About
the Award
Cash prizes are presented at the SIIM Annual Meeting for the best scientific posters and demonstrations on display. Attendees meet with the authors of the scientific posters and demonstrations and discuss the topics at hand.
Award Recipients
2026 - 1st Place
Yasna Soto
Medical Technologist, Project Manager, Teacher
Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins
2026 - 2nd Place
Irene Lee, MD
Resident
Emory University
2026 - Honorable Mention
Berkman Sahiner, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
US Food and Drug Administration
2025 - 1st Place
Aawez Mansuri, MS
Systems Software Engineer
Emory University
2025 - 2nd Place
Othria Ahmed, MD
Resident Physician
Northwell Health
2025 - Honorable Mention
Paul E. Kinahan, PhD
Vice-Chair Radiology, Research
University of Washington
2024 - 1st Place
Amy Bui, MPH
Senior Clinical Data Analyst
Stanford Health Care
2024 - 2nd Place
Peter Kamel, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland
2024 - Honorable Mention
Wasif Bala, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Radiological Science, Emory University

2023 - 1st Place
Linjun Yang, PhD
Data Science Analyst
Mayo Clinic

2023 - 2nd Place
Tianyuan Fu, MD
Radiology Resident
University Hospitals Cleveland

2023 - Honorable Mention
Inchan Hwang, PhD Candidate
Research Assistant
Kennesaw State University

2022 - 1st Place
Oge Marques, PhD
Professor
Florida Atlantic University
Adam Corbin
2022 - 2nd Place
Mohammad Alfaqih, MD
Assistant Professor
King Saud University, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Nathan Andrew, MD; Abdullah Alfaqih, MD; Jonathan Rassi, MD; Pauley Chea, MD; Jeffrey Hashim, MD
2022 - Honorable Mention
Ankur Doshi, MD
Associate Professor
NYU Langone Health
Dana Ostrow; Christopher Larson; Amanda Sowell; Daniel Carbone; Michael Recht
2020 - 1st Place
Paul H. Yi, MD
Johns Hopkins Radiology
2020 - 2nd Place
David R. Chapman, PhD
University of Maryland Baltimore County
2020 - Honorable Mention
Olga Laur, MD, MHS
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
2020 - Honorable Mention
William V. Wagstaff, MD, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine

2019 - 1st Place
William G. Geiger, MS
Johns Hopkins Medicine

2019 - 2nd Place
Srini Tridandapani, MD, PhD, MBA
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Carson A. Wick, PhD; Pamela Bhatti, PhD; Marta E. Heilbrun, MD, MS; Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD, FSIIM

2019 - Honorable Mention
Edward Mardakhaev, MD
Montefiore Medical Center
Benjamin H. Taragin, MD; Ellen C. Benya, MD; Ellie O'Brien

2018 - 1st Place
Peter Kamel, MD
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Pam Johnson, MD; Paul G. Nagy, PhD, CIIP, FSIIM

2018 - 2nd Place
Brian M. Currie, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Image-Guided Interventions Lab
Greg J. Nadolski, MD; Stephen J. Hunt, MD, PhD; Terence P. Gade, MD, PhD; Brian J. Park, MD, MS

2018 - Honorable Mention
William Hsu, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
Shiwen Shen, MS; Alex Bui, PhD

2017 - 1st Place
Nathan M. Cross, MD, MS, CIIP
University of Pennsylvania

2017 - 2nd Place
Timothy J. O'Connor, MBA, CIIP
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
2017 - 3rd Place
Hari M. Trivedi, MD
University of California, San Francisco

2016 - 1st Place - Scientific
Alaa Beydoun, MD
University of Maryland Medical Center
2016 - 2nd Place - Scientific
Trinity A. Urban, MA
Massachusetts General Hospital
2016 - Honorable Mention - Scientific
Julian A. Pineda
Instituto De Alta Tecnología Médica

