S10E03 SIIMfund Scholarship Winners 2025
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This episode is a compilation of mini interviews that Mohannad has conducted with the winners of SIIM's SIIMfund 2025 Scholarship Winners. We ask you to consider donating to SIIMfund to foster and support the future of medical imaging informatics. You can do so at https://siim.org/about-siim/support-siim/donate-support-siim-fund/ Timestamps: 01:02 - Aarushi Aggarwal 06:52 - Amulya Veldandi 16:37 - Davina Lettau 28:52 - MD Enamul Haq 35:31 - Rahul Gorijavolu
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S10E02 Interview w/ Norman Young: Open source, Clear Canvas, Care Chorus and more
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In this episode, hosts Jason and Mohannad sit down with Norman Young - a healthcare informatics innovator and open-source advocate whose career was shaped by his own early battle with cancer. After helping build eFilm - one of the earliest free medical image viewers - he founded ClearCanvas in 2005, delivering open-source PACS and RIS platforms globally and earning the American College of Radiology’s Global Humanitarian Award in 2021. Today, through his non-profit CareChorus, he creates privacy-first, locally stored software tools that empower patients and caregivers to seamlessly navigate...
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S10E01 Task Shifting in Canada’s High Arctic w/ Greg Toffner
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In this episode, hosts Jason and Mohannad sit down with Greg Toffner to revisit his excellent presentation from the 2025 MIIT Conference (. Greg shares how the program is helping remote communities gain better access to basic imaging services through “task shifting” - training local community members to perform simple X-ray exams as Basic Radiological Technicians (BRTs). The conversation explores how this approach can improve health outcomes, reduce barriers to care, and address imaging-related health disparities in underserved communities. This episode was recorded in conjunction with the...
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S9E12 Hackathon Team Agent 00HL7
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In this episode, we sit down with Estella and Sophie, two talented high school students who have made their mark at the SIIM Hackathon. Together, they earned second place in 2024, and Sophie returned the following year to place again. Estella and Sophie reflect on their experiences with SIIM, share what it was like to compete in the hackathon, and discuss the interests and career paths they’re exploring beyond SIIM.
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S9E11 Season wrap-up: Year recap, SIIM 2026 and more!
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Coulter, Prasanth and Mohannad reflect on SIIMcast's ninth season, plans for the next season, as well as the upcoming SIIM 2026 annual meeting in Pittsburgh.
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S9E10 Diagnostic Monitors Discussion
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In this episode, we chat with and , two experts in the field of Radiology and Medical Physics, where we talk about Diagnostic (medical-grade) monitors vs. commercial, off-the-shelf regular ones. We talk about differences, why you need a medical-grade monitor for accurate diagnosis and what makes them special.
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S9E09 Interview w/ Sébastien Jodogne: Orthanc, Open-source, Academic Research and more!
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In this episode, we chat with , perhaps most well-known for creating the Orthanc DICOM server. We also cover Sébastien's journey, open-source philsophy and academic interests.
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S9E08 Common Data Elements (CDS), Open Imaging Data Model (OIDM) and other developments
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In this episode, we sit with Dr. Tarik Alkasab, Heather Chase and Dr. C. Michael Hood to talk about recent developments in the worlds of Common Data Elements (CDS, see https://www.rsna.org/practice-tools/data-tools-and-standards/radelement-common-data-elements), Open Imaging Data Model (OIDM, see https://www.openimagingdata.org/) and other developments such as the Imaging Problem List (IPL).
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S9E07 My Informatics Journey with Dr. David Avrin - Part 2
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Dr. David Avrin, MD, PhD, is a pioneering leader in medical imaging informatics with decades in digital biomedical imaging, twice serving as Chair of RISC/SCAR/SIIM during pivotal eras in PACS development and Imaging Informatics conception. A Professor Emeritus at UCSF, he helped integrate PACS and EMR systems, advanced clinical and educational workflows, and authored foundational work including numerous peer-reviewed papers. He created the first human dual-energy CT images, led major informatics initiatives as UCSF Vice Chair, founded UCSF’s ACGME Clinical Informatics Fellowship, and served...
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S9E06 My Informatics Journey with Dr. David Avrin - Part 1
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Dr. David Avrin, MD, PhD, is a pioneering leader in medical imaging informatics with decades in digital biomedical imaging, twice serving as Chair of RISC/SCAR/SIIM during pivotal eras in PACS development and Imaging Informatics conception. A Professor Emeritus at UCSF, he helped integrate PACS and EMR systems, advanced clinical and educational workflows, and authored foundational work including numerous peer-reviewed papers. He created the first human dual-energy CT images, led major informatics initiatives as UCSF Vice Chair, founded UCSF’s ACGME Clinical Informatics Fellowship, and served...
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In this episode, host Mohannad chats with Jason Klotzer and Markus Herrmann about pathology imaging standards. The team discusses the unique perspective of digital pathology and how the specialty has adopted DICOM standards to meet the needs of the pathologist's imaging workflow, as well as a hackathon sponsored by the DPA and DICOM Workgroup 26.
Jason Klotzer is a customer engineer working for the Healthcare vertical of Google Cloud, and he is based out of Austin, TX and has worked in the medical imaging space for more than 15 years. He has architected several PACS and VNA systems, specializing in visualization of medical images for diagnostic reading, recently focusing on the needs of AI/ML and analytics in medical imaging.
Markus Herrmann serves as Director of Computational Pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Assistant Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on the development of novel quantitative imaging biomarkers and computer-aided diagnostic tests combining microscopy imaging, computer vision, and mathematical modeling. Markus is active in national and international efforts to advance the standardization and adoption of digital and computational pathology, including the DICOM Working Group 26 Pathology, the IHE Pathology and Laboratory Medicine domain, the Pathology Innovation Collaborative Community, the Digital and Computational Pathology Committee of the College of American Pathologists, and the Regulatory and Standards Task Force of the Digital Pathology Association.
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