Honors and Awards

Abdominal Imaging

  • Marc Kohli, MD, received the gold medal from the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).
  • Joseph Leach, MD, PhD, was honored with the UCSF Outstanding Physician Award and served on the 2025-26 Trainee Study Section of the RSNA Research & Education Foundation.
  • Michael Ohliger, MD, PhD, was named a 2025 Distinguished Reviewer for the American Journal of Roentgenology.
  • Liina Poder, MD, was named a 2025 Reviewer with Distinction by RadioGraphics.

Breast Imaging

  • Shirley Chou, MD, MPH, received the Clinical Faculty Excellence Award at commencement, and was named a 2025 Distinguished Reviewer for the American Journal of Roentgenology. 
  • Amie Lee, MD, served on the 2025-26 Trainee Study Section of the RSNA Research & Education Foundation.
  • Edward Sickles, MD, was honored with the 2026 UCSF Alumni Philanthropic Impact Award for his recent endowment of a distinguished professorship to advance breast imaging education, research, and clinical care.

Cardiothoracic Imaging

  • Brett Elicker, MD, is 2026 president of the Society of Thoracic Radiology.
  • Kimberly Kallianos, MD, was elected Vice-President of the UC-wide chapter of the American Association for Women in Radiology (AAWR).
  • Yoo Jin Lee, MD, served on the 2025-26 Trainee Study Section of the RSNA Research & Education Foundation.

Interventional Radiology

  • Rajesh Shah, MD, was appointed Associate Chair for Quality and Safety.

Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics

  • Anil Bidkar, PhD, received the Mentored Scientist Award in Pancreas Cancer for Development of ALPPL2-Targeted Molecular Imaging and Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer, January 2026; the Young Investigator Award from SNMMI and the Prostate Cancer Foundation for CD46-targeted dual-isotope and hybrid pre-targeted radiotherapy platform to overcome tumor heterogeneity in prostate cancer, March 2026; the 2026 Mars Shot Research Fund - Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award at SNMMI, June 2026; and a new NIH/NCI R21 grant to support advancing targeted platforms and to push the boundaries of radiotheranostics for pancreatic cancer, August 2026.

MSK

  • Georg Feuerriegel, MD, received the Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction from Radiology, March 2026.
  • Alexandra Gersing, MD, PhD, received a Pilot for Established Investigators for Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Magnetic Resonance Muscle Biomarkers to Improve Selection of Non-Opioid Therapies for Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study in Personalized Pain Medicine; and a research seed grant from the RSNA Research & Education Foundation for her work on artificial intelligence-enabled magnetic resonance muscle biomarkers and their role in understanding low back pain.

Neuroendovascular Surgery

  • Matt Amans, MD, was named to the Council of Distinguished Investigators of the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research, October 2026.

Neuroradiology

  • Soonmee Cha, MD, won the 2027 ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award, October 2026.
  • Elizabeth George, MBBS, received the 2026 Guerbet Research Grant for Estimation of T2* relaxation Susceptibility Weighted Angiography (SWAN): Application in Congenital Heart Disease, January 2026. She served on the 2025-2026 Faculty Study Section of the RSNA Research & Education Foundation.
  • Christine Glastonbury, MBBS, is the 2026-27 president of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS). She was named a 2025 Reviewer with Distinction by RadioGraphics, March 2026. 
  • Orit Glenn, MD, received the Outstanding Faculty Mentoring Award, June 2026.
  • Chris Hess, MD, PhD, began his term as 2026-27 ASNR president.
  • Yi Li, MD, received the Clinical Faculty Excellence Award at commencement, and was named interim vice chair for education. She received a Cum Laude Award for her poster Using in vivo MR Imaging as a Biomarker for the Expanded Neonatal Subventricular Zone, January 2026. 
  • Mark McArthur, MD, was appointed to the AJNR junior editorial board, emergency neuroradiology section, June 2026
  • Kambiz Nael, MD, was appointed medical director of the 3D Lab. He was named to the Council of Distinguished Investigators of the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research and a Fellow of the ASFNR.
  • Vinil Shah, MD, is 2026-27 president of the American Society of Spine Radiology. He was confirmed as the Vice President of the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society (IPSIS), October 2026.
  • Salil Soman, MD, received a Center for Infectious Disease Molecular Imaging seed grant for Brain Oxygen Extraction MRI in Neuro-PASC: A Metabolic Readout of Spike Persistence.
  • Charlie Wang, MD, PhD, served on the 2025-26 Trainee Study Section of the RSNA Research & Education Foundation.
  • Allen Ye, MD, PhD, received the Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award.

