2020 – 2021 SAR Committees
I’d like to extend a sincere thank you to all
volunteers for their enthusiastic support of SAR!
– Desiree E. Morgan, MD, FSAR, President
Consists of the Scientific Program Committee and the Educational Program Committee.
JG Fletcher, MD, FSAR – Chair
Peter Choyke, MD, FACR, FSAR
Richard K. Do, MD – Diversity and Inclusion Liaison
Desiree Morgan, MD, FSAR
Eric Pepin, MD – RFS Liaison
Scientific Program Committee
Manage abstracts presented at the annual meeting, which includes solicitation, selection, grading and distribution of the poster and paper awards.
Amy K. Hara, MD, FSAR – Chair
Lejla Aganovic, MD
Spencer Behr, MD
Patricia Balcacer, MD
Olga R. Brook, MD
Lauren Burke, MD
Kirsteen R. Burton, MD
Samual Chang, MD
Victoria Chernyak, MD, FSAR
Linda Chu, MD
Nicole E. Curci, MD
Bari Dane, MD
Matthew S. Davenport, MD, FSAR
Alice W. Fung, MD
Shahid M. Hussain, MD, FSAR
Ravi Kaza, MD, FSAR
Kathryn McGillen, MD
Achille Mileto, MD
Frank H. Miller, MD, FSAR
Bhavik Patel, MD
Krupa Patel-Lippmann
Iva Petkovska, MD
Jason Pietryga, MD
Michael H. Rosenthal, MD
Elizabeth A. Sadowski, MD, FSAR
Prasad Shankar, MD
Atul Shinagare, MD, FSAR
Erik Soloff, MD
Rafel Tappouni, MD
Temel Tirkes, MD
Leo Tsai, MD
Jane Wang, MD, FSAR
Motoyo Yano, MD, PhD
Gail Yarmish
Hanna M. Zafar, MD – Diversity and Inclusion Liaison
Educational Program Committee
Contribute to planning of plenary sessions and workshop strategies at the annual meeting; promote new ideas for courses.
JG Fletcher, MD, FSAR – Chair
Tara Catanzano, MD
Peter Choyke, MD, FACR, FSAR
Kathryn J. Fowler, MD, FSAR
Adam T. Froemming MD, FSAR
Alison C. Harris. MD, FSAR
Elizabeth M. Hecht, MD, FSAR
David M. Hough, MD, FSAR
Kedar R. Jambhekar, MD
Sonia Lee, MD
Daniele Marin, MD
Cooky Menias, MD, FSAR
Frank H. Miller, MD, FSAR
Desiree Morgan, MD, FSAR
Bhavik Patel, MD
Cynthia Santillan, MD, FSAR – Diversity and Inclusion Liaison
Claude B. Sirlin, MD, FSAR
Nelly Tan, MD
Carolyn L. Wang, MD, FSAR
Research, implement and evaluate the initiatives of the Society in regard to the Continuous Certification, Self-Assessment Modules, Practice Quality Improvement projects and other self-evaluation projects put into place within the practice of radiology.
Shetal N. Shah, MD, FSAR – Chair
Dennis M. Balfe, MD, FSAR
Fiona Cassidy, MD
JG Fletcher, MD, FSAR
Milana Flusberg, MD, FSAR
Keya Hosseinzadeh, MD
Duane G. Mezwa, MD, FSAR
Assure the educational and scientific programs remain in compliance with the Essentials and Standards of the ACCME guidelines.
Peter Choyke, MD, FACR, FSAR – Chair
Robert P. Hartman, MD, FSAR – Co-Chair
JG Fletcher, MD, FSAR
Douglas S. Katz, MD, FSAR
William W. Olmstead, MD, FSAR
Aliya Qayyum, MD, FSAR
Eric P. Tamm, MD, FSAR
Seek corporate or other support for the goals, endowments, and research missions of the Society; identify any potential general Member with strong industry connections and obtain contacts; provide strategic vision for corporate support growth relationships
Judy Yee, MD, FACR, FSAR – Chair
Rajan T. Gupta, MD, FSAR
Susanna I. Lee, MD, FSAR
Desiree Morgan, MD, FSAR
Bhavik Patel, MD
Erik K. Paulson, MD, FSAR
David M. Paushter, MD, FSAR
Iva Petkovska, MD
Dushyant V. Sahani, MD, FSAR
Anthony E. Samir, MD
Andrew D. Smith, MD, FSAR
Jorge A. Soto, MD, FSAR
Jennifer W. Uyeda, MD
Benjamin M. Yeh, MD, FSAR
To provide feedback to potential Disease-Focused Panels (DFP groups) and review applications for DFP status and renewal; make recommendations to the SAR Board; review annual DFP reports;, decide upon renewal of DFP status, communicate annual meeting DFP/OTC programming parameters; submit annual reports to the SAR Board.
Susanna I. Lee, MD, FSAR – Chair
Tracy A. Jaffe, MD, FSAR – Vice-Chair
R. Patricia Castillo, MD
Matthew S. Davenport, MD, FSAR
Marta E. Heilbrun, MD, FSAR
Ania Kielar, MD, FSAR
Alec J. Megibow, MD, FSAR
Frank H. Miller, MD, FSAR
Andrew B. Rosenkrantz, MD, FSAR
Elizabeth A. Sadowski, MD, FSAR
Stuart G. Silverman, MD, FSAR
Adjudicate any and all charges of ethical violations as brought against any member as outlined in Article II, Section 6, Item C of the SAR Bylaws.
