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Awards & Recognition

SAR Gold Medal Award
The SAR Gold Medal Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR). It is presented to a current or past member of SAR who has made substantial and enduring contributions to the field of abdominal radiology. Beyond professional accomplishment, recipients exemplify the core values of SAR.

The SAR Gold Medal Award recognizes not only extraordinary achievement in abdominal radiology, but also a lasting commitment to advancing the specialty and strengthening the Society.

2026 Gold Medalists

Cheri L. Canon, MD, FSAR

Cheri L. Canon, MD, FSAR

David J. DiSantis, MD, FSAR

David J. DiSantis, MD, FSAR

Jonathan Kruskal, MD, PhD, FSAR

Jonathan Kruskal, MD, PhD, FSAR

2025 Gold Medalists
J. G. Fletcher, MD, FSAR
John R. Leyendecker, MD, FSAR
Desiree E. Morgan, MD, FSAR

2024 Gold Medalists
Giovanna Casola, MD, FSAR
William Mayo-Smith, MD, FSAR
Perry Pickhardt, MD, FSAR

2023 Gold Medalists
Mark E. Baker, MD, FSAR
Christine Menias, MD, FSAR
Judy Yee, MD, FSAR

2022 Gold Medalists
Alec J. Megibow, MD, FSAR
Stuart G. Silverman, MD, FSAR
Ronald J. Zagoria, MD, FSAR

2021 Gold Medalists
Ann S. Fulcher, MD, FSAR
Parvati Ramchandani, MD, FSAR

2020 Gold Medalists
James H. Ellis, MD, FSAR
C. Daniel Johnson, MD, MMM, FACR, FSAR
Raymond B. Dyer, MD, FSAR
Deborah A. Baumgarten, MD, MPH, FSAR

2019 Gold Medalists
Lincoln L. Berland, MD
Richard H. Cohan, MD
Nancy S. Curry, MD
Jay P. Heiken, MD

2018 Gold Medalists
Michael Bettmann, MD, FSAR
Herb Kressel, MD, FSAR
John J. Cronan, MD
Peter R. Mueller, MD

2017 Gold Medalists
Dennis M. Balfe, MD
Peter L. Choyke, MD
John P. McGahan, MD
Nicholas Papanicolaou, MD

2016 Gold Medalists
Isaac R. Francis, MD
R. Brook Jeffrey, Jr., MD
Phillip J. Kenney, MD
William W. Olmstead, MD

Walter B. Cannon Medal Award
The Walter B. Cannon Medal was awarded annually to a distinguished radiologist who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of gastrointestinal and abdominal radiology, and the Society itself.
*In 2019, the Cannon Medal, Pollack Medal and Lifetime Achievement awards were transitioned to SAR Gold Medal awards.*

Peter R. Mueller, MD

2018 SAR Cannon Medalist

Peter R. Mueller, MD

Dennis M. Balfe, MD

2017 SAR Cannon Medalist

Dennis M. Balfe, MD

William W. Olmsted, MD

2016 SAR Cannon Medalist

William W. Olmsted, MD

Past Recipients of the Cannon Medal Award

2015: Eric vanSonnenberg, MD
2014: Robert J. Stanley, MD
2013: Richard L. Baron, MD
2012: Richard M. Gore, MD
2011: Susan D. Wall, MD
2010: Michael P. Federle, MD
2009: Marc S. Levine, MD
2008: Dean D.T. Maglinte, MD
2007: Bronwyn Jones, MD
2006: Giles Stevenson, MD
2005: Charles A. Rhormann, Jr., MD
2004: David Stephens, MD
2003: Emil Balthazar, MD
2002: Patrick C. Freeny, MD
2001: William M. Thompson, MD
2000: Edward T. Stewart, MD
1998: Stanley Baum, MD
1997: Albert A. Moss, MD

1996: Henry I. Goldberg, MD
1995: Hans Herlinger, MD
1994: Gerald D. Dodd, Jr., MD
1993: George R. Leopold, MD
1992: Morton A. Meyers, MD
1991: Joseph T. Ferrucci, Jr., MD
1990: Edward B. Singleton, MD
1989: Wylie J. Dodds, MD
1988: Igor Laufer, MD
1987: Harley C. Carlson, MD
1986: John R. Amberg, MD
1985: Hikoo Shirakabe, MD
1984: Robert N. Berk, MD
1983: Martin W. Donner, MD
1982: H. Joachim Burhenne, MD
1981: Sidney W. Nelson, MD
1980: Roscoe E. Miller, MD
1979: William B. Seaman, MD
1978: Bernard Wolf, MD (posthumously)
1977: Alexander R. Margulis, MD

