Gore elected as RTOG principal investigators chair

Elizabeth M. Gore, MD, has been elected chair of the Full Member Principal Investigators Committee for the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG).

Gore is the RTOG principal investigator for the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, where she is an associate professor of radiation oncology.� RTOG is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded national clinical trials group and is administered by the American College of Radiology (ACR).

As the chair, Gore will serve on the RTOG executive and steering committees representing the interests of the full-member institutions and she will also chair the RTOG bylaws committee. Gore is the first investigator elected to this newly created position.

In addition to her research and teaching responsibilities, Gore practices at the Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, a major hospital affiliate of the college, according to RTOG.

Around the web

Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.