ZSFG

  • Ellen Chang, MD, MS, received the Hideyo Minagi Outstanding Teacher Award.
  • Miles Conrad MD, MPH, and Mark Wilson, MD, were recognized with the UCSF / ZSFG Award for Interprofessional Collaboration for their work on Interventional Radiology in 60.

Research

  • Robin Cumming, PhD, was selected as an SNMMI 2026 Ones to Watch, July 2026.
  • Michael Hoff, PhD, was invited to give a keynote Cline Fixott Lecture at the 2026 American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology, October 2026.
  • Renuka Sriram, PhD, received a Pilot for Established Investigators for Development of metabolic imaging biomarkers to detect castration resistance development using fatty acid dysregulation in prostate cancer, January 2026.
  • Henry VanBrocklin, PhD, received the Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry from the ACS, March 2026.
  • Pavithra Viswanath, PhD, was named to the Council of Distinguished Investigators of the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research, October 2026.
  • Duan Xu, PhD, received the poster Cum Laude Award for Using in vivo MR Imaging as a Biomarker for the Expanded Neonatal Subventricular Zone.

Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor

  • Jessica Tan, MD, received the Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Physician Award at commencement.

Postdoctoral Scholars

  • Mona Asghariahmadabad, MD, received the Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction from RadioGraphics, March 2026
  • Yifan Cui, PhD, won first place in the ERF RPSC Young Investigator Awards Symposium for Prolonging the Therapeutic Window with Fe²⁺-Reactive Small-Molecule Radioligands, June 2026
  • Sanghee Lee, PhD, received an NIH travel grant and the Young Investigator Award at the World Molecular Imaging Congress, September 2026
  • Puya Metanat, MD, MPH, received the 2026 RSNA Honored Educator Award, June 2026
  • Seema Singh Saharan, PhD, was selected as one of two Travel Scholarship Recipients for the SIIM Conference on AI in Medical Imaging (CAIMI26), September 2026
  • Tamara Vasilkovska, MD, PhD, was named Magna Cum Laude at ISMRM 2026 for Glial metabolic alterations in an Alzheimer’s disease model with selective ApoE4-to-ApoE2 switching in the brain. She received two ISMRM first place awards, in the Hyperpolarization Group and the Metabolomics and Metabolomic Imaging Group, for Multimodal Imaging reveals sex-specific metabolic rewiring in the hAPP-J20 model of Alzheimer’s disease, June 2026. She received a Postdoctoral Independent Research Award from the Sandler Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (PBBR) for her project Cell-Specific Mechanism of ApoE4-Driven Brain Metabolic Dysfunction, August 2026
  • Minhao Zhou, PhD, received the 2026 ASBMR Young Investigator Award for the abstract presentation Time-lapse HR-pQCT Reveals Rapid Cortical Bone Loss with Localized Periosteal Apposition and Subperiosteal Circumferential Pore Formation in Older Men.
  • Minjie Zhu, PhD, received a Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring, March 2026. He was named ISMRM Summa Cum Laude for his research Treatment response assessment in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma using hyperpolarized 13C metabolic MRI, June 2026. 

