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Commission on Quality and Safety

The ACR Commission on Quality and Safety provides oversight and management for all ACR® quality and safety programs and initiatives, including Practice Parameters and Technical Standards, Appropriateness Criteria®, accreditation programs, designations, quality measurements, National Radiology Data Registry, RADPEER™ and Imaging-RADS.

Commission Goals

  • Promote quality in the practice of radiology, radiation oncology, interventional radiology, nuclear medicine and medical physics.
  • Develop measures of quality for the practice of radiology.
  • Develop studies to measure the impact of standards, accreditation and other ACR initiatives on the quality of patient care.

Leadership & Staff

Programs and Initiatives

  • National Radiology and Data Registry

    Chair Ella A. Kazerooni, MD, FACR

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  • ACR Accreditation

    Chair Margaret M. Szabunio, MD, FACR

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  • MR Safety

    Chair Robert E. Watson Jr., MD

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  • Performance Measures

    Chair Nadja Kadom, MD

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  • Appropriateness Criteria

    Chair Ihab R. Kamel, MD, PhD

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  • Quality and Safety Conference

    Chair Shlomit A. Goldberg-Stein, MD

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  • Incidental Findings

    Chair Stella Kang, MD, MS

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  • Practice Parameters and Technical Standards

    Chair Drew Matthew Caplin, MD, FACR

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  • Manual on Contrast Media

    Chair Carolyn Lee Wang, MD

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  • RADS Steering Committee

    Chair Matthew Davenport, MD, FACR

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  • Peer Learning Committee

    Chair Richard Sharpe Jr., MD, MBA

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