Diagnostic Imaging Announces Winners of "Top People to Watch in Radiology" Contest

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Dec 05, 2014, 12:41 ET

NORWALK, Conn., Dec. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announces that Diagnostic Imaging, a leading online community for medical imaging professionals, presents the winners of its inaugural Top People to Watch in Radiology contest.

The contest asked its readers to identify a radiologist, technologist, researcher, and group that have proven to be superstars in medical imaging. After readers sent in nominations, polling was opened up to the Diagnostic Imaging audience to decide who should receive the honors. The winners are:

Radiologist: Ben Strong, MD, ABIM, ABR, of Virtual Radiologic
Technologist: Juan Ortega, of ARRT
Researcher: Tessa Cook, MD, PhD, and Hanna Zafar, MD, MHS, of University of Pennsylvania
Group: Stroll Health

"Our inaugural contest was a huge success and we look forward to making it a yearly event," said Liza Haar, editor of Diagnostic Imaging. "We are excited to grow the contest and profile even more radiology success stories."

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