SOCIETY PRESIDENT BIOGRAPHIES

American Society of Neuroradiology: Mauricio Castillo

This year, I am honored to become the 50th President of ASNR and at the same time continue my responsibilities as AJNR's Editor-in-Chief. Fifty years after its first President, Dr. Juan Taveras, a circle in time closes itself as another Hispanic individual occupies both roles again. In this shrinking world, this is evidence of the globalization and internationalization of our professional society and we should all be proud that it now reaches more individuals in different countries than ever before. As many of you know, I have served as Professor of Radiology and Chief of Neuroradiology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill for over 20 years. I will not include the traditional mini-biography here and information regarding myself can be found at my Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/castilloneuroradiology/.

During my presidency, I will attempt to increase the participation of our younger members in ASNR and AJNR and recruit more women neuroradiologists to serve in critical posts so that our society truly reflects their overall presence and importance in medicine. We will continue to explore new ways of transmitting information to our constituency in a faster, timely, and more complete fashion. The most important activity will be a re-assessment of our last strategic plan completed in 2009. Although only 4 years have gone by, in the near future ASNR will face significant structural, personnel, and financial changes and challenges and we want to leave it well positioned for future generations. This effort will be headed by Dr. Bill Dillon from the University of California, San Francisco. The strategic plan re-assessment started this year under the guidance of our Immediate Past President, Dr. Pam Schaefer, and will be drafted and consolidated during my tenure, and implemented during Dr. Gordon Sze's presidency. This re-assessment will also look at AJNR so that its next Editor-in-Chief will be able to implement changes desired and suggested by the membership. I thank ASNR for providing me this opportunity to serve and look forward to working with all of you.

American Society of Functional Neuroradiology and American Society of Spine Radiology: Meng Law

Dr. Meng Law is president this year of 2 of our subspecialty societies: ASSR and ASFNR. This double call of duty attests to his incredible capacity for work and his dedication to neuroradiology. Born in Australia, he completed his general radiology residency in St. Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne and then a neuroradiology fellowship at New York University where he was an attending neuroradiologist for 5 years. He then moved uptown to Mount Sinai Hospital and for the last 3 years has been Professor and Director of Neuroradiology at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles.

Meng has served as an investigator on 17 different grants and has published 70 peer-reviewed articles and 14 book chapters. His areas of interest are advanced imaging techniques, particularly as they apply to brain tumors. A popular speaker, he has delivered over 500 guest lectures. He has been Treasurer, Secretary, Vice President, and President for the Eastern Neuroradiological Society; Treasurer and Vice President for ASFNR; and Vice President for ASSR. With all of this experience and his love of work and neuroradiology, we are sure that ASSR and ASFNR are in good hands and we congratulate him on his dual appointments.

American Society of Head and Neck Radiology: Michelle Michel

Dr. Michelle Michel is Professor of Radiology and Otolaryngology as well as Chief of Head and Neck Imaging at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. She was a radiology resident and a first-year neuroradiology fellow at the University of North Carolina and completed her training at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. An excellent teacher, she has been awarded the Teacher of the Year prize 3 times and has delivered over 150 invited lectures. She is an author of more than 60 articles, hundreds of book chapters, and 70 abstracts presented at meetings. Thirty-four trainees at various levels have produced projects that she mentored. She holds 9 editorial positions. Her service record is impressive: member of over 65 committees (past and present), 20 of which belong to ASHNR. Previously she has held the posts of Treasurer and Secretary of ASHNR. Michelle has always demonstrated a joie de vivre that has led her to buy a mountain home and ride a Harley-Davidson motorcycle! ASHNR is in very capable hands.

American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology: Richard L. Robertson

Dr. Richard L. Robertson is the new ASPNR President. He is the Radiologist in Chief and Chair of Radiology at the Children's Hospital in Boston where he was also a fellow in pediatric neuroradiology. After receiving his MD from the University of Virginia he completed a radiology residency and a neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. He has served on 10 ASPNR committees and has been its Treasurer, Secretary, and Vice President. His research experience includes participation in 10 grant-funded projects, 73 peer-reviewed articles, and 23 book chapters. He has been invited to lecture nearly 50 times. It is an honor to have this prestigious neuroradiologist take the helm of one of our most important subspecialty societies.

American Society of Head and Neck Radiology: Suresh K. Mukherji

Note.

These mini biographies of incoming Presidents for ASNR and our subspecialty societies honor those individuals and hopefully serve as brief historical records. Due to personnel changes in ASNR's main office, Dr. Mukherji's biography was not published during his tenure. Here, we make an attempt to correct this error.

Dr. Mukherji was ASHNR's President from 2011 to 2012. He received his undergraduate education at Duke University and obtained his MD from Georgetown University. After completing his radiology residency at Harvard Medical School, he went to the University of Florida to complete a neuroradiology fellowship with an emphasis on head and neck imaging, his life-long passion. He currently is Professor of Radiology at the University of Michigan where for many years he was Chief of Neuroradiology. He currently serves as a Senior Editor for 3 journals and is a consulting editor at the Neuroimaging Clinics and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America. He serves or has served as a co-investigator on 25 grants, published over 260 peer-reviewed articles, 57 reviews, and 13 books. His recent work centers on biologic and genetic aspects of head and neck cancers as portrayed by advanced imaging techniques. An excellent teacher, he has given hundreds of invited lectures. Our specialty continues to grow thanks to committed individuals like Suresh and we thank him for his service to ASHNR and ASNR.