UCSF News

Christopher Hess, MD, PhD, has been named the new chair of the UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, effective January 1, 2018. In this role, Dr. Hess will also become the Alexander Margulis Distinguished Professor of Radiology.

At last month’s Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging’s Annual Research Symposium, Caroline Guglielmetti, PhD, was awarded the 2017 Hasegawa Award. The annual Hasegawa Award recognizes a graduate student or postdoctoral scholar exemplifying the scope and quality of investigation demonstrated by Dr. Bruce Hasegawa during his career.

William Dillon, MD, has agreed to serve as interim chair of the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, effective October 1, 2017, following the retirement of long-time chair Ron Arenson, MD. The search for a permanent new chair is ongoing, and we hope to be able to make an announcement before the end of the year.

UCSF Medical Center has been named one of the nation's top ten premier hospitals for a 17th consecutive year, earning a fifth-place position on the 2016-2017 Best Hospitals Ranking and Ratings, conducted by U.S. News & World Report.

UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging's marketing team, responsible for the department’s website, digital efforts and offline tactics, was recognized with two accolades.

The Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging would like to extend a warm welcome to our talented incoming faculty members. We are proud of their accomplishments and look forward to their future contributions as faculty members to our clinical, educational and research endeavors. 

After 40 years of service and dedication to the UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Robert Gould, ScD, professor and vice chair of Technology and Capital Projects, has announced his retirement.

UCSF Imaging’s Parnassus facility in the main Radiology department is about to embark on its largest-ever expansion with groundbreaking set for late July.

UCSFs Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Residency Program has been named a Top Medical Residency Program by U.S. News & World Report and Doximity. This is the fourth consecutive year that UCSF’s program has been honored for its clinical training program amongst the top rated diagnostic radiology residency programs in the nation.

The Society of Interventional Radiology presented its highest acknowledgement, the SIR Gold Medal, to Jeanne M. LaBerge, MD, FSIR, during its Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, DC.