Clinical Fellows

  • Ellie Beheshtian, MD, won the second place ASHNR Education Exhibit Award for her Educational Exhibit Primary Hyperparathyroidsm, Young Patients & Syndromic Mutations, October 2026
  • Luke Bonham, MD, served on the 2025-26 Trainee Study Section of the RSNA Research & Education Foundation.
  • Ali Tejani, MD, was named a 2025 Reviewer with Distinction by RadioGraphics. He won the ASHNR Core Curriculum Fund 2026 Trainee Travel Award for his Educational Exhibit Going with the Flow: Superselective Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer.
  • Michael Romano, MD, PhD, won the 2026 RSNA Roentgen Ray Research Award.

Residents

  • Ankush Bajaj, MD, received this year’s ZSFG Krevans Award for first-year UCSF residents.
  • Evan Calabrese, MD, PhD, received the poster Cum Laude Award for Using in vivo MR Imaging as a Biomarker for the Expanded Neonatal Subventricular Zone, January 2026.
  • Brandon Fields, MD, received a three-year Volunteer Service Award from the American Board of Radiology for his work on the Initial Certification Advisory Committee. He was selected Chief Fellow for 2026-27 and he was named to the ACR Resident and Fellow Section Nominating Committee as a UCSF GME Peer Support Ambassador. He received the Radiology: Imaging Cancer Editor’s Recognition Award for reviewing with Distinction and the 2026 RSNA Honored Educator Award.
  • Priya Garigipati, MD, and Jocelyn Yang, MD, presented one of the highest rated improvement initiatives at the 10th UCSF Health Improvement Poster Symposium for Increasing the Percentage of ED Patients who have Appropriate Follow-up for Imaging Findings Concerning for New Malignancy.
  • Rohil Malpani, MD, was sponsored by the California Radiological Society (CRS) to attend the 2026 ACR conference, and he was selected for the CRS Membership and Communications committee. He serves on the RSNA Resident and Fellow committee. 
  • Surekha Yadav, MBBS, was selected for the 2026 Trainee Editorial Board of Radiology: Imaging Cancer.

Staff

  • 2026 School of Medicine STAR Achievement Award winners include Scott Beck, Radiopharmaceutical Facility quality control manager; Angie Bybee, Senior Recharge Financial Analyst; Christina Chow, lead operations analyst at ZSFG; Lorna Kwok, Academic Affairs manager; and Emily Ng, finance analyst. 
  • The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recognized Martin Rawlings-Fein with a commendation for his leadership, service, creativity, and commitment to building a more inclusive and compassionate community.

Alumni

  • Elizabeth Burnside, MD, MPH, received the Outstanding Alumnus Award at commencement.

2025

Abdominal Imaging

  • Hailey Choi, MD, was recognized with Distinction at the Radiographics Editor's Recognition Awards, February 2025.
  • John Mongan, MD, PhD, was recognized with Distinction at the Radiographics Editor's Recognition Awards, February 2025.
  • Kang Wang, MD, PhD, received the UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) grant Pilot Award for Pancreas Cancer for AI-driven clinical decision support system for surgical planning in pancreatic adenocarcinoma, June 2025. He received a UCSF Chen Scholar Junior Award, November 2025. He was awarded an NIH R01 award from NIBIB to develop AI models for comprehensive evaluation of metastatic disease in colorectal cancer, November 2025.

Breast Imaging

  • Maggie Chung, MD, was awarded an R37 MERIT award from the NIH as co-PI for Multi-Modal Imaging AI Models for Breast Cancer Risk, June 2025. She won a Carroll Award for Innovation, September 2025. She received a RSNA Research Scholar Grant for Deep-learning based simulated contrast breast MRI for supplemental breast cancer screening, December 2025.
  • Kim Ray, MD, was named a Fellow of the American College of Radiology, May 2025.
  • Lori Strachowski, MD, was named a Fellow of the American College of Radiology, May 2025.

Emergency Radiology

  • Masis Isikbay, MD, was recognized with Distinction at the Radiographics Editor's Recognition Awards, February 2025.

Interventional Radiology

  • Christopher Brunson, MD, received the 2024 Outstanding Clinical Study award from the JVIR Editorial Board, April 2025. He was named one of the John A. Watson Faculty Scholars, June 2025.
  • Jaehoon Shin, MD, PhD, received the Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. / RSNA Research Scholar Grant for A novel strategy for locoregional engineered T cell therapy, December 2025.

Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics

  • Rob Flavell, MD, PhD, received the Mars Shot Grant from the SNMMI for Releasable microsphere radiopharmaceuticals for treatment of metastatic neuroendocrine tumors, June 2025.
  • Robert Flavell, MD, PhD, was named to the Class of 2025 Distinguished Investigators by the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research, October 2025.
  • Thomas Hope, MD, was named to the Class of 2025 Distinguished Investigators by the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research, October 2025.

Neuroendovascular Surgery

  • Steven Hetts, MD, was named a recipient of the 2025 UC Systemwide Academic Senate Mid-Career Leadership Award, May 2025. He became the new Clinical Innovation Director at the UCSF Rosenman Institute, July 2025.

Neuroradiology

  • Soonmee Cha, MD, delivered the inaugural Irvin I. Kricheff, MD, Visiting Professor lecture at her alma mater, New York University, March 2025.
  • William Dillon, MD, was awarded the American Society of Spine Radiology Gold Medal, February 2025.
  • Christine M. Glastonbury, MD, MBBS, was recognized with Special Distinction at the Radiographics Editor's Recognition Awards, February 2025.
  • Elizabeth George, MBBS, received the Rahul Desikan Award at the Radiology Research Symposium, September 2025.
  • Christine Glastonbury, MBBS, was awarded the Gold Medal by the European Society of Head and Neck Radiology, September 2025. She received the UCSF Academic Senate Service Award, September 2025.
  • Orit Glenn, MD, was inducted as a Fellow of the ASPNR, January 2025.
  • Andreas Rauschecker, MD, PhD, received a grant from the Neev Kolte & Brave Ronil Foundation for a multi-institutional research collaboration on diffuse midline glioma, May 2025.
  • Vinil Shah, MD, will serve as President-Elect of the American Society of Spine Radiology from 2025–26.
  • Phuong Nguyen, MD, won first prize for educational exhibits at the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology for Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis of the Mandible: Typical Imaging Features, October 2025.
  • Javier Villanueva-Meyer, MD, was recognized as an Emerging Interdisciplinary Leader in Medical Imaging by the International Society for Strategic Studies in Radiology, September 2025.

Pediatric Radiology

  • Taylor Chung, MD, received the Pioneer Award from The Society for Pediatric Radiology, April 2025.
  • Bamidele Kammen, MD, was recognized with Distinction at the Radiographics Editor's Recognition Awards, February 2025.

Vascular and Cardiac Imaging

  • Alastair Martin, PhD, received the MSBI Outstanding Teaching Award, September 2025.

Research Faculty

  • Yan Li, MD, PhD, received the UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) grant Pilot for Established Investigators for Metabolic biomarkers for assessing recurrent glioblastoma, June 2025.
  • Duygu Tosun-Turgut, PhD, was named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), March 2025. She received the ATA-DC Leadership Award at The American Turkish Association, March 2025.
  • Adam Yala, PhD, was awarded an R37 MERIT award from the NIH as co-PI for Multi-Modal Imaging AI Models for Breast Cancer Risk, June 2025.
  • Henry VanBrocklin, PhD, was announced as the winner of the 2026 Glenn T. Seaborg Awardee for Nuclear Chemistry from the American Chemistry Society, August 2025.

Emeritus Professors

  • Thomas Lang, PhD, was recognized for Leveraging Clinical CT Scans and AI to Understand the Musculoskeletal Impact of Diseases and Treatments, July 2025.

