Kimberly E. Applegate, MD, FACR

Dr. Kimberly Applegate is a leader in radiology, and passionate about improving the health care we provide to patients. She is the immediate past speaker of the council for the American College of Radiology Speaker of the Council and president of the Association for University Radiologists (AUR) Research and Education Foundation. She is also the past president of the AUR, the American Association for Women in Radiology (AAWR), and the Radiology Alliance for Health Services Research. She is a member of both the National and International Councils for Radiation Protection and of the Steering Committee for the Image Gently Campaign to improve safe and effective imaging care of children. More recently, she joined the executive committees of both the Image Wisely Campaign for adults and the World Federation for Paediatric Imaging. Applegate lectures nationally and internationally and has published more than 200 papers.

Applegate’s research interests focus on health services and policy, evidence-based summaries of imaging appropriateness, and radiation safety. Research projects include appropriate use of imaging in abdominal pain in children; technology assessment; quality improvement; and CT safety, especially radiation dose reduction techniques.

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