ACR Names New Officers: Thrall New Chair of the American College of Radiology

Reston, Va. — James H. Thrall, M.D., FACR, of Boston, was recently named chair of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Board of Chancellors during the ACR’s 85th Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., May 17-21, 2008. 

Thrall is a fellow of the ACR, radiologist-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of radiology at Harvard Medical Center in Boston. Thrall is the immediate past chair of the ACR Commission on Molecular Imaging, chair of the RADPAC board, member of the ACR Web site Advisory Committee and the ACR Foundation, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR).

“Dr. Thrall has shown outstanding leadership in every role in which he has served within the ACR and elsewhere. He is a longtime advocate of the radiology profession and a nationally recognized expert in the field. We look forward to his continued leadership as chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors,” said ACR Executive Director Harvey L. Neiman, M.D.

New ACR Officers Continued:

ACR Vice Chair — John A. Patti, M.D., FACR, of Lynnfield, Mass., has been named vice chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors. He is the immediate past chair of the ACR Commission on Economics and ACR Audit Committee, current chair of the ACR Task Force on Value Added and vice chair of the ACR Commission on Government Relations, incoming chair of the RADPAC Political Action Committee, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR). 

ACR President — Arl Van Moore Jr., M.D., FACR, of Charlotte, N.C., has been elected president of the ACR. He is the immediate past chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors, and serves as chair of the ACR delegation to the American Medical Association, chair of the ACR Task Force on International Teleradiology, chair of the ACR Task Force on Disaster Preparedness, vice chair of the RADPAC Political Action Committee board, and as vice chair of the ACR advisory committee on diagnostic imaging policy.

ACR Vice President — N. Reed Dunnick, M.D., FACR, of Ann Arbor, Mich., has been elected vice president of the ACR. Dunnick is the immediate past chair of the ACR Commission on Body Imaging, is a member of the ACR Committee on Fellowship Credentials, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR).