Every year a large cohort of Penn Radiology residents attend national radiology meetings including the RSNA and SIR Annual meetings, as well as numerous subspecialty annual meetings, such as ASNR, AUR, CIO, SAR, SIO, and SIIM. The program fully supports residents to attend essentially an unlimited number of conferences at which they present abstracts and/or posters. In 2023-2024, 35 residents presented abstracts or posters at 43 different meetings!
Penn Radiology at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting 2024
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) hosts an annual convention during the early winter months. This year RSNA was held from December 1 – December 5th, 2024. Penn Radiology continues to demonstrate a strong presence with more than ten residents presenting at the 2024 convention. Of course, our residents displayed an impressive array of interests. Exhibiting presentations from all residency cohorts, Penn radiology could not be prouder to facilitate their journeys to becoming lifelong learners, educators, and experts.
Pictured Left to Right: Peter Makhoul (R2), Lev Barinov (R2), Harsha Voleti (R2), Kari Williams (R3), Mitch Schnall (Former Radiology Chair), Mary Scanlon (PD), Bahram Mohajer (R1), Michael Corbin (R3), Chantal Chahine (R4), Tessa Cook (Faculty), Bahar Aetaeina (R1), Alvaro Ordonez (R2), Jack Karp (R2), Hossein Nejadnik (Fellow), and Azfar Basunia (R3)
Jack Karp, presenting on complications on the musculoskeletal imaging complications of recreationally injected xylazine.
Kari Williams, presenting “A Resident’s Guide to Physician Reimbursement”.
Michael Corbin, presenting on “Large Language Models, the Future Replacement of Radiology Retrospective Research”.
Alvaro Ordoñez presenting “Collagen-Specific PET imaging for Tuberculosis Patients”.
Peter Makhoul, presenting on matrix size and spatial resolution in Cardiac CT using ultra-high-resolution photon counting CT.
Lev Barinov, presenting on improving the diagnostic risk stratification of Bethesda indeterminate thyroid nodules using a learning based inference.
Our residents and fellows also connected with people from other programs, recruiters and companies at networking events hosted by the RSNA itself and sponsoring companies. Have no doubt–the convention was not only radiology, business and seriousness.
In an incredible display of athleticism, several residents participated in the 5K “Fun Run” in the freezing, early-morning hours.
Pictured: Bahram Mohajer, Harsha Voleti, Jack Karp, and Alvaro Ordonez.
Our program strives to connect the past with the present at the annual Penn Alumni Reception dinner at the Chicago Club. The night hosts current residents and Penn Alumni for a night of catching-up, networking, and all around fun.
Pictured here (left to right): Bahram, Azfar, Jack, Harsha, Peter, Alvaro, Kari, Michael, and Bahar at the annual Penn social.
FOCUS 2024
The FOCUS conference was an inspiring event highlighting the achievements of women in medicine and providing an opportunity for growth, networking, and community. We heard from Dr. Neill Epperson about her career path and research on stress hormones and psychiatric disease. Dr. Kimberly Manning shared her advice on identifying and developing your unique talents and remaining mission-driven. Radiology had one of the largest departmental showings, with twelve trainees and four faculty members in attendance!
Front Row: Elizabeth McDonald (Faculty), Amber Simmons (R2), Monica Matsumoto(IR4), Bianca Ho (R4), Jasmine Taylor (R2), Susan Shamimi-Noori (PD), Sarah Santucci (R3) Middle Row: Susan Summerton (Faculty), Emann Rabie (IR1), Sophia O’Brien (Faculty), Srinidhi Shanmugasundaram (IR2), Bahar Ataeinia (R1), Mahati Mokkarala (Abd Fellow) Top Row: Amissa Brewer-Hofmann (R2), Safiyah Lahlaf (R3), and Woodlynn Daniel (R1)
Charge Consortium 2024
The Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium was formed to facilitate genome-wide association study meta-analyses and replication opportunities among multiple large and well-phenotyped longitudinal cohort studies. These cohorts have an extensive collection of genomic data as well as repeated measures of risk factors, subclinical disease indicators, and cardiovascular events. Consortium members and others meet regularly to discuss ongoing projects and present results. This meeting was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands and R4 Resident Kate Hartmann presented a poster on AI Based Imaging Genomics to Identify Genetic and Phenotypic Associations with Portal Vein Diameter.
WFITN 2024
Penn resident Bobby Romano(R2) and his Penn mentor, Dr. Choudhri, visited New York City this October to present their clinical research on endovascular navigational techniques during treatment of venous disorders such as pulsatile tinnitus.
The conference was hosted by the World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology (WFITN), which is an international scientific group dedicated to the discipline of interventional neuroradiology. As a Penn Radiology resident, Bobby has helped manage Dr. Choudhri's clinical laboratory and mentor its medical and undergraduate student members. The WFITN marks his second conference since joining the neuroIR-focused lab. At the WFITN, Bobby especially enjoyed speaking with Dr. Maksim Shapiro, an interventional neuroradiologist at New York University, who created a free educational website for learning neuroangiography called neuroangio.org.
