2008 Annual Meeting
Hosted by District Two, the 2008 Annual Meeting offered plenty of oustanding educational offerings as well as a chance to meet with old friends and make new ones. If you missed it, start making plans to attend the 2009 meeting in Chatanooga.
To see who won the Dr. LaVerne Gurley Award and who was presented with a Lifetime Membership Award this year, check out the 2008 Member Awards. And whether you were there or not you might want to check out Fun in Franklin.
Election Results
President: Wenda Johnson (Dist III)
President Elect: Catherine Parsons (Dist IV)
Vice-President: Amy Freshley-Lebkuecher (Dist II)
Secretary: Laura Veltri-Smith (Dist I)
Presidential Luncheon
President Wenda Johnson addresses the audience.
Outgoing board member Lois Layne receives a plaque from Bill May.
Educational Session
Keynote Speaker Bill McDonald and his dog Shay.
Speaker Gary T. Podgorski, MD displays his thank you gift.
The student bowl was held before a large audience of attentive students.
Annual Meeting Contests
Student Bowl
1st Place: Methodist University Hospital (L to R) Clinical Instructor Laura Veltri-Smith, team members Ryan Carroll, Jamie Thompson, Angie Null,Cris Criswell, and Clinical Coordinator Melissa Yarbro.
2nd Place: (L to R) Nathan O'Conner, Angie Lancaster, Bonnie Frye, and Will Boon from Methodist University Hospital.
1st Place: Will Boon, Brad Vickers, Christy Smith (Methodist University Hospital) - "Dual Energy Imaging"
2nd Place: Angie Lancaster (Methodist University Hospital) - "Forensic Radiology"
Vogel Essay
1st Place: Jamie Childress (Baptist College of Health Sciences) - "The Benefits of Cardiac Calcium Scoring"
2nd Place: Tyler Milam (Jackson State Community College) - "Image Guided Surgery Systems and Imaging Modalities"