Donald P. Frush, MD, FACR, FAAP Chair

Professor of Radiology, Vice-Chair of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center Department of Radiology, Durham, NC

Dr. Frush is a professor of radiology and pediatrics, vice-chair for safety and quality, and faculty member of the Medical Physics Graduate Program at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. His research interests are predominantly focused on pediatric body CT, including technology assessment, techniques for pediatric MDCT examinations, assessment of image quality, and CT radiation dosimetry and dose reduction. His leadership in professional organizations has included the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), American Board of Radiology (ABR), American College of Radiology (ACR), National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP), and Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Sam Brady, MD Co-Chair

Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

Dr. Brady is an Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio and medical physicist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. His research interests include the optimization of ionizing radiation to achieve the highest diagnostic image quality at the lowest possible radiation dose for imaging of children, and the development of Big Data applications for improved visualization and prognostic power in Radiology. His leadership in professional organizations includes the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), American College of Radiology (ACR), and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Melissa Culp, M.Ed., R.T.(R)(MR)(ARRT) Steering Committee Member

Executive Vice President of Member Engagement, American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Albuquerque, NM

Melissa Culp is a staff member, executive vice president of member engagement, at the American Society of Radiologic Technologists. Melissa is an ARRT registered technologist in radiography and magnetic resonance imaging. Before joining ASRT, she held leadership roles in the private sector, served 10 years as a faculty member, including the administrative appointment Director of UNC Global Radiology, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, was the vice president and chief operating officer at RAD-AID International for six years, and worked clinically in the Duke Department of Radiology with MRI. Melissa's research interests include global radiology, educational interventions, and improving experiences in patient-centered care.

Marilyn J. Goske, MD, FAAP Emeritus Chair

The Corning Benton Chair for Radiology Education, Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, ML 5031, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Dr. Goske is a professor of radiology and pediatrics, a faculty member of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Her research interests are predominantly focused on medical education, communication with patients and families about medical imaging, pediatric body CT with emphasis on the development of Diagnostic Reference Levels through the Quality Improvement Registry in CT Scans in Children (QuIRCC) through the American College of Radiology’s Dose Index Registry (DIR). Leadership in professional organizations has included the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), American College of Radiology (ACR), National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP), and Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Dr. Goske is certified by the American Board of Radiology and has a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Pediatric Radiology.

Fred Fahey, DSc Steering Committee Member

Director of Nuclear Medicine/PET Physics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Frederic H. Fahey, DSc, has been the Director of Nuclear Medicine/PET Physics at Boston Children’s Hospital since 2003 and is a Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. He received his Doctor of Science from the Harvard School of Public Health in Medical Radiological Physics in 1986. Dr. Fahey is certified in nuclear medical physics by the American Board of Radiology. Prior to coming to Boston Children’s Hospital, he had worked at Georgetown School of Medicine from 1984 to 1991 and Wake Forest School of Medicine from 1991 to 2003. He served as president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging in 2012-2013. He is currently the SNMMI liaison to the Department of Energy Nuclear Sciences Advisory Committee. He is a consultant to the International Atomic Energy Agency and sits on the Nuclear Medicine Technologist Certification Board. He is a fellow of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, the American College of Radiology and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. His research interests include PET and SPECT instrumentation, image processing, reconstruction of tomographic data and the radiation dosimetry, particularly in the realm of pediatric nuclear medicine. He is currently serves of the steering committee for Image Gently.

Shawn Farley, MA Steering Committee Member

Director of Public Affairs, American College of Radiology, Reston, VA

A former television anchor and reporter, Shawn directs American College of Radiology daily communications and provides public relations support for the Image Gently campaign. During his 10 years with the College, PR Week magazine has cited the ACR as a “Key Association” in Washington, DC, and featured Shawn in its ”DC Influencer” column. He has co-authored six articles published in major radiology journals regarding health care social marketing. Shawn earned a Master of Arts degree in government from The Johns Hopkins University and Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Middle Tennessee State University.

Dara Ferguson Steering Committee Member
Departmental Website Administrator & Social Media Manager – Duke Radiology Duke University Medical Center

Dara brought her twenty years of managerial skills to Duke Radiology in 2015. She has since deftly led many crucial departmental projects with an intelligent eye for detail, and the clear intention of “doing Duke proud.” Her most recent accomplishment includes nearly three years of guiding the design, development, and launch of the new Duke Radiology website. The new site has a bold transformative appearance. “Image” is what we do, and our digital image is now one of distinction. As Social Media Manager, Dara makes sure that our educational opportunities, breakthrough research, and studies of special cases are made available to our worldwide audience. The importance of this global collaboration is critical; and leads the imaging community to progressive, on-going discovery. 

