Abid Irshad, MBBS

Susan Johnston Ackerman, M.D. is an associate professor of radiology, vice-chair for clinical affairs in radiology, and division director of ultrasound at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Ackerman received her M.D. from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. After receiving her M.D. Dr. Ackerman did an internship in internal medicine at Carraway Methodist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Ackerman started her residency in radiology in 1992 at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. She completed her residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in 1996. Afterwards, she did a fellowship in women's imaging at the University of South Carolina in 1997. She has been a faculty member of the Department of Radiology since then. Dr. Ackerman is certified by the American Board of Radiology. In 2003, she received the Golden Apple Award for teaching. She is a reviewer for the American Journal of Roentgenology, and a contributor for the American College of Radiology continuous professional improvement module in ultrasound. Dr. Ackerman is an examiner for the American Board of Radiology. She is a member of several scholarly societies including the American Roentgen Ray Society, Association of American Women in Radiology, and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. She is the principal investigator of a multi-center clinical study to determine the effectiveness and safety of a homologous electrical difference analysis (HEDA) in the screening of women for breast cancer. Her primary research and clinical interests include imaging breast cancer, as well as ultrasound use in the evaluation of transplant organs.

William F. Conway, M.D. Ph.D. is professor of radiology and serves as the section head of musculoskeletal radiology and director of Rutledge Tower, Outpatient and Outreach Radiology at the Medical University of South Carolina. In 1973, Dr. Conway received a BS in biophysics from Brown University and entered the University of Chicago where he received a Ph.D. (Genetics) in 1979 and an M.D. in 1981. Following graduation, he completed an internship and part of an orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Iowa. Subsequently, Dr. Conway went on to complete a residency in diagnostic radiology and a fellowship in musculoskeletal radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. In 1987, he went to the Medical College of Virginia as assistant professor of radiology and was promoted to the rank of associate professor in 1991. In 1993, he came to the Medical University of South Carolina and was promoted to his current rank in 1995. Since that time, Dr. Conway has served in varying capacities within the Department of Radiology including: co-director of the residency program, vice-chairman of clinical activities and associate chairman of research. In 2006, he received the department's Golden Apple teaching award. Over the years, Dr. Conway has published over 100 articles, book chapters, and abstracts in such journals as Radiology, American Journal of Roentgenology and Skeletal Radiology. He has also served on the editorial boards of Radiology and The Radiologist. From 1994 to 1998, Dr. Conway was a member of the executive committee of The Society of Skeletal Radiology and from 1996 to 1998 was its president. Currently, he serves as an examiner for the American Board of Radiology.

James Gaillard Ravenel, M.D., is associate professor of radiology and serves both as the section head as well as the vice chairman for education at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Ravenel received his M.D. from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. During his time in medical school, Dr. Ravenel was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. Upon graduation, he was superseded to Lieutenant. He went on to complete an internship in surgery at the combined Oakland Naval Hospital and University of California at Davis-East Bay program in Oakland, California. Following that, Dr. Ravenel served as a General Medical Officer in the U.S. Navy stationed with the U.S. Marines first as part of the 3rd Marine Division in Okinawa Japan serving as the Battalion Surgeon for Combat Support Group and then in the 2nd Marine Division in Camp Lejeune North Carolina as Battalion Surgeon for the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion. He then completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York and fellowship in thoracic imaging at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. He came to the Medical University of South Carolina as assistant professor of radiology in 2001. He was promoted to his current rank in 2006., He was twice recognized with the RSNA Resident/Fellow Research Award while a resident in Syracuse. He was awarded the department Golden Apple Award for teaching in 2003 to 2004 and has been recognized by the editor of radiology for the quality of scientific reviews from 2003 to 2006., Dr. Ravenel has published articles and abstracts in many journals, including Radiology, American Journal of Roentgenology and Journal of Thoracic Imaging. He currently serves on the editorial board of Radiology, American Journal of Roentgenology and Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. He serves on the American Roentgen Ray Society, committer on Self-Assessment Modules and as an examiner for the American Board of Radiology. He is also a member of several scholarly societies including the Radiological Society of North America, American Roentgen Ray Society, Society of Thoracic Imaging and North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging. His primary research interests are in imaging lung cancer as well as pulmonary embolism, interstitial lung disease and radiation dose in thoracic imaging.