Top 5 Minnies candidates -- 2004 semifinals round

Sep 27, 2004

As of September 28, 2004, the following candidates have received the most votes in the semifinals round of the 2004 edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com's event recognizing excellence in radiology. 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.

The AuntMinnie.com Team

Most Influential Radiology Researcher

Dr. Laszlo Tabar, University of Uppsala & Falun Central Hospital, Sweden
Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, Stanford University
Dr. Paul Chang, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Elliot Fishman, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Perry Pickhardt, University of Wisconsin

Most Effective Radiology Educator

Dr. Emanuel Kanal, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. David Stephens, Mayo Clinic
Dr. Barry Goldberg, Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Barry Siegel, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Dr. Donna Magid, Johns Hopkins University

Most Effective Radiologic Technologist Educator

Debra McMahan, Santa Barbara City College
Cindy Rapp, Swedish Medical Center
Bob DeJong, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Jane Van Valkenburg, Weber State University
Mary Anne Owen, Medical College of Georgia

Most Effective Radiology Administrator/Manager

Jeffrey Bernard, University of Texas Southwestern
Julie Hughes, Scottsdale Healthcare
Erwin Schwarz, Oregon Health Sciences University
Penny Olivi, University of Maryland
Patrick Epting, Radiology Associates, New Port Richey, FL

Best Radiologist Training Program

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Duke University, Durham, NC
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO
Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN

Best Radiologic Technologist Training Program

Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, New York, NY
Weber State University, Ogden, UT
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Most Significant News Event in Radiology

Offshore radiologists reading U.S. studies
MRI researchers win Nobel Prize
Clinical validation of PET/CT scanners
Introduction of 64-slice CT scanners
Impact of the Internet on radiology

Biggest Threat to Radiology

Ongoing shortage of qualified staff
Increased use of medical imaging by physicians in other specialties (turf battles)
Offshore radiologists reading U.S. studies
Decline in Medicare and third-party reimbursement rates
Malpractice insurance crisis

Hottest Clinical Procedure

Cardiac MRI
Hybrid PET/CT scanning
Breast MRI
Cardiac CT
Virtual colonoscopy

Scientific Paper of the Year

Can computer-aided detection with double reading of screening mammograms help decrease the false-negative rate? Initial experience. Destounis SV et al. Radiology. 2004 Aug;232(2):578-584.

Whole-body tumor staging with FDG-PET/CT: Comparison with CT and PET in 260 patients. Antoch G et al. Scientific Sessions, 2004 Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting.

Computed tomographic colonography (virtual colonoscopy): A multicenter comparison with standard colonoscopy for detection of colorectal neoplasia. Cotton P et al. JAMA. 2004 Apr 14;291(14):1713-1719.

Computed tomographic virtual colonoscopy to screen for colorectal neoplasia in asymptomatic adults. Pickhardt PJ et al. N Engl J Med. 2003 Dec 4;349(23):2191-2200.