Committee Descriptions 

Advocacy Committee:

This Committee shall advocate for issues important to AAWR members such as paid family/medical leave and reproductive rights. Working groups will work towards improved website resources, high impact member survey and considerations for policy resolutions at the ACR. Committee members should include representation of diagnostic radiologists, interventional radiologists, and radiation oncologists as well as members in training.

Committee Chair:

Kirti Magudia, MD, PhD
Duke University Medical Center

Allyship Committee:

*New AAWR Committee being established in 2023. Description coming soon!

Committee Chair: 

Vivek Kalia, MD.
Scottish Rite for Children Hospital

Awards Committee:

This Committee shall be responsible for soliciting nominations for Awards, and for recommending to the Executive Committee the awardees for these honors. The Awards Committee shall also include a Fellowship Subcommittee, which shall be responsible for reviewing applications for FAAWR (Fellowship, AAWR) and rendering decisions. Members of the Fellowship Subcommittee must also be FAAWR and must include (but is not limited to) a diagnostic radiologist, an interventional radiologist, and a radiation oncologist.

Committee Chair:

Amy Patel, MD
Liberty Hospital, Alliance Radiology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Bylaws Committee: 

Appointed by the President or the Executive Committee, shall recommend proposed changes of the bylaws at the Executive Committee meeting of the Association at the annual meeting.  The Vice-President and the President-Elect shall be members, and the Vice-President shall chair the Committee.  In addition, the President shall serve with voting privileges as an ex officio member of the Committee.

Committee Chair:

Meridith Englander, MD, FSIR, FACR
Albany Medical College

Communications:

The Communications committee shall be involved in those activities of the Association that increase awareness of the Association, including the Association newsletter. 

Committee Chair:

Jean Kunjummen, DO
Emory University

Newsletter Subcommittee:

Co-Chair: 
Mai-Lan Ho, MD, MPH, FAAWR
Professor of Radiology University of Missouri

Co-Chair:
Claudia Kirsch MD, FACR, FASFNR 
Yale Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

Social Media Subcommittee:

Co-Chair: 
Chelsea Schmit, MD

Co-Chair:
Jean Kunjummen, DO
Emory University

Website Committee:

Co-Chair: 
Harshna'a Vadvala, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida

Co-Chair:
Aparna Singhal, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham