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A new advanced stroke treatment suite debuts this month at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, offering better care for patients with blood circulation problems in the head and neck, such as stroke and aneurysm. The neuroangiography suite occupies operating rooms 1 and 8, and comprises two bi-plane imaging machines, including the new Siemens Artis Q, which offers improved image quality with lower doses of radiation.

Reed A. Omary, M.D., M.S., a 1993 Research Resident Grant recipient and 1999 Bracco Diagnostics/RSNA Research Scholar Grant recipient, was the guest speaker at the Corporate Donor reception at RSNA 2013. Dr. Omary delivered a heartfelt account of how the RSNA Research and Education Foundation provided him with the initial funding he needed to make a name in radiology and begin his lifelong career in radiology research. Today Dr.

Jeffrey Carr, M.D., M.Sc., recently joined Vanderbilt as the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences and professor of Clinical Biomedical Informatics and Cardiovascular Medicine. Carr, a member of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine class of 1989, returns to his alma mater from Wake Forest School of Medicine, where he had been on faculty since 1990, most recently with professorship appointments in Radiology, Internal Medicine, Translational Science and Public Health Sciences.

Jeffrey Carr, M.D., M.Sc., Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Radiology and Radiological Sciences and professor of clinical biomedical informatics, who was recruited from Wake Forest University this summer.

John Gore, Ph.D., director of the Vanderbilt University Institute for Imaging Science (VUIIS), was named an honorary professor of Zhejiang University, China, during his recent visit to Zhejiang University School of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science.