News Announcements

The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences is excited to announce that Virginia Planz, MD, will be the new Section Chief of Body Imaging, effective immediately. Dr. Planz has previously served as the Director of Interventional CT and Ultrasound and worked as the Associate Section Chief with Chris Jones, MD.  

Congratulations to second-year Diagnostic Radiology Resident Heather Cole, MD, who has been selected as this year’s Deitte INSPIRE Resident Award recipient. As part of the Deitte INSPIRE (INspiring Stories of Purposeful leadership In Radiology that Empower) Lectureship series, this award is given to a female radiology resident who exemplifies all the qualities of a leader.

The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences is pleased to announce that Rachel Runde, MD, has joined our team as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Runde will join our Community Radiology and Body Imaging sections.  Most recently, Dr. Runde served as an Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. 

Congratulations to Brent Savoie, MD, JD, Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, for receiving a secondary appointment as Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics. Dr. Savoie says this new collaboration with the department is an exciting step. "I have really enjoyed my experiences with the Department of Biomedical Informatics over the past 6 years," says Dr. Savoie. "I'm eager to assist in inter-departmental collaboration going forward. I’ve found that some of the most interesting and rapid innovation occurs at the intersection of two fields."

Awards for the Annual Association of University Radiologists Meeting have been announced, and two VUMC Radiology members have been highlighted for their work.