Washington:
An Indian-American, considered an authority on head and neck imaging, has been named chair of the prestigious Radiological Society of North America or RSNA Board of Directors.
Vijay M Rao, an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) graduate, is currently the David C Levin Professor and Chair of Radiology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
As chair of the RSNA Board, she brings her expertise in health services and policy matters to bear in a shifting healthcare landscape of increasing complexity and declining reimbursements, a media release said.
"As chair, I will work with the Board to advance patient care initiatives, focusing on quality, safety and efficiency in a patient-centred model of care through implementation of IT tools, in partnership with industry. I will also work with Society leadership to find ways to leverage IT tools to provide educational resources of the RSNA at point of care for radiologists," Ms Rao said.
Ms Rao, who has served on the editorial boards of multiple journals, has published more than 200 papers, 250 abstracts in medical literature, and a dozen book chapters.
She co-edited MRI and CT Atlas of Correlative Imaging in Otolaryngology -- the oldest medical speciality in the United States.