Erick M. Remer, MD, FSAR – Chair
Katherine E. Maturen, MD, FSAR – Co-Chair
Cheri L. Canon, MD, FSAR
Manjil Chatterji, MD
Margaret M. Fynes, MD
David M. Hough, MD, FSAR
Matthew A. Morgan, MD
Christopher G. Roth, MD
Audit all financial reports, annually review the dues structure of the Society to ensure that it is in line with Society’s initiatives and that of other like organizations; work with the Society’s management company.
Frank H. Miller, MD, FSAR – Chair
Cheri L. Canon, MD, FSAR
Matthew S. Davenport, MD, FSAR
Katherine E. Maturen, MD, FSAR
Viktoriya Paroder, MD, FSAR
Researching and providing information and guidance on certain online components, such as: an app for the annual meeting and search optimization of the Society’s website via Google.
George Shih, MD – Chair
Patricia Balthazar, MD
Avneesh Gupta, MD
Nagaraj Setty Holalkere, MD
Mark D. Kovacs, MD
Arun Krishnaraj, MD
Kirti Magudia, MD, PhD
Katherine E. Maturen, MD, FSAR
John Mongan, MD
John Thomas, MD, FSAR
Choose the Igor Laufer Visiting Professor; choose the Marshak Lecturer; and solicit participation for faculties for any travelling outreach programs.
JG Fletcher, MD, FSAR – Chair
Puneet Bhargava, MD, FSAR
Giovanna Casola, MD, FSAR
Mariam Moshiri, MD, FSAR
Perry J. Pickhardt, MD, FSAR
Diana Salazar – RFS Liaison
Aarti K. Sekhar, MD, FSAR
Antonio C. Westphalen, MD, FSAR
Participate in online activities to vet and pre-approve fellowship candidates to present for board approval prior to vote of fellows at annual business meeting; strategize new plans for engagement of members/inclusion; recommend new members; assure proper documentation for desired level of membership is; guide management for streamlined member administrative approval; assist with member retention and transitions.
Carolyn L. Wang, MD, FSAR – Chair
Alice W. Fung, MD
Malak Itani, MD
Gaurav Khatri, MD, FSAR
Katherine E. Maturen, MD, FSAR
Duane G. Mezwa, MD, FSAR
Sadhna B. Nandwana, MD
Margarita V. Revzin, MD
Boris Sinayuk, MD
Mindy X. Wang, MD – RFS Liaison
Selects new Board Member (Director at Large)
Jonathan B. Kruskal MD, PhD, FSAR – Chair
Giles W. Boland, MD, FSAR
Bernard F. King, Jr., MD, FSAR
William W. Mayo-Smith, MD, FACR, FSAR
Cooky Menias, MD, FSAR
Cynthia Santillan, MD, FSAR
Collecting, managing and curating educational material (for CME credit or otherwise) that will help to create a year-round online resource, and that will be of value to the SAR members and others in the field of radiology.
Cynthia Santillan, MD, FSAR – Chair
Aya Kamaya, MD, FSAR
Marc D. Kohli, MD
James T. Lee, MD
Frank H. Miller, MD, FSAR
Eric Pepin, MD – RFS Liaison
Carolyn L. Wang, MD, FSAR
Review proposals/applications for the SAR research awards (Wylie J. Dodds; Morton A. Bosniak; Howard S. Stern).
Thomas A. Hope, MD – Co-Chair, GI
Sadhna Verma, MD, FSAR – Co-Chair, GU
Julia R. Fielding, MD, FSAR
Amy K. Hara, MD, FSAR
Avinash Kambadakone-Ramesh, MD, FSAR
Andrew B. Rosenkrantz, MD, FSAR
Ismail B. Turkbey, MD, FSAR
Sadhna Verma, MD, FSAR
Write any and all bylaw changes as proposed by the Board or membership.
Mark E. Lockhart, MD, FSAR – Chair
Cheri L. Canon, MD, FSAR
Katherine E. Maturen, MD, FSAR
Frank H. Miller, MD, FSAR
Roshan Modi, MD
Albert Seow, MD
Researching, implementing and managing the social media activities of the Society, and working to engage SAR members through the Society’s active social media outlets; engage with informatics when necessary.
Ryan B. O’Malley, MD – Chair
Kevin J. Chang, MD, FSAR
Elizabeth Edney, MD
Malak Itani, MD
Amita Kamath, MD
Elena K. Korngold, MD
James T. Lee, MD
Robert Marks, MD
Mahan Mathur, MD
Katherine E. Maturen, MD, FSAR
Suzanne Parets, MD
Jennifer W. Uyeda, MD
Propose recipients of the SAR Gold Medals (previously the Cannon Medal (GI), Pollack Medal (GU) and the Lifetime Achievement Awards (GI and GU)). At its discretion, the Committee may periodically award one (1) Distinguished International Member Award per year; Membership Hall of Fame membership poster design and composition.
Jonathan B. Kruskal MD, PhD, FSAR – Chair
Desiree Morgan, MD, FSAR
Perry J. Pickhardt, MD, FSAR
Erick M. Remer, MD, FSAR
Cary Lynn Siegel, MD, FSAR
Overseeing the overall content, design aesthetic and functionality of the Society website; making recommendations for strategic focus of website design and content; participating in review and selection process for upgrades and modifications to the website system.
Paul Nikolaidis, MD, FSAR – Chair
Kathryn J. Fowler, MD, FSAR
Andrew D. Hardie
Amita Kamath, MD
Ania Kielar, MD, FSAR
Elena K. Korngold, MD
Katherine E. Maturen, MD, FSAR
Erick M. Remer, MD, FSAR
Anuradha S. Shenoy-Bhangle, MD
Kerry Thomas, MD
Mindy X. Wang, MD
Ashish P. Wasnik, MD, FSAR