2016 - 1st Place - Innovator
Edward H. Herskovits, MD, PhD
University of Maryland
2016 - 2nd Place - Innovator
Timothy J. O’Connor, MBA, CIIP
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
2016 - Honorable Mention - Innovator
Benjamin M. Mervak, MD
University of Michigan

2015 - 1st Place - Scientific
Adam Prater, MD, MPH
Emory University School of Medicine
2015 - 2nd Place - Scientific
Daniel J. Blezek, PhD
Mayo Clinic
2015 - Honorable Mention - Scientific
Kate MacGregor, MPH
St. Michael's Hospital

2015 - 1st Place - Innovator
Prasanth M. Prasanna, MD
Diagnostic Imaging of Salem
2015 - 2nd Place - Innovator
Ronan J. Ellard
Geisinger Health System
2015 - Honorable Mention - Innovator
Thomas W. Loehfelm, MD, PhD
Emory University

2014 - 1st Place - Scientific
Jean-Francois Pambrun
Ecole de Technologie
2014 - Honorable Mention - Scientific
José M. Morey, MD
Blue Ridge Radiologists, Inc

2014 - 1st Place - Innovator
Simon Rascovsky, MD, MSc
Instituto de Alta Technologia Medica – IATM

2014 - Honorable Mention - Innovator
Adam E. Flanders, MD, FSIIM
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

2013 - 1st Place - Scientific
Satish E. Viswanath, PhD
Rutgers University

2013 - 2nd Place - Scientific
José Morey, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

2013 - Honorable Mention - Scientific
Parameshwari Baladandapani, MD (Presented by Avez Rizvi, MD)
Staten Island University Hospital
2013 - 1st Place - Innovator
Vladimir Kleper (Presented by Pattanasak Mongkolwat, PhD)
Northwestern University
2013 - 2nd Place - Innovator
Alexander J. Towbin, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
2013 - Honorable Mention - Innovator
James F. Philbin, PhD
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

2012 - 1st Place - Scientific
Dorothy A. Sippo, MD, CIIP
Brigham and Women ’s Hospital
2012 - Honorable Mention - Scientific
Sara Zuleta
Instituto de Alta Technologia Medica

2012 - 1st Place - Innovator
Simon Rascovsky, MD, MSc
Instituto de Alta Technologia Medica
2012 - Honorable Mention - Innovator
Jigar B. Patel, MD, CIIP
Baltimore VA Medical Center

2011 - 1st Place - Scientific
Albert Xthona
Barco

2011 - 2nd Place - Scientific
Pattanasak Mongkolwat, PhD
Northwestern University

2011 - 3rd Place - Scientific
MaryAnn A. Tateosian, MS, RT(R), CIIP
Massachusetts General Hospital
2011 - Honorable Mention - Scientific
Can Kirmizibayrak
The George Washington University
2010 - 1st Place
Alisa I. Walz-Flannigan, PhD
Mayo Clinic

2010 - 3rd Place
Dan Blezek, PhD
Mayo Clinic
2010 - Honorable Mention
Frederick Weiss, MD, DPT
University of Maryland Medical Center

2009 - 1st Place
Matthew T. Latourette
Michigan State University
2009 - 2nd Place
Scott F. Stekel
Mayo Clinic
2009 - 3rd Place
Roland Talanow, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
2009 - Honorable Mention
Micah Adams (Presenter) & Misty Otto (1st Author)
University of Maryland

2008 - 1st Place
Luciano M.S. Prevedello, MD
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
2008 - 2nd Place
Tamara M. Haygood, MD, PhD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

2008 - 3rd Place
Pragya A. Dang, MD, MBBS
Massachusetts General Hospital
2008 - Honorable Mention
Jiang Duan, PhD
Northwestern University

2007 - 1st Place
David A. Koff, MD
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
2007 - 2nd Place
Yu-Wen Yang
National Yang-Ming University

2007 - 3rd Place
Scott Stekel
Mayo Clinic
2007 - Honorable Mention
Paulo Dellani
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz