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Brian C. Lentle, MD, President Radiological Society of North America, 2004¹

¹ From the Radiological Society of North America, 820 Jorie Blvd, Oak Brook, IL 60523.

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Brian C. Lentle, MD, is a champion of radiology education and is dedicated to building international and domestic relationships to promote radiology. On December 4, 2003, he was inaugurated as the 2004 president of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Dr Lentle has been a member of RSNA since 1993. He has served as a member of the Ethics Committee, as well as of the Future of Radiology Committee. In 1998, he was elected to the RSNA Board of Directors as the Liaison for Education. In 2002, he served as the Chairman of the Board and was the primary advocate for the Society’s strategic plan. It was also Dr Lentle who developed the theme for the 2004 RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting—Radiology’s Global Forum.

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Brian fulfills many of the attributes that we look for in the president of a renowned society such as the RSNA: He has achieved excellence in both clinical medicine and the basic sciences of imaging; he has had major administrative responsibilities as the head and chairman of an imaging department of a major teaching hospital; he has published extensively and is sought after as a guest lecturer; he has experience in both the public and private sector; and he has served on many international radiologic bodies. Add to this his ability to give time to his colleagues, students, and friends, and you have an extremely able but well-rounded person.

A Canadian, Dr Lentle is a professor emeritus and former head of the Department of Radiology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He recently retired as chairman of the Department of Radiology at Vancouver General Hospital and is currently a consultant radiologist responsible for densitometry service at the Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia. Dr Lentle has served as a reference radiologist for several national and international trials of osteoporosis treatment. His areas of interest and expertise include nuclear medicine, radiology, osteoporosis, and the history of medicine.

He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed articles, has jointly edited three books, and has written 17 book chapters. Throughout his career, Dr Lentle has held a variety of editorial responsibilities. Currently, he is a reviewer for Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Journal of Rheumatology, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, and Radiology.

The recipient of a variety of awards and honors, Dr Lentle has received the Award for Committee Service from the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre. The University of British Columbia honored him with the first Award for Nuclear Medicine Resident Teaching and the Award for Radiology Resident Teaching. The Toronto Radiology Society bestowed an honorary membership on Dr Lentle. The Canadian Association of Radiologists awarded him the Exhibit Gold Award, and the Society for Nuclear Medicine awarded him the Exhibit Silver Medal. Dr Lentle is also the recipient of the Silver Jubilee Medal from the Governor General of Canada.

In addition to his RSNA activities, Dr Lentle is past president of the Pacific Northwest Radiological Society and of the Canadian Association of Radiologists. He is also a member or former member of the American Council on Science and Health, the Canadian Medical Association, the International Society of Radiology, the Osteoporosis Society of Canada, and the Society for Clinical Densitometry. He has specialty qualifications in radiology and nuclear medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada and is a fellow of the American College of Radiology.

Born and raised in Cardiff, Wales, Dr Lentle received bachelor’s degrees in medicine and surgery from the University of Wales in 1959; his Diploma in Medical Radiation Diagnosis from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in London, England, in 1965; and an MD degree in 1967. That year, he moved to Canada and was a resident in radiology at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Dr Lentle also completed the Executive Development Program for Senior Health Care Managers at the Banff School of Management (Alberta, Canada) in 1981. Prior to moving to Vancouver, Dr Lentle was a professor of Radiology at the University of Alberta and director of the department of nuclear medicine at Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada). In 1986, Dr Lentle moved to Vancouver, where he works today.

It is clear from the above that Brian Lentle is no ordinary radiologist. Certainly unusual is the fact that his MD qualification was not his first medical degree (as is so often the case today). After his medical degree (MB, BCh degree) from the University of Wales, he went on to complete the requirements for his MD degree by researching "The Complications of Diabetes Mellitus." Indeed, his career has mirrored this early start, and his love of radiology has been enhanced by his intense interest in the basic scientific principles underlying the discipline.

Also unusual is Dr Lentle’s keen understanding of radiation protection as it applies both to staff and to the general public and patients. Indeed, he was chair of the Canadian Atomic Energy Control Board Advisory Committee on Radiological Protection for 8 years, during the period when the seminal International Commission on Radiological Protection publication no. 60 ("ICRP 60") recommendations on radiation protection were being discussed and introduced, and was also a Canadian delegate to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation during that period.

Although Brian claims he cannot whistle anything in tune, his love of music is well known to his friends and colleagues. He especially loves opera, and one might be forgiven for noting that the headquarters office and annual meeting of the RSNA are situated in one of the foremost opera cities of the world. He is also an avid reader and collector of literature. Perhaps this interest and his own literary skill encouraged him to take on the mammoth task of coediting and writing much of "A New Kind of Ray: The Radiological Sciences in Canada" and to have this tome ready for the centennial of Roentgen’s discovery of x rays. He has taught many of his colleagues that, like Janus, we can apply much of what we learn from the past to our future actions. Indeed, Brian’s great contributions to the field of imaging over his career have helped lay the foundations for the rapid advances we see today.

Brian and his wife Jean now live on the coast of