PRESIDENT
Joel F. Platt, MD, FSABI University of Michigan Medical Center
VICE PRESIDENT
Ivan Pedrosa MD, PhD, FSABI UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Pedrosa is Professor (tenure) of Radiology, Urology, Advanced Imaging Research Center, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He serves as the Vice-Chair of Research in the Department of Radiology. He is the holder of the Jack Reynolds, M.D., Chair in Radiology and Co-Leader of the Kidney Cancer Program at the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center.
His translational research program in genitourinary cancers focuses on implementing novel quantitative imaging techniques for the prediction of aggressiveness, angiogenesis, and response to novel therapies, primarily focusing on MRI.
CHIEF MEMBERSHIP OFFICER
Desiree E. Morgan MD, FSABI University of Alabama Birmingham
SECRETARY
Ihab Kamel MD, PhD, FSABI Dept of Radiology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dr. Kamel is the Chair of Radiology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Kamel joined Johns Hopkins faculty in 2000 and served as the Clinical Director of MRI from 2008 to 2019. He has led significant MRI expansion across the entire Johns Hopkins enterprise. He aslo led several MRI safety initiatives, while maintainng high quality imaging studies and improving patient access. Kamel is recognized globally by his membership in premiere radiology associations including the ACR, RSNA, ARRS and ISMRM. Dr Kamel chairs the Multisystem Section of "RadioGraphics" and he also chairs the Gastrointestinal Section of the American College of Radiology, repsonsible for creating Appropriateness Criteria for imaging.
Dr. Kamel developed a multidisciplinary clinic that includes liver surgery, transplant surgery, hepatology, interventional radiology and oncology to discuss the diagnosis and management of complex liver cases. Parterning with other services and departments, Dr. Kamel assembled a research team focusing on hepatobiliary imaging, particularly oncologic application of functional MRI. He has over 260 peer-reviewed publications, 20 non-peer publications and 25 book chapters.
PRESIDENT ELECT
Brian R. Herts MD, FSABI Cleveland Clinic
Dr. Herts is an Abdominal Imager at Cleveland Clinic and professor of Radiology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and his radiology training at NYU Medical Center. He has nearly 100 peer-reviewed publications, over 120 published abstracts, and over 100 invited lectures. His contributed work has received Cum Laude and Moncada awards from SABI, and Best GI and Best GU scientific exhibit awards from the SAR. He is currently the medical director of CT imaging services for Cleveland Clinic and vice-chair of the Imaging Institute. He is honored to have mentored many members and fellows of SABI.
TREASURER
Matthew S. Davenport MD, FSABI University of Michigan Medical Center
Dr. Davenport is a Professor of Radiology and Urology, and Service Chief and Vice Chair in the Department of Radiology at Michigan Medicine. He is an internationally recognized expert on the safety and efficacy of radiographic contrast material. He has served on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee, the National Cancer Institute Clinical Imaging Steering Committee, as Chair of the American College of Radiology's Committee on Drugs and Contrast Media, and Vice Chair of the ACR Commission on Quality and Safety. He is a co-author on national policy statements, has published over 200 manuscripts, was founder of the Michigan Radiology Quality Collaborative, and is a funded investigator. His primary clinical interests include patient safety, high-value care, and urologic imaging.University of Michigan Medical Center.
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Elizabeth G McFarland MD, FSABI SSM St Joseph Health Center
Dr. McFarland is a board-certified Radiologist with Radiology Imaging Consultants in St. Charles (MO). Dr. McFarland graduated medical school at the University of California-San Diego and completed her residency and a fellowship in Interventional and GI/GU Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Her clinical interests include CT colonography, women’s imaging, procedures, and multimodality breast biopsy.
FELLOW AT LARGE
Nicole Hindman MD, FSABI NYU
MEMBER AT LARGE
Jessica Robbins, MD University of WisconsiN
JCAT LIAISON
Eric Tamm, MD, FSABI MD Anderson Cancer Center
SABI Board Meeting Summer 2021 - Good Times!
Hello from the SABI 2020 Board Members!
