2023 – 2024 SAR Committees
Call for Volunteers
SAR is now accepting volunteer applications for the 2024-2025 committee cycle.
The following committees will be looking for volunteers:
CME Committee
Corporate Support Committee
DEI Committee
Early Career Committee
Educational Program Committee
Hands On Oversight Committee
Informatics Committee
Membership Committee
Online Education Committee
Research Awards Committee
Rules & Bylaws Committee
Scientific Program Committee
Social Media Committee
Special Awards Committee
Website Oversight Committee
Contribute to planning of plenary sessions and workshop strategies at the annual meeting; promote new ideas for courses.
Frank H. Miller, MD, FSAR – Chair
Kathryn J. Fowler, MD, FSAR – Meeting Education Portfolio Director
Robert P. Hartman, MD, FSAR – CME Committee Chair
Zhen Jane Wang, MD, FSAR – Director of Education
Silvia D. Chang, MD, FSAR – Hands On Course Chair
Mahmoud Al-Hawary, MD, FSAR – HOC Portfolio Director
Mustafa R. Bashir, MD, FSAR – Plenary Planner
Steven C. Eberhardt, MD, FSAR – Plenary Planner
Vahid Yaghmai, MD, FSAR – Plenary Planner
Ashish P. Wasnik, MD, FSAR – Plenary Planner
Cooky Menias, MD, FSAR – Plenary Planner
Atul B. Shinagare, MD, FSAR – Plenary Planner
Bari Dane, MD – Plenary Planner
Paul Nikolaidis, MD, FSAR – Plenary Planner
Anuradha S. Shenoy-Bhangle, MD – Plenary Planner
Alessandro Furlan, MD, FSAR – Plenary Planner
Amy K. Hara, MD, FSAR – President
Avinash Kambadakone, MD, FSAR – Science & Research Portfolio Director
Malak Itani, MD – Workshop Coordinator
Vincent M. Mellnick, MD – Workshop Coordinator
Ben Mervack, MD – Workshop Mentee
Kimberly Shampain, MD – Workshop Mentee
Andrei S. Purysko, MD – Workshop Mentee (2026)
Myra K. Feldman, MD – Workshop Mentee (2026)
TBD – Liaison, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Manage abstracts presented at the annual meeting, which includes solicitation, selection, grading and distribution of the poster and paper awards.
Erick M. Remer, MD, FSAR – Chair
Avinash Kambadakone, MD, FSAR – Portfolio Director
Victoria Chernyak, MD, FSAR – Scientific Program Coordinator
Ghaneh Fananapazir, MD – Scientific Program Coordinator
Richard K. Do, MD, PhD, FSAR – Scientific Program Mentee
Motoyo Yano, MD, PhD – Scientific Program Mentee
Hina Arif-Tiwari, MD
Mustafa R. Bashir, MD, FSAR
Amir A. Borhani, MD
Anil Chauhan, MD, FSAR
Michael T. Corwin, MD
Bari Dane, MD
Jonathan Dillman, MD, FSAR
Fioana Fennessy, MD, FSAR
David T. Fetzer, MD
Sebastian Feuerlein, MD, FSAR
Nicole Hindman, MD, FSAR
Chandana Lall, MD, FSAR
Kiran R. Nandalur, MD
Refky Nicola, DO
Michael A. Ohliger, MD, PhD
Viktoriya Paroder, MD, PhD, FSAR
Melina Pectasides, MD
Kristin Porter, MD, PhD
Srinivasa R. Prasad, MD, FSAR
Nicola Schieda, MD
Prasad Shankar, MD
Luyao Shen, MD
Andrew D. Smith, MD, PhD, FSAR
Venkateswar R. Surabhi, MD, FSAR
Rafel Tappouni, MD
Baris Turkbey, MD, FSAR
Harshna Vadvala, MD
Sudhakar K. Venkatesh, MD, FSAR
TBD – Diversity & Inclusion Liaison
Assure the educational and scientific programs remain in compliance with the Essentials and Standards of the ACCME guidelines.
