Van Moore named ACR chair

The American College of Radiology (ACR) Board of Chancellors recently named Arl Van Moore, Jr, MD, FACR as its new chair at the organization’s recent 83rd Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference (AMCLC) in Washington, D.C.

Moore has certainly kept himself busy, having served as vice-chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors since May 2004 and is a fellow of the American College of Radiology (FACR). He also serves as chair of the ACR delegation to the American Medical Association, chair of the ACR Task Force on International Teleradiology, chair of the ACR Task Force on Disaster Preparedness, chair of the RADPAC Political Action Committee, and as vice chair of the ACR advisory committee on diagnostic imaging policy.

Additionally, Moore is president of Charlotte Radiology in Charlotte, N.C., and medical director at Carolinas Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology, where he has previously served as vice chair of the department of radiology and head of the CT/ultrasound/interventional section. He is an Interventional Radiology CAQ Examiner for the American Board of Radiology and is a clinical assistant professor in the department of radiology at Duke University Medical Center.