_{September 2021}

ECR 2022 registration opens as ESR President Prof. Regina Beets-Tan looks to build bridges at next year’s congress

Monday, September 13, 2021 - The European Society of Radiology is readying itself to welcome attendees from around the world back to Vienna in 2022 for the first onsite ECR since 2019. With the recent opening of registration and with just a few weeks left until its abstract submission deadline, the society is offering numerous ways to take part in the congress, taking place on March 2-6, 2022.

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_{August 2021}

ESR congratulates Prof. Hedvig Hricak on renaming of an endowed Chair in Radiology

The European Society of Radiology would like to congratulate Prof. Hedvig Hricak on being honoured through the renaming of the Donna and Benjamin Rosen Chair to the Hedvig Hricak Chair in Radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre. Prof. Hricak has been Chair of the hospital’s Department of Radiology since 1999 and has built it into one of the leading cancer imaging departments in the world. An endowed chair represents one of the highest honours that the institution can bestow on a member of its faculty.
 
Prof. Hricak is an ESR Gold Medallist and long-standing friend of the society. She was a pioneer in establishing the clinical value of MRI for prostate, kidney, and gynecologic cancers, and she continues to conduct innovative research. She is active in cancer imaging research and education both nationally and internationally, representing such institutions as the National Academy of Medicine, the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of National Academies and the Lancet Oncology Commission on Medical Imaging and Nuclear Medicine.

_{August 2021}

Prof. Reinhard Loose awarded for his dedication to the field of radiation protection

The European Society of Radiology would like to congratulate Prof. Reinhard Loose on receiving Germany's highly prestigious First Class Cross of Merit award for his many years of service in the field of radiation protection. Prof. Loose has served as chief physician at the Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at Klinikum-Nord in Nuremberg and has contributed to the German Commission on Radiological Protection of the country's Federal Ministry for the Environment. The ESR is also lucky to have have him as a member of its Radiation Protection Subcommittee, which he has previously chaired, and as a member of the EuroSafe Imaging Steering Committee, groups which are charged with setting up a global programme of medical radiation dose reduction, incorporating dose tracking, and contributing to the development of clinical decision support and professional training.