The American College of Radiology (ACR) Board of Chancellors has selected two gold medalists and three honorary fellows for 2027. The honorees will be recognized during ACR 2027, the college’s annual meeting, May 1 to May 5 in Washington, DC.
The 2027 gold medalists are as follows:
- William Herrington, MD, a diagnostic radiologist in Athens, GA, and former ACR president, Council speaker, and president of the Georgia Radiological Society
- Nina Mayr, MD, a radiation oncologist and physician scientist who most recently served as department chair at the University of Washington and whose research has focused on functional and molecular imaging as predictors of cancer treatment response
The 2027 honorary fellows include:
- Adrian Brady, MB, of Ireland, former president of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Congress of Radiology, and former chair of the ESR Board
- Matthias Guckenberger, MD, of Switzerland, professor and chair of radiation oncology at University Hospital Zurich and president of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology
- Akshay Kumar Saxena, MD, MBBS, of India, a pediatric radiologist at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh and president of the Society for Emergency Radiology in India
