The American College of Radiology (ACR) Council has elected Dr. Albert Blumberg as ACR president.
Blumberg is vice chair in the department of radiation oncology at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center and is a practicing radiation oncologist with Radiation Oncology HealthCare.
In addition, Dr. Geoffrey Smith was elected as ACR vice president. Smith is a practicing radiologist at Casper Medical Imaging in Casper, WY.
The council also elected Dr. Kimberly Applegate to a two-year term as council speaker. Applegate is the director of practice quality improvement in the radiology department at Emory Healthcare and Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
Dr. William Herrington was elected to a two-year term as council vice speaker. Herrington is a practicing radiologist with Athens Radiology Associates in Athens, GA.
The vote came at the recent ACR Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference (AMCLC) in Washington, DC.