SIIM Recognizes Leaders in Imaging Informatics at the SIIM24 Annual Meeting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Leesburg, VA – July 19, 2024

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) convened its Annual Meeting at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The Society’s mission focuses on advancing the imaging informatics field by fostering education, research, and innovation.

The SIIM Annual Meeting is where the enterprise imaging community comes together to recognize the achievements of its diverse membership. The following awards and prizes were presented during this year’s Annual Meeting.

College of SIIM Fellows – New Inductees

Meet the latest honorees of the College of SIIM Fellows:
Nina Kottler, MD, MS, FSIIM
Richard “Skip” Kennedy, MS, CIIP, FSIIM
Mitchell Goldburgh, FSIIM
Judy W. Gichoya, MD, MS, FSIIM
These exceptional individuals were recognized for their outstanding achievements and talents on June 28. Their induction showcases the highest standards of excellence within SIIM.

The Samuel J. Dwyer Lectureship

The 2024 Dwyer Lecture, Imaging Informatics: Designing and Managing Medical Imaging Learning Systems, was awarded to J. Raym Geis, MD, FSIIM, Adjunct Associate Professor of Radiology, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado.

The Annual Dwyer Lecture features a SIIM Fellow as the presenter of a particularly relevant and insightful topic in honor of Samuel J. Dwyer III, PhD – the humble, prolific pioneer of digital medical imaging.

Honorary Awards

Individual achievements were recognized in the field of medical imaging informatics through the following Honorary Awards:

The Gold Medal of the Society Award

Presented to Teri M. Sippel Schmidt, MS, FSIIM, Marquette University + The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Awarded annually in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in research or implementation of imaging informatics applications.

The Dr. Joe Gitlin Award

Presented to Kevin O’Donnell, MASc, FSIIM, Canon Medical Research, USA, Inc.

Awarded annually in recognition of outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of imaging informatics through the development of innovative, high-impact solutions.

The Dr. Ruth Dayhoff Award for the Advancement of Women in Medical Imaging Informatics

Presented to Sylvia Devlin, MS, RT(R)(M)(QM), CIIP, FSIIM, Radiology Partners.

Awarded annually in recognition of outstanding contributions to imaging informatics by a woman or presented to a woman dedicated to advancing and promoting women in imaging informatics.

The Imaging Informatics Innovator Award

Presented to Pallavi Tiwari, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Josh Duncan, MBA, Rad AI.

Presented annually for extraordinary achievements in informatics technology development that show strong promise or potential impact in Imaging or medicine.

The Early Career Achievement Award

Presented to Tom O’Sullivan, Radiological Society of North America, and Yuankai Huo, PhD, Vanderbilt University.

Presented in recognition of significant and innovative technical contributions in imaging informatics to someone whose highest earned degree has been awarded within 10 years of the date of nomination.

The Educator Award

Presented to the Hackathon Founding Team: Don Dennison, CIIP, FSIIM, Don K. Dennison Solutions Inc., Brad Genereaux, NVIDIA, Mohannad Hussain, CIIP, Techie Maestro, Marc Kohli, MD, FSIIM, University of California, San Francisco, and Chris Meenan, CIIP, FSIIM, Blackford.

Given annually in recognition of outstanding contributions to imaging informatics education by a SIIM instructor or educator in the field.

Scientific Awards

Using a peer review process, the following scientific awards were presented for outstanding contributions to the field of medical imaging informatics:

Best Scientific Paper Award

Alessia De Biase, PhD Candidate, University Medical Centre Groningen.

Exploring Uncertainty-Aware Deep Learning for Segmentation of Primary Tumor and Pathologic Lymph Nodes in Oropharyngeal Cancer: Insights from a Multi-Center Cohort

Alfredo Lucas, MS, MD, PhD Student, University of Pennsylvania.

Multi-Contrast High-Field Quality Image Synthesis for Portable Low-Field MRI Using Generative Adversarial Networks and Paired Data

Awarded for scientific merit, relevance to the community, and quality of scientific presentation.

The Roger A. Bauman, MD Award

Presented to Sheena Chu, MS, Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Advanced Analytics Tools Guide Clinical MRI Protocol Optimization and Quantify Value

Awarded for the best student paper and named to honor Dr. Bauman’s distinguished career in radiological informatics research and practice and his status as Founding Editor of Journal of Digital Imaging, now the Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine.

The Helen and Paul Chang Foundation New Investigator Travel Awards

Presented to:

Alex Belov, Research Assistant, Emory University.

Back to the Basics: Information Retrieval as an Effective Tool for Chest X-Ray Education

Theodorus Dapamede, MS, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University.

DICOM LUT is a Key Step in Medical Image Preprocessing Towards AI Generalizability

Shawn Lyo, MD, CPHQ, Neuroradiology and Imaging Informatics Fellow, Penn Medicine.

From Revisions to Insights: Converting Radiology Report Revisions into Actional Educational Feedback Using Generative AI Models

Bardia Khosravi, MD, MPH, MHPE, Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic.

Synthetically Enhanced: Unveiling Synthetic Data’s Potential in Medical Imaging Research

Awarded to new investigators with an area of study in imaging informatics who either are currently in a full-time training program or have completed their training program within 2 years of the SIIM Annual Meeting.

Scientific Posters and Demonstration Awards

1st Place

Amy Bui, MPH, Senior Clinical Data Analyst, Stanford Health Care

Enhancing MRI Service Delivery: A Data-Driven Approach to Reducing Wait Times and Increasing Throughput

2nd Place

Peter Kamel, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland

Standardizing MRI Series Description Metadata using Large Language Models

Honorable Mention

Wasif Bala, MD, Resident Physician, Emory University.

Enhancing Radiology Training with GPT-4: Pilot Analysis of Automated Feedback in Trainee Preliminary Reports

Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (JIIM) Awards

Presented annually to the best papers and the most valuable reviewer for the previous year.

Best Paper

Presented to Lev Barinov​, PhD, (Primary Author), Ajit Jairaj, William D. Middleton, Michael D. Beland, Jonathan Kirsch, Ross W. Filice, Jordi L. Reverter, Iñaki Arguelles, and Edward G. Grant.

Improving the Efficacy of ACR TI-RADS Through Deep Learning-Based Descriptor Augmentation

Volume 36, pages 2392–2401

Most Valuable Reviewer

Presented to Sanaz Vahdati, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic​.

SIIM Hackathon

The Hackathon allows Informaticists to come up with innovative ideas that can change the way health information systems work, communicate, and interact with each other. The following teams were awarded:

1st Place

Team Scan and Tell

Delaney McElvain, Nabil Othman, Niko Rios, Paige Spencer

2nd Place

Agent00HL7

Sophie Shih, Alina Yang, Estella Yee

3rd Place

Bias Buster

Adam Brennan, Mike Ciancibello, Catherine DeCoske, Katie Hintze, Lindsey Marrero, Jon Siudowski

4th Place

QuickMed

Alex Giblin, Megan Leighton, Briana Malik, Audrey Moses, Ian Ortega

5th Place

Integrated Reporting And Conferencing With FHIRCastJason Malobicky

Martin Bellehumeur, Fletcher Easton, Jason Malobicky, John Paulett

Audience Choice Award Winner

Common Data Elements To Common Ontologies

Tarik Alkasab, Heather Chase, Roshan Fahimi, Morris Green, Catie Ladd, Adam Lang, Agnes Mcfarlin, Andrei Morariu, Pawel Paczuski, Ankit Singh

About the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) is the leading healthcare professional organization for those interested in the current and future use of informatics in medical imaging. The Society’s mission is to advance medical imaging informatics across the Enterprise through education, research, and innovation in a multi-disciplinary community.

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