Dustin A. Gress, MS, DABR, DABSM Steering Committee Member

Senior Advisor for Medical Physics, American College of Radiology, Reston, VA

Mr. Gress is Senior Advisor for Medical Physics at the American College of Radiology (ACR) in Reston, VA. Prior to the ACR, Mr. Gress served over six years in the Department of Imaging Physics at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) in Houston, TX, where he provided clinical medical physics support to interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, CT, and other areas. Mr. Gress began his career at Upstate Medical Physics (UMP), a consulting firm based in Western New York State, where he provided medical physics services to wide range of clients: rural imaging clinics, community hospitals and health systems, and large academic hospitals. Mr. Gress has served in leadership of two different CAMPEP-Accredited Residency Programs in Imaging Physics; as Associate Program Director at UMP, and as Clinical Coordinator and a Steering Committee member at UTMDACC. He also was an instructor for various Medical Physics courses in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UTMDACC. Mr. Gress has a solid record of professional service to the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, and the ACR.

R. Paul Guillerman, MD Steering Committee Member

Professor of Radiology, Section Chief of Academic Affairs and Faculty Development, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Dr. Guillerman is a Professor of Radiology at Baylor College of Medicine and Section Chief of Academic Affairs and Faculty Development in the Department of Pediatric Radiology at Texas Children’s Hospital. His clinical and research interests include pediatric chest, musculoskeletal, and tumor imaging, radiation risk-benefit assessment and communication, clinical trial management and clinical practice guideline development. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) Research & Education Foundation and codirector of the Center for Diagnostic Imaging of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutic Development Network. He has served on multiple American College of Radiology (ACR) Practice Guideline committees and as the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Representative for the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging.

Summer L. Kaplan, MD, MS Steering Committee Member

Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Dr. Summer L. Kaplan, MD, MS, is a pediatric radiologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and assistant professor of clinical radiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Kaplan is the Associate Chair for Quality at CHOP Radiology, Director for Point-of-Care Ultrasound at CHOP, and a senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kaplan serves on numerous professional committees including the CHOP Clinical Pathways Committee and the Radiation Protection Advisory Committee within the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Dr. Kaplan’s research includes radiation use in radiography and fluoroscopy as well as emergency imaging and health policy.

Edward Y. Lee, MPH, MD Steering Committee Member

Associate Professor of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Dr. Edward Y. Lee is an associate professor of radiology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School where he was appointed as the Chief of Thoracic Imaging Division since 2010. His research interests include the assessment and development of MDCT techniques for evaluating congenital and acquired thoracic disorders in the pediatric population. He is the past President of the New England Roentgen Ray Society (NERRS) and current President of the International Society of Pediatric Thoracic Imaging (ISPTI) and the Medical Staff Organization at Boston Children’s Hospital. His leadership in professional organization has included the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), and American Board of Radiology (ABR). Dr. Lee is certified by the American Board of Radiology and has a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Pediatric Radiology.

Sarah McKenney, PhD, DABR Steering Committee Member

Medical Physicist, University of California Davis Medical Center, Davis, CA

Dr. McKenney serves as a Diagnostic Medical Physicist and Associate Professor at the University of California, Davis. She is the Vice Chair of the Pediatric Imaging Subcommittee for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and she is a member of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee (TEPRSSC). Her research interests include image quality and patient dose optimization.

Eric Monroe, MD Steering Committee Member

Associate Professor, Pediatric Radiology, Associate Professor, Interventional Radiology, University of Wisconsin and American Family Children’s Hospital

Dr. Monroe is currently an Associate Professor in the sections of Pediatric Radiology and Interventional Radiology in the Department of Radiology at the University of Wisconsin and American Family Children’s Hospital. His clinical and research interests include pediatric interventional radiology, portal hypertension, liver transplant interventions, vascular anomalies and retinoblastoma.

Anitha Potluri, BDS, DMD, MDsc Steering Committee Member
Co-Chair, Image Gently in Dentistry, Associate Professor and Director, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Dr. Potluri, is an Associate Professor and director of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Dental Medicine. She completed her residency and masters in dental sciences training at the University of Connecticut. She completed her dental education from University of Pittsburgh & HKES College of Gulbarga University in India. Her research interests include Radiographic chrectorisation of the jaw tumors and Radiation safety of advanced imaging modalities in dentistry. She serves in leadership roles in the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology (AAOMR) and American Association of Dental Education (ADEA) and is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology (ABOMR). She has published in the refereed literature and also a reviewer for a quite few Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Journal.

Madan Rehani, PhD Steering Committee Member
Director of Global Outreach for Radiation Protection at Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, and Adjunct Professor of Radiology at Duke University.

President, International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) 2018-2022. Formerly, Radiation Safety Specialist at the International Atomic Energy Agency for 11 years and prior to that Professor and Head of Medical Physics at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Emeritus member, International Commission on Radiological Protection, Senior Editor Br J Radiology and having over 200 publications.

