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New ABR Board Members Announced

2024;17(5):14

At the close of the ABR board meeting in September, six volunteers began their terms as new Governors and Trustees. In addition, one Trustee has moved from the Board of Trustees to the Board of Governors. More information about each member can be found by clicking on their names.

The following individuals have joined the ABR Board of Governors:

James C. Anderson, MD, is a professor of neuroradiology and vice-chair of education in the department of diagnostic radiology and assistant dean for graduate medical education at Oregon Health & Science University.

Karen Ragland Cole, MD, MBA, is a partner at MemorialCare Medical Group of Long Beach Memorial/Miller Children and Women’s Hospital.

Stephen F. Simoneaux, MD, is a professor of radiology and pediatrics at Emory University in Atlanta. He will continue in his role as the diagnostic radiology pediatrics representative on the Board of Trustees until a replacement is found while simultaneously serving on the Board of Governors.

The following individuals have joined the ABR Board of Trustees:

Kristopher Cummings, MD, is chair of the division of cardiothoracic imaging in the department of radiology at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, and an associate professor of radiology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Umesh Oza, MD, is a partner at American Radiology Associates in Dallas and professor of radiology at Baylor University Medical Center.

Kenneth Rosenzweig, MD, is chair of the department of radiation oncology at Mount Sinai Health System and a professor in the department of radiation oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.

Jennifer Stickel, PhD, is vice president of diagnostic/nuclear medicine physics at Colorado Associates in Medical Physics in Colorado Springs.

 

Dr. Borgstede Awarded 2024 RSNA Gold Medal

2024;17(5):15

James P. Borgstede, MD
James P. Borgstede, MD

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.

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