An AI tool developed and evaluated by researchers at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine was able to identify 44% more lesions than human interpreters when reviewing prostate biopsy ultrasound images, according to a study published Jan. 28 in European Urology Oncology. The…
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham has appointed Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD, as department of radiology chair. Dr. Mossa-Basha will step into the role Nov. 1, according to a July 29 news release from the university. He currently serves as vice…
Charlottesville-based University of Virginia School of Medicine has appointed diagnostic radiologist Colin Derdeyn, MD, as interim dean. Dr. Derdeyn has held the role of radiology and medical imaging chair since January 2024, according to an Aug. 12 news release from…
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health’s department of radiology has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance dual-energy imaging. The innovation of interest, PET-enabled dual-energy CT, combines PET and CT technologies, allowing providers to…
Lumexa Imaging — formerly known as U.S. Radiology Specialists — has tapped Russell Stewart, MD, as chief medical officer. Dr. Stewart is a musculoskeletal radiologist and previously served as chief clinical officer for clinical analytics firm Covera Health, according to…
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Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System has named Christopher Whitlow, MD, PhD, as systemwide radiologist-in-chief and Yale New Haven Hospital’s chief of radiology, effective Oct. 20. Dr. Whitlow will also serve as chair of the department of radiology and biomedical…
As part of an international clinical trial, Jacksonville-based Mayo Clinic in Florida has become the first U.S. site to target metastatic breast cancer with the radiopharmaceutical actinium-225. The trial drug, which contains actinium-225, was developed to treat a subtype of…
The American College of Radiology has expressed support for the No Surprises Enforcement Act, introduced to Congress July 23 as a reinforcement measure of the No Surprises Act, which was signed into law in 2020. The No Surprises Enforcement Act…
New York City-based Columbia University has appointed Jasnit Makkar, MD, as chief of its division of emergency radiology. Dr. Makkar joined Columbia’s radiology department in 2016 and previously served as director of the diagnostic radiology residency program from 2021 to…
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare recently standardized radiology services across eight recently acquired hospitals in Illinois. When the purchase was finalized in March, Prime committed $250 million to facility upgrades, capital improvements, system upgrades and technology investments. Prime has deployed the…