ACR Chief Executive Officer Announces Plan to Retire

Reston, Va. (June 17, 2013) — After 20 years of outstanding leadership and service to the American College of Radiology (ACR), including service on the ACR Board of Chancellors as a member and chair, and then as chief executive officer (CEO), Harvey L. Neiman, MD, FACR, has announced that he will transition into retirement over the coming year. The ACR is actively seeking a replacement to shadow Neiman before he steps down as CEO in spring 2014.

“Ten years ago, when I became CEO of the ACR, I never imagined that it would be as wonderful of an experience as it has been. I’ve had the opportunity to work on a variety of projects that have taken us into the future as we develop new techniques and advancements relating to education, quality and safety, information technology, and research. The ACR has become a leader in the field of radiology, and I am very proud of all that our staff has done. It has been a real joy,” said Harvey L. Neiman, MD, FACR, chief executive officer of the American College of Radiology.

Neiman has played an integral part in the development of many of the College’s core programs and initiatives. During his tenure, he oversaw the successful launch of the ACR Education Center; the Radiology Leadership Institute®; the ACR Dose Index Registry®; the Journal of the American College of Radiology; the American Institute for Radiologic Pathology and ACR Informatics. The Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute™, launched in 2012, was named after him.

“Dr. Harvey Neiman has provided outstanding leadership of the ACR for over 20 years first on the ACR Board of Chancellors, then as chair of the board, and over the last ten years as CEO. His reputation as a scholar, author, thinker and visionary is known around the globe. We owe him a great debt of gratitude for all of the remarkable things he has accomplished for our organization and for the profession of radiology,” said Paul H. Ellenbogen, MD, FACR, chair of the American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors. 

Prior to becoming CEO, Neiman served as chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors and chair of the ACR economics, education and ultrasound commissions. He previously was professor of radiology at Northwestern University, professor of radiology at Temple University School of Medicine and served as chair of the Department of Radiology at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh. In addition, Neiman was chief of cardiovascular radiology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and chief of cardiac radiology at University Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI. He has published more than 125 scientific papers in referred journals, 26 book chapters and is the author of the book, Angiography of Vascular Disease. Neiman has given more than 277 guest lectures and scientific presentations worldwide.

Neiman was awarded the ACR Gold Medal in May and will receive a gold medal from the Radiological Society of North America in November. In 2012, he was presented with the Radiology Leadership Institute’s Leadership Luminary award, which recognizes radiology’s most respected radiology leaders.