Howard M. Pollack Medal
The Howard M. Pollack Medal was awarded annually to a distinguished radiologist who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of uroradiology and abdominal radiology, in addition to the Society itself. The Howard M. Pollack Medal is a continuation of the Gold Medal that was bestowed under the former Society of Uroradiology, with the last medal being bestowed under the SUR in 2012.
*In 2019, the Cannon Medal, Pollack Medal and Lifetime Achievement awards were transitioned to SAR Gold Medal awards.*

John J. Cronan, MD

2018 SAR Howard M. Pollack Medalist

John J. Cronan, MD

Peter L. Choyke, MD

2017 SAR Howard M. Pollack Medalist

Peter L. Choyke, MD

Philip J. Kenney, MD

2016 SAR Howard M. Pollack Medalist

Philip J. Kenney, MD

Past Recipients of the Gold Medal Award (SUR)

2015: Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD
2014: William Bush, MD
2013: Richard L. Clark, MD
2012: Carl M. Sandler, MD
2011: Bruce Hillman, MD
2010: Jeffrey Newhouse, MD
2009: Bruce L. McClennan, MD
2008: E. Stephen Amis, MD

and N. Reed Dunnick, MD
2007: Robert L. Lebowitz, MD
2006: Lee B. Talner, MD
2005: Robert R. Hattery, Jr., MD

and John R. Thornbury, MD
2004: Richard C. Pfister, MD (posthumously)
2003: David M. Witten, MD
2001: Alan J. Davidson, MD

and Richard M. Friedenberg, MD
2000: Morton A. Bosniak, MD

and Harry Z. Mellins, MD
1998: Milton Elkin, MD

and Howard M. Pollack, MD
1997: Harry W. Fischer, MD
1996: Joshua A. Becker, MD

Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award was bestowed upon any present or past member of the Society for his/her substantial contributions to abdominal radiology.
*In 2019, the Cannon Medal, Pollack Medal and Lifetime Achievement awards were transitioned to SAR Gold Medal awards.*

Herb Kressel, MD, FSAR

2018 GI Lifetime Achievement Award

Herb Kressel, MD, FSAR

Michael Bettmann, MD, FSAR

2018 GU Lifetime Achievement Award

Michael Bettmann, MD, FSAR

John P. McGahan, MD

2017 GI Lifetime Achievement Award

John P. McGahan, MD

Nicholas Papanicolaou, MD

2017 GU Lifetime Achievement Award

Nicholas Papanicolaou, MD

R. Brooke Jeffrey, Jr., MD

2016 GI Lifetime Achievement Award

R. Brooke Jeffrey, Jr., MD

Isaac R. Francis, MD

2016 GU Lifetime Achievement Award

Isaac R. Francis, MD

Past Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award

2015: Joseph F. Simeone, MD (GI)
Bruce R. Baumgartner, MD (GU)

2014: Robert Mattrey, MD (GU)
J. William Charboneau, MD (GI)

2013: Suresh K. Patel, MD (GU)
Ali Shirkhoda, MD, FACR (GI)

2012: Jelle O. Barentsz, MD, PhD (GU)
Joel E. Lichtenstein, MD (GI)

2011: Syed Zafar Jafri, MD (GU)
Harold A. Mitty, MD (GU)
Francis J. Scholz, MD (GI)
Mary Ann Turner, MD (GI)

2010: Marco A. Amendola, MD (GU)
Henrik S. Thomsen, MD (GU)

2009: David S. Hartman, MD (GU)

2008: Stanford M. Goldman, MD (GU)
Neil Wasserman, MD (GU)

2007: Melvyn T. Korobkin, MD (GU)
Arthur J. Segal, MD (GU)

Igor Laufer Visiting Professorship Award
The Visiting Professorship Award is sponsored by Bracco Diagnostics, Inc. for SAR Members in the amount of $8,000. The SAR Igor Laufer Visiting Professorship is awarded each year to an outstanding abdominal radiologist who is an active member of the Society in good standing and who has demonstrated a history of contributions to the Society. These individuals are content experts and educational innovators in their respective field. They are dynamic speakers and demonstrate a passion for the educational pursuits of the Society. Past or present members of the Board are not eligible for this professorship.

