RSNA will award three members its highest honor, the Gold Medal, during RSNA 2022
Katherine P. Andriole, PhD
Andriole
A leading expert in radiological imaging informatics, Katherine P. Andriole, PhD, holds a long-standing interest in using concepts from computer science, engineering and data science to advance medical research, augment medical education and ultimately improve clinical care.
Dr. Andriole majored in biomedical engineering at Duke University where she was an Angier B. Duke Scholar, studying twentieth century English literature at Oxford University. She studied electrical engineering and medicine at Yale University where her PhD research was in classical machine learning. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) departments of radiology. At UCSF, Dr. Andriole was instrumental in designing, building, implementing, and evaluating picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) before they became commercial entities. She was one of the early adopters of Computed Radiography (CR) using CR for the first time in newborns including premature infants.
Dr. Andriole is currently an associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital and the director of academic research and education at the Mass General Brigham Data Science Office. Her research has involved technical as well as clinically relevant developments in medical imaging informatics, data analytics and machine learning. A passionate educator, she has developed and taught multiple formal courses, directed fellowships in biomedical imaging and informatics, and mentored more than 90 trainees. She is co-developer and co-director of the National Imaging Informatics Course.
Dr. Andriole has served in multiple leadership roles for the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), is the senior scientist for education at the American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute and serves on the executive board of the Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research. She has served on several NIH grant review study sections including Biomedical Computing and Healthcare Informatics and Big Data-to-Knowledge.
She is an editorial board member of the Journal of Digital Imaging and is an associate editor for the Journal of Medical Imaging and for Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.
A long-standing member of the RSNA Radiology Informatics Committee, Dr. Andriole currently serves on the RSNA Machine Learning Steering and Data Standards sub-committees. She is a faculty member for the RSNA Imaging AI Certificate Program, a subject matter expert for the R&E Foundation's Grant Oversight Committee and serves as co-director of the Imaging AI in Practice Demonstration.
Among her many accolades, Dr. Andriole was named a senior member of the International Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, elected a member of the Academy of Harvard Medical School, and inducted into the College of SIIM Fellows and the Fellowship of the ACR. She was named third (2015) and second (2018) vice president of RSNA. Dr. Andriole has received the RSNA Honored Educator Award multiple times, and the SIIM gold medal. She was inducted into her hometown Sports Hall of Fame for swimming, track and field, and cross country, and received the inaugural RADxx Trailblazer Award recognizing a pioneering woman leader in imaging informatics.
James A. Brink, MD
Brink
An internationally known advocate for the monitoring and control of medical radiation exposure, James A. Brink, MD, is chair of the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospitals, radiologist-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital, chief of enterprise radiology for Mass General Brigham health system, and the Juan M. Taveras Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, all in Boston.
Dr. Brink also focuses on the critical role radiology plays in advancing quality care at an affordable cost. He champions radiologists as poised to use technological innovation toward medical imaging advances that will improve public health.
A leader in organized radiology, Dr. Brink is a past president of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) and the American College of Radiology. He currently serves as president of the International Society for Strategic Studies in Radiology and was previously vice chair of the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
The ARRS honored Dr. Brink's achievements with a gold medal, and he holds honorary membership in the European Society of Radiology, the Japanese Radiological Society, the Chinese Society of Radiology, the Italian Society of Medical Radiology, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the International Organization for Medical Physics. Dr. Brink was recognized by his alma mater, Purdue University, with the Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineer award in 2019. The following year, he was also elected Distinguished Emeritus Member by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.
Dr. Brink earned a BS degree in electrical engineering at Purdue University and his medical degree at Indiana University before completing his residency and fellowship at MGH. During his fellowship Dr. Brink received an RSNA Research Fellow Grant. He began his career at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where he rose to the rank of associate professor before joining the faculty at Yale University in 1997. He served as chair of the Yale Department of Diagnostic Radiology from 2006 to 2013.
Vijay M. Rao, MD
Rao
A global authority on head and neck imaging and recognized for her health services research in radiology, RSNA past president Vijay M. Rao, MD, is the David C. Levin Professor and Emeritus Chair of Radiology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and senior vice president of Enterprise Radiology and Imaging at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia.
Dr. Rao is a graduate of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India's premier medical school. After completing her radiology residency in 1978 at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, she remained on the faculty. A passionate educator, she served as residency program director, associate chair and then vice chair for education, and co-director of the Neuroradiology/ENT division. In 2002, she was appointed chair of Jefferson's Department of Radiology, becoming the first female chair of a clinical department in Jefferson's history. In 2016, she was named senior vice president of Enterprise Radiology and Imaging at Jefferson Health. She is also a trustee of the Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals board.
A prolific researcher, Dr. Rao is widely recognized as a thought leader in health services research in radiology. She has published over 220 peer-reviewed articles, a dozen book chapters and 275 abstracts in medical literature and has edited a popular atlas textbook on MRI and CT of the head and neck. She has given 300 presentations at national and international radiology meetings.
Dr. Rao has held many leadership roles in national organizations, including president of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology, the Association of Program Directors in Radiology (APDR) and the American Association for Women Radiologists (AAWR). She has served the RSNA R&E Foundation as a member of the Board of Trustees from 2008 to 2011 and 2019 to 2022.
She currently serves as the R&E Foundation Board chair. In 2011, she was named to the RSNA Board of Directors, serving as president-elect in 2017 and president in 2018. She served on the board of the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research and the Pennsylvania Radiologic Society for several years. Dr. Rao serves as a role model and source of inspiration for many radiologists worldwide. She has received numerous awards, including the APDR Achievement Award and the AAWR Marie Curie Award. She was awarded gold medals from the Association of University Radiologists, the Asian Oceanian Society of Radiology, and American Society of Head and Neck Radiology. She holds honorary membership in the Israeli Radiological Society, the European Society of Radiology, the Indian Radiological and Imaging Association, and the French Society of Radiology along with its Medal of Honor.
In 2005, Dr. Rao was honored by the Philadelphia Business Journal as one of 25 Women of Distinction throughout the region. She has been consistently chosen by her peers to be included on Philadelphia Magazine's annual list of Top Doctors and Best Doctors.
