From the December 2015 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine


AHRA Gold Award
The award is the highest honor AHRA can bestow upon its members. It is given to members who have made significant contributions to the association and, thus, to the profession of health care administration. Nominations for the Gold Award come from the membership, and any member may nominate a candidate. All members of AHRA are eligible for award consideration.


Paul Dubiel has been an active member of the AHRA since 1993, earning his CRA and achieving Fellow status in 2011. Dubiel’s commitment to the association and to advancing the profession of medical imaging is obvious. Dubiel’s volunteer career began in 2000 with the Member Greets a Member Program, followed by the Audioconference Task Force in 2005 and the Image Advisory Council three years later. Dubiel was one of the initial members of the Product Development Committee from 2008 to 2009, and served as chair from 2010 to 2013. Dubiel has also served as a mentor, volunteered onsite during multiple annual meetings, and served on the Expanding Excellence Campaign.
Radiology management is where Dubiel has truly excelled as a volunteer. Dubiel has served on the Editorial Review Board since 2010 and has been Editor-in-Chief since 2012. Dubiel’s written contributions are numerous, including three Radiology Management Editorial award winners: “Thinking Strategically About Imaging Capacity and Capital” (Jan/Feb 2006), “Preparing for a JCAHO Survey: Utilization of Imaging Specific Tracers” (March/April 2007) and “Finding and Mentoring the Next You” (2013 Supplement Issue, July-August 2013). In addition to his work with Radiology Management, Dubiel was an editor for Financial Management in Radiology (2nd Edition) and conducted a peer review for Basic Imaging Management: A Reference Manual. In 2010, Dubiel was a moderator for the “Career Ladders” Round Table Discussion at the annual meeting. At the 2005 annual meeting, Dubiel was a copresenter for “Planning Long-term requirements for Diagnostic Imaging Capacity and Capital.”


The ARRS Gold Medal
The ARRS Gold Medal is the American Roentgen Ray Society’s highest honor, awarded to recipients for distinguished service to radiology. Three recipients were named this year. A native of Melbourne, Australia, Paul A. Bottomley is a pioneer in the development of MRI technology. While earning his Ph.D. in physics at Nottingham University, he worked on one of the three original projects that launched MRI technology and performed the initial work on radiofrequency field and power deposition in human MRI.

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