CHICAGO — Mary C. Mahoney, M.D., was named chair of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Board of Directors today at the Society's annual meeting in Chicago.
Dr. Mahoney is the Benjamin Felson Endowed Chair and Professor of Radiology at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since 2016, Dr. Mahoney has been chief of imaging services at UC Health in Cincinnati and is on the medical staff of several Cincinnati area institutions, including UC Medical Center and West Chester Hospital in West Chester, Ohio.
After graduating magna cum laude from Brown University in 1979, Dr. Mahoney received her medical degree in 1983 from UC College of Medicine, and is a member of its honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha. She completed her diagnostic radiology residency—serving as chief resident from 1987-1988, followed by a fellowship—at UC Medical Center.
As chair, Dr. Mahoney will lead the board in its continued focus on presenting the leading radiology research, education and technologies to meet the changing needs of RSNA members and to improve patient care.
"I am honored and excited to be named chair of the RSNA Board of Directors," Dr. Mahoney said. "This is a critical time for our profession's future, and RSNA has already embarked upon leading key initiatives to ensure radiology's indispensable position in improving patient care. I look forward to overseeing the Society's strategic expansion as we continue to meet the needs of our members."
Dr. Mahoney has published more than 70 peer-reviewed articles and 15 book chapters and has co-authored two books with an emphasis on breast imaging. She has served as a principal or co-investigator on numerous funded grants, including several focused on imaging modalities and biopsy. Dr. Mahoney has given many scientific research presentations nationally and internationally, and has been an invited lecturer at over 280 institutions and meetings worldwide.
She is a graduate of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program for women leaders in medicine. She has been instrumental in building the Advanced Imaging Core Lab at UC College of Medicine and the multidisciplinary breast center within UC Cancer Institute.
Since 2002, Dr. Mahoney has been a manuscript reviewer for Radiology. She is currently on the editorial boards of Cureus, RSNA News and Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology, as well as serving on the editorial advisory board of Radiology Business Journal. Dr. Mahoney has been a Self-Assessment Module (SAM) reviewer since 2005 for the American Board of Radiology (ABR).
