{"id":6901,"date":"2024-06-18T11:34:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T15:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/?page_id=6901"},"modified":"2025-08-19T15:41:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:41:40","slug":"2024-radiology-departmental-research-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radiology\/research\/research-symposium\/2024-radiology-departmental-research-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Radiology Departmental Research Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please join us at the UNC Department of Radiology for the 2024 Radiology Departmental Research Symposium on Thursday, October 24, 2024, <\/strong>at the Dental School (Koury Kirkland\/West Lobby\/Main Street).<\/strong> This event will highlight advances in clinical, translational, and radiological science research and\u00a0feature the research of our faculty, fellows, residents, postdocs, medical students, and graduate trainees.<\/p>\n

Speaker<\/h2>\n

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Zachary L. Bercu, MD RPVI FSIR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Program Director, Interventional Radiology Integrated (IR-Int) Residency
\nCo-Director, Resident Medical Innovation Track (open to all Emory and Morehouse residents)
\nAssociate Professor,\u00a0Department of Radiology
\nEmory University School of Medicine
\nAtlanta, Georgia, USA<\/p>\n

Talk Title: Not Just A Hashtag: Truly Integrating #Innovation Concepts in Image-Guided Medicine<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Zachary L. Bercu, MD RPVI FSIR, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology at Emory University School of Medicine (Emory) and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). He is Program Director of the Interventional Radiology Integrated and Independent residency programs at Emory. He serves as Co-Director of a Resident Medical Innovation Track to teach biodesign and innovation to Emory and Morehouse School of Medicine residents. He is faculty principal investigator to the Biodesign & Innovation of Minimally-Invasive Technologies (BIMIT) Lab at Emory. His research interests include medical device innovation, advanced imaging solutions in the angiosuite, percutaneous and endovascular robotics, prostate artery embolization, transradial interventions, liver directed therapies including Yttrium-90 selective internal radiotherapy, complex venous interventions, and image-guided pain\/palliation interventions.<\/i><\/p>\n

Agenda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM<\/td>\nCoffee and Registration<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:00 AM – 8:10 AM<\/td>\nOpening Remarks<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:10 AM – 9:00 AM<\/td>\nPerspectives on AI and Research at UNC<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM<\/td>\nOral Presentations #1<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:50 AM – 10:35 AM<\/td>\nVision for the Future of Radiology Research<\/b><\/b>(Panel: Henderson, Lin, Lee, Kokabi)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:35 AM – 10:45 AM<\/td>\nBreak<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:45 AM – 11:50 AM<\/td>\nKeynote Speaker<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:50 AM – 12:10 PM<\/td>\nLunch – Pick Up & Return to Auditorium<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:10 PM – 1:00 PM<\/td>\nOral Presentations #2<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM<\/td>\nPoster Presentations<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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