Filip Banovac, M.D., FSIR, Associate Professor of Radiology and Interventional Radiology (IR) Section Chief, has been appointed Treasurer of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). He will serve a three-year term in that role for both the SIR and the SIR Foundation.

Last month, faculty and trainees from the Department of Radiology attended the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2018 Annual Meeting where they presented scientific papers and educational exhibits, and participated in a variety of educational courses. 

Alexis Paulson, MSN, APRN, WHNP-BC, TTS, Associate in Radiology and Clinical Coordinator of the Vanderbilt Lung Screening Program, recently delivered a breakout session on lung screening at the Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) 21st Annual Premier Women's Healthcare Conference in San Antonio, Texas. 

Lucy Spalluto, M.D., Assistant Professor of Radiology, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) oncology colleague Jennifer Lewis, M.D., M.S., Instructor in Medicine, have been selected to co-lead the Veterans Affairs – Partnership to increase Access to Lung Screening (VA-PALS) National Program Evaluation.

Third-year diagnostic radiology resident Courtney Raybon, M.D., was named Chair of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Resident and Fellow Committee (RFC) at RSNA’s Annual Meeting held last week in Chicago. 

Below are the articles for December 2018 MSK Journal Club. We will talk about spine trauma, in particular spinal post-surgical issues. There are two short articles, and one slightly longer one. 

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