Organizing Committee Members
Dr. Igor Petrušić
Dr. Igor Petrušić (radiologist, pain medicine subspecialist, and clinical neuroscientist) is a Senior Research Associate at the Laboratory for Advanced Analysis of Neuroimages, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia. He has a great interest in developing neuroimaging protocols in migraine research, primarily focused on discovering neuroimaging biomarkers for different levels of migraine aura complexity. He also aims to incorporate a multidisciplinary and AI approach in headache research to boost advancements in the diagnosis and prediction of treatment outcomes. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Headache and Pain and serves as the Head of Imaging Section of SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine journal. He is an editor and author of the book “Neuroimaging of Headache Disorders
Dr. Ryan Cobb
Dr. Ryan Cobb is Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology at Penn Interventional Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. His practice focuses on Complex Venous Disease and Vascular Anomalies at an urban tertiary care academic health system, which includes acute/chronic DVT, post-thrombotic syndrome, chronic venous insufficiency, pelvic venous disease, congenital venous disorders, and complex venous reconstruction. He concentrates on patient-centered longitudinal care. He has a passion for exploring new therapeutic options for patients suffering from acute and chronic venous disorders and vascular anomalies
Dr. Aws Hamid
Dr. Hamid graduated from the University of Mosul College of Medicine in Iraq. He earned an MS in diagnostic radiology upon completion of the residency program at Jordan University of Science and Technology. Dr. Hamid subsequently completed a fellowship in cardiothoracic imaging, at the University of Michigan, followed by fellowships in body imaging and oncology body imaging at the University of Missouri Columbia.
He is a member of the Cardiothoracic Imaging team and Director of the Lung Cancer Screening Progam. His clinical focus is on clinical care and education in thoracic imaging and advanced cardiovascular CT and MR imaging. He additionally serves as Site Director for the Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, and Assistant Program Director of the Emory Radiology Grand Rounds and Visiting Professor program.
Dr. Avanka Lowe
Dr. Avanka Lowe is a nuclear medicine physician, certified by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM), and an Assistant Professor of Medical Imaging at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, USA. He completed his internal medicine internship at Kern Medical in California, affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), followed by a nuclear medicine residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) and a PET/CT fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Lowe specializes in targeted radionuclide therapies for prostate and neuroendocrine cancers and is actively researching the integration of artificial intelligence in medical imaging. He completed a certificate course in AI in Healthcare from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is currently pursuing a Master of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT) degree at the University of Pennsylvania (remotely). He has authored peer-reviewed publications, is an active member of professional societies, and frequently presents his work at scientific meetings and academic forums.
Dr. Kevin Anton
Dr. Kevin Anton is a board-certified interventional radiologist and assistant professor of radiology in the division of IR at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the MD/PhD program at Rutgers University – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey in 2012. He completed his internship in internal medicine at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in New Jersey and diagnostic radiology residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania.
He completed a fellowship in vascular & interventional radiology at Thomas Jefferson University. He was an assistant professor of interventional radiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill prior to returning to Thomas Jefferson University in 2019. As a RAD-AID volunteer since 2019, Dr. Anton founded the Thomas Jefferson University RAD-AID chapter and he established and directs the Jefferson Global Radiology Elective. He is active in many RAD-AID initiatives including the IR fellowship at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, RAD-AID IR lecture series, USA Women’s Health Initiative, and ongoing collaborative research projects
Dr. Natesan Chidambaranathan
Dr. Natesan Chidambaranathan is an esteemed radiologist with an impressive academic and professional background. He holds a BSc, MD, PhD, DNB, DMRD, FICR, and MAMS, which reflect his dedication to advancing knowledge in radiology and imaging sciences. Currently, he serves as the Head of the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai, where he has been instrumental in elevating the standards of diagnostic radiology.
He was the Vice President of the Musculoskeletal Radiology of India from 2021 to 2023. Additionally, he is a founding member and current Vice President of the Indian Society of Pediatric Radiology for the term 2022-2024, actively promoting advancements and best practices in pediatric radiology.
