Key Takeaways

  1. The American College of Radiology (ACR) will honor three Gold Medalists and three Honorary Fellows in 2025 for their significant contributions to radiology.
  2. These honorees will be recognized at the ACR 2025 Annual Meeting, taking place in Washington, D.C., from May 3-7.
  3. The awards celebrate both professional achievements in radiology and dedicated service to the ACR.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) Board of Chancellors named three Gold Medalists and three Honorary Fellows for their contributions to radiology and service to the ACR. They will be honored at the ACR 2025 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., from May 3–7.

ACR Gold Medals

The following individuals will receive the ACR Goal Medal:

  • Jacqueline A. Bello, MD, FACR, is the immediate past chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors. In addition, she served as chair of the ACR Commission on Quality and Safety, Commission on Government Relations, and Commission on International Relations. Bello is the Zimmer Hardy professor of neuroradiology, professor of radiology and neurosurgery and director of neuroradiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y.
  • Beverly G. Coleman, MD, FACR, is the first African-American to be elected president of the college and continues as a member of the Judiciary Committee. She is the first director of fetal imaging at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment and the inaugural holder of the Beverly Gilbert Coleman Endowed Chair in Fetal Imaging. 
  • Alan D. Kaye, MD, FACR, has a long history of service to the ACR and has held many roles within the college, including council speaker, ACR president and chair of the Judiciary Committee. He is an ACR councilor representing the Radiological Society of Connecticut, of which he is a past president. Kaye served as chair of radiology at Bridgeport Hospital, was a managing member of a large radiology practice, and was on the medical staffs of Bridgeport, Yale New Haven and St. Vincent’s Hospitals.

2025 ACR Honorary Fellows

Boris Brkljaĉić, MD, PhD, of Croatia, Evelyn Lai Ming Ho, MBBS, MMed, of Malaysia, and Sandra Lynne Turner, MBBS, PhD, of Australia, will be named 2025 ACR Honorary Fellows.

  • Boris Brkljaĉić, MD, PhD, is chair of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) “Eurosafe” Imaging Initiative and former general secretary of the International Society of Radiology (ISR). He is currently helping to pilot and disseminate the ESR iGuide clinical decision support, developed by ACR and the ESR, throughout Europe and was leader of the EU-JUST-CT European project that investigated the appropriateness of CT imaging in seven EU member states. Brkljaĉić is chair of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at University Hospital “Dubrava” in Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Evelyn Lai Ming Ho, MBBS, MMed, is the immediate past president of the Asian Oceanian Society of Radiology (AOSR). She received the AOSR Gold Medal in 2024. Ho received the Inaugural Novartis–Malaysian Breast Cancer Council Award for Leadership in breast cancer advocacy and the Malaysian Women’s Weekly Great Women of Our Time Award for her achievements and contributions to society in the fields of health, sports and wellness.
  • Sandra Lynne Turner, MBBS. PhD, is the founder and chair of the Global Radiation Oncology Collaboration in Education (GRaCE), a joint venture of the European Society of Radiation Oncology (ESTRO), Canadian Radiation Oncology Society (CARO) and Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) to promote health professional education and development of leadership skills among radiation oncology professionals.