2023 Award Winners
Annual Meeting Awards
2023 Gold Medalists

Mark E. Baker, MD, FSAR


Christine Menias, MD, FSAR


Judy Yee, MD, FSAR

Early Career Committee Awards
Early Career Committee Excellence in Education
Daniel Adamo, MD
Outstanding Support of SAR Early Career Members
John R. Leyendecker, MD, FSAR
Early Career Committee: Rising Star in Research
Guilherme M. Cunha, MD
Scientific Awards
Magna Cum Laude; Trainee Educational Exhibit Award
O-RADS US + O-RADS MRI: Understanding Their Complementary Roles
Marisa Martin, MD; Erica Stein; Susan Ascher, MD; Akshya Gupta, MD; Nancy Kim; Stephanie Nougaret; Caroline Reinhold, MD.CM, MSc; Elizabeth Sadowski, MD; Evan S. Siegelman, MD; Katherine E. Maturen, MD, MS
Cum Laude
What’s the Matter with the Bladder? Pearls and Pitfalls of VI-RADS
Hanisha Patel, MD; Hyunjoong W. Kim, MD; Phuong Duong, MD; Hiram Shaish; Lyndon Luk, MD
A Pattern-Based Approach to Mesenteric Pathologies on Imaging
Daniel K. Schneider, MD; Daniel Barkmeier; Benjamin Hirshberg; Ashish Wasnik
Unusual and Usual GI Tract Diverticula, Clinical Presentation, Imaging Characteristics and Management
Pedro Ferrer, MD; Hamilton Trinh, MD; Francesco Alessandrino, MD; Beatrice Madrazo, MD; Felipe Mendez Varon, MD; Jose A Garrido, MD; Javier Casillas, MD
Adrenal Manifestations of Systemic Disorders
Wendy Tu, MD; Andrei S. Purysko, MD; Nicola Scheida; Christopher Fung; Erick M. Remer, MD, FACR FSAR
Certificate of Merit
Don’t Miss! A Systematic Approach to the Spine for the Body Radiologist
Imran Ahmed, DO; Lily Wang, MBBS
Cholangiocarcinoma: Imaging from Diagnosis to Response Assessment
Jinjin Cao, MD; Nayla Mroueh, MD; Sasiprang Kongboonvijit, MD; Madeleine Sertic, MBBCh BAO; Avinash Kambadakone, MD, FRCR, FSAR
Vaginal Involvement on Imaging: Detected or Overlooked?
Mariana Yalon, MD; Andrea Esquivel; Wendaline VanBuren, MD, FRCPC; Shannon Sheedy; David Bartlett; Avinash Nehra; John V. Thomas, MD; JG Fletcher, MD, FSAR
Lumps and Bumps: Soft Tissue Ultrasound for the Body Radiologist with Multimodality Correlation
Michio Taya, MD, MS; Sarah Oh, MD; Roger Bartolotta, MD; Fernanda Mazzariol, MD
Penile Pathologies: A Case Based Review
Shakib W. Islam, MD; Imran Ahmed, DO; Eric Swy, MD; Juliana Tobler, MD; Shaun Wahab, MD; Sadhna Verma, MD; Kyuran Choe, MD
A Stent of Strength: Use of Lumen-Apposing Metal Stents (LAMS) in Patients with Surgically Altered Anatomy and Other Novel Applications
Katherine Ji; Meir Scheinfeld, MD, PhD; Julie Yang, MD; David Berenfeld, MD; Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD; Inessa Goldman, MD
Vaginal Pathology; An Imaging Review
Milana Flusberg; Mariya Kobi, MD; Viktoriya Paroder, MD PhD; Fernanda S. Mazzariol, MD; Victoria Chernyak; Zina Ricci
Top 10 Tips for Interpretation and Optimization of Abdominal Dual Energy CT
Stephen F. Murphy; Roger Croutze, MD, FRCPC; Silvia D. Chang, MD, FRPCP, FSAR, FCAR; Gavin Sugrue, MD
Ultrasound of the Gastrointestinal Tract: Contributions of Endovaginal Sonography, CEUS, and Elastography
Nameerah Wajahat; Alexandra Medellin, MD; Stephanie R. Wilson, MD
Best Overall Paper, Roscoe E. Miller Award
Outcomes of Bosniak Classification, version 2019 Class IIF Masses at Imaging Surveillance
Luyao Shen, MD; Luke Yoon; Justin Tse
Best Power Science Award
MR Imaging Characteristics Post Histotripsy Treatment in the Liver
Scott Mauch, MD; Allison Couillard, MD; Annie Zlevor; Emily Knott; Lori Mankowski Gettle, MD, MBA; Paul Laeseke, MD, PhD; Mishal Mendiratta-Lala; Joan Vidal Jove, MD, PhD; Xavier Serres, MD, PhD; Timothy Ziemlewicz, MD; Fred Lee, MD
Top GU Paper
Utilizing a Modified Delphi Process to Create a Lexicon for Adrenal Imaging Terms at CT and MRI
Daniel I. Glazer, MD FSAR; William Mayo-Smith; Erick M. Remer, MD, FACR FSAR; Elaine M. Caoili; Julie H. Song; Myles Taffel; James Lee, MD; Olga Brook; Atul Shinagare; Michael A. Blake, MBBCh, FSAR; Khaled Elsayes, MD; Nicola Scheida; Antonio C. Westphalen; Michael J. Campbell; Michael T. Corwin
Top GI Paper
Liver Stiffness Classification using a Deep Transformer Model on multi-site pediatric and Adult T2-weighted MRI Data
Jonathan Dillman, MD, MSc; Redha Ali; Hailong Li, PhD; Huixian Zhang; Wen Pan; Krishna Shanbhogue, MD; Anum Aslam, MBBS; William Masch, MD; Scott B. Reeder, MD, PhD; Lili He, PhD
Best Technical Innovation Award
MRI Radiomics to Detect Residual Mucinous Rectal Adenocarcinoma Post Total Neoadjuvant Treatment: A Collaborative Effort of the SAR Rectal Anal DFP
Marina J. Corines, MD; Peter Gibbs; Natally Horvat; Akshay Baheti; Shannon Sheedy; Sonia Lee, MD; Stephanie Nougaret; Randy Ernst; Courtney Moreno; Elena Korngold, MD, FSAR; Iva Petkovska; Michael Fox; Sergio Nahas; Marc Gollub
Next Frontier Award
Effect of Tube Voltage on Hepatic Attenuation in Normal and Steatotic liver: In Vitro and In Vivo Study
Roberta Catania; Rosa Alba Pugliesi; Sarah Fopma; Raymond Diano; Frank H. Miller; Amir A. Borhani, MD
Best Overall Trainee Paper, Alexander R. Margulis Award
Comparison of Novel Oral Dark Gastrointestinal Contrast Material to Pineapple Juice, Barium, Water, and Air: Phantom-benchmarking and Early Clinical Translation
Maurice M. Heimer; Yuxin Sun; Joy Liau, MD PhD; Korawan Vijittrakarnrung; Michael A. Ohliger, MD, PhD; Benjamin M. Yeh