Janet Reid, MD, FRCPC Steering Committee Member
Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Janet Reid is an Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Reid’s prime area of interest is disruptive innovation for education. She created the Cleveland Clinic pediatric radiology educational website with more than 35,000 registrants from 75 countries worldwide. As Director of Radiology Education Research at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, her team evaluates current learning strategies, identifies gaps, and develops innovative solutions housed in a multifaceted Learning Management System (LMS). Her current focus is validation of teaching solutions and development of adaptive learning. Areas of clinical interest are body MRI and oncologic imaging.

Carole Ridge, FFRRCSI, Steering Committee Member

Consultant Radiologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London

Dr. Ridge has completed fellowships in interventional oncology and MRI-predominant body imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre and cardiothoracic imaging at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in New York and Boston. She has held numerous academic appointments in America, the UK, and Ireland including associate professor, lecturer, mentor, and tutor positions at UCD School of Medicine and Health Science, Harvard Medical School, Weill Cornell Medical Center, and most recently Imperial College London. Dr. Ridge is the executive co-chair of Image Wisely and the radiology editor of Lung Cancer journal.  In July 2017, Dr Ridge was appointed as a Consultant Radiologist in the Royal Brompton Hospital, London where she currently practices.

Marla B. Sammer, MD, MHA, FAAP, Steering Committee Member

Professor of Radiology at Baylor College of Medicine and Vice-Chair of Clinical Affairs for Radiology at Texas Children's Hospital.

Dr. Sammer chairs the American College of Radiology (ACR) Pediatric AI Workgroup and serves as Quality & Safety Committee Chair for the ACR Pediatrics Commission. Her research interests focus on implementing artificial intelligence in pediatric imaging, improving diagnostic workflows, and optimizing ultrasound applications. Dr. Sammer has presented to the U.S. Congress on pediatric AI applications and leads national efforts to ensure safe and effective AI implementation for children. She has been instrumental in developing novel diagnostic imaging workflows and national practice guidelines. Dr. Sammer received her MD from Emory University and completed her residency and fellowship in Diagnostic Radiology & Pediatric Radiology at the University of Washington.

Candie Stewart Steering Committee Member

Duke University Medical Center, Department of Radiology Durham, NC

Candie’s 28 years of administrative experience began in 1995 at Duke’s School of Nursing as a Staff Assistant/Book Keeper. She transferred to Duke Radiology as an Administrative Assistant. In Duke’s Radiology department is where her administrative career began to grow. She developed the attributes of a strong leader, team-player, and the ultimate go-to person. Her ability to communicate with a vast number of medical professionals while completing tasks in a timely manner whilst maintaining composure is what made her stand out as Duke’s Radiology Program Coordinator. With all her years of administrative duties, communication with professionals, and the ability to adapt to always-changing needs, she has grown into Duke’s Radiology Resident Program Manager on November 1, 2023.

Craig St. George, M.S.,R.T.(R)(VI) Steering Committee Member

ASRT Director of Education

Craig St. George, current ASRT director of education began working as a technologist assistant, or patient transporter in the year 2000 while studying radiography at Mayo Clinic Florida. He graduated in 2003 and immediately began working as a vascular interventional technologist. In 2004, Craig became a faculty clinical instructor for the Mayo School. In 2008, he returned to IR as the technologist supervisor and later left Mayo Clinic in 2013 seeking new health care experiences. Craig worked as the center operations manager for Fresenius Medical Care of North America, a dialysis provider who operated over 50 shunt management centers across the country. During that time, Craig became an ASRT contract writer which eventually resulted a move to Albuquerque, New Mexico in April of 2014 with his wife Laura, and son Keegan to assume the director of online education position with ASRT. During his career, Craig received Associate in Art, Associate in science, and Associate in Applied Science degrees, a Bachelor of Science degree in Professional Development and Advanced Patient Care, and a Master of Science degree in Health Care Administration. As director of education, he leads the volunteer workgroups who maintain ASRT’s ten curricula documents and manages online education, continuing education, and electronic requests for approval.
 

Alexander Towbin, MD Steering Committee Member

Radiologist, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio

Dr. Towbin is an Associate Professor of Radiology, the Associate Chief of the Department of Radiology in charge of Clinical Operations and Radiology Informatics, and the Neil D. Johnson Chair of Radiology Informatics at Cincinnati Children’s. His research interests include liver tumors, diffuse liver disease, appendicitis, inflammatory bowel disease, imaging informatics, and quality improvement.

