A Lung Cancer Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) project, “SPORE Pilot Project: Machine Learning for Prognosis Assessment,” by Kim Sandler, M.D., Assistant Professor of Radiology, has been jointly funded by the University of Colorado’s Lung Cancer SPORE program and the Vanderbilt-Ing

Research by Vanderbilt Interventional Radiology Nurse Practitioners Sarah Valenti, M.S.N., ACNP-BC, and Tracey Goddard, M.S.N., ACNP-BC, in collaboration with Interventional Pulmonologists Robert Lentz, M.D., and Fabien Maldonado, M.D., was presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference last week in San Diego, California.

Rachelle Crescenzi, Ph.D., Research Instructor in Radiology and Radiological Sciences, was recently awarded American Heart Association’s Career Development Award for her project, “Visualizing Vascular Mechanisms of Salt Sensitivity.” The award begins July 1, 2018, and has been funded for $77,000 per year for three consecutive years. 

Melissa Hilmes, M.D., Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, has been named co-director of the Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning (VPIL). She has been a member of the VPIL faculty since 2015, serving as a course director and interprofessional coach for medical students.

Martin Jordanov, M.D., Associate Professor and Director of Medical Student Education, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, recently received the 2018 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) Immersion Teaching Award.

Third-year diagnostic radiology resident Karthik M.

Second-year radiology resident Drs. Courtney Raybon and Noran Taylor were recently awarded World Conference on Interventional Oncology (WCIO) 2018 Fellows and Resident-in-Training scholarships by the Society of Interventional Oncology (SIO). 

Brent Savoie, M.D., J.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology and Radiological Sciences, has been named chief of the Department of Radiology’s Cardiothoracic Imaging Section. 

The American Cancer Society estimates approximately 13,040 soft tissue sarcomas and 3,450 bone sarcomas will be diagnosed in U.S. adults and children in 2018. To optimally treat sarcomas, health systems are developing multidisciplinary team approaches that include dedicated musculoskeletal expertise.