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Department Leadership Honored at 2024 Investiture Ceremony
On June 26, 2024, Tabby Kennedy, MD and UW Department of Radiology Chair Scott Reeder, MD, PhD were honored at the annual School of Medicine and Public Health Faculty Investiture Celebration. The event celebrates faculty members that hold endowed professorships, chairships, or fellowships that are supported through philanthropy.
Dr. Kennedy, named as the Joseph F. Sackett Professor, is the first woman to hold an endowed professorship within the Department of Radiology. Her success in a historically male-dominated field is a beacon to the next generation of radiologists.
Hired in 2010, Dr. Kennedy currently serves as a professor. She has been the Neuroradiology section chief since 2019 and is the vice chair of communications in the department.
An exemplary academic radiologist who values patient care and sets the standard for excellence in Head and Neck Radiology and Neuroimaging, Dr. Kennedy has co-authored an impressive number of publications. She’s written on topics ranging from ACR Appropriateness Criteria to radiology workflows to educational approaches to teaching the complex anatomy of head and neck.
Dr. Kennedy is an outstanding educator, and has been selected by trainees for honors such as Radiology Department Medical Student Teacher of the Year (2019) and the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association Distinguished Clinical Science Teaching Award (2017, 2021). She has also been singled out by her peers with distinctions like the Dean’s Teaching Award in 2015.
Named in honor of one of our first chairs, the John H. Juhl Professorship reflects Dr. Reeder’s leadership in education, passion for research, and excellence in medical care.
He previously held the Fred Lee Sr., MD, Professorship.
Dr. Reeder became chair of the department in January 2024.
Over his nearly two decades with the department, Dr. Reeder has held numerous leadership positions, including section chief of the Cardiovascular Imaging section (2005-2013), chief of magnetic resonance imaging (2005-present), vice chair of research (20142021), and senior vice chair of research (2021-2023). In 2009, he founded the UW Liver Imaging Research Program, an active NIHfunded group (>$22 million in NIH funding) that he continues to lead today.
