May 21, 2017, WASHINGTON, DC — The American College of Radiology (ACR) Board of Chancellors (BOC) presented its highest honor—the Gold Medal—to three pioneering innovators during ACR 2017 — The Crossroads of Radiology® May 21–25 in Washington, DC.

ACR bestowed the Gold Medal, which recognizes distinguished and extraordinary service to the ACR or to radiology, to Bruce J. Hillman, MD, FACR, of Wake Forest, N.C.; John A. Patti, MD, FACR, of Lynnfield, Mass.; and Jeffrey C. Weinreb, MD, FACR, of New Haven, Conn.

“When we talk about the pioneers and innovators who have impacted radiology, we are pleased to add this year’s Gold Medalists to the extraordinary gallery of past awardees,” said James A. Brink, MD, FACR, BOC chair. “Drs. Hillman, Patti and Weinreb each have a strong record of accomplishment within our specialty and in service to the ACR. They avail themselves of every opportunity to provide visionary leadership and to advance high-quality medicine and patient-centered radiologic care,” he added.

The following three individuals received the ACR Gold Medal.

HillmanBruce J. Hillman, MD, FACR
Hillman, professor of radiology and medical imaging and public health sciences and former chair of radiology at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and founding and current editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Radiology® (JACR), is a distinguished health services researcher and clinical trialist. The author of the seminal investigative work on self-referral and inappropriate utilization developed new methods of data analysis and interpretation, paving the application of health services research methodologies to imaging. He is the founding chair of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network® (ACRIN), which conducted landmark studies demonstrating the value of digital mammography for breast cancer screening and computed tomography (CT) for colon and lung cancer screening.

PattiJohn A. Patti, MD, FACR
Patti is currently a senior lecturer in radiology at Harvard Medical School and thoracic radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, both in Boston. During his ACR leadership tenure, he championed and facilitated many critical and acclaimed ACR programs and initiatives, including the Radiology Leadership Institute, the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute®, the American Institute of Radiologic Pathology (AIRP), ACR Select® and created the ACR Commission on International Relations. An expert in imaging economics and health policy, Patti widely communicated the myriad and complicated financial issues related to radiology, advocating for fair payment policies and the understanding of the critical value radiologists contribute to patient care.

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