Wood Lecture

In 1996, Dr. Francis Pepper from Winston-Salem established the “Wood Fund for Advancement of Neuroradiology at UNC,” as well as an endowed Chair. The fund and Chair were established to honor the first Department of Radiology Chair at UNC and a pioneer neuroradiologist – Dr. Ernest Wood – and his wife. Income from the fund is used to support pilot research projects, the Annual Wood Memorial Lecture and a Spring Visiting Professorship.

27th Annual Ernest H. Wood Lecture
Friday November 15, 2024

Laurie A. Loevner, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania

Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Co-Director, Organizing Committee Head and Neck Tumor Board

Member, CME Committee, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Division Chief, Neuroradiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Founding Member, Academy of Master Clinicians Executive and Selection Committee

Member, Executive Committee, Department of Radiology

Member, Clinical Excellence Advisory Committee, HUP

Chair, Academy of Master Clinicians Selection Committee, University of Pennsylvania Health System UPHS

Past Wood Lecture speakers:

Dr. R. Bronen, Yale University, 1997
Dr. J. Weissman, University of Pittsburgh, 1998
Dr. R. Jinkins, University of Texas – San Antonio, 1999
Dr. T. Naidich, Mount Sinai Medical School, 2000
Dr. V. Haughton, University of Wisconsin, 2001
Dr. M. Jensen, University of Virginia, 2002
Dr. Ramon Gilberto Gonzalez, The Massachusetts General Hospital, 2003
Dr. Alisa Gean, University of California in San Francisco, 2004
Dr. James Smirniotopoulos, Uniformed Services, University of Health Services, 2005
Dr. Patricia Hudgins, Emory University, 2006
Dr. Edmond Knopp, New York University, 2007
Dr. Michelle Michel, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2008
Dr. Doug Phillips, Cornell University, 2009
Dr. Suresh Mukherji, University of Michigan, 2010
Dr. Jeffrey Ross, Barrow Neurological Institute, 2011
Dr. Orlando Ortiz, Winthrop University Hospital, 2012
Dr. Max Wintermark, University of Virginia, 2013
Dr. Gordon Sze, Yale University, 2014
Dr. Timo Krings, University of Toronto, 2015
Dr. Pina Sanelli, Northwell Hospitals, 2016
Dr. Alex Rovira, Val de Hebron Hospitals, Barcelona, 2017
Dr. Pamela Schaefer, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2018
Dr. David Yousem, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2019
Dr. Jody Tanabe, University of Colorado, October 2021
Dr. Achala Vagal, University of Cincinnati, November 2022
Dr. Vinil Shah, University of California, San Francisco, November 2023

Other Neuroradiology visiting professors include:

Dr. Scott Atlas, Stanford University, 1994
Dr. R. Quencer, University of Miami, 1995
Dr. C. Truwit, University of Minnesota, 1996
Dr. Thierry Huisman, Johns Hopkins, April 2018
Dr. Yvonne Lui, New York University, April 2019
Dr. Zoltan Patay, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, April 2022
Dr. Claudia Kirsch, Yale Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, March 2023

For interest in supporting the Wood Fund, please contact Dr. Carlos Zamora or go to “Make a Gift” and select this fund from the pull-down menu. Also, please contact Dr. Carlos Zamora if you would like to be included in the mailing list for the Wood Annual Lecture.