Emeritus Steering Committee Members             

Kimberly E. Applegate, MD, MS, FACR Steering Committee Member
Chair, Alliance International Outreach, Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics, Vice Chair for Quality and Safety, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Dr. Applegate is a professor of radiology and pediatrics and director of practice quality improvement in radiology at Emory University in Atlanta. Dr. Applegate is a leader in radiology—in 2013-2015 she served as the American College of Radiology (ACR) Council Speaker and Past President of the Association of University Radiologists (AUR) and current President of its Research and Education Foundation. She is a member of the National Quality Forum Patient Safety Committee and both the National and International Councils for Radiation Protection (NCRP, ICRP). Kimberly has received awards that include an ABR Lifetime Achievement Award, ARR Distinguished Investigator, ARRS Scholar, RSNA Editorial Fellowship, SPR Presidential Recognition, and Indiana ACR Chapter Gold Medal. Dr. Applegate’s research interests are centered in appropriate use of imaging, particularly abdominal imaging; radiation dose, and quality and safety. In 2006, she began work on the Steering Committee for the Image Gently campaign to use radiation imaging in children more appropriately worldwide. She and her husband, Dr. Parker, have three sons: David, and twins Andrew and Eric.

John Boice, Jr. Sc.D. Steering Committee Member

Professor of Medicine (Epidemiology), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine & President, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Nashville, TN

Dr. Boice is professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University and President of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. He is an international authority on radiation effects and served for more than 20 years on the Main Commission of the International Commission on Radiological Protection and the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation. He is a radiation epidemiologist and currently directs the Million Person Study of Low Dose Radiation Health Effects, studies the children of cancer survivors, and serves on the Steering Committee of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (St. Jude’s Cancer Research Hospital).

Jennifer Boylan, MA Steering Committee Member Emeritus

Managing Director, The SPR Research & Education Foundation, Reston, VA

Executive Director, the Society for Pediatric Radiology and the SPR Research and Education Foundation since 1992.

Formerly she served as Managing Director of the RSNA Research and Education Foundation and Director of RSNA Membership Department. Married to John for 34 years, mother of two grown daughters, avid reader, dog-lover and social critic.

 Priscilla F. Butler, MS, FACR, FAAPM  Steering Committee Member Emeritus
Former Senior Director (retired) The American College of Radiology (ACR), Reston, VA

Ms. Butler is a retired medical physicist specializing in assessing and optimizing patient radiation dose and quality breast imaging who served as Senior Director of the American College of Radiology (ACR), where she she served for 20 years and was involved with dose-related projects (e.g., Image Gently and Image Wisely) as well as physics-related activities (e.g., quality control manuals) and BI-RADS®. Ms. Butler was also an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Medical Center.

Greg Morrison, CAE, MA, RT(R), CNMT, ASRT Steering Committee Member Emeritus
Chief Operating Officer, American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Albuquerque, NM

Mr. Morrison is the chief operating officer for the American Society of Radiologic Technologists and Executive Director of the ASRT Museum and Archives. Areas of clinical specialty include diagnostic radiography, nuclear medicine, computed tomography, sonography and echocardiography.

Keith Strauss, MSc Steeting Committee Member Emeritus

Assistant Professor University of Cincinnati, School of Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Department of Radiology, ML 5031, Cincinnati, OH

Mr. Strauss is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio. His research interests include development of configurations of imaging equipment that uses ionizing radiation to achieve diagnostic image quality at the least possible radiation dose during the imaging of children. His leadership in professional organizations has included the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), American College of Radiology (ACR), Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), International Electro-Technical Commission (IEC), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP), and Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Ted Treves, MD Steering Committee Member Emeritus

Professor of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 

Dr. Treves is Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, and currently a member of the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as well as a life-member of the American Board of Nuclear Medicine. Following residencies and fellowships at the Royal Victoria Hospital McGill University and Yale Medical School, he founded the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) in 1970, where he was division chief until 2011. Dr. Treves also served as Director of the Harvard-Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine and chief of the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Medical Director of Information Systems at BCH, and as a vicechairman of IT in the BCH Radiology Department. Furthermore, he founded the Small Animal Imaging Laboratory at BCH. His primary research interests include physiological imaging in children with nuclear medicine and multimodal image fusion. He has published more than 300 original articles, several review articles and book chapters, and a textbook entitled “Pediatric Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging,” the 4th edition published 2014. In addition to nuclear medicine, Dr. Treves has a major interest in systems integration in medical imaging. More recently, he has led initiatives towards radiation dose optimization in pediatric nuclear medicine including the use of advanced image processing. He has played a central role in a multiinstitutional effort resulting in the 2010 North American Guidelines for Pediatric Radiopharmaceutical Administered Doses. He then helped lead the effort towards the development of the Pediatric Doses Harmonization Guidelines between the North American group and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. Dr. Treves is the recipient of several awards including the George V. Taplin Award and the Holman-Kaplan Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine; Mentor of the Year Award from the American College of Nuclear Physicians, and the Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.