ACR Image Metrix Chief Scientific Officer Named 2007 RSNA Outstanding Researcher

Philadelphia, PA - Bruce J. Hillman, M.D., FACR, chief scientific office of ACR Image Metrix, has been named Outstanding Researcher of 2007 by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

The RSNA Outstanding Researcher Award annually recognizes and honors one senior individual in who has made original and significant contributions to the field of radiology or radiologic sciences throughout a career of research.

"Dr. Hillman is one of the finest minds and most outstanding researchers in all of medicine", said ACR Image Metrix General Manager Mike Morales. "His contributions to medicine and accomplishments on behalf of patients are outstanding and far reaching. We at ACR Image Metrix are proud to have him as chief scientific officer."

Hillman, also chair and principal investigator of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN), has authored or co-authored more than 145 studies appearing in every major medical publication and been selected Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare and Who's Who in the World.

The Theodore E. Keats Professor of Radiology and professor of health evaluation sciences at the University of Virginia has received 22 grants as principal investigator or co-investigator, including the National Cancer Institute (NCI) $23 million UO-1 award that led to the founding of ACRIN in 1999. To date, ACRIN has received more than $192 million in grant funding.

Hillman is former editor-in-chief of Investigative Radiology (through 1995) and Academic Radiology (successor journal), and a recipient of the George C. Marshall Memorial Fund Fellowship and the John A. Hartford Foundation Fellowship, and a Pew Memorial Trust Fellowship honoree.

Among the research, education and mentoring programs developed by Hillman are the Introduction to Research Program sponsored by RSNA, the American Roentgen Ray Society and Association of University Radiologists (AUR).

He helped develop the Picker-AUR Young Faculty Academic Development Program and the General Electric-AUR Radiology Research Academic Fund.

Hillman is a member of the ACR Board of Chancellors and a fellow of the American College of Radiology. He is also an honorary member of the Society of Computer Applications in Radiology and received the AUR gold medal.

ACR Image Metrix is a contract research organization (CRO) which leverages the ACR's 30 years of experience in coordinating large-scale clinical research to accelerate advances in radiologic care and fund future research to benefit patients. ACR Image Metrix offers a complete menu of imaging CRO services, from study design to design of electronic data forms and image archiving, to image interpretation and quantitation.

About ACR Image Metrix
ACR Image Metrix is headquartered in the College's Philadelphia office, alongside the ACR's clinical research division, the leading research organization in radiology for more than three decades. This division has provided administrative, data management, information technology, image archival, and statistical support for more than 500 clinical research studies.

The ACR's clinical research programs are among the largest recipients of federal medical research grants and have an established reputation for handling large-scale clinical trials involving up to 50,000 patients and some 20 million images at a time. ACR Image Metrix provides support to pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology firms, and medical device manufacturers seeking Food and Drug Administration approval to bring new drugs, therapies, and medical devices to market.

SOURCE: ACR Image Metrix