2009 Award Winners

First Place Scientific Paper

Frequency & Severity of Repeat Contrast Reactions in Pre-medicated Patients

Matthew S. Davenport, M.D.
University of Michigan
Co-authors: Richard Cohan, James Ellis, Elaine Caoili, Isaac Francis

Second Place Scientific Paper

Modeling the Decision to Add Percutaneous Biopsy to the Daignostic Workup of the Small Solid Renal Mass

Marta E. Heilbrun, M.D.
University of Utah
Co-authors: Kenneth J. Smith, Ronald J. Zagoria

Third Place Scientific Paper

Diffusion-weighted MRI in Prostate Cancer: Comparison of Tumor Apparent Diffusion Coefficients with Gleason Score and Percent Tumor on Core Biopsy

Courtney A. Woodfield, M.D.
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Co-authors: David J. Grand, John A. Pezzzullo, Jason Machan, Glenn A. Tung

MIT Award for Best Paper

Impact of MRI and MRSI on Preoperative Surgical Planning for Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy (RALP)

Timothy McClure, M.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Co-authors: Steven Raman, Daniel Margolis, Ana Gomez, Rajakumar Nagarajan, Albert Thomas, Robert Reiter

Best Poster Award

Medical Decision Making and Radiation Risk in Computed Tomography: The Patient’s Perspective

Jonathan R. Dillman, M.D.
University of Michigan Health System
Co-authors: Elaine M. Caoili, Richard Cohan, James H. Ellis, Sonja Ziniel, Matthew J. Schipper, Isaac R. Francis

Best Educational Poster Award

Mullerian Duct Anomalies: From Diagnosis to Intervention

Tracy M. Chandler, M.D.
Vancouver General Hospital
Co-authors: Lindsay S. Machan, Alison C. Harris, Silvia D. Chang

Research Award

Non-Contrast Perfusion MRI Techniques: Validation in Swine and Correlation with BOLD MRI Measurements

Elizabeth A. Sadowski, M.D.
University of Wisconsin
Co-authors: Andrew L. Wentland, Arjang Djamali, Sean B. Fain