Announcements: Dr. Borgstede Awarded 2024 RSNA Gold Medal
October 2024;17(5):15
Former ABR President James P. Borgstede, MD, was recently selected as one of three 2024 Gold Medal winners by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Board of Directors. The Gold Medal is RSNA’s highest honor and is awarded annually to individuals who have excelled in their service to the science of radiology.
Dr. Borgstede received his medical degree in 1974 from the University of Illinois, Chicago, completed his residency at the University of Colorado (CU) Health Sciences Center in Denver, and joined the faculty of the CU Department of Radiology in 1978. After spending most of his career in private practice, he joined CU Radiology full time in 2008 as professor and vice chair of Clinical Operations, Quality and Safety.
In addition to serving as president of the ABR from 2012 to 2014, Dr. Borgstede is a past president of the RSNA, the American College of Radiology (ACR), and the International Society of Radiology. He was also chair of the RSNA Board of Directors and Research & Education Foundation, and is a past president of the Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners and the Colorado Physician Health Program, a peer assistance program for physicians.
Dr. Borgstede’s research is in the areas of socioeconomics, government relations, quality, and safety. He has delivered more than 130 lectures on these topics nationally and internationally. He arranged and performed two international service projects: one in the Philippines and another in Cameroon, where his family purchased and delivered diagnostic medical sonographic equipment to hospitals and provided training for the staff. He also started the ACR Committee on International Service and made four working visits to Grace Children’s Hospital in Haiti.
Dr. Borgstede has received numerous honors and awards, including the Gold Medal of the ACR, the Gold Medal of the Colorado Radiological Society, the RSNA Honored Educator Award, and Honorary Membership in the European Society of Radiology.