2026-2027 Igor Laufer Visiting Professorship Award Recipient

2026-2027 SAR Igor Laufer Visiting Professor

Sudhakar Venkatesh, MD

2026-2027 SAR Igor Laufer Visiting Professor

Past Recipients of the Visiting Professorship Award

2025 - 2026: Matthew S. Davenport, MD, FSAR
2024 - 2025: Aya Kamaya, MD, FSAR
2023 - 2024: Meghan Lubner, MD, FSAR
2022 - 2023: Andrew D. Smith, MD, PhD, FSAR
2021 - 2022: Khaled M. Elsayes, MD, FSAR
2020 - 2021: David H. Kim, MD, FSAR, University of Wisconsin
2019 - 2020: Kate Maturen, MD, FSAR, University of Michigan
2018 - 2019: Erick Remer, MD, FSAR, Cleveland Clinic
2017 - 2018: Frank Miller, MD, Northwestern University
2016 - 2017: Christine Menias, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona
2015 - 2016: Mukesh Harisinghani, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
2014 - 2015: John Leyendecker, MD, University of Texas - Southwestern
2013 - 2014: Desiree E. Morgan, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2012 - 2013: Perry J. Pickhardt, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
2011 - 2012: Benjamin M. Yeh, MD , University of CA, San Francisco
2010 - 2011: Erik K. Paulson, MD, Duke University Medical Center
2009 - 2010: Koenraad Mortele, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2008 - 2009: Dushyant Sahani, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
2007 - 2008: Judy Yee, MD, University of CA, San Francisco VA Medical Center
2006 - 2007: Sharlene Teefey, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute
2005 - 2006: Angela Levy, MD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science
2004 - 2005: Michael Macari, MD, NYU Medical Center
2003 - 2004: Jonathan Kruskal, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2002 - 2003: Mary Keogan, MD, St James' Hospital
2001 - 2002: Ann Fulcher, MD, Medical College of Virginia
2000 - 2001: Gerald Dodd, III, MD, University of Colorado Health Science Center
1999: Jay Heiken, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute
1998: Richard Gore, MD, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
1997: C. Daniel Johnson, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona
1996: Susan Wall, MD, University of California, San Francisco
1995: Richard Baron, MD, University of Chicago
1994: R. Brooke Jeffrey, Jr., MD, Stanford University Hospital
1993: Dennis M. Balfe, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute
1992: Pablo R. Ros, M, Brigham and Women's Hospital
1991: Joel E. Lichtenstein, MD, University of Washington
1990: Emil J. Balthazar, MD, New Bellevue Hospital
1989: Marc S. Levine, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
1988: David W. Gelfand, MD, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
1987: Eric vanSonnenberg, MD, Saint Joseph's Hospital Medical Center
1986: Wylie J. Dodds, Jr., MD, Medical College of Wisconsin

Richard H. Marshak International Lecturer Award
The Richard H. Marshak International Lecturer Award is presented to a member of the SAR who will represent the Society in its international educational outreach. This award is in honor of Dr. Richard H. Marshak, a founding member and the first president of the former Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists for his spirit of lectureship and dedication to the SGR. Recipients of this award are recognized as experts in the field of abdominal radiology and serve as an ambassador of the Society. An annual contribution of $4,000 is received from the Marshak Fund in support of this award.

2026 Richard H. Marshak International Lecturer Award Recipient

2026 Richard H. Marshak International Lecturer

Atul Shinagare, MD

2026 Richard H. Marshak International Lecturer

Past Recipients of the Richard H. Marshak International Lecturer Award

2025: Fiona Fennessy, MD. FSAR
2024: Rajan T. Gupta, MD, FSAR
2023: Aarti Sekhar, MD, FSAR
2022: Lejla Aganovic, MD
2020: Victoria Chernyak, MD, MS, FSAR
2019: Mitchell E. Tublin, MD
2018: Matthew S. D. Davenport, MD, FSAR
2017: Khaled Elsayes, MD
2016: Julia Fielding, MD
2015: David J. DiSantis, MD
2014: Sudha A. Anupindi, MD
2013: Frank H. Miller, MD
2012: Myron A. Pozniak, MD
2011: Jorge A. Soto, MD

2010: Sat Somers, MB ChB
2009: Francis Scholz, MD
2008: Andrew Taylor, MD
2007: Giovanna Casola, MD
2006: Dean D.T. Maglinte, MD
2005: Robert Halvorsen, MD
2004: not awarded
2003: Sharlene Teefey, MD
2002: Ellen Wolf, MD
2001: Eric vanSonnenberg, MD
2000: Eric vanSonnenberg, MD

Distinguished International Member Award
The award honors an individual who is from outside North America and who has made an exceptional contribution to the field of, and a society promoting, abdominal, gastrointestinal, or genitourinary radiology. The recipient must be a current or past member of the SAR, SGR, SUR or a current or past member of one of the organizations with which the SAR has (or has had) a formal or informal relationship (currently, ESUR, ESGAR or ASAR).

