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Last weekend, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Department of Radiology faculty, residents and fellows, along with more than 100 leaders in radiology from across the state, attended the Tennessee Radiological Society’s (TRS) Annual Scientific Meeting in Franklin, Tenn. Organized by VUMC faculty, Ron Walker, M.D., the two-day meeting consisted of informational sessions and presentations, section meetings and more.

This week, the Department of Radiology welcomed Ashley Billingsley as Manager, Faculty Affairs and Compliance. Ashley will be taking over for Ima Mosley who is retiring in March 31. Ashley started her career at Vanderbilt in 2004 as an accountant in Medical Center Finance. Most recently, she has managed day-to-day affairs for almost 600 faculty in the Dean’s Office of Arts & Sciences at Vanderbilt. Ashley received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Mississippi University for Women in 2002.  

This month, the Department of Radiology launched their new Communications and Design Team and welcomed Krystyna Barnard and Christy Latshaw as Communications Coordinators to lead the initiative.   The team was created out of the vision of Reed Omary, M.D., Carol D. and Henry P. Pendergrass Professor and Chair for the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.

Dr. Lucy Spalluto and Dr. Stephanie Spottswood, co-founders of the Vanderbilt University Women in Radiology group, have designed and implemented a Female Faculty Development Program for the Department of Radiology. This program aims to develop knowledgeable, successful, and confident women prepared to achieve career success and assume leadership positions. It consists of a series of educational modules designed to meet the needs of the female faculty in the department.

It was while inside a loud and odoriferous chromium metal plating shop that Stephanie Spottswood first considered a career in medicine. At the time, she was serving as a federal workplace safety researcher, touring chemical and manufacturing plants across the country to study whether companies were protecting their workers from hazardous materials. But at the metal electroplating shop, one of many she had toured, Spottswood encountered a dangerous situation.