The Department of Radiology at University Hospitals has partnered with the health system’s innovation and commercialization engine, UH Ventures, to launch a new effort that leverages UH radiologists’ research expertise in artificial intelligence applications. The new entity is already collaborating with start-ups worldwide to validate emerging AI radiology technologies, such as algorithms that promise to identify patient fractures or strokes.
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Like many kids growing up in Minnesota, Zach Johnson was out on the ice, learning to skate, not long after he could walk.
Pamela K. Woodard, MD, a national leader in cardiothoracic imaging, has been named head of the Department of Radiology, Director of Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) and the Elizabeth E. Mallinckrodt Professor of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She will begin her new role July 1.
Amy Jeffreys holds the title of practice liaison at Ft. Jesse Imaging & Gale Keeran Center for Women. She holds a Bachelor of Science-Communication from Illinois State University and an Associate Degree in Radiography from Heartland Community College.
How did plasma physics research turn into a successful radiology career? It is an easy question to answer for University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Chief Medical Physicist and Senior Staff Scientist Dave Jordan, MS, Ph.D., DABR, DABMP, DABSNM, MRSE (MRSC), FACR, FAAPM. He is also a professor of radiology at Case Western Reserve University.
Are you overwhelmed with multiple tasks and feeling like there is not enough time in the day? This was my experience, which prompted me to consider ways to automate certain aspects of my operation. One area where we were falling short was onboarding new employees. I felt I made employees question their employment choice based on how erratic and terrible this process was.
Avante Health Solutions was created through the acquisition and successful integration of nine different companies that were viewed as “best in class” in their respective fields of service.
Anna Meiners, MBA, RT(R)(CT), is the radiology manager at the UC Health Drake Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. This month’s rising star is a Cincinnati native pleased to be able to give back to her hometown community. ICE recently learned more about Meiners in a question-and-answer session.
Andrew Sandstedt has always been an artist, but it took some time for him to take his talents into the professional sphere. As a teenager, he’d considered pursuing an arts degree after high school; his parents convinced him to get a business degree instead. When Sandstedt would see his classmates clutching their art portfolios on campus, he’d think, “Well, maybe someday,” and redirect his focus to his schoolwork.
Jordan Schneider has always enjoyed working on machines. As a kid, it was bicycles, with his brother and a few friends; when they got their driver licenses, their focus turned to cars.

