Four Vanderbilt University faculty members have been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Among 120 “outstanding leaders, engineers, entrepreneurs and innovators in medical and biological engineering” nominated by their peers and elected to the class of 2014, they are:

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.

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) has launched a new lung cancer screening program to provide low-dose CT scans for patients at high risk for the deadly disease. Current or former smokers ages 55 to 74 who have a history of 30 or more pack years of smoking are eligible for the scans.

Prior to joining Vanderbilt, Dan Brown, MD, was chief of Interventional Radiology and professor of Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Brown is a graduate of Hahnemann Medical College, now Drexel University College of Medicine. He completed a residency program in radiology at Bryn Mawr Hospital and completed a fellowship in Interventional Radiology at Pennsylvania State University. He practiced at Washington University in St.

According to annual figures available through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) is now ranked ninth in the nation among U.S. medical schools in total grant support provided through the nation’s medical research agency. Receiving $292,413,440 in NIH grant support during calendar year 2013, VUSM moved up four places from its 2012 ranking by adding an additional $5,723,560 in funding. NIH funding support is considered a key indicator of an institution’s overall strength in biomedical research.

Natalie Ortiz is a typical six-year-old first grader — happy, active and fidgety — the kind of patient often sedated for a lengthy Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan. But with the help of a new sedation-free MRI program at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Ortiz was able to successfully complete a 90-minute scan of her spine recently, lying still in the tube surrounded by a giant circular magnet that loudly clanged, tapped and thumped around her.