Leaders On The Horizon Residents ProgramPaper Submission Deadline | September 1, 2025

Leaders on the Horizon Alumni

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 article 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 articles 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 articles 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.

Research Category Scholarships

  • 1st Place  | $7,500
  • 2nd Place | $5,000
  • 3rd Place  | $3,000

Review Category Scholarships

  • 1st Place  | $3,000
  • 2nd Place | $2,000
  • 3rd Place  | $1,000

Scholarships Awarded To Date

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Paper Submission | Details & Instructions

Next Steps

  • Complete the online registration to submit topics and paper/article descriptions.

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Review Committee

  • Frank Shellock, PhD, FACR, FACC, FISMRM

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

  • Lorna Browne, MD

    Professor, Radiology & Pediatric Radiology Children's Hospital Colorado

  • Christine Glastonbury, MD

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

  • Mark C. DeLano, MD, FACR

    Professor and Chair Department of Radiology, Michigan State University

  • Neil Rofsky, MD

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

  • Louis Mazzarelli, MD

    Clinical Director, Ultrasound Yale New Haven Health

  • Alessandro Furlan, MD

    Associate Professor Department of Radiology Abdominal Imaging Division Presbyterian University Hospital

  • Chris Comstock, MD

    Professor of Clinical Radiology Weill Cornell Medicine

  • Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD

    Chair of Neuro-oncology, Vice chair of Clinical Research and of Clinical Transformation UW Medicine, University of Washington, Co-Director of Research Vascular Imaging Lab, Chair of UAB Department of Radiology

  • Robert Biederman, MD

    Cardiologist, Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital

  • Suzie Bash, MD

    Medical Director, RadNet

  • Jaideep Sohi, MD

    President and Founder, American Molecular Imaging

  • Kristina Elizabeth Hawk, MD

    Nuclear Medicine Physician and Neuroradiologist, Stanford Medicine

  • Osman Ahmed, MD

    Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Chicago Medicine

  • Elliot K. Fishman, MD

    Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medicine

  • Richard Barr, MD

    Professor of Radiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University

  • Tej Ishaan Mehta, MD

    Interventional Radiologist, University of South Dakota

  • Melina Hosseiny, MD

    Radiology Resident, University of California San Diego

  • Mahadevappa Mahesh, MS, PhD

    Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University