Abdominal Radiology - Celebrating Excellence: Announcing the 2023 Peer Review Excellence and Distinguished Reviewer Award Winners

We are thrilled to introduce the recipients of the inaugural "Peer Review Excellence Award" and honor the longstanding legacy of the "Distinguished Reviewer Award" for 2023. These honors recognize individuals who have made exceptional contributions to Abdominal Radiology through their unwavering commitment, exemplary dedication, and commitment to excellence in the peer review process. While the Distinguished Reviewer Award has been a prestigious tradition for years, the Peer Review Excellence Award marks an exciting new addition, highlighting individuals who have played a vital role in advancing scholarly research.

Meet Our Peer Review Excellence Award Winners:

Join us in congratulating the following 11 outstanding reviewers who have been recognized for their exceptional contributions:

• Yuki Arita, MD, PhD - Keio University School of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Sanjiv Bajaj - Birmingham VA Medical Center
• Richard G. Barr - Northeastern Ohio Medical University
• Andrew Bennett - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Kiran Busireddy - Radiology Associate of Appleton
• Roberto Cannella - Università degli Studi di Palermo
• Luke Ginocchio - NYU Langone Health
• Shintaro Ichikawa - Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
• Akitoshi Inoue - Shiga University of Medical Science/Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Luyao Shen - Stanford University
• Yoshiki Asayama - Oita University

Why They Deserve the Recognition:

These Peer Review Excellence Award winners have exhibited exceptional dedication by accepting over 60% of review invitations and providing insightful assessments for more than 10 manuscripts in 2023. Their contributions have been instrumental in upholding our journal's high standards and advancing the quality of our publications.

Meet Our Distinguished Reviewer Award Winners:

We are equally delighted to recognize and congratulate the following 49 distinguished reviewers, who have exhibited outstanding dedication by accepting over 50% of review invitations and providing invaluable and quality assessments for a minimum of 5 manuscripts:

• Yusuf Aksu - Versa Hospital, Turkiye
• Maria Antonietta Mazzei - University of Siena
• Ercan Ayaz - Başakşehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkiye
• Javad R Azadi, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Barun Bagga - NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
• Luca Basso - IRCCS Giannina Gaslini
• Xin Bai - Peking Union Medical College Hospital
• Christine Boatright - University of Kansas Medical Center
• Jinjin Cao - Massachusetts General Hospital
• Patricia Castillo - University of Miami
• Charlotte Charbel - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Pamala Causa, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
• Leonid L. Chepelev - Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network, University of Toronto
• Ferenc Czeyda-Pommersheim - Yale School of Medicine
• Abraham Dachman - University of Chicago
• Jon Davidson - University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
• Abraham Fourie Bezuidenhout - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Soleen Ghafoor - University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
• Adarsh Ghosh - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• Susanna Guerrini - University Hospital of Siena
• Nakul Gupta - Houston Methodist
• Elhamy Heba - University of Kentucky
• Maria El Homsi, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Gerard M Healy - St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
• Natally Horvat - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Harit Kapoor - University of Kentucky
• Garvit Khatri - University of Colorado Anschutz Campus
• Jonathan Langdon - Yale School of Medicine
• Vibeke Løgager, Copenhagen University Hospital in Herlev-Gentofte, Denmark
• Lyndon Luk, Columbia University
• Kumble S Madhusudhan, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
• Daniel J A Margolis, Weill Cornell Medical College
• Anirudh Nair - Salisbury hospital, United Kingdom
• Patrick Navin - Mayo Clinic
• YOSHIFUMI NODA - Gifu University
• Markus Obmann - University Hospital Basel
• Kristen Olinger, MD - UNC Chapel Hill
• Arinc Ozturk - Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
• Maitraya K. Patel - UCLA
• Shravya Srinivas Rao, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Pugliesi Rosa Alba, Università degli studi di Palermo
• Hersh Sagreiya, University of Pennsylvania
• Krishna Shanbhogue - NYU Langone Health
• Benjamin Strnad - Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
• Garima Suman - Mayo Clinic, Rochester
• Takahiro Tsuboyama - Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
• Sung Yoon Park - University of Washington 
• Yang Guo - Brigham and Women’s Hospital 
• David Thomas Wymer, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Thank you for being a part of our scholarly community, and congratulations once again to our remarkable "Peer Review Excellence" and "Distinguished Reviewer Award" recipients for their unparalleled commitment and excellence.