(Radiographics. 1999;19:3-4.)
© RSNA, 1999
William W. Olmsted, MD, New RSNA Education Editor
Jerry P. Petasnick, MD, Chairman, RSNA Board of Directors1 and
R. Nick Bryan, MD, PhD, Board Liaison for Publications1
1 Radiological Society of North America, 820 Jorie Blvd, Oak Brook, IL 60523.
Index Terms: Radiological Society of North America • Special communications
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In 1998, the RSNA Board of Directors announced the search for an Education Editor, who would be responsible for educational materials and projects outside the RSNA scientific assembly and annual meeting. The Board of Directors and the Search Committee interviewed several fine candidates who applied for the position. We are now pleased to announce that William W. Olmsted, MD, has been chosen for the position.
William W. Olmsted, MD, is best known to RSNA members as the Editor of RadioGraphics. He has served in this post since 1989, when he succeeded William J. Tuddenham, MD, who had been the Editor since the Journal's inception earlier in the decade. Dr Olmsted has guided RadioGraphics through the 1990s and has been instrumental in effectively adapting the publication to the educational needs of the Society.
Dr Olmsted's contributions to the RSNA have not been limited to RadioGraphics. In 1982, he was first appointed to the RSNA Refresher Course Committee, and, since becoming RadioGraphics Editor, he has concurrently served on the Society's Publications Council, Electronic Communications Committee, and Educational Council and ex officio on the Program, Refresher, and Scientific Exhibits committees. His background and work for the RSNA make him well suited to be the Society's new Education Editor.
Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Dr Olmsted obtained a bachelor's degree at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and then attended the University of Rochester (New York) where he was a graduate student in physiology. He received his MD degree from the University of Rochester in 1968 and stayed at the University's Strong Memorial Hospital for his internship in medicine. Dr Olmsted then moved to California for his residency in diagnostic radiology and a neuroradiology fellowship at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). He also obtained an MSc degree in medical physics while at UCLA.
After completion of training, Dr Olmsted served in the United States Air Force and was assigned to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) as chief of the Gastrointestinal and Neurological Radiologic Pathology Branches. With the support and guidance of Elias G. Theros, MD, Dr Olmsted developed his interest in radiologic pathology and skills as an educator in radiology. After his military duties, he was employed as a staff radiologist at St Mary's Hospital and Medical Center in San Francisco, California, and Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland. In 1979, he joined David O. Davis, MD, at The George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC, as director of the Division of Diagnostic Radiology. He stepped down from that position in 1989 to become the Editor of RadioGraphics. Currently, he is professor of radiology and the section head of gastrointestinal radiology at that institution. Dr Olmsted has found time to be an adjunct faculty member or a consulting physician at many other medical facilities, including Veterans Administration centers and prestigious institutes such as the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He is also clinical professor of radiology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr Olmsted has remained active at the AFIP, being the Department of Radiologic Pathology's first Distinguished Scientist in 1985 and currently serving on the Institute's Scientific Advisory Board.
Dr Olmsted has also participated on various committees for the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), the American College of Radiology (ACR), and the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists (SGR). He is a fellow of the ACR and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the SGR. Over the years, Dr Olmsted has been active in scientific publication and the presentation of scientific exhibits, many of which have received awards from the RSNA and the ARRS at their annual meetings. His involvement in continuing education is reflected in the fact that, since 1973, he has taught more than 70 continuing education courses for various societies and organizations. For 25 years, he has also crisscrossed the nation giving visiting lectures. Strong family support from his wife, Patti, and three children, Bill, Jr, Sean, and Shannon, has been the nurturing hand behind the advancement of his career.
Dr Olmsted is not only a fine radiologist, he recognizes the important role of courses, lectures, and publications in the continuing education of those in the field of radiology. Also, he enthusiastically embraces the use of new electronic technologies to make educational opportunities more effective and more accessible to a greater number of physicians and allied scientists. As Education Editor, he plans to expand educational opportunities for members of the RSNA and radiologists worldwide, in part by using new electronic tools currently becoming available. Education materials presented at the RSNA's annual scientific assembly, as well as those obtained from other institutions, would form the nucleus of this effort.
We are pleased to present William Olmsted to the members of the RSNA as the new Education Editor. We wish him much success in this new role.
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