Leaders On The Horizon
Applied Radiology Announces the
2025 Leaders On The Horizon Residents’ Program!
Residents Register Your Paper Now!

Leaders on the Horizon Alumni

Research Category
Review Category
Tej Ishaan Mehta MD

Tej Ishaan Mehta MD

Monica Matsumoto, MD

Monica Matsumoto, MD

Peterson Chang, MD

Peterson Chang, MD

Helena Bentley, MD, MSc

Helena Bentley, MD, MSc

William Raynor, MD

William Raynor, MD

Sherif Elsherif, MD

Sherif Elsherif, MD

Jordan Chamberlin, MD

Jordan Chamberlin, MD

Alexander Satei, MD

Alexander Satei, MD

Melina Hosseiny, MD

Melina Hosseiny, MD

Moozhan Nikpanah, MD

Moozhan Nikpanah, MD

Akarshan Monga, MD

Akarshan Monga, MD

Program Description

This exclusive program is designed to identify, cultivate, and highlight future thought-leaders in medical imaging and is supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Bracco Diagnostics, Inc.

All US-based and international radiology residents are invited to participate in the 2025 Leaders on the Horizon Residents’ Program by submitting a clinical research paper or clinical review article which will be considered for publication in a special supplement to Applied Radiology.

All topics should be focused on imaging modalities and/or areas related to medical imaging.

A designated review committee of key opinion leaders in the field of imaging will select the top three (3) clinical research papers and the top three (3) clinical review articles; with the lead authors being recognized as the 2025 winners.

Residents authoring the top three (3) clinical research papers and the top three (3) clinical review articles will receive:

  • A trip to RSNA 2025 where they will be honored at a special reception.
  • A scholarship award to support their educational endeavors in medical imaging.

Scholarship Awards

Clinical Research Paper
Clinical Review Article
 1st Place $7500
2nd Place $5000
3rd Place $3000
 1st Place $3000
2nd Place $2000
3rd Place $1000

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Review Committee Members

Frank Shellock, PhD, FACR, FACC, FISMRM Frank Shellock, PhD, FACR, FACC, FISMRM

Adjunct Clinical Professor of Radiology and Medicine
Keck School of Medicine,
University of Southern California
Los Angeles

Mark Delano, MD Mark C. DeLano, MD, FACR

Professor and Chair
Department of Radiology
Michigan State University

Louis Mazzarelli, MD Louis Mazzarelli, MD

Clinical Director, Ultrasound
Yale New Haven Health

Alessandro Furlan, MD Alessandro Furlan, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
Abdominal Imaging Division
Presbyterian University Hospital

Lorna Browne, MD Lorna Browne, MD

Professor, Radiology & Pediatric Radiology
Children's Hospital Colorado

Chris Comstock, MDChris Comstock, MD

Breast Imaging Section
Department of Radiology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Paul Finn, MD Paul Finn, MD

Professor of Radiology Medicine & Biomedical Physics
UCLA Health

Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD

Vice Chair of Clinical Research
Co-Director of Research Vascular Imaging Lab
UW Medicine, University of Washington

Christine Glastonbury, MD Christine Glastonbury, MBBS

Professor of Radiology
School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Neil Rofsky, MD Neil Rofsky, MD

Professor and System Chair
Senior Asso Dean of Wellness and Coaching
Mount Sinai Health System