MEETING AWARDS
2022 Annual Meeting Award Winners
| Award | Recipient |
| MEETING AWARDS | |
| Summa cum laude |
Approaching Common Biases in Emergency Radiology Se-Young Yoon, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Se-Young Yoon MD, Abraham Fourie Bezuidenhout MD, Jonathan Kruskal MD, Karen Lee MD |
| Magna cum laude |
The Pediatric Hip: Epiphyses and Apophyses Mark Bittman, Weill Cornell Medicine, Dept of Radiology Mark Bittman, MD Ashwin Asrani, MD |
| Cum laude |
Top 8 acute abdominal hernias: the only guide you’ll ever need! Preya Shah, Stanford University Authors: Preya Shah, MD-PhD; Andrew Nguyen, DO; Luyao Shen, MD; Lindsey Marie Negrete, MD |
| Certificate of Merit |
Early discitis-osteomyelitis in acute care imaging Adrian Xu, University of Utah Authors: Adrian Xu, Dell Dunn, Patrick Kobes, and Brad Wright Non-Gonadal Doppler Ultrasound On-Call: Keeping Calm and Going with the Flow Dana Galvan, University of New Mexico Authors: Dana Galvan, Shamus Moran, Sherry Wang, Ayesha Nasrullah, Shaimaa Fadi, Jennifer Weaver, Dustin Lima, Jonathan Revels |
| The John H. Harris, Jr, MD Award |
Alexander King: Best scientific oral presentation by a trainee – Podium 7 Machine Learning Model for Chest X-rays in Emergency Radiology: Using local data to enhance performance |
| The Robert A. Novelline, MD Award |
Approaching Common Biases in Emergency Radiology Se-Young Yoon MD, Abraham Fourie Bezuidenhout MD, Jonathan Kruskal MD, Karen Lee MD. |
| SOCIETY AWARDS | |
| Fellows | Nicolas Beckmann, MD, FASER, Bharti Khurana, MD, FASER, Koenraad Hans Nieboer, MD, FASER |
| 25 Years of Membership – Those who have been members of ASER for 25 Years | C. Craig Blackmore, Shigeru Ehara, Dan Fertel, Caroline Sherbourne, Charles Luttenton, Joseph Yu |
| Gold Medalist | Aaron Sodickson, MD, FASER |
| Winged Caduceus | Diego Nunez, MD, MPH, FASER |
2021 Annual Meeting Award Winners
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Award |
Recipient |
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MEETING AWARDS |
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Founders’ Lecturer |
Sanjeev Bhalla, MD, FASER |
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Summa cum laude (First Place) – Best Scientific Oral Presentation (open to all trainees/non-trainees) – aka best “paper”
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Machine Learning Model for Chest X-rays in Emergency Radiology: Using local data to enhance performance (Podium 7) Sarah Mohn, University of British Columbia Sarah Mohn, Maria Koleva, Marco Law, Nicholas Murray, William Parker, Savvas Nicolaou |
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Magna cum laude – (Second Place) – Best Scientific Oral Presentation |
Next-level Imaging Triage: Predicting Imaging Utilization based on ED Initial Triage Notes using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (Podium 4)
Youyun Zheng, Massachusetts General Hospital
Zheng, Youyun; Ge, Will; Whitehead, David; White, Ben; Alkasab, Tarik; Saini, Sanjay; Lev, Michael; Li, Matthew; Succi, Marc D. |
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Cum laude – (Third Place) – Best Scientific Oral Presentation |
Use of Dual-Energy CT to differentiate benign adrenal adenomas from other adrenal masses (Podium 12)
Anne Sophie Loonis, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Authors: Anne Sophie Loonis, Heishun Yu, Daniel Glazer, Camden Bay, Aaron Sodickson |
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Certificate of Merit |
Establishing A Peer Learning Program In Emergency Radiology (Podium 5)
Eric Schmidt, University of Massachusetts
Authors: Eric Schmidt, Hao S. Lo, Amina Saghir
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Summa cum laude (First Place) – Best Education Exhibit Presentation (open to all trainees/non-trainees) – (aka best “poster”) |
Potential Pitfalls in Pediatric Trauma Head CT
Dustin Lima, University of New Mexico
Dustin Lima, Frances Lazarow, Katherine Epstein, Allyson Richards, Jonathan Revels |
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Magna cum laude (Second Place) – Best Educational Exhibit |
Don’t Get Stumped: Imaging of Post-Cholecystectomy Complications
Karunesh Polireddy, Emory University
Karunesh Polireddy, Carrie Hoff, Charlie C Park, Derek Hsu, Andew Tran, Kiran Maddu |