Bobby also was privileged to meet Dr. Berenstein who developed the famous Berenstein catheter and pioneered interventional radiology - in fact, he performed the first catheter-based therapeutic embolization for a GI bleeder.
ACR 2024
The ACR annual meeting was held April 13-16, 2024, in Washington, D.C. and several Penn residents were in attendance. Fatima Elahi (RA) was Chair elect for the American College of Radiology Resident and Fellow Section (RFS), and Chantal Chahine (R3) was one of three Pennsylvania Radiologic Society RFS Representatives.
RFS programming included lectures on time management, as well as Jeopardy style lecture on Non-Interpretive Skills for R3s preparing for boards.
The theme of last year's conference was Workforce, and issues covering workload demands on radiologists as well as overall supply of radiologists entering the workforce were raised on Capitol Hill. These included amending the appropriate use criteria section of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act, co-sponsoring several acts pertaining to mitigating the physician shortage, and discussing the perennial issue of Medicare Repayment Reform.
Pennsylvania Radiological Society annual Fellowship Dinner at Lauriol Plaza
A group of Pennsylvania attendees went to Capitol Hill to meet Senators Fetterman and Casey, and Representatives Evans and Scanlon to advocate to our legislators on behalf of our patients and profession. Everyone had a great time, and we hope more residents attend ACR in 2025.
Pennsylvania radiologists and radiology trainees at Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill day 2024
International Skeletal Society (ISS) 2024
The 50th International Skeletal Society's Annual Meeting was held in Montreal, Canada this past September 2024. Penn residents Dr. Jack Karp (R2) and Dr. Jacy Lundberg (R4) attended along with several Penn faculty. Jack Karp worked on an educational exhibit alongside MSK attendings Dr. Barzin Behzad and Dr. Hamza Alizai titled "The ABCs about Aneurysmal Bone Cysts" which was presented as a e-poster.
Dr. Jacy Lundberg, one of Penn’s R4s delivered an amazing oral presentation on Morel Lavallée lesions. Penn Faculty Dr. Elena Taratuta presented on deep learning for fracture detection on chest radiographs.
ISS offered a great opportunity to connect with colleagues, listen to novel research presentations and network with likeminded individuals. Resident Jack Karp had this to say about his experience at ISS “As an R2 interested in pursuing Musculoskeletal Radiology, it was a great introduction into that world. I look forward to having the opportunity to return in the future! “
Pictured above Jacy Lundberg (R4) and Jack Karp (R2) with Penn Faculty at ISS 2024.
CIRSE 2024
The annual congress for Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) was held in Lisbon, Portugal in September 2024, and four IR residents made the trip to attend! Monica Matsumoto (IR4) spoke in a session on IR training around the world with the European Trainee Forum.
Pictured: Monica Matsumoto (IR4) center, representing the US/Americas in a session with IR trainees from around the world.
Julia D’Souza (IR5) presented as a finalist in the ETF Intravascular Ultrasound Case Competition.
Alexey Gurevich (IR3), Dhruv Goyal( IR3), and Julia also presented posters of their research. The group had a great time and learned a lot about IR practices around the world at CIRSE in Lisbon!
SABI 2024
The Society for Advanced Body Imaging (SABI) Annual Meeting 2024 was held in Washington, DC from October 10-14th. Diagnostic resident Bahar Ataeinia (R1) attended SABI and had this to say about her experience. “SABI was a great opportunity to meet and learn from brilliant minds in body imaging in an inclusive environment for trainees like me.”
Bahar Ataeinia (R1) co-presented a workshop entitled "Cultivating Emotional Intelligence in Radiology: A New Frontier in Patient Care" with one of Penn's radiology post-doctoral research fellows, Fereshteh Yazdanpanah.
As part of SABI's early career committee, the committee hosted a networking happy hour that was well attended by early career members and was a great success.
WMIC 2024
The 2024 World Molecular Imaging Conference (WMIC) took place in Montreal, Canada. One of our residents, Alvaro Ordonez (R2), presented his work on collagen-specific PET imaging and moderated a session on imaging of inflammatory diseases.
Dr Mark Sellmyer from our nuclear medicine division is the current co-chair of the Synthetic Biology and Reporter Genes (SyBRG) Interest Group and shared the exciting work from his lab.
Penn Radiology at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Annual Meeting 2024
Penn had another strong showing at the 2024 SIIM annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland. The conference was spearheaded by our very own Dr. Tessa Cook, MD, PhD, who serves as SIIM chair and runs Penn's Radiology Informatics fellowship.
Oral presentations were given by our informatics fellows Satyam Ghodasara and Shawn Lyo on using large language models to improve radiology protocolling and providing educational feedback respectively. R2 resident Vineeth Gangaram presented on using websockets to create realtime multi-user interaction for viewing dicoms to improve radiology education. Numerous Penn attendings and alumni were also present at the conference including Ali Dhanaliwala and Woojin Kim.
