Gabriel H. Wilson Award

The Gabriel H. Wilson Award presented for the best paper presented at the WNRS Annual Meeting was established in 1988 in honor of the first WNRS President, Gabriel H. Wilson, MD. The award recipient is selected by members of the Gabriel H. Wilson Award Committee.

The 2023 Gabriel H. Wilson Award recipient is Taylor Gullett, MD, for scientific paper entitled, “The Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Neural Anatomy, Neural Connectivity and White Matter Hyperintensities in an Obese Hispanic Population.”

Past Gabriel H. Wilson Award Recipients

1988 - W.A. Stringer
Xenon-CT Demonstration of Non-Uniform Local Cerebral Vascular Reactivity Following Manipulation of Arterial PC02

1989 - Walter Kucharczyk
Phospholipid Vesicles: A Cause of T1 Shortening without Chemical Shift

1990 - John Kucharczyk
Diffusion/Perfusion MR Imaging of Acute Cerebral Ischemia

1991 - Wayne L. Davis
3-D Time of Flight (3-D TOF) and Multiple Overlapping Thin-Slab Acquisition (MOTSA) Techniques for Intracranial MR Angiography

Charles W. Kerber (Honorable Mention)
A Rheologic Basis for MR Angiography of the Cartoid Bulb

Marvin D. Nelson Jr. (Honorable Mention)
Is Gliosis Detectable by Magnetic Resonance Imaging?

1992 - William W. Orrison
Clinical Applications of Magnetic Source Imaging

Jay S. Tsuruda (Honorable Mention)
A Phrased Array RF Coil Assembly for High Resolution Imaging of the Head

Van V. Halbach (Honorable Mention)
Endovascular Therapy for Vertebral Dissection

1993 - Rahul Mehta
Differentiation of Demyelinating Plaques of MS and White Matter Ischemic Lesions by the Use of Magnetization Transfer

Alexander M. Norbash (Honorable Mention)
CSF Shunt Flow Evaluation with Spin-Echo Phase Contrast MR

1994 - Brian W. Chong
MR Imaging of Fetal Neuronal Migration

Van V. Halbach
Metallic Fragment Emboli Resulting from Treatment with Electrolytically Detachable Coils (GDC)

1995 - Peter E. Ricci
Differentiating Recurrent Tumor from Radiation Necrosis with 18FGG-PET: Time for Re-evaluation?

1996 - Brian W. Chong
Whole Brain Functional MRI of Complex Auditory Task Activation

1997 - Marvin D. Nelson Jr.
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the management of Patients with Phenylketonuria

1998 - Charles W. Kerber
The Behavior of a New Liquid Embolic Agent, Neuracyl M., in Blood

1999 - John D. Barr
Thrombolysis of Combined ICA/MCA Occlusion

2000 - Matthew T. Walker
Differentiating Extra-Axial Empyemas from Sterile Effusions In Patients With Intracranial Infections Using Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2001 - Kirsten Forbes
Improved Image Quality and Detection Of Acute Cerebral Infarction With Propeller Diffusion-Weighted Imaging

2002 - David J. Florella
The Radiological Diagnosis of Atlanto-Axial Vertical Distraction Injury

2003 - David J. Florella
Assessment of The Reproducibility Of Post-Processing Dynamic Computed Tomography Perfusion (CTP) Data: Impact Of The Optimization Of Post-Enhancement Image Selection

2004 - William K. Erly
Are There MR Imaging Features That Predict Regression of Lumbar Disk Herniation?

2005 - Hollie A. Jackson
Quantitative Short Echo Time in 1-H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Pediatric Pontine Gliomas: Diagnosis and Characterization

2006 - Wade H.M. Wong
Preliminary Results of Functional Anesthetic Discography

2007 - Leland S. Hu
Post Radiation Treatment Effect vs. Tumor Recurrence: Direct Correlation between Histopathology and Perfusion MRI Measurements

2008 - Joey D. English
Utility of Multi-Modal CT Imaging in the Endovascular Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke

2009 - Daniel J. Lattin
Radiographic and Anatomic Evaluation of Eagle’s Syndrome Using 3-D Computed Axial Tomography for Evaluation of the Elongated Styloid Process and Stylohyoid Ligament in Neutral and Head Turned Positions

2010 - Timothy M. Shepherd
Reducing Patient Radiation Exposure during CT-Guided Injections for Spinal Pain

2011 - Sarah Elizabeth Stilwill
Adult Cystic Fibrosis Sinonasal CT Findings

2012 - Gary M. Nesbit
Direct Puncture Treatment of Orbital & Peri-orbital Vascular Malformations

2002 - Walter Kucharczyk

2013 - Catherine A. Chong
Atypical Age-Related Cortical Thinning in Eposodic Migraine

2014 - Mai-Lan Ho
MR Neurography and Tractography for Quantification of Birth-Related Brachial Plexus Injury

2015 - Bradley R. Foerster
Altered Excitation-Inhibition in Knee Osteoarthritis

2016 - Andrew J. Sung, MD
Assessment of Blood Flow in Skull Base Meningiomas Using Arterial Spin Labeling

2017 - Steven Erly, MD
Analysis of diagnostic yield of MR sequence combinations in patients from the ER

2018 - Nasim Sheikh-Bahaei
The Effect of Voxel Position and Tissue Composition on the Level of Brain Metabolites in PET-Guided MR Spectroscopy in Alzheimer’s disease

2019 - Cassandra Jeavons
Spectral CT of Upper Aerodigestive Tract Squamous Cell Cancer: Analysis of spectral parameters and their clinical impact on tumor stagin

2020 - Not Awarded

2021 - J. Benson
Occult vascular structures in gliomas visible on routine MRI are associated with risk of intracranial hemorrhage

2022 - Not Awarded

Gold Medal Award

The WNRS Gold Medal was established in 2013 to honor those who have made significant contributions to enhance the development and/or stature of Neuroradiology, including service to the WNRS. The Gold medal is presented during the WNRS Annual Meeting. The award recipient is proposed by members of the Gold Medal Award Committee for approval by the Executive Committee.

Past Gold Medal Award Recipients:

  • 2014 - Hervey D. Segall, MD

  • 2015 - R. Thomas Bergeron, MD

  • 2016 - Anton N. Hasso, MD, FACR

  • 2017 - Wade H. M. Wong, DO

  • 2019 - John R. Hesselink, MD, FACR

  • 2020 - Not Awarded

  • 2021 - Marvin D. Nelson, MD

  • 2022 - Keith Kortman, MD

  • 2023 - Christopher F. Dowd, MD &
    Diane R. Newton, MD