Radiological Society Of North America
The Radiological Society of North America, Inc. (RSNA) is a professional membership society committed to excellence in patient care through education and research. More than 47,000 medical imaging professionals are members of RSNA, including radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and allied scientists.
RSNA hosts the world’s largest annual medical meeting, which starts the last Sunday of November in Chicago. The society also publishes two peer-reviewed journals: the medical research journal Radiology and the freely accessible medical education journal RadioGraphics.
The presidency of the RSNA is held as a one-year term. The 2010 president is Hedvig Hricak and the 2010 president-elect is Burton Drayer, M.D.
Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, RSNA was established in 1915.
The RSNA Research & Education Foundation provides research and education grants to young investigators.
Read more about Radiological Society Of North America: RadiologyInfo.org, RSNA Career Connection
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