Pictured: Shawn Lyo, MD Neuroradiology Fellow (2024)
Pictured: Satyam Ghodasara, MD R4 Diagnostic Resident
Penn Radiology at ARRS 2024
2024 ARRS was held in Boston and offered the perfect opportunity for Penn Residents learn about the current job market, meet other professionals from across the country, and develop relationships in a large conference, while still feeling well connected. This year multiple sessions highlighted the future of Radiology and the challenges we all face.
One resident, Michael Corbin, MD had the following to say about his experience at the conference,
“2024 ARRS was a fantastic experience, and I feel blessed to be able present my research, meet new people and learn from some of our profession's experts.
Pictured: Michael Corbin (R3) and Peter Makhoul (R2) with Penn faculty at ARRS Boston 2024.
Association of University Radiologists (AUR) Annual Meeting 2024
This year’s conference was held in Boston, Massachusetts in April and carried its theme “The Learning Healthcare System” throughout the conference with immersive presentations, discussion surrounding the present and future of radiology, advocacy, health services research, and outreach, among other things.
Congratulations to our very own Program Director, Mary Scanlon, MD for closing out a year as president of the APDR. Penn had a great showing, and even won second place at the imaging interpretation competition.
IR attending Dan DePietro, MD, Mary Scanlon, MD, and several Penn Residents rolled out the image-guided procedure modules for feedback.
Pictured Left to Right: Bianca Ho (R3), Audrey Rich (R2), and Vedant Acharya (R2)
Along with several AUR planned events, Penn hosted an evening for faculty and residents to socialize and catch up on events during AUR 2024.
Our fabulous lady chiefs, Program Director, APD’s and Administrative team gathered for a dinner celebrating our residents to wrap up AUR 2024
Pictured left to right: Mary Scanlon (Program Director), Scott Simpson (Asst. Program Director), Sophia O’Brien (Asst. Program Director), Kate Hartmann (R3), Bianca Ho (R3), Nikki Curnes (R3), Harmony Claus, Susan Lamey and Bridget Flaherty.
Penn Radiology at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Meeting 2024
Penn IR had a great showing at SIR Annual Scientific Meeting this year, which took place in Salt Lake City, UT on 23-27th. Our 9 trainees gave 9 oral presentations, presented 2 posters, and 1 served as a panelist (Ryan Kiefer (R5)). Translational research work from the internationally recognized Penn Image Guided Interventions (PIGI) lab was also well represented by Penn trainees and medical students alike.
Penn trainees also took home several awards, including Nikki Curnes (IR3) with the 2024 Clinical Advancement Award from the SIR Resident, Fellow, and Student Section for her longitudinal IR clinic project, Monica Matsumoto (IR3) with the JVIR 2023 Editor's Certificate for Distinguished Clinical Study, Matt Hung (R5) with the winning team at the annual FamIR Feud during the March 26th plenary session, and Alex Pieper (R1) with one of the featured abstracts of the entire conference.
Nikki Curnes (IRI3) receiving her award
Matt Hung (DR4) and his winning team for the FamIR Feud.
A group of Penn residents enjoying an evening out at Benihana.
Penn IR3 ladies, Nikki Curnes, Elise Seyferth, and Monica Matsumoto.
A group of the Penn residents at SIR 2024. Pictured left to right: Alex Pieper (R1), Alexey Gurevich (IR2), Ryan Kiefer (IR5), Matt Hung (IR5), Joanna Weeks (R4), Monica Matsumoto (IR3) and Nikki Curnes (IR3).
Monica Matsumoto (IR3) receiving her JVIR award with the editor in chief, Dr. Sze.
Penn Radiology at the Society of Interventional Oncology (SIO) Annual Meeting 2025
The 2025 Society of Interventional Oncology conference was hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada and attended widely by trainees and faculty across the world. Penn residents and fellows took part in the IO Essentials Scholars program and attended hands-on workshops, device exhibits, and lectures tailored to them to provide a comprehensive overview of current advances in oncologic treatment.
Dr. Michael Soulen delivered this year’s Dr. Sidney Wallace and Dr. Michael J. Wallace Distinguished Lecture discussing the history and future of Interventional Oncology.
Several residents exhibited their clinical research posters including Rohan Savoor, Jaclyn Lundberg, Julia D’Souza, Joseph Kus, and Srinidhi Shanmugasundaram.
Rohan Savoor presented his poster.
Julia D’Souza presented her poster.
Residents and faculty learned about the importance of clinical research and collaboration with industry partners in advancing access to oncology care.
Pictured Left to Right: Rohan Savoor (IRDR R2), Srindhi Shanmugasundaram (IRDR R2), Jacy Lundberg DR R4), Bobby Romano (DR R2) and Julia D’Souza (IRDR R5)
Penn Residents and Faculty at SIO 2025.
Pictured: Nikki Curnes, Rohan Savoor, Srindhi Shanmugasundaram, and Bobby Romano.