Radiologist Pamela Woodard, MD, of Washington University (WashU) School of Medicine, has received the high honor of election to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
Pamela Woodard, MD
NAM noted Woodard's election for her leadership as director of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at WashU in St. Louis. She is the first woman to lead the Institute in its over 110-year history. One of 100 new Academy members, Woodard is credited with advancing the field of cardiothoracic imaging and inspiring the next generation of physician-scientists.
Woodard's accomplishments include clinical translation of a technique to decrease motion artifact in MRI scans, nanoparticle-based PET imaging radiotracer development targeting atherosclerotic plaques, and pioneering use of multidetector spiral CT for diagnosing pulmonary embolisms, the university noted in its announcement.
She has led the Training Opportunities in Translational Imaging Education and Research (TOP-TIER) program at MIR since its inception in 2017.
Woodard joined the WashU Medicine faculty in 1997. Awarded the Gold Medal from the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging in 2025, she was named RSNA’s Outstanding Researcher in 2021 and, in 2015, named Distinguished Investigator by the Academy of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research, of which she is currently president. She also served as president of the American College of Radiology (2024-2025).
The NAM announced the elections on October 20 during its annual meeting.
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