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Leadership Luminary Award

The Leadership Luminary Award of the Radiology Leadership Institute is intended to recognize and celebrate the lifetime achievements of professionals who have devoted the majority of their professional career to the science or practice of radiology or radiation oncology, embodying both leadership and innovation in their actions and legacy.

The 2025 Leadership Luminary Award nomination process is now open. Submit your nomination process . The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, February 7, 2025. If you have any questions, please email RLI@acr.org


Award Criteria


Candidates for the RLI Leadership Luminary Award must have shown:

  • Visionary Leadership: Serving as a thought leader, or leader by example while demonstrating outstanding citizenship in a major role in radiology, medicine or other activities that benefit the community or society at large.
  • Motivation/Inspirational Leadership: Demonstrating a passion and confidence in setting and achieving the goals that the team/organization has outlined; leads by example and deeds as well as words.
  • Integrity: Showing their commitment to principled and morally framed leadership.
  • Responsibility: Demonstrating/exhibiting unwavering commitment to advancing the organizations and activities with which they are charged, advancing them to a greater level.
  • Commitment to the next generation: Demonstrating their passion and commitment to and through effective mentoring in guiding the next generation
  • Creativity: Embodying both innovation and vision in their leadership style and deliverables that benefit radiology, the community of medicine and society; creating a vision that creates and effects change for the greater good.
  • Contributions: Evidenced by the betterment of radiology or the larger community through their objective and quantifiable professional and leadership achievements.

Eligibility


Professionals (physicians and non-physicians) working in the field of radiology are eligible if they:

  • Are a current ºÚÁÏÍø member (active or retired)
  • have demonstrated a high level of leadership with at least 15 years of sustained excellence (post-training)
  • have exhibited the seven (7) award criteria above
  • While not required, specific involvement in the RLI as faculty or participant, is strongly encouraged.

*Please note that current members of the RLI Board and ºÚÁÏÍø Board of Chancellors cannot be nominated for the award.



Nomination Guidelines


  • Self-nomination is not permitted
  • Due to potential conflict of interest, current members of the RLI Board cannot nominate nor write letters of recommendation for this award
  • Current members of the Board of Chancellors cannot submit nominations nor write letters of recommendation for the award.

Nomination Requirements


All submissions are required to include:

  • One (1) nomination letter (up to two pages) which must outline and summarize how the nominee has shown/exhibited the seven (7) award criteria
  • One (1) letter of recommendation (up to two pages)
  • Current CV that must provide adequate information regarding the candidate’s leadership positions, accomplishments, as well as his/her involvement with the RLI.

Note: at least one of the letters should be from an individual who is not a member of the nominee’s current department, practice, or workplace.

Recognition


Awardees will receive:

  • Complimentary registration for , September 26-28, Boston Seaport Hotel
  • Travel and lodging for winner and a guest to the RLI Summit Awards Dinner
  • Recognition at the RLI Summit Awards Dinner
  • Recognition in ºÚÁÏÍø publication





2025 Nomination Process

The 2025 Leadership Luminary Award nomination process is now open. Submit your nomination . The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, February 7, 2025. If you have any questions, please email RLI@acr.org. 


Leadership Luminary Honorees


Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., MD, MHS, FºÚÁÏÍø

2023 Honoree

Arl Van Moore Jr., MD, FºÚÁÏÍø

2023 Honoree

Lawrence R. Muroff, MD, FºÚÁÏÍø

2023 Honoree

Cynthia Sherry, MD, MMM, FºÚÁÏÍø, FACPE

2022 Honoree
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas

Jonathon S. Lewin, MD, FºÚÁÏÍø

2017 Honoree

Anne C. Roberts, MD, FºÚÁÏÍø

2017 Honoree

E. Stephen Amis Jr., MD, FºÚÁÏÍø

2016 Honorees

Glendon G. Cox, MD, MBA, MHSA

2016 Honorees


Leonard Berlin, MD, FºÚÁÏÍø

2015 Honoree


Bruce J. Hillman, MD, FºÚÁÏÍø

2015 Honoree


Sarah S. Donaldson, MD, FºÚÁÏÍø

2014 Honoree

David C. Levin, MD, FºÚÁÏÍø

2014 Honoree


Daniel H. Johnson Jr., MD

2013 Honoree


Alexander R. Margulis, MD, DSc (h.c. mult.)

2013 Honoree


Harvey L. Neiman, MD, FºÚÁÏÍø

2012 Honoree


James H. Thrall, MD, FºÚÁÏÍø

2012 Honoree

Questions? Email RLI@acr.org.