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Cum Laude (Third Place) – Best Educational Exhibit |
Systematic Approach to the Sonographic Assessment of Testicular Masses
Kenneth Royce Holmes, University of British Columbia
Kenneth Royce Holmes, S Rai, Savaas Nicolaou, Nicholas Murray |
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Certificate of Merit |
1. Gasping for Breath: An Imaging Review of Tracheal and Central Airways Disorders in the Emergency Department Kyle Malecki, A Chughtai, S Majmundar, S Rissing, S Chong
2. Shoulder and Elbow Dislocations: Importance of a Dedicated Search Strategy Carol Vitellas and Joseph S. Yu, MD
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The John H. Harris, Jr, MD Award (Best Original Scientific Paper for a Trainee as first author) – The best oral presentation of original research by a trainee may be considered for the John H. Harris, MD Award. Presenters must be in an accredited radiology teaching program. ) |
Sarah Mohn, BASc, University of British Columbia Machine Learning Model for Chest X-rays in Emergency Radiology: Using local data to enhance performance |
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The Robert A. Novelline, MD Award (Best Original Educational Exhibit for a Trainee as first author) |
Potential Pitfalls in Pediatric Trauma Head CT Dustin Lima, University of New Mexico
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SOCIETY AWARDS |
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Outgoing President Appreciation
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Jorge A. Soto MD, FASER |
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Course Director Recognition |
Clint W. Sliker MD, FASER |
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Fellows |
Laura L. Avery Tarek Hanna (pinned) Lee Myers (pinned) Adnan Sheikh |
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25 Years of Membership – Those who have been members of ASER for 25 Years |
Alexander Benjamin Baxter. MD David Ray Leake, MD Susan De John, MD, FACR Erick Blaudeau, MD Peter E. Doris, MD FACR FASER Stephen F. Hatem, MD |
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Gold Medalist |
Michele Johnson, MD |
2020 Annual Meeting Award Winners
| Founders’ Lecturer | Savvas Nicolaou, MD, FRCPC, FASER |
| Summa cum laude (First Place) – Best Scientific Oral Presentation (open to all trainees/non-trainees) – aka best “paper” | #3 Podium — Minimal Aortic Injury Detected on CT Angiography During Initial Trauma Imaging: Single Academic Level 1 Trauma Center Experience
Christopher Ovanez, MD MPH Authors: Christopher Ovanez, Leila Rezai Gharai, Mark S Parker, William C Goodman |
| Magna cum laude – (Second Place) – Best Scientific Oral Presentation | #11 Podium – Non-adherence to PE scoring and D-dimer results in overutilization of CTPA. Experience at a U.S. urban academic medical center
Davide Bova, MD
Authors: Usman Ashraf, Alexandra Commuta, Davide Bova
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| Cum laude –(Third Place) – Best Scientific Oral Presentation | #5 Podium — Prospective assessment of positive oral contrast for CT in the ED for non-traumatic abdominal pain
Benjamin L. Triche, MD Authors: Benjamin Triche, Meghan Lubner, Dustin Pooler, Joshua Glazer, Lu Mao, Perry Pickhardt |
| Certificate of Merit (one or two) | #8 – Effectiveness of a 12-month emergency radiology curriculum for improving self-confidence and competence of post-graduate year 1 radiology residents
Authors: Hilary Strong, Mary Beth Bissell, Jennifer Collins, Hartery Angus #10 — A Profile of Repeat Firearm Violence: Novel Utilization of Clinical, Radiology, and Criminal Justice Databases Authors: Tarek N. Hanna; Shila René Hawk; Henry Schwimmer; Alexandra Reitz; Jasmine Moore; Jackie Gwinn-Villaroel; Diane Payne |
Summa cum laude (First Place) – Best Education Exhibit Presentation (open to all trainees/non-trainees) – (aka best “poster”) | “Transfacial Injuries: A pictorial review of midfacial fractures” –
First Author: Dr. Pablo A. Felix Authors: Authors: Felix, Pablo A; La Follette, Carola; Gavito-Higuera, Jose
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| Magna cum laude (Second Place) – Best Educational Exhibit | The Bottom-Up Approach To Facial Fracture Characterization
First Author: Dr. Sergey Kochkine Authors: Sergey Kochkine, MD; Alexander Baxter, MD; John McMenamy, MD; Mark Bernstein, MD |
| Cum Laude (Third Place) – Best Educational Exhibit | Imaging the Traumatized Lung: Contusions, Lacerations, Hematomas, Herniations
First Author: Dr. Brittany Lewis Authors: Brittany Lewis, MD; Scott Hamlin, MD; John O’Keefe, MD; Keith D. Herr, MD; Tarek N. Hanna, MD |
| Certificate of Merit (one or two) | 1) It’s not That Hard: Penile Pathologies Encountered in the Emergency Department
Authors: Heba Albasha, MD; Sherry S. Wang, MBBS; Jonathan Revels, DO; Katrina Beckett, MD; Carl Flink, MD 2) Liver Trauma: A Pictorial Review of the Updated AAST Grading Criteria Authors: John Kirby MD, Ahmad Parvinian MD, James Boyum MD, Ashish Khandelwal MD |
| The John H. Harris, Jr, MD Award (Best Original Scientific Paper for a Trainee as first author) – The best oral presentation of original research by a trainee may be considered for the John H. Harris, MD Award. Presenters must be in an accredited radiology teaching program. ) | Minimal Aortic Injury Detected on CT Angiography During Initial Trauma Imaging: Single Academic Level 1 Trauma Center Experience
Christopher Ovanez, MD MPH |
| The Robert A. Novelline, MD Award (Best Original Educational Exhibit for a Trainee as first author) | Transfacial Injuries: A pictorial review of midfacial fractures
First Author: Dr. Pablo A. Felix |
| SOCIETY AWARDS | |
| Course Director Plaque | Suzanne Chong, MD, MS, FASER |
| Fellows Pins (and certificate of fellowship) – New fellows (names of fellows comes from the Honorary Awards Committee) | Ludo Beenen
Eric Roberge Krystal Archer-Arroyo Hani Abujudeh Anjali Agrawal |
| 25 Years of Membership –
Those who have been members of ASER for 25 Years |
Dr. Eric Allan Brandser, MD
Dr. Elliot Keith Fishman, MD Dr. Morris Leonard Gavant, MD Dr. Jeffrey David Robinson, MD, MBA Dr. Michael Ian Rothman, MD Dr. Josef C. Wenker, MD |
| Winged Caduceus Award | Dr. Shan (posthumously) |
| Gold Medalist | Stephen Ledbetter MD, MPH |
2019 Annual Meeting Award Winners
Founders’ Lecturer
Jamlik-Omari Johnson MD
First Place – Best Scientific Oral Presentation
Podium 9- Virtual Monochromatic Reconstructions of Dual Energy CT in Abdominal Trauma: Optimization of Energy Level Improves Pancreas Laceration Conspicuity and Diagnostic Confidence
Gavin Sugrue, Vancouver General Hospital
Second Place – Best Scientific Oral Presentation
Podium 17- Comparison of ASPECTS by human observers and automated ASPECTS in prediction of final infarct volume in anterior circulation emergent large vessel occlusion
Shobit Mathur, University of British Columbia
Third Place – Best Scientific Oral Presentation
Podium 7- Intraluminal Gas in Inflamed Non Perforated Appendix: A CT sign for Gangrenous Appendicitis
Mohammad Haroon, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa
First Place – Best Educational Exhibit
Poster 86- Imaging Manifestations of Common and Uncommon Complications of Sickle Cell Diseasein the Emergent Setting
Dr. Shenise Gilyard, Emory University School of Medicine
Second Place – Best Educational Exhibit
Poster 83 – AO Spine Classification of Upper Cervical Spine Injuries: It’s really that simple!
Dr. Naga Ramesh Chinapuvvula, University of Texas At Houston Health Science Center
Third Place – Best Educational Exhibit
Poster 15 – Traumatic Abdominal Wall Injuries: A Primer for Radiologists
Scott Steenburg, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine
The John H. Harris, Jr, MD Award (Best Original Scientific Oral Presentation)
Podium 9 – Virtual Monochromatic Reconstructions of Dual Energy CT in Abdomina Trauma: Optimization of Energy Level Improves Pancreas Laceration Conspicuity and Diagnostic Confidence
Gavin Sugrue, MD, Vancouver General Hospital
The Robert A. Novelline, MD Award (Best Original Educational Exhibit Presentation)
Poster 86- Imaging Manifestations of Common and Uncommon Complications of Sickle Best Educational Exhibit Cell Diseasein the Emergent Setting
Dr. Shenise Gilyard, Emory University School of Medicine
Winged Caduceus Award
Stuart E. Mirvis, MD, FASER, FACR
Gold Medalist
Joseph S. Yu, MD
New Fellows
Jamal A. J. Syed Bokhari, Gary H. Danton, Michael Patlas, Scott Steenburg, Clint Sliker, Charles Luttenton
2018 Annual Meeting Award Winners
Harris Award
Zlatan Alagic, MD, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden for
Implementation of an Ultra-low-dose CT-protocol for Extremities: Initial Experience with 106 Subjects?
