Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee

AMPPC is responsible for (a) developing and recommending to the Education Council an overall education strategic plan for the annual meeting; (b) implementing long-term and short-term program planning and coordination for the annual meeting; (c) reviewing annual meeting format and evaluating and making recommendations for course offerings and new course topics; (d) developing and administering guidelines for retiring courses and/or refresher course tracks; (e) determining appropriate amount of redundancy in course topics; (f) developing and soliciting innovative delivery formats; (g) evaluating and approving programming requests from other RSNA committees (RFC, PIC, RIC, etc); (h) recommending education course formats annually (case-based, essentials); (i) reviewing and recommending policies, including guidelines and procedures to prevent use of plagiarized material; (j) considering complaints regarding unauthorized use of content; and (k) developing suggestions for hot topics as well as plenary topics and speakers for consideration by the Board The AMPPC oversees the Education Exhibits Award Committee (EEAC) and 18 subspecialty subcommittees that coordinate all programming across the annual meeting in the designated specialty and are responsible for (l) administering the education exhibits program; (m) organzing curriculum and selecting faculty for invited education courses; (n) building the mixed science/education program; (o) administering the science program, soliciting new content and presenters as appropriate; (p) developing invited lecturer presentations with consideration of diversity of faculty; and (q) implementing/incorporating new course formats, guidelines, and policies identified by the AMPPC

Kate Hanneman, MD, MPH, Chair
Toronto, ON canada

Brandon K.K. Fields, MD, Resident and Fellow Committee Chair
San Francisco, CA

Katja Pinker-Domenig, MD, PhD, Breast Imaging Subcommittee Chair
New York, NY

Michael F. Morris, MD, Cardiac Imaging Subcommittee Chair
Paradise Valley, AZ

Carol C. Wu, MD, Chest Imaging Subcommittee Chair
Houston, TX

Christina A. LeBedis, MD, MS, Emergency Radiology Subcommittee Chair
Newton, MA

Avinash R. Kambadakone, MD, FRCR, Gastrointestinal Imaging Subcommittee Chair
Boston, MA

Atul B. Shinagare, MD, Genitourinary Imaging Subcommittee Chair
Boston, MA

Xin Wu, MD, Head & Neck Imaging Subcommittee Chair
San Francisco, CA

Marta E. Heilbrun, MD, MS, Imaging Informatics Subcommittee Chair
Murray, UT

Rony Avritscher, MD, Interventional Radiology Subcommittee Chair
Houston, TX

Nariman Nezami, MD, Multisystem Subcommittee Chair
Arlington, VA

Soterios Gyftopoulos, MD, MBA, Musculoskeletal Imaging Subcommittee Chair
Scarsdale, NY

Achala S. Vagal, MD, Neuroradiology Subcommittee Chair
Cincinnati, OH

Vinay Prabhu, MD, MS, Noninterp Skills (Beyond Imaging) Subcmte Chr
Brooklyn, NY

Esma A. Akin, MD, Nuclear Med & Molecular Imaging Subcmte Chair
Washington, DC

Marcelo S. Takahashi, MD, PhD, Pediatric Imaging Subcommittee Chair
Chapel Hill, NC

Lifeng Yu, PhD, Physics Subcommittee Chair
Rochester, MN

Simon S. Lo, MBChB, Radiation Oncology Subcommittee Chair
Seattle, WA

Liina Poder, MD, OB/Gynecology Subcmte Chair
Mill Valley, CA

Mitesh Trivedi, MD, Education Council Chair
Avon, CT

Masoom A. Haider, MD, Science Council Chair
Toronto, ON canada

Nicholas S. Burris, MD, Vascular Imaging Subcommittee Chair
Ann Arbor, MI

Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD, Liaison for Science
Los Angeles, CA

Sanjeev Bhalla, MD, Board Liaison
Saint Louis, MO

Annette Savage , Staff Contact
Oak Brook, IL