Top 5 Minnies candidates -- semifinals round

Oct 22, 2002

As of October 23, 2002, the following candidates have received the most votes in the semifinal round of The Minnies. Two finalists will be selected from each category to compete in the final round of voting.

The entries are presented in random order. As a result, the order of listing below in no way indicates the relative vote ranking of a candidate compared with other candidates in the same category. Remember, the semifinal round will be open only through October 25, 2002, so vote today!

The AuntMinnie.com Team

Most Influential Radiology Researcher

Dr. Richard Wahl, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Elias Zerhouni, National Institutes of Health
Dr. Rendon Nelson, Duke University
Dr. Michael O’Connor, Mayo Clinic
Dr. Eliot Siegel, Baltimore VA Medical Center/U. of Maryland

Most Effective Radiology Educator

Dr. Stanley Siegelman, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Barry Goldberg, Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Clyde Helms, Duke University
Dr. Emanuel Kanal, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Edward Sickles, University of California, San Francisco

Most Effective Radiologic Technologist Educator

Jane Van Valkenburg, Weber State University
William Faulkner, William Faulkner & Associates
Linda MacMillan, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Cindy Rapp, Radiology Imaging Associates
Kyle Thornton, City College of San Francisco

Most Effective Radiology Administrator/Manager

Judy Dye, University Medical Center
Enrico Perez, Columbia Presbyterian-Cornell University Hospitals
Joseph Kappa, Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Fred Gaschen, Radiological Associates of Sacramento
Martha Koperwhats, Texas Children's Hospital

Best Radiologist Training Program

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Duke University, Durham, NC

Best Radiologic Technologist Training Program

Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA
Weber State University, Salt Lake City, Utah
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Duke University, Durham, NC

Most Significant News Event in Radiology

Ongoing shortage of qualified staff
Appointment of Dr. Elias Zerhouni to lead National Institutes of Health
Development of hybrid CT/PET imaging devices
Introduction of 16-slice CT scanners
Debate over mammography’s value

Biggest Threat to Radiology

Increased use of medical imaging by other specialties (turf battles)
Ongoing shortage of qualified staff
Lack of national licensure program for radiologic technologists
Decline in Medicare and third-party reimbursement rates
Shortage of radiologists entering academic radiology

Hottest Clinical Procedure

Full-field digital mammography
Cardiac MRI
Whole-body CT screening
FDG-PET for oncology
Hybrid CT/PET scanning

Scientific Paper of the Year

Comparison of the performance of screening mammography, physical examination, and breast US and evaluation of factors that influence them: An analysis of 27,825 patient evaluations, Kolb et al, Radiology, October 2002.

American College of Radiology white paper on MR safety, Kanal et al, American Journal of Roentgenology, May 2002.

Effect of machine CAD false-positive locations on radiologists’ behavior, Freedman et al, presentation at SPIE Medical Imaging 2002 Symposium, February 2002.

Effectiveness of positron emission tomography in the preoperative assessment of patients with suspected non-small-cell lung cancer: the PLUS multicentre randomised trial, Van Tinteren et al, The Lancet, April 20, 2002.

Breast cancer mortality among female radiologic technologists in the United States, Mohan et al, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, June 19, 2002.

Best New Radiology Product