grant. His project will explore how obesity can increase risk for
#Alzheimers
in hopes of informing future prevention strategies.
#MIRresearch
Arash Nazeri, MD (
@Rshnzr
), joins our neuroradiology section as an assistant professor. A recent graduate of our
#neurorad
fellowship, he studies perturbing brain microstructure and neurofluids using diffusion-weighted MRI and focused ultrasound. Welcome, Dr. Nazeri!
#MIRresearch
Cooky Menias, MD, a
#radres
(’99) &
#AbRad
fellowship (’00) grad teaching at
@MayoClinicSOM
. She was on MIR's faculty for 15 years as director of body CT and emergency radiology and as assistant radiology residency program director.
#MIRalumni
Imaging researchers at
@WUSTL
&
@WUSTLmed
came together today for the annual Imaging Sciences Retreat. It was a great opportunity for attendees to showcase their work, hear from experts
@jenniferavari
&
@chrisdav66
and connect with the imaging community.
#MIRresearch
Pamela Woodard, MD (
@PamelaWoodardp
), has been named an
@AIMBE
Fellow! This honor is limited to the top 2% of medical and biological engineers who are regularly recognized for their contributions to the field. Congrats to Dr. Woodard and all the other
#WashU
fellows!
Congratulations to the 153 individuals elected to the AIMBE College of Fellows Class of 2022! We're so glad to welcome you to the AIMBE community. You can browse the full list of the new cohort, here:
Martin Reis, MD, has been named director of the diagnostic radiology residency program beginning July 1. We're excited to welcome him to the helm of one of the most prestigious and consistently top-ranked
#radres
training programs.
#MIReducation
Happening Now: MIR faculty, staff, residents and fellows, along with a seemingly endless line of healthcare workers, showed up to stand in solidarity.
#WhiteCoatsForBlackLives
We're thrilled to be ranked
#2
in the U.S. in NIH radiology funding by the Blue Ridge Institute. This accomplishment is a testament to the ability of our investigators to adapt to extraordinary times and continue to produce innovative science.
#MIRresearch
Congrats to Nicole McKay, PhD, who received a two-year, $200,000 postdoc fellowship award from the BrightFocus Foundation. The project aims to understand how levels of tau impact the integrity of our brain's pathways and leads to a decline in cognition.
#MIRresearch
This
#WomensHistoryMonth
, we're shining a spotlight on
#RadWomen
leaders at MIR.
Katie Vo, MD, is a professor of radiology and the
#neurorad
section chief. She also is our director of Advanced Stroke and Cerebrovascular Imaging and the Office of Faculty Development.
Join us in congratulating Associate Professor Dr. Costa Raptis on his acceptance into the
@WUSTLmed
Academy of Educators. His dedication and work ethic are well deserving of this honor!
Hey
#futureradres
! Join our virtual Q&A and find out what you need to know about training at MIR. Faculty leadership & current DX and IR chief residents will be there to answer all your questions.
#medstudenttwitter
@futureradres
Register here:
.
@adameggebrecht
, PhD, received a two-year, $452,702 grant from
@NIMHgov
to lead a study that will investigate brain function underlying motor imitation in children with
#autism
spectrum disorder.
Professor Sally Schwarz, nuclear pharmacist, has won
@SNM_MI
's Michael J. Welch, PhD, Award. This honors those who have made outstanding radiopharmaceutical science contributions, served as a mentor and provided community service within the field.
Thank you to all who joined us for the 36th annual Daniel R. Biello Memorial Lecture. This year, Dr. Umar Mahmood shared his insight on precision imaging to guide targeted cancer therapies.
#MIReducation
#nucmed
We're thrilled to welcome Patrícia Ribeiro Pereira, PhD (
@Pat_MRP_PhD
), as our newest assistant professor! Her research focuses on using biomolecules as tumor-targeting agents to deliver molecular imaging and therapeutic agents to treat various cancers.
MIR has placed
#3
in NIH funding among university-based radiology departments in the U.S., per Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. This achievement speaks volumes about the caliber & dedication of our team's research efforts.