Researchers

  • Mona Asghari Ahmadabad, MD, received the ASNR Member-in-Training Travel Award to attend the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) 2025 annual meeting, March 2025.
  • Anil Bidkar, PhD, was recognized as an SNMMI “Ones to Watch” in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, April 2025. He received the NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, July 2025.
  • Galateia Kazakia, PhD, was named to the Class of 2025 Distinguished Investigators by the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research, October 2025.
  • Changhua Mu, PhD, received the UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) grant Pilot for Early Career Investigators for Tumor-targeted blood-brain barrier-permeable radio-theranostic peptide for glioblastoma therapy, June 2025.
  • Ali Nowroozi, MD, PhD, received an RSNA Emerging Issues Grant for Addressing the Radiologist Workforce Shortage: Maintaining Quality, Safety and Service Standards while ensuring a Sustainable Radiology Workforce, July 2025.
  • Rabab Rangwala, PhD, won third place and the People’s Choice award at the UCSF Postdoc Slam, September 2025.
  • Robin Sandell won Best Presentation at the Radiology Research Symposium, September 2025.
  • Salvatore Torrisi, PhD, won Best Poster at the Radiology Research Symposium, September 2025.
  • Adam Yala, PhD, won a Carroll Award for Innovation, September 2025.

Residents

  • Luke Bonham, MD, was recognized for Excellence in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at the UCSF GME Excellence & Innovation Awards, May 2025. He received the RSNA Roentgen Award, December 2025.
  • Andrew Chang, MD, received the UCSF Teaching Excellence Award for Cherished Housestaff (T.E.A.C.H.), April 2025.
  • Devan Diwanji, MD, PhD, received the Krevans Award for outstanding service as a first-year radiology resident at ZSFG, June 2025.
  • Brandon K.K. Fields, MD, was appointed to the RSNA Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee, March 2025. He received the Radiology: Imaging Cancer Editor's Recognition for Reviewing with Distinction, July 2025, the Honored Educator Award from the RSNA, July 2025, and was named an Imaging Cancer associate editor by the RSNA Board of Directors, October 2025.
  • Michael Romano, MD, PhD, received ASPNR's Charlotte and Thierry Huisman Travel Award, January 2025. He received the Prince / RSNA Research Resident Grant for Predicting anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody response in Alzheimer's Disease disease using diffusion MRI, December 2025
  • Minerva Zhou, MD, received a 2024 Trainee Research Grant in Neuroradiology from The Foundation of the ASNR, January 2025.
  • Xiao Wu, MD, received the SIR Women's Research Mentorship Grant for Pulsed Electric Field Ablation as an Immune Stimulator in Breast Cancer, August 2025.

Fellows & Clinical Instructors

  • Mark McArthur, MD, won second prize for educational exhibits at the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology for Don't Get into a Flap about Free Flaps: Imaging Appearance of Skull Base Free Flap Reconstruction, October 2025.
  • Ali Tejani, MD, CIIP, received the RSNA William W. Olmstead Editorial Fellowship for Trainees, July 2025.
  • Ali Tejani, MD, received the Honored Educator Award from the RSNA, August 2025. He received the Editor's Award with Special Distinction from Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, August 2025.
  • Stephen Wahlig, MD, won the 2024 Scoli Leaderboard Competition, February 2025.

Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Anil Bidkar, PhD, received the Bruce Hasegawa Award at the Radiology Research Symposium, September 2025.
  • Tamara Vasilkovska, MD, MSc, PhD, received a Women in Molecular Imaging Network (WIMIN) Research Scholar Award at the World Molecular Congress (WMIC) 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska, October 2025.

Campus Staff

  • Anne Bartoletti received the Malena Ryan Award, April 2025.
  • Stephanie Calangian received the Cathy Garzio Award, December 2025.
  • Andrew Chang received the Lanna Lee Outstanding Technologist Award, December 2025
  • Chin Chen received the Richard A. Sollitto, MD, Outstanding Administrative Staff Award, December 2025.
  • Sandria Wong was recognized for Excellence in Education & Mentorship at the UCSF GME Excellence & Innovation Awards, May 2025.

ZSFG

  • Vishal Kumar, MD, received the 2024–25 Bridges Curriculum Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Awards for Outstanding Coach, October 2025.

Alumni

  • Miriam Bredella, MD, received the Outstanding Alumnus Award at the Margulis Society Gala, October 2025.