Mass General radiologist named RSNA president

The Radiological Society of North America’s board of directors named Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD, the organization’s new president.

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Dr. Mahmood has been an RSNA member since 1997 and has served on the board of directors since 2017, according to a Dec. 1 news release from the organization.

He is chief of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, the director of the Center for Precision Imaging and associate chair of imaging sciences in the department of radiology at Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also a professor of radiology at Boston-based Harvard Medical School. 

He is a fellow of both the American College of Radiology and the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

“He hopes to further RSNA’s mission of advancing radiology research and technology to improve patient care, with a special focus on precision medicine,” the release said. 

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