#MIRresearch
Radiologists can play an essential role in detecting elder abuse by recognizing suggestive injury patterns and characteristics. Dr. Vincent Mellnick, chief of abdominal imaging, and colleagues outline these patterns in
@RadioGraphics
:
#MIRpatientcare
We're thrilled to see so many familiar faces at tonight's
#MIRatRSNA
reception. Director Pamela Woodard, MD, shares departmental highlights from the past year, and the MIR community gets the chance to connect.
#MIRalumni
#RSNA23
Earlier this week our new
#radres
and fellows joined faculty and staff to celebrate the start of a new academic year. We're thrilled to welcome this bright new class to MIR!
#MIReducation
The Center for Clinical Theranostics Research is officially open. A collaboration with
@WashURadOnc
partners, the CCTR provides outpatient research and clinical theranostics infusions, as well as research study follow-up services.
#MIRresearch
#MIRpatientcare
Congrats to Assistant Prof. Chris Malone, MD (
@ChrisDMaloneVIR
), on receiving an
@AmericanCancer
Clinician Scientist Development Grant, which is designed to help foster his development as an
#IRrad
clinician and investigator in the Biophotonics Research Center.
#MIRresearch
Congrats to Prof. Tammie Benzinger, MD, PhD, who was honored with the AWN Mentor Award from the
@WUSTLmed
Academic Women's Network. As a mentor for multiple training programs, Dr. Benzinger is crucial to training the next generation of imaging scientists and radiologists.
Have you seen our new scanner rolling around? This mobile head CT scanner — the first unit to be used in the U.S. clinically — is used for neuro ICU patients who are too unstable to travel to our CT scanner.
#MIRpatientcare
Fernando Gutierrez, MD, is the beating heart of our education efforts in Latin America. For more than two decades, he's taken MIR's expertise abroad and invited
#radres
to train in
#STL
. And he has no intention of slowing down.
#MIReducation
Professor Joel Perlmutter, MD, and Associate Professor Meghan Campbell, PhD, are studying cognitive decline and dementia onset in
#Parkinsonsdisease
patients thanks to the renewal of a $1.6 million RO1 grant from
@NIHAging
.
#MIRresearch
This
#WomensHistoryMonth
, we're shining a spotlight on
#RadWomen
leaders at MIR.
Tamara Hershey, PhD, leads the Neuroimaging Labs Research Center and studies cognitive and clinical
#neuroscience
. Named chief in 2017, she now directs the lab where her career began.
#MIRresearch
This
#WomensHistoryMonth
, we're shining a spotlight on
#RadWomen
leaders at MIR.
Ting Tao, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of radiology, the pediatric radiology fellowship director and the pediatric radiology section chief.
#MIRpatientcare
Congrats to the residents selected to serve as our 2024-2025 chief
#radres
! Their leadership will play a significant role in helping to foster the outstanding legacy of education and training at MIR.
#MIReducation
We're pleased to announce Dr. Hongyu An (
@an_hongyu
) will be our next chief of the Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Lab. Dr. An is an expert in MR physics, pulse sequences and image reconstruction analysis, and we're excited to have her in this new leadership position.
#MIRresearch
Congrats to Tammie Benzinger, MD, PhD (
@tlsmit1
), and Joseph Culver, PhD (
@joe_culver
), on their
@AIMBE
induction! They've earned one of the highest professional distinctions for medical & biological engineers.
#MIRresearch
This brain imaging cap presents a less invasive way for researchers to examine the brain.
Researchers at
@MIRimaging
hope to better understand how a brain functions in part to destigmatize non-neurotypical brain function especially in childhood development. | via
#LivingStLouis
The Castro Lab is hiring a
#postdoc
research associate to study endogenous opioids in the brain and metabolic organs. You'll use tools to examine the biological mechanisms of opioids with molecular, cellular, circuit and behavioral resolution.
#MIRresearch
Congrats to Dr. Patrícia Ribeiro Pereira (
@Pat_MRP_PhD
), whose project "Clicking Antibodies on the Cell Surface to Reverse Drug Resistance in Cancer" received a $30,000 Institutional Research Grant from
@AmericanCancer
and
@SitemanCenter
!
#MIRresearch
How well do you know this year's Evens Society honorees? Guess the honoree by replying or quote tweeting, and come back tomorrow for the answer reveal.