Previous Organizing Committee Members
Dr. Ryan Cobb
Dr. Ryan Cobb is Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology at Penn Interventional Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. His practice focuses on Complex Venous Disease and Vascular Anomalies at an urban tertiary care academic health system, which includes acute/chronic DVT, post-thrombotic syndrome, chronic venous insufficiency, pelvic venous disease, congenital venous disorders, and complex venous reconstruction. He concentrates on patient-centered longitudinal care. He has a passion for exploring new therapeutic options for patients suffering from acute and chronic venous disorders and vascular anomalies
Dr. Virendra R. Mishra, Ph.D
Virendra R. Mishra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He got his Ph.D. in 2014 from the joint degree program between the University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX, and the University of Texas at Arlington, TX. He was a staff scientist at Cleveland Clinic, Nevada for 7 years (between 2015 – 2022) before his move to UAB. Dr. Mishra develops novel computational tools for the analysis of various MRI modalities for understanding early-stage Parkinson’s disease (PD) and non-motor symptoms of PD with disease progression. His current interest is developing machine learning/deep learning algorithms by fusing various MRI modalities to predict cognitive decline in PD and also due to repeated head impacts. His research is funded by the National Institute of Health and philanthropic organizations in the past.
Dr. Aws Hamid
Dr. Hamid graduated from the University of Mosul College of Medicine in Iraq. He earned an MS in diagnostic radiology upon completion of the residency program at Jordan University of Science and Technology. Dr. Hamid subsequently completed a fellowship in cardiothoracic imaging, at the University of Michigan, followed by fellowships in body imaging and oncology body imaging at the University of Missouri Columbia.
He is a member of the Cardiothoracic Imaging team and Director of the Lung Cancer Screening Progam. His clinical focus is on clinical care and education in thoracic imaging and advanced cardiovascular CT and MR imaging. He additionally serves as Site Director for the Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, and Assistant Program Director of the Emory Radiology Grand Rounds and Visiting Professor program.
Dr. Surbhi Gupta Aggarwal
Dr. Surbhi Gupta Aggarwal is a reputed radiologist from New Delhi, India. She has completed her MBBS and MD Radiodiagnosis from reputed medical colleges in India She also holds a Fellowship in fetal medicine, Diplomate of ICRI and European Diploma in Radiology. She has many years of experience in this field and currently working as Senior Consultant and Specialist in Radiology at ESI hospital New Delhi. She has many publications in her name and continues to contribute in the field of Radiology through her research work.
Dr. Kevin Anton
Dr. Kevin Anton is a board-certified interventional radiologist and assistant professor of radiology in the division of IR at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the MD/PhD program at Rutgers University – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey in 2012. He completed his internship in internal medicine at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in New Jersey and diagnostic radiology residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania.
He completed a fellowship in vascular & interventional radiology at Thomas Jefferson University. He was an assistant professor of interventional radiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill prior to returning to Thomas Jefferson University in 2019. As a RAD-AID volunteer since 2019, Dr. Anton founded the Thomas Jefferson University RAD-AID chapter and he established and directs the Jefferson Global Radiology Elective. He is active in many RAD-AID initiatives including the IR fellowship at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, RAD-AID IR lecture series, USA Women’s Health Initiative, and ongoing collaborative research projects
Dr. Sanjeev Chawla
Sanjeev Chawla is a Research Associate Professor of Radiology at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He a medical physicist certified by American Board of Medical Physics and a course instructor (MPHY-6130). Sanjeev’s research interests include development and application of MR imaging and spectroscopy methods in studying brain tumors, head & neck cancers and neurodegenerative diseases. He has authored 104 original research/review articles and 8 book chapters. Sanjeev has been awarded with Fulbright scholarship and research grants from NIH/NCI, ISMRM, PCPM, ITMAT, McCabe Foundation and Research Foundation of UPenn.
Dr. Natesan Chidambaranathan
Dr. Natesan Chidambaranathan is an esteemed radiologist with an impressive academic and professional background. He holds a BSc, MD, PhD, DNB, DMRD, FICR, and MAMS, which reflect his dedication to advancing knowledge in radiology and imaging sciences. Currently, he serves as the Head of the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai, where he has been instrumental in elevating the standards of diagnostic radiology.
He was the Vice President of the Musculoskeletal Radiology of India from 2021 to 2023. Additionally, he is a founding member and current Vice President of the Indian Society of Pediatric Radiology for the term 2022-2024, actively promoting advancements and best practices in pediatric radiology.