Robert P. Hartman, MD, FSAR – Chair
Jeff L. Fidler, MD, FSAR
Anugayathri Jawahar, MD
Susan John, MD
Jean H. Lee, MD
Mahan Mathur, MD
Venkateswar R. Surabhi, MD, FSAR
Judy K. Tam, MD
Peter Choyke, MD, FACR, FSAR – Mentor
William W. Olmstead, MD, FSAR – Mentor
Zhen Jane Wang, MD, FSAR – Board Liaison
Aya Kamaya, MD, FSAR – Portfolio Director
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
Chandana Lall, MD, FSAR
Bhavik Patel, MD
Erik K. Paulson, MD, FSAR
Dushyant V. Sahani, MD, FSAR
Kumaresan Sandrasegaran, MD, FSAR
Andrew D. Smith, MD, FSAR
Jorge A. Soto, MD, FSAR
Jennifer W. Uyeda, MD
Antonio C. Westphalen, MD, PhD, FSAR
Benjamin M. Yeh, MD, FSAR
Vahid Yaghmai, MD, FSAR
Amy K. Hara, MD, FSAR – Board Liaison
Rajan T. Gupta, MD, FSAR – Portfolio Director
Richard K. Do, MD – Co-Chair
Kerry Thomas, MD – Co-Chair
Stuart I. Bentley-Hibbert, MD, PhD
Elaine M. Caoili, MD, FSAR
Humaira Chaudhry, MD
Anil Chauhan, MD, FSAR
Erin A. Cooke, MD
Steven C. Eberhardt, MD, FSAR
Harman Gill, MD
Rachita Khot, MD
Mark D. Kovacs, MD
Franklyn E. Luke, MD
Ryan B. O’Malley, MD
Ann Packard, MD
Elainea Smith, MD
Juliana Tobler, MD
Parvi Ramchandani, MD, FSAR – Mentor
Elizabeth A. Sadowski, MD, FSAR – Mentor
Moozhan Nikpanah, MD – Liaison, RFS
David H. Kim, MD, FSAR – Board Liaison
Lejla Aganovic, MD – Portfolio Director
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.
Matthew S. Davenport, MD, FSAR – Chair
Olga R. Brook, MD – Vice Chair
R. Patricia Castillo, MD
Bari Dane, MD
Daniel I. Glazer, MD, FSAR
Elizabeth M. Hecht, MD, FSAR
Avinash Kambadakone, MD, FSAR
Guarav Khatri, MD, FSAR
Ania Kielar, MD, FSAR
Courtney C. Moreno, MD
Elizabeth A. Sadowski, MD, FSAR
Atul B. Shinagare, MD, FSAR
Ismail B. Turkbey, MD, FSAR
Alec J. Megibow, MD, FSAR – Mentor
Stuart G. Silverman, MD, FSAR – Mentor
Katherine E. Maturen, MD, FSAR – Board Liaison
Mahmoud Al-Hawary, MD, FSAR – Portfolio Director
Sherry S. Wang, MBBS – Chair
Bari Dane, MD – Past Chair
Towhid Ali
Patricia Balthazar, MD
Justin Holder, MD
Xiaoyang Liu
Kirti Magudia, MD, PhD
Diana J. Murcia Salazar, MD
Taemee Pak
Vinay Prabhu, MD
Sameer Sandhu
Elainea Smith, MD
Mindy Wang, MD
Lejla Aganovic, MD – Portfolio Director
David H. Kim, MD, FSAR – Board Liaison
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.
Myles T. Taffel, MD, FSAR – Chair
Manjil Chatterji, MD
Margaret M. Fynes, MD
Marielia Gerena, MD
Matthew A. Morgan, MD
Daniel A. Moses, MBBS, PhD
Jeffrey H. Newhouse, MD, FSAR
Gaiane M. Rauch, MD, PhD
Christopher G. Roth, MD
Prasad Shankar, MD
David H. Kim, MD, FSAR – Board Liasion
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.
William W. Mayo-Smith, MD, FACR, FSAR – Chair
Hersh Chandarana, MD, FSAR
Aya Kamaya, MD, FSAR
Courtney C. Moreno, MD
Judy Yee, MD, FACR, FSAR
Benjamin M. Yeh, MD, FSAR
David H. Kim, MD, FSAR – Board Liaison
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.
Kirti Magudia, MD, PhD – Co-Chair
Eric Pepin, MD – Co-Chair
Constantine Burgan, MD
Jessica G. Fried, MD
Nagaraj Setty Holalkere, MD
John Mongan, MD
Jordan D. Perchik
Victor Sai
Angela Tong
Ismail B. Turkbey, MD, FSAR
Joseph H. Yacoub, MD
Arun Krishnaraj, MD – Mentor
Nikhil Gupta, MD – Liaison, RFS
Katherine E. Maturen, MD, FSAR – Board Liaison
Mahmoud Al-Hawary, MD, FSAR – Portfolio Director
Choose the Igor Laufer Visiting Professor; choose the Marshak Lecturer; and solicit participation for faculties for any travelling outreach programs.
Amy K. Hara, MD, FSAR – Chair, President-Elect
Puneet Bhargava, MD, FSAR
David J. DiSantis, MD, FSAR
Beatrice L. Madrazo, MD, FSAR
Mariam Moshiri, MD, FSAR
Perry J. Pickhardt, MD, FSAR
Kumaresan Sandrasegaran, MD, FSAR
Aarti K. Sekhar, MD, FSAR
Antonio C. Westphalen, MD, FSAR
Rajan T. Gupta, MD, FSAR – Portfolio Director
Kedar R. Jambhekar, MD – Co-Chair |
William W. Mayo-Smith, MD, FACR, FSAR – |
Silvia D. Chang, MD, FSAR – Chair
Khatri Gaurav, MD, FSAR – Vice Chair
Sandeep S. Arora, MBBS
Priya Bhosale, MD, FSAR
Victoria Chernyak, MD, FSAR
Katherine E. Maturen, MD, FSAR – Board Liaison
Mahmoud Al-Hawary, MD, FSAR – Portfolio Director
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
Malak Itani, MD – Vice Chair
Dmitriy G. Akselrod, MD
Ryan M. Ash, MD
Kristin Dittmar, MD
Alice W. Fung, MD
Justin Holder, MD
Betsy Jacobs, MD
Sonia Lee, MD
Joy Liau, MD, PhD
Franklyn E. Luke, MD
Kiran R. Nandalur, MD
Sadhna B. Nandwana, MD
Jonathan Revels, DO
Margarita V. Revzin, MD
Boris Sinayuk, MD
Allison Forrest, MD – Liaison, RFS
David H. Kim, MD, FSAR – Board Liaison
Lejla Aganovic, MD – Portfolio Director
Selects new Board Member (Director at Large)
Desiree E. Morgan, MD, FSAR – Chair, Immediate Past President
Giles W. Boland, MD, FSAR
Bernard F. King, Jr., MD, FSAR
William W. Mayo-Smith, MD, FACR, 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
Vikram S. Dogra, MD, FSAR
Roozbeh Houshyar, MD
Marc D. Kohli, MD
James T. Lee, MD
Mohamed Badaway, MD – Liaison, RFS
Jennifer Huang, MD – Liaison, RFS
Zhen Jane Wang, MD, FSAR – Board Liaison
Aya Kamaya, MD, FSAR – Portfolio Director
Review proposals/applications for the SAR research awards (Wylie J. Dodds; Morton A. Bosniak; Howard S. Stern).
Priya Bhosale, MD, FSAR – Co-Chair
Jonathan R. Dillman, MD, FSAR – Co-Chair
Fiona Fennessy, MD, PhD
Stacy O’Connor, MD
Andrew B. Rosenkrantz, MD, FSAR
Sree Harsha Tirumani, MD
Leo Tsai, MD, FSAR
Erick M. Remer, MD, FSAR – Board Liaison
Avinash Kambadakone, MD, FSAR – Portfolio Director
Sonia Gaur, MD – Chair
Moozhan Nikpanah, MD – Vice Chair
Mindy Wang, MD – Past Chair
Allison Forrest, MD – Secretary/Treasurer
Nikhil Gupta, MD – Innovation Officer
Pedram Keshavarz, MD – Communication Officer
Jennifer Huang, MD – Liaison, Education
Mohamed Badaway, MD – Liaison, Education
Surbhi Raichandani, MD – Communication Officer
David H. Kim, MD, FSAR – Board Liaison
Lejla Aganovic, MD – Portfolio Director
Write any and all bylaw changes as proposed by the Board or membership.
Sadhna Verma, MD, FSAR – Chair
Vincent M. Mellnick, MD
Roshan Modi, MD
Prasad Shankar, MD
David H. Kim, MD, FSAR – Board Liaison
Lejla Aganovic, MD – Portfolio Director
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.
James T. Lee, MD – Chair
Amita Kamath, MD – Vice Chair
Kevin J. Chang, MD, FSAR
Elizabeth Edney, MD
Andrea Esquivel Mora
Malak Itani, MD
Pedram Keshavarz, MD
Robert Marks, MD
Lucy M. Muinov, MD
Kristen L. Olinger, MD
Vinay Prabhu, MD
Derek Sun, MD
TBD – Liaison, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
TBD – Liaison, Early Career Committee
Pedram Keshavarz, MD – Liaison, RFS
Rajan T. Gupta, MD, FSAR – Portfolio Director
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.
Cheri L. Canon, MD, FSAR – Chair
Hina Arif-Tiwari, MD
Amy K. Hara, MD, FSAR – President
Jay P. Heiken, MD, FSAR
Susanna I. Lee, MD, PhD, FSAR
Parvi Ramchandani, 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 – Diversity & Inclusion Liaison
Dhakshinamoorthy Ganeshan, MBBS
Andrew D. Hardie
Elena K. Korngold, MD – Diversity & Inclusion Liaison
Michael Magnetta, MD
Erick M. Remer, MD, FSAR
Anuradha S. Shenoy-Bhangle, MD
Kerry Thomas, MD – Diversity & Inclusion Liaison
Ashish P. Wasnik, MD, FSAR