#MIRalumni
We're thrilled to welcome Steven Sauk, MD, as our newest
#IRad
assistant professor! He specializes in treating both venous and arterial disease and is part of the
#MIRalumni
network, even having served as chief resident. Welcome back, Dr. Sauk!
"Her experience in collaborative work with other clinical and preclinical departments is an essential ingredient of the virtuous cycle of academic medicine that exemplifies the partnership of
@WUSTLmed
and
@BJC_HealthCare
,”
—Dr. Perlmutter,
@WUSTLmed
dean.
The Teacher of the Year is awarded to a faculty member who dedicates themselves to enhancing the educational experience of our
#radres
. Congrats, J. Daniel Giardina, MD.
#MIReducation
We're thrilled to see our faculty honored with
#WashUMed
's Dean’s Impact Award. A big congrats to Drs. Tammie Benzinger (
@tlsmit1
),
@SanjeevBhalla
, Farrokh Dehdashti, Vincent Mellnick, Michelle Miller-Thomas, and Monica Shokeen!
Congrats to our
@WashUAcadEd
honorees! Dr. Michelle Miller-Thomas received the Exemplary Educator Award and Drs. Tyler Fraum, Cylen Javidan and Mariam Malik were inducted into the academy. We're proud to see their work in
#MedEd
recognized.
#MIReducation
MIR assistant professor Dr.
@cyrusraji
received a three-year, $2.3 million NIH R01 grant for his research titled “Neuroinflammation and Alzheimer’s Disease Imaging Biomarkers in Midlife Obesity.”
We're excited to announce that 4 MIR faculty have been named to
@AcadRad
Council of Distinguished Investigators for their outstanding contributions to medical imaging.
#MIRresearch
At our annual Research Symposium, investigators shared their ongoing research endeavors with the WashU imaging community. We look forward to seeing how today's research impacts tomorrow's radiological innovations.
#MIRresearch
We're excited to have Ali Mian, MD, as our new director of pediatric neuroradiology. Dr. Mian has demonstrated leadership, contributed impactful research and dedicated time to medical student education. We wish him the best in his new role!
The Teacher of the Year is awarded to a faculty member who dedicates themselves to enhancing the educational experience of our
#radres
. Congrats, Alexander “Sasha” Ushinsky, MD (
@Sushinsk
)!
#MIReducation
We're honored to be named an
@AuntMinnie
finalist for Best Radiology Training Program! Education is a cornerstone of our mission, and we're grateful to the faculty, trainees and staff who drive that mission forward.
#MIReducation
Beau Ances, MD, PhD, was featured in
@washingtonpost
for his lab's work in tracking biological changes in adults with Down syndrome to identify biomarkers that may signal the onset of
#Alzheimers
. (📸: Whitney Curtis, The Washington Post)
#MIRresearch
Last but not least, our final honoree is William McAlister, MD, professor of radiology & pediatrics. His career spans 60+ years and he served more than 40 years as MIR and
@STLChildrens
'
#pedsrad
section chief.
#MIRalumni
Congrats to our graduating
#neurorad
fellows:
•Joseph E. Boyle, MD
•Garrett M. Carpenter, DO
•Jeffrey C. Chukwuneke, MD
•Sammy L. Droubi, MD
•Saurabh Jindal, MD
•Dagan J. Kaht, MD
•Andrew P. Kong, MD
•Shamaita Majumdar, MD
•Theresa H. Nguyen, MD
•Faraaz S. Salik, MD
Drs. Gordon (
@gordonneuro
) & Dosenbach (
@ndosenbach
) spoke with NPR's "All Things Considered" about their recent
@Nature
study, where they identified a literal linkage of body and mind, updating the famous motor homunculus brain map.
#MIRresearch
Come join our
#PedsRad
section! We're currently seeking full-time and part-time pediatric radiologists to join the team behind top-ranked
@STLChildrens
, where you would be a part of the most recognized pediatric radiology group in the region.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Mike Darcy, who was named a 2021
@SIRspecialists
Gold Medalist. This tremendous honor recognizes his distinguished service to the field of interventional radiology.