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Jeremy J. Kaye, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, died July 4 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was 75. Dr. Kaye came to Vanderbilt in 1976 when he was recruited to direct Musculoskeletal Radiology. He was intimately involved in the design and relocation of the department from Medical Center North to Vanderbilt University Hospital upon the facility’s opening in September 1980.

R01. One letter and two numbers, often considered the holy grail of grant funding. It is the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) original grant mechanism, typically offering $1 million or more over five years, with the possibility of competitive renewal for years afterward. But it can take years of research and reams of data to achieve one, and that time is getting even longer.

The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences are thrilled to welcome Filip Banovac, MD, FSIR as the newly appointed Section Chief of Interventional Radiology effective November 1, 2015. A strong clinician and teacher, Banovac comes to us from Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC.  

Our Faculty Spotlight section includes an interview with Dr. Dan Brown, Director of Interventional Oncology, a subspecialty within Interventional Radiology (IR).When we surveyed current 4th-year students, asking them which specialties they wish they had obtained more exposure to during medical school, the most popular answers were Interventional Radiology (IR) and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R). We are therefore very grateful that Dr.

During the Crossroads of Radiology, ACR 2015™ meeting in Washington DC this week, Dr. Marta Hernanz-Schulman, our Pediatric Section Chief and Medical Director of Diagnostic Imaging at the MCJCHV, had the opportunity to meet former United States Secretary of State and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, General Colin L.