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Gary J. Becker, M.D. |
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2007 Board of Directors: Gary J. Becker, M.D.
Chairman, Tucson, AZ (From RSNA 2007 Daily Bulletin)
Gary J. Becker, M.D., is RSNA president-elect for 2008.
Currently a professor in vascular and interventional radiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Dr. Becker will also become executive director of the American Board of Radiology (ABR) effective January 1, 2008. He was elected to the ABR Board of Trustees in 2000 and since 2006 has served as the associate executive director for diagnostic radiology and subspecialties.
An RSNA member since 1979, Dr. Becker began his Society leadership with an appointment to the Refresher Course Committee, followed by service on the Public Information Advisory Board (now the Public Information Advisors Network) and Planning Committee for the Office of Research Development. He served on various research development committees and was on the RSNA Research & Education Foundation’s Distinguished Roster of Grant Reviewers from 1994 to 1998. At RSNA annual meetings, he has been a speaker for two opening sessions, served on an Image Interpretation Session panel and delivered the Annual Oration in Diagnostic Radiology in 2000. He was elected to the RSNA Board of Directors in 2001, served as liaison for science and was Board chair in 2007.
As RSNA president-elect, Dr. Becker said he hopes to continue his efforts to establish the Society as a leader in supporting new imaging technologies. "RSNA has the ability to lead the charge as new technologies emerge," he said. "From minimally invasive therapies to molecular imaging to quantitative imaging, it is RSNA's responsibility to pursue the best in science and research."
Dr. Becker earned his medical degree in 1977 from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, where he also completed an internship in internal medicine and his residency. He ascended the ranks in the Department of Radiology at Indiana, ultimately becoming a professor and chief of the vascular section.
In 1990, Dr. Becker became director of interventional radiology at the Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute of Miami, where in 1998 he became assistant medical director as well as medical director of research and outcomes. In June 2004, Dr. Becker was appointed branch chief of image-guided intervention in the Cancer Imaging Program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He remained with NCI for 18 months before relocating to Arizona.
Dr. Becker has been a reviewer and editorial board member for many medical journals. He was founding editor of the Journal of Vascular & Interventional Radiology and was its editor-in-chief from 1990 to 1995. He has also been an active member of approximately two dozen professional medical organizations.
Last updated: 2007
