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The American Society of Head and Neck Radiology Presents 2017 Gold Medal to Edward E. Kassel, M.D., FACR during 51st Annual Meeting
The American Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ASHNR) awarded its 2017 Gold Medal to Edward E. Kassel, M.D., FACR during the Gold Medal Award Luncheon on September 18, 2017 during the ASHNR 51stAnnual Meeting at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 16-20, 2017.
The ASHNR Gold Medal is presented annually to a member who has provided dedicated service to the Society, and to the science and education of head and neck radiology. Dr. Kassel became the twenty-first recipient of the ASHNR Gold Medal since the Awards inception in 2000.
Dr. Kassel obtained his DDS from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry and his MD at the University of Western Ontario. He completed his post-graduate training in Medical Imaging at U of T in 1977. He was an attending neuroradiologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (1977- 1992), Radiologist-in-Chief at Mount Sinai Hospital (1992-1996) and the attending neuroradiologist in the University Health Network/Mount Sinai Hospital Joint Department of Medical Imaging (1997-2014). Dr. Kassel served as 2008-2009 ASHNR President.
For more information on the ASHNR Gold Medal, or the Society in general, contact Business Manager Ken Cammarata at ASHNR, 800 Enterprise Drive, Suite 205, Oak Brook, IL 60523-4216, Phone: 630-574-0220, ext. 226, Fax: 630-574-0661, Email: kcammarata@asnr.org, Website: www.ashnr.org.
