2026 AAR Annual Meeting Awards

Congratulations to the 2026 AAR Annual Meeting Award Winners.

Recognition Award Winners

AAR Gold Medal Award

Alexander Norbash, MD, MS

AAR Gold Medal Award

Christopher M. Straus, MD, FAAR

APDR Achievement Award

James B. Schnitker, MD

APDR Achievement Award

Mary H. Scanlon, MD

A³CR² Outstanding Teacher Award

Shaunagh McDermott, MB, BCh, BAO

ACER Achievement Award

Pauline Germaine, DO

ACER Emerging Educator Award

Derek L. Nguyen, MD

AMSER Excellence in Education Award

Laura L. Avery, MD

RAHSR Achievement Award

Arun Sharma, MBBS, MD, DM

RRA New Investigator Award

Dhairya A. Lakhani, MD

RRA Innovation and Leadership Award

Andrea S. Doria, MD, PhD, MSc, MBA

AAR Meeting Award Winners

AAR Memorial Award

Kennedy Sparling
Social Factors Associated with Ultrasound Versus Computed Tomography Utilization Among Children Diagnosed with Pyelonephritis in the Emergency Department

RAHSR Harvey Neiman Award (Sponsored by the American College of Radiology)

Gabriel Virador, MD
From Prompts to Prognosis: Harnessing GPT for Lung-RADS classification

AMSER Henry Goldberg Medical Student Award

Atlee Witt
Imaging the Past: Dental Pathologies and Cardiovascular Disease in Egyptian Mummified Remains

A³CR² Research Trainee Award

Brittany L. Miles, MD, MSc, BSc
Hand radiographs increase sensitivity for diagnosis of RA in patients with low-positive serologies

A³CR² Research Trainee Award

Katherine McNamara
Seeing, Hearing, Doing: Improving Radiology Education through Learning Style Awareness

Joseph E. and Nancy O. Whitley Award

Erin A. Cooke, MD
Wellness Works: A Longitudinal Approach to Promoting Radiology Program Director Wellness and Community through the Development of Peer Mentorship Groups

AAR Trainee Prizes

Paper

Poster or Exhibit

1st Place

Omar Jean-Baptiste, MS
Provider Differences in CT Angiography Utilization by ADD-RS Score in Suspected Acute Aortic Syndrome

1st Place

Kyle R. Robison, BS
Associations Between Big Five Personality Traits and Work Behaviors Among Radiologists: A Cross-Sectional Survey

2nd Place

Arissa Milton
Demographic Characteristics of Patients Utilizing Pediatric Radiography Services: A Cross Sectional Study

2nd Place

Branten Page, DO
Teaching Radiology Residents to be Tumor Board Presenters: A Year-by-Year Curriculum

3rd Place

Ernest W. Wang, MD, PhD
Patient size modifies attenuation-based predictions of hepatic steatosis on unenhanced computed tomography

2026 CERRAF Award Winners

Joshua D. Brown, MD, PhD Emory University School of Medicine CaseTrack: An AI-Powered Platform for Clinical Outcome-Based Feedback and Learning
Sanna Herwald, MD, PhD University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Quantifying Procedural Burden and Longitudinal Outcomes in Nephrostomy and Nephroureteral Tube (NNUT) Management
Arya Haj Mirzaian, MD Harvard Medical School AI Decision Support for Pancreatic Cyst Management and Earlier Pancreatic Cancer Detection