From the December 2015 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine


In 1977, Novelline was named assistant professor of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, moving up the ranks to his current position as professor in 1996. In 1982, he was appointed director of the newly formed Division of Emergency Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital — a position he held until 2012. Novelline shaped the course of emergency radiology on a number of fronts. He installed one of the first CT scanners in an emergency imaging division, pioneered research on CT diagnosis of trauma and acute non traumatic emergencies, and reported on new CT techniques for diagnosing appendicitis, diverticulitis and urinary tract stones and curriculum in Emergency Radiology, a major focus of ASER.

In 1998, he founded the Alliance for Medical Student Educators in Radiology. Novelline has served the Association of University Radiologists (AUR) in many capacities, including as president in 2012. Novelline served initially as co-author and later as author of the landmark 1988 book, “Squire’s Fundamentals of Radiology,” used by medical schools throughout the U.S. and abroad. Another textbook co-authored in 1993 by Dr. Novelline, “Radiology of Emergency Medicine,” still serves as the definitive reference textbook on emergency radiology. Novelline has published over 150 original reports or reviews and has served on the editorial boards of journals including Radiology, Emergency Radiology and Investigative Radiology, and as a manuscript reviewer for Academic Radiology, American Journal of Radiology and The New England Journal of Medicine. He is a sought-after speaker who has lectured nationally and internationally on emergency radiology and radiology education, and has held more than 50 visiting professorships around the world.


Amid his extensive RSNA history, Novelline served as the first RSNA co-chair of the RSNA-American College of Radiology Public Information Website Committee, and oversaw the successful launch of RadiologyInfo.org. Novelline also served on the RSNA Refresher Course Committee from 1997 to 2006, serving as chairman from 2003 to 2006, and as director of the Emergency Radiology Track from 1997 to 2002. He has also served on the RSNA Public Information Advisors Network since 2005. In 2007, Novelline was named the RSNA Outstanding Educator. Other accolades include the 2004 Association of Program Directors in Radiology’s Achievement Award, the 2012 Alliance for Medical Student Educators in Radiology Excellence in Education Award and the 2013 Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award from Harvard Medical School. Novelline received the ASER gold medal in 2000 and the AUR gold medal in 2015.

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