Visiting Professor
Department of Radiology - UAMS
2003-2009

The goal of Radiology’s Visiting Professors program is to enrich the teaching, clinical, and research experience of radiologists and housestaff through exposure to internationally renowned expertise. On average, 8 visiting professors are invited to visit UAMS each year. Each distinguished professor gives 2 to 3 conferences during his/her visit.

Dr. Leslie M. Scoutt
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine
Chief, Section of Ultrasound, Yale New Haven Hospital
September 24-25, 2009
US Evaluation of Carotid Arteries
Doppler US Evaluation of Portal Hypertension
US Evaluation of Vascular Complications of Hepatic and Renal Transplants
Vascular US Case Conference

Drs. Sharon White and Danny Staton
University of Alabama-Birmingham
August 20 and 21, 2009
Physics reviews for PGY2 residents

Jannette Collins, MD, M Ed, FCCP (KLEIN LECTURER)
Ben Felson Professor and Chair of Radiology, Univ. of Cincinnati School of Medicine
April 16-17, 2009
Board Review
Lifelong Learning in the 21st Century and Beyond
Patterns of Lung Disease on CT

John Andrew Kaufman, MD, FSIR, FAHA (DINER LECTURER)
Professor of Interventional Radiology, Dotter Interventional Institute
Professor of Radiology, Surgery and Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
March 26- 27, 2009
Flow, no flow:  Overview of Transcatheter Embolization
Image-Guided Interventions for Portal Hypertension
Emergencies in Big Red:  Role of IR in Acute Thoracic Aortic Syndromes

Erik N. K. Cressman, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School
February 24, 2009
Interventional Oncology 101:  Clinical, Historical and Practical Considerations
Exothermic Chemistry:  All hot and bothered “Laboratory Investigations of Thermochemical Ablation with the Minnesota Flamethrower”

William C. “Skip” Culp, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology, Texas A and M Health Sciences Center, Temple, Texas
December 5, 2008
Local Anesthetics in VIR, Choices and Applications

Cheri L. Canon, MD
Vice Chairman for Education, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
November 6 and 7, 2008
Esophagography, Don’t fear the Barium
Inflammatory Conditions of the Gut
Postoperative Imaging: Leaks, Fluid Collections and Foreign bodies
Unknown Case Conference – The Gut

Robert R. Lopez, MD
Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
October 20, 2008
Musculoskeletal Applications of Sonography
The Unstable Shoulder

M. Gazi and Dianne C.H. Yasargil Lectureship – sponsored by Neurology
Anton Valavanis, MD
Professor and Chairman, Institute of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
September 26, 2008
Advances in Endovascular Treatment of Vascular and Neoplastic Lesions of the Central Nervous System

Dr. Harish Patel and Dr. Jerry Gehl
Radiology Consultants
Both Private practice physicians involved in American College of Radiology Political scene
August 6, 2008
“RADPAC Information, ACR information”

Dr. Gary Barnes and Dr. Sharon White
Dr. Barnes is immediate past head of the Radiologic Physics Section
Dr. White teaches radiologic physics to the residents
University of Alabama - Birmingham
Physics Speakers
July 31st thru August 2, 2008
Various talks on Physics to the residents

Vjay Rao, MD (KLEIN LECTURER)
Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiology
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
May 6, 2008
“Neck spaces:  Approach to Differential Diagnosis”
“Temporal Bone Imaging:”
“Forces Reshaping the Future Practice of Radiology” – THE KLEIN LECTURE
May 7, 2008
ENT Board Review

Ella Kazerooni, MD (19th Annual DINER LECTURER)
Professor and Director of Cardiothoracic Radiology
Department of Radiology
University of Michigan Health System
April 9, 2008
“Cardiac CT:  Exam from start to finish”
“Lung Nodules, so many nodules, Management of small lung nodules” – DINER LECTURE
April 10 2008
“Cardiac CT in the Emergency Department”
Board Review Cases (Focus on HRCT)

Philip O. Alderson, MD  (18th Annual DINER LECTURER)
Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiology
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New York
April 16, 2007
Radiology case Review for Residents
“Patient-Centered Radiology”
“Challenges and Changes in Radiology:  An American Board of Radiology Perspective” – THE DINER LECTURE
April 17, 2007
Radiology case Review for Residents
“The New Approach to Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism”

Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD
Vice Chair, Radiology
Director, Pediatric Radiology
Associate Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy
Indiana University
February 28- March 1, 2007
Inaugural Lecturer, Sally Klein Lecture Series in Radiology
“The Decline and Fall of Radiology (And How to Prevent It)”
Why is Ethics Essential?”
“Are Radiologists Invisible?”
“Specialization and Coordination in Radiology.”

