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.

Todd Peterson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences and faculty in the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, recently received a fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (

Cari Motuzas, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology and Radiological Sciences, was inducted into Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s (VUSM) Academy for Excellence in Education at last week’s Annual Reco

The following article originally appeared in the April 19, 2018, edition of the VUMC Reporter.    A Vanderbilt University Medical Center-led research team has shown that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can detect changes in resting-state spinal cord function in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

The following article originally appeared in the April 12, 2018, edition of the VUMC Reporter.