The best oral presentation of original research by a trainee may be considered for the John H. Harris, MD Award. Presenters must be in an accredited radiology teaching program. The recipient will receive a plaque and $300.
Novelline Award
Charlotte Chung, MD, PhD, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, for
Updated Imaging-based Selection Criteria Guiding Endovascular Intervention for Ischemic Stroke
The best educational poster presentation by a trainee may be considered for the Robert A. Novelline, MD Award. Presenters must be in an accredited radiology teaching program. The recipient will receive a plaque and $300.
Paper Presentation Winners
Summa Cum Laude
Michael Repplinger, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison, for
Diagnostic Accuracy of MR for the Evaluation of Acute Female Pelvic Pathology
Magna Cum Laude
Tarek Hanna, MD, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, for
Emergency Department Clinical and Imaging Superusers: A Population-Based Multi-Payer Claims Analysis
Cum Laude
Keith Herr, MD, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, for
Diagnostic Radiology Resident Perspectives on Fellowship Training and Career Interest in Emergency Radiology
Certificate of Merit
Ellen Sun, MD, Brigham Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, for
Virtual monoenergetic Dual-energy CT for Evaluation of Hepatic and Splenic Lacerations
Poster Presentation Winners
Summa Cum Laude
David Tso, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, for
The Mechanics of Cardiac Gated CTA in the ED for Suspected Aortic Dissection
Magna Cum Laude
Peter Schaefer, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, for
Dual Energy CT Enabled Bone Subtraction in the Diagnosis of Intracranial Pathology
Cum Laude
Ling Chen Chien, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, for
Urine Trouble: Imaging of High-Grade Renal Trauma with Surgical Correlation
Certificate of Merit
Amanda Scott, MD, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, for
Imaging of Acute Pancreatitis in the Emergency Department: Review of Clinical and Management Implications from a Medical and Surgical Perspective
Certificate of Merit
Benjamin Hirshberg, MD, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, for
Emergent Rare Causes of Ureteral and Bladder Obstruction
Overall Highest Scores (tie):
Matthew Shapiro, MD
Augusta Health
Fishersville, VA
Jacek Strzelczyk, MD
St. Boniface General Hospital
Winnipeg, Canada
Daily High Scores:
Wednesday: Jacek Strzelczyk, MD
Thursday: Ryan Key, MD
Friday: Alex Aubin, MD
Saturday: Maeke Scheerder, MD
2018 ASER Fellows:
Ferco H. Berger, MD
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada
Suzanne T. Chong, MD, MS
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI
Robin D. Hines, MD
Inland Imaging
Spokane, WA
Jamlik-Omari Johnson, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Manickam Kumaravel, MD, FRCR
Memorial Hermann Red Duke Trauma Institute
UTHealth McGovern Medical School
Houston, TX
Ken F. Linnau, MD, MS
UW Medicine Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Savvas Nicolaou, MD, FRCPC
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, BC, Canada
The ASER Gratefully Acknowledges the Support of the Following Companies:
CORPORATE SPONSORS
Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc.
International Medical Solutions Inc.
EXHIBITORS
Fairfax Radiological Consultants
International Medical Solutions Inc.
CME Credits by Modality
To download a spreadsheet detailing the various modalities covered in the ASER Annual Meeting presentations, please click here. For reporting purposes, please note that 1 hour of instruction is equal to 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Credits are rounded to the nearest .25 (15 minutes).
About the ASER Annual Scientific Meeting…
The first annual meeting of the society was held in Boston in 1990. The Annual Scientific Meeting has proven to be the open forum for radiologists, emergency physicians, trauma surgeons, technologists, and others interested in providing innovative solutions in the emergency setting. More than two hundred professional registrants attend. The proceedings are published and CME credit is provided.