2023 Distinguished International Member Award Recipient

Netherlands Cancer Institute

Regina Beets-Tan, MD

Netherlands Cancer Institute

Past Recipients of the Distinguished International Member Award

2018: Hiromu Mori, MD, PhD
2017: Gabriel P. Krestin, MD, PhD
2016: Not Awarded
2015: Byung Ihn Choi, MD
2011-2014: Not Awarded
2010: Dermot E. Malone, MD
2009: Not Awarded
2008: Borut Marincek, MD
2007: Not Awarded
2006: Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis, MD
2005: Prof. Albert Baert
2004: Clive Bartram, MD

Annual Meeting Awards

LEGACY & SERVICE

SAR Member Hall of Fame

SAR Member Hall of Fame
The SAR Member Hall of Fame recognizes senior Society members who have contributed to the SAR. This honor is applied annually to those who have reached 35+ years of continuous SAR (+SGR/SUR) membership. The dates below indicate when each person began their membership.

2022 Induction

Hubert A. Shaffer, MD, FSAR
Jay P. Heiken, MD, FSAR
David J. DiSantis, MD, FSAR
Randall Radin, MD, FSAR
William H. Bush, MD, FSAR
John J. Cronan, MD, FSAR
Abraham H. Dachman, MD, FSAR

2021 Induction

Nancy S. Curry, MD, FSAR
Marco Amendola, MD, FSAR
Judith Webb, MD, FSAR
Janis Letourneau, MD, FSAR
R. Kristina Gedgaudas-McClees, MD, FSAR
Susan D. Wall, MD, FSAR
Wilfrido Castaneda-Zuniga, MD, FSAR

2020 Induction

Mark E. Baker, MD, FSAR
David H. Frager, MD, FSAR
Herbert Y. Kressel, MD, FSAR
J. Andrew Hamlin, MD, FSAR
Robert K. Zeman, MD, FSAR

2019 Induction

Howard J. Ansel, MD, FACR- 1982
Sachiko Tomie Cochran, MD, FSAR, FACR- 1983
Michael Federle, MD, FSAR, FACR- 1983
Patrick C. Freeny, MD, FSAR, FACR- 1976
Roger K. Harned MD, FSAR, FACR- 1976
Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD, Dr(hc)- 1982
Tim B. Hunter, MD, FSAR- 1981
Marc S. Levine, MD, FSAR, FACR- 1982
Joel E. Lichtenstein, MD, FSAR, FACR- 1979
William W. Olmsted, MD, FSAR- 1980
Charles A. Rohrmann, MD, FSAR, FACR- 1983
Robert J. Stanley, MD, FSAR, FACR- 1970
Henrik S. Thomsen, MD, FSAR, MSc- 1983
William (Bill) Torres, MD, FSAR- 1983

2018 Induction

E. Stephen Amis, Jr., MD - 1982
Dennis M. Balfe, MD - 1982
Morton I. Burrell, MD - 1982
N. Reed Dunnick, MD - 1982
Dean D.T. Maglinte, MD - 1982

2017 Induction

David Hartman, MD - 1982
Bruce McClennan, MD - 1974

2016 Induction

Marc Banner, MD - 1980
Morton Bosniak, MD - 1974
Robert Brown, MD - 1974
Richard Clark, MD - 1979
John Craven, MD - 1974
Alan Davidson, MD - 1974
Richard Friedenberg, MD - 1974
Stanford Goldman, MD - 1974
Harvey Goldstein, MD - 1975
Ronald Harris, MD - 1978
Marjorie Hertz, MD - 1980
Bruce Hillman, MD - 1980
J. Fred Johnson, III, MD - 1972
Melvyn Korobkin, MD - 1974
Robert Lebowitz, MD - 1974
Leon Love, MD - 1974
Morton Meyers, MD - 1970
Harold Mitty, MD - 1974
Jeffrey Newhouse, MD - 1977
Suresh Patel, MD - 1974
Theodore Robinson, MD - 1974
Arthur Rosenfield, MD - 1977
Francis Scholz, MD - 1978
Arthur Segal, MD - 1979
Terry Mark Silver, MD - 1976
Derek Stables, MD - 1974
Lee Talner, MD - 1974
Ruedi Thoeni, MD - 1979
John Thornbury, MD - 1974
Paul Van Waes, MD - 1974
Philip Weyman, MD - 1978