Robert J. Stanley, M.D.
Former Chairman, Department of Radiology,
University of Alabama School of Medicine on June 16, 2006

Gary L. Hedlund, D.O.
Chairman, Pediatric Medical Imaging Department
Primary Children's Medical Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
May 22-23, 2006
"The Pediatric Craniocervical Junction," "Pediatric Orbital Masses," "Imagining the Pediatric Anterior Neuropore,"
"Obstructing Lesions of the Pediatric Nasal Cavity," and "Challenging Lesions of the Pediatric Neck."

Valerie P. Jackson, M.D., F.A.C.R.
Professor and Chairperson
Department of Radiology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
April 10-11, 2006
“Analysis of Breast Calcifications”, “Analysis of Breast Masses”, “The Future of Radiology: Do we have one” and cases for residents.

Elvira V. Lang, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
March 8-9, 2006
“Case conferences”, “Nonpharmacologic Analgesia for Invasive Procedures”

Deborah Reede, M.D.
Associate Director, Chairperson/Site Director of Radiology
Director of Diagnostic Radiology Residency Training Program
Long Island College Hospital
Brooklyn, New York
Presented on January 12 and 13, 2006
“Cases vs. Didactic for Residents and Staff”, and “Grand Rounds”

Mark E. Schweitzer, M.D., B.S.
Professor, Departments of Radiology and Orthopedic Surgery
Member, New York University Radiology Associates
Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, New York
Presented on September 1 and 2, 2005
“Fracture Complications”, “Grand Rounds: Musculoskeletal Infections”, “Oral Board Review” and “Shoulder MR Clinical Pearls”

Rolf W. Guenther, M.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chairman
Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Technical University of Aachen
Aachen, Germany
Presented on August 29, 2005
“Pulmonary Embolism:  Percutaneous Management and Prevention”, and “Update on Percutaneous Renal Interventions”

E. Stephen Amis, Jr., M.D. (16th Annual Diner Lecture Series)
Professor and University Chairman
Department of Radiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Presented on April 28 and 29, 2005
“Imaging the Adrenal”, “Issues in Radiology: 2005”, “GU Case Review”, “Urethrography”

Carol M. Rumack, M.D., F.A.C.R. (15th Annual Diner Lecture Series)
Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics
Associate Dean for GME
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado
Presented on March 15 and 16, 2004
“Antenatal GU Ultrasound Predicts Neonatal Disease:  How Close Does it Come?”, “Neonatal Brain Ultrasound Patterns of Injury:  What Were We Missing Before Posterior Fossa and Mastoid Imaging?”, and “Board Review Cases: Neonatal Imaging with Ultrasound Emphasis”

Gin-Chung Liu, MD
Chairman, Department of Radiology
Kaohsiung Medical College
Taiwan
Presented on November 24 and 25, 2003
“Advanced Hepatic Imaging by High Field 3T MR Scanner” and “Experience with 16 slice CT”

Charles B. Higgins, M.D.
Professor of Radiology
University of California – San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Presented on November 20 and 21, 2003
“Clinical Scenarios for MRI in Acquired Heart Disease”, “MRI in Ischemic Heart Disease”, “Clinical Scenarios for MR in Congenital Heart Disease” and “MR of the Thoracic Aorta”

Robert Novelline, M.D.
Director, Emergency Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Presented on October 27 and 28, 2003
“MDCT of Facial Trauma”, MDCT of Abdominal Trauma”, “MDCT of Multiple Trauma Patient”, and “Chest Trauma – resident case conference”

Vincent B. Ho, M.D.
Director of Body/Cardiovascular MR
Associate Director of Radiology
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland
Presented on October 22, 2003
“Peripheral MRA” and “Cardiac MR 2003”

C. Doug Maynard, M.D.
Former Chair of Radiology
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Presented June 12, 2003
“Radiology’s Major Challenge – An adequate workforce”

Paul Molina, M.D.
Professor of Radiology
Univ. of North Carolina School of Medicine
Presented May 15 and 16, 2003
“Missed Bronchogenic Carcinoma”, “High Resolution Chest CT:  Practical Clinical Applications”, “CT and MRI of the Pericardium”, and “Imaging of Mediastinal Masses”

Dominique Delbeke, M.D.  (14th Annual Diner Lecture)
Professor and Director
Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography
Department of Radiology
Vanderbilt University
Presented April 16 and 17, 2003
“Nuclear Medicine Case Review”, “Clinical Indications for FDG PET”, “Pitfalls and Artifacts for interpretation of FDG Images” and “Case Review PET”

Thomas R. Porter, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Non-invasive Cardiology Laboratory
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Presented March 14, 2003
“Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Ultrasound Contrast Agents”