SMRA Committees

SMRA committees are at the heart of many of the Society’s activities and provide a great way to take an active role in our community. By joining a committee, members can contribute their ideas and experience, connect with colleagues from around the world, and have a direct role in shaping SMRA and its future activities.

Interested in getting involved? Become an SMRA member and join one of our committees! Whether you are new to the Society or have been part of the community for years, we welcome members who would like to contribute and help move SMRA forward.

Explore our committees and meet the members behind their work below.

Early Career Committee

Mission Statement

After decades of producing a prestigious international conference, the SMRA board has recently created the SMRA Early Career Committee (ECC). The SMRA ECC is committed to: (i) stimulating the involvement and free exchange of ideas of early career investigators within the SMRA community, (ii) giving our early career investigators an improved experience in organizing, moderating, and presenting at a rigorous scientific seminar, (iii) providing a line of direct communication with the SMRA board to improve upon the early career investigator experience, and (iv) generating life-long professional and personal connections through social media and planned networking events.

Bios

  • Tarun Naren, University of Wisconsin – Madison
  • Chaowei Wu, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
  • Fatemeh Rastegar Jooybari, University of Toronto
  • Mahmud Mossa-Basha, University of Washington
  • Yin Guo, University of Washington
  • Huiyu Qiao, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
  • Nicolás Garrido, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Susanne Schnell, University of Greifswald, Germany
  • Calder Sheagren, University of Toronto
  • Lexiaozi Fan, Northwestern University
  • Diego Pedraza, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Moujan Saderi, University of Toronto
  • Carlos Castillo Passi, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile / King’s College London
  • Xihai Zhao, Tsinghua University

If you wish to connect or hear more about our Early Career Committee, please connect at ecc@society4mra.org.

Early Career Committee

Mission Statement

After decades of producing a prestigious international conference, the SMRA board has recently created the SMRA Early Career Committee (ECC). The SMRA ECC is committed to: (i) stimulating the involvement and free exchange of ideas of early career investigators within the SMRA community, (ii) giving our early career investigators an improved experience in organizing, moderating, and presenting at a rigorous scientific seminar, (iii) providing a line of direct communication with the SMRA board to improve upon the early career investigator experience, and (iv) generating life-long professional and personal connections through social media and planned networking events.

If you wish to connect or hear more about our Early Career Committee, please connect at ecc@society4mra.org.

Members

  • Jie Xiang (Chair)
    Yale University, USA
  • Tarun Naren, PhD (Past Chair)
    University of Wisconsin – Madison, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, USA
  • Jianing Tang, PhD Candidate (Social Media Representative)
    Northwestern University, USA
  • Pauline Gut, PhD (Social Media Representative)
    Nortwestern University, USA
  • Mohamed Hassan Dawood, MD
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
  • Jeremy Collins (Board Representative), MD
    Mayo Clinic, USA
  • Judit Csőre (Board Representative), MD, PhD
    Semmelweis University, Hungary
  • Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
  • Ahmed Safawat, MD
    University of Washington, USA
  • Dongyue Si, PhD
    King’s College London, UK
  • Haoran Li, PhD Candidate
    University of California, Los Angeles, USA
  • Xi Chen, PhD
    University of California, Los Angeles, USA
  • Leya Barrientos
    Yale University, USA
  • Carlos Castillo Passi, PhD
    Stanford University, USA
  • Yan Li, PhD
    Tsinghua University, China
  • Haokun Li, PhD
    Tsinghua University, China
  • Shuwan Yu, PhD
    Tsinghua University, China
Education Committee

Mission Statement

The goal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance Angiography (SMRA) Education Committee is to disseminate knowledge on value, approaches, techniques and value of conventional and advanced MRA techniques to the SMRA community and the radiology community overall, including technologists, radiologists, MRI physicists, ordering providers and students. This mission will be accomplished through a variety of educational avenues through varied platforms.

 

Members

  • Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD, Chair, Neuroradiologist, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Javier Romero, MD – Neuroradiology – MGH
  • Myriam Edjlali, MD Neuroradiology – Saint Anne Paris
  • Chengcheng Zhu, PhD – Physics – University of Washington
  • Niranjan Balu, PhD – Physics – University of Washington
  • Prabhakar Rajiah, MD – Cardiac Radiology – Mayo
  • Trisha Roy, MD – Vascular Surgery – UT Southwestern
  • Nanda Thimmappa, MD -Body radiology – Missouri
  • Rui Li, PhD – Physics – Tshinghua
  • Qin Qin PhD– Physics – Johns Hopkins University
  • Binbin Sui MD– Neuroradiology – Tiantan Hospital
  • Laura Eisenmenger MD– Neuroradiology – Wisconsin
  • Bhagya Sannananja MD– Neuroradiology – Emory
  • Vivek Yedavalli MD– Neuroradiology – Johns Hopkins
  • Zhaoyang Fan Phd-Physicist -USC
  • Ye Qiao Phd– Johns Hopkins
  • Calder Sheagren PhD – University of  Toronto
  • Gustavo Mendez-MD-Neuroradiology-Colorado
  • Judit Csore-MD- Radiology- Semmelweis
  • Jae Song-MD- Neuroradiology- U of Pennsylvania
  • Ahmed Safwat-MD- Neuroradiology- Neuroespitalia, Cairo, Egypt
  • Mohammed Hassan– MD- Radiology- University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Bhagya Sannananja– MD- Neuroradiology, Emory
  • Arash Bedayat– MD- Cardiac Radiology, UCLA
  • Cameron Hassani– MD- Cardiac Radiology, UCLA
Insight Forum Committee

Corporate Members

  • Naoto Fujikawa (PLATINUM Member, Bayer)
  • Banks, Gaia (PLATINUM Member, Siemens)
  • Christian Geppert (PLATINUM Member, Siemens)
  • Hyuma Ohashi (PLATINUM Member, Guerbet)
  • Marc Kouwenhoven (PLATINUM Member, Philips)

Non-corporate Members

  • Oliver Wieben
  • Eric Stinson
  • Jean Michel Serfaty
  • Debiao Li
  • Mitsue Mizayaki
  • Catherine Ludman
  • Jeremy Collins
  • Paul Finn
  • Mahmud Mossa-Basha (Education Rep)
  • Suvai Gunasekaran (ECC Rep)
  • Yin Guo (ECC Rep)

2022 Award Winners

  • Chiara Trenti
  • Anthony Maroun


Ex-officio Members

  • Xihai Zhao
  • Oliver Wieben
  • Chun Yuan
  • Giles Roditi
  • Michael Markl
  • Aleksandra Radjenovic
  • Monica Sigovan
  • Anthony Christodoulou
  • Susanne Schnell
  • Hideki Ota

Communications Committee

Mission Statement

To collect, curate, and disseminate information related to our society’s activities, and increase visibility of our educational and scientific outputs. 

Members

  • Judit Csore, MD, PhD (chair)
    Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
  • Jianing Tang 
    Ph.D. Candidate, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
  • Mohamed Hassan, MD 
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, United States
  • Pauline Rose Gut, PhD  
    Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
  • Haoran Li
    University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Aya Ghoul
    University of Tuebingen, Germany

SMRA Administrative Coordinator

  • Angeliki Papavasileiou
Awards Committee

Members

  • Oliver Wieben, PhD (chair)
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  • Jeremy Collins, MD
    Mayo Clinic, USA
  • Aleksandra Radjenkovic, PhD
    University of Glasgow, Scotland
  • Judit Csőre, MD, PhD
    Semmelweis University, Hungary
  • Pauline Gut, PhD
    Northwestern University, USA
  • Haoran Li, MD, PhD
    University of California, Los Angeles, USA