Board of Directors

ABMRS Board of Directors is composed of the following members and representatives:

ABMRS Board of Directors is composed of the following members and representatives:

Chair

William Faulkner, B.S,R.T.(R)(MR)(CT), FSMRT, MRSO (MRSC™)

MR Technologist, MR Education, and Operations Consultant. CEO, William Faulkner & Associates, LLC.

Vice-Chair

David W. Jordan, PhD, DABR, DABMP, DABSNM, MRSE (MRSC™), FACR, FAAPM

Chief Diagnostic Medical Physicist University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Treasurer/
Secretary 

David Altman, MD, MRMD (MRSC™)

 

Neuroradiology Section Chief, Mecklenburg Radiology Associates, Charlotte, NC.

 

Max Amurao,
Ph.D., MBA, DABR,
MRSE (MRSC™), MRSO (MRSC™)

Director of Radiation Safety at Washington University in St Louis,  Medical Physicist

 

Trevor Andrews, Ph.D., DABMP (MRI), MRSE (MRSC™)

MRI physicist at Washington University in St Louis. Former Clinical Scientist and Development Lead at Philips Healthcare. R&D experience with pulse sequence design, relaxometry, RF pulse design, RF shimming.

     Geoff Charles-Edwards, Ph.D., MRSE (MRSC™) General MR safety. Consultant Clinical Scientist and Head of MR Physics, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Liaison to the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM).
 

Jeff Frimeth, M.Sc., MCCPM, CIIP, MRSO (MRSCTM), MRSE (MRSCTM), CDIP 

President & Chief Medical Physicist  
JF Medical Physics Inc.

 

Tobias Gilk, MArch, MRSO (MRSC™), MRSE (MRSC™)

Architect, MR Safety Expert, and MRI safety consultant. Sr. Vice President of RADIOLOGY-Planning and Founder of Gilk Radiology Consultants.

Past Chair of the ABMRS.

  Martin John Graves, PhD FIPEM MRCR(Hon) FISMRM FBIR MRSE (MRSC™)

Professor of MR Physics at the University of Cambridge and Honorary Consultant Clinical Scientist at Cambridge University Hospitals. Expertise in MRI pulse sequence development, MR safety and MR education. General MR Safety and MR Conditional devices. System Architect and MR safety expert at Philips, Convener of the MR safety standard IEC 60601-2-33, Member of ISO/IEC JWG on AIMDs and ASTM for MR Conditional labeling.

    Kristan Harrington, MBA RT(R)(MR) MRSO (MRSC™)

I have been working in the field of MRI since 1995 where I began my career at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.  I moved to Philips Healthcare in 1998 where I spent 12 years in various roles including Applications Specialist, Asset Manager, and Manager of Clinical Education for MRI, Cardiovascular, CR, DR and PACS.  She left Philips in 2009 and went on Faculty at Emory University overseeing the Bachelor’s Degree in MRI.  She also joined the team at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta where I still work PRN currently.  I began working with Bill Faulkner and William Faulkner & Associates in 2009 and we have been business partners since that time delivering MRI Education worldwide with a focus on MRI Safety.

  Michael N. Hoff, Ph.D, DABR, MRSO (MRSC™)

Diagnostic medical/MRI physicist at the University of Washington, specializing in MRI safety, artifacts, and quality assurance with a background in MRI physics research.

  Heidi Edmonson, Ph.D., DABR, MRSO (MRSC™), MRSE (MRSC™)

General MR safety, special expertise in MRI of patients with implanted devices/MRI pulse sequences and artifacts, accreditation expert (ACR and TJC). Medical physicist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Past Chair of the ABMRS.

  Mary Ellen Jafari, MS, DABR, MRSO (MRSC™), MRSE (MRSC™), FACR, FAAPM Diagnostic Medical Physicist, Atlantic Health System, and Radiation Safety Officer, Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ. Expertise in general MR Safety, special expertise in implant safety, and ACR and TJC accreditation.
    Jeff Jahn, BAS, RT (R,  (MR), (MRSO) (MRSC™) General MR safety. Consultant Clinical Scientist and Head of MR Physics, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
 

Emanuel Kanal, MD, FACR, FISMRM, MRMD, (MRSC™), MRSE (MRSC™)

General MR safety, radiologist/risk-benefit assessment, additional expertise in MR contrast agent safety. Director of MR Services at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Chief, Division of Emergency Radiology and Teleradiology

Past Chair of the ABMRS.

   

Kellye Mantooth, RT(R)(MR), MRSO (MRSC™), MRSE (MRSC™)

General MR Safety with expertise in Clinical Applications & Reasoning. Lead MR Safety Officer, MR Safety Expert and MRI Technologist at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

   

Cormac McGrath, Ph.D., MIPEM, MRSO (MRSC™), MRSE (MRSC™)

Consultant Clinical Scientist, Head of the Non-Ionising Radiation Group for the Northern Ireland Regional Medical Physics Service, Past Chair of the MR-SIG for the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), UK.

