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 Medical Physicist, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center; Professor of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University; Chief Diagnostic Medical Physicist, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System

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™)

Associate Professor of Radiology at Washington University in St Louis.  Currently active in clinical MRI physics. Former Clinical Scientist and Development Lead at Philips Healthcare. R&D experience with pulse sequence design, relaxometry, RF pulse design, RF shimming

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.

Jeff Frimeth, M.Sc., MCCPM, CIIP, MRSO (MRSC^TM), MRSE (MRSC^TM), 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 and Founder of the ABMRS

Krystal M. Kirby, PhD, DABR, MRSE (MRSC™)

Diagnostic/MRI Physicist at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and Adjunct Associate Professor at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA, specializing in MR in radiation therapy, MR protocol optimization, and MR safety

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

General MR Safety with expertise in Clinical Applications & Reasoning. National MR Safety Trainer at Metrasens.

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

Jon leads the NHS-based MR Physics Group in Swansea, Wales, UK. The Group provides clinical scientific support to a number of organisations across Wales.   He is a registered Clinical Scientist and a registered higher specialist scientist.  Jon is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Swansea University and enjoys teaching and research.

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).

Jeffrey Rogg, MD, MRMD (MRSC™) FACR

Professor Emeritus Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Clinician Educator  Alpert Medical School, Brown University

Medical Director, Valleywise Health

General MR safety; MRI/CT Technologist, MR Safety Officer Ohio Health, Columbus Ohio
Author, Content Reviewer and Directed Readings Technical Reviewer, ASRT Radiologic Technology journal

William F. Sensakovic

Joanna Leigh Shechtel, MD, MRMD (MRSC™)

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

Steven Sherry, MD, MRMD (MRSC™)

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 (MRSC^TM)

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, MBA, CRA, RT (R) (MR), MRSO (MRSC™)

General MR Safety, Imaging leadership, Leadership development. Special expertise in Imaging Operations, LEAN Six Sigma, and technologist engagement. Imaging educator. Director of Imaging, Tri State Health, Clarkston, Washington. President, Founder and CEO of Stirnkorb Consulting, LLC. Clarkston, Washington

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.

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

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

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

Past Chair of the ABMRS.

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)

Rebecca A. Quest, MRSE (MRSC™)

Consultant Clinical Scientist and Head of MR Physics at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London UK