   

Mustafa Hussein Adil Mohamed, BSHP. R.T. (R) (MR) (MRSO) (MRSC™)

 

MR Technologist, Clinical Preceptor, Mayo Clinic MRI School Admissions Committee member

   

Vera Kimbrell, MEd RT MR, MR technologist

General MR safety, clinical applications and education.

   

John A. Nyenhuis, Ph.D.

General MR safety, special expertise in RF heating and gradient dB/dt safety issues. President of Bemcalc, Inc. and Professor Emeritus at Purdue University

   

Laurie Oberholtzer, RT(R), MHA, MRSO(MRSC™), CRA

Program Manager Radiology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital

   

Rebecca A. Quest, MRSE (MRSC™)

 
    Mary Reaves, BS,RT( R),(CT),(MR), MRSO (MRSC™)

Radiology Operations Coordinator/ MRI Safety Officer. MRI Technologist; I currently oversee MRI quality and safety for a large organization including both Inpatient and outpatient facilities. (60+ MRI Scanners).

    John Reyna RT(R)(CT)(MR), MRSO (MRSC™), MRSE (MRSC™), CPPS General MR safety, Medical Device MR Safety Specialist. MRI Technologist-MRI Educator, Expertise in advanced MRI Acute care, education, and operations
   

Jeffrey Rogg, MD, MRMD (MRSC™) FACR

Professor, Clinician Educator  Department of Diagnostic Imaging  Alpert Medical School, Brown University  Medical Director MRI, Rhode Island and  Miriam Hospital

    Albert Roh, MD, MRMD (MRSC™)

Medical Director, Valleywise Health

  Kristin Seitz, BSMI, RT(R)(MR)(CT), MRSO (MRSC™)

General MR safety; MRI/CT Technologist, Chair of MR Safety Council OhioHealth, Columbus Ohio

Content Reviewer and Directed Readings Technical Reviewer, ASRT Radiologic Technology journal

 

William F. Sensakovic

Assoc. Prof. and Chair, Div. Diagnostic Medical Physics, Mayo  Clinic (Arizona)  Founder, Telerad Physics Teaching, LLC
   

Joanna Leigh Shechtel, MD, MRMD (MRSC™)

Musculoskeletal radiologist and MRI Medical Director for Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN.

   

Steven Sherry, MD, MRMD (MRSC™)

 
  Daniel Smock, BHS RT(R)(CT)(MR), MRSO (MRSC™) MRI Supervisor, Technologist, MR Safety Officer, Radiology Education Advisor at Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, MO.
   

Lisa Singer, MD, Ph.D. 

Radiation Oncologist
University of California, San Francisco 

   

R. Jason Stafford, Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM

Professor & Section of MR Physics Chief, Department of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

   

Michael Steckner, Ph.D., MBA, MRSE (MRSCTM)

Co-convenor ISO/IEC JWG (TS10974), member IEC MT40 (IEC 60601-2-33), MRI Scientist

   

Shane M Stewart, R.T.(R)(MR)(CT) MRSO(MRSC™)

 

Started in MRI the 1990s at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. In the year 2000 I transitioned to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. I was promoted to lead after a couple of years and have worked as a lead since. Have been involved in writing, revising, and implementing MRI safety policies as a member of the MRI safety committee.

   

Wendy J. Stirnkorb, CRA, RT (R) (MR), MRSO (MRSC™)

General MR Safety, Imaging leadership, Leadership development. Special expertise in MR Operations, LEAN Six Sigma, and technologist engagement. Administrative Director of Cardiopulmonary and Imaging Services, Regional West Medical Center, Scottsbluff, Nebraska. President and CEO of Stirnkorb Consulting, LLC. Gering, Nebraska

    Nancy Talbot, MAppSc, MRT (MR) (R) MRSO (MRSC™) MRI Supervisor Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Co-Chair MRI Safety committee, Joint Department of Medical Imaging
 

Siegfried Trattnig, MD, MRMD (MRSC™)

Director of the MR Center of Excellence at the Medical University of Vienna, developer of Austrian MR safety standards; representative to the Intersocietal Committee/European Work Group on MR Safety.

  Johan van den Brink, PhD

MR safety expert at Philips, Convenor of the MR safety standard IEC 60601-2-33

 

Robert Watson, MD, Ph.D., MRMD (MRSC™)

General MR safety, MRMD Mayo Clinic Radiology, Rochester MN. Chair, ACR MR Safety Committee

Past Chair of the ABMRS.

    James Webb Jr RT(R)(MR), MRSO (MRSC™) Imaging Clinical Specialist-MR Safety Officer Rhode Island and Hasbro Children’s Hospital Providence, RI
    Dr Daniel Wilson Ph.D. MRSE (MRSC™)

General MR safety. Consultant clinical scientist and Head of MR Physics, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, UK.

   

Bernd J. Wintersperger, MD, EBCR, FAHA, FISMRM, MRMD (MRSC™)

Cardiovascular Radiologist, Director of Magnetic Resonance Imaging & Cardiac Imaging, MRMD, General MR Safety, Contrast Agents

Organizational Liaisons (Non-Voting)

  Lori Ann Grubowski Burns, RT(R) American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) Delegate
   

Rebecca A Quest

 

Head of MR Physics & MR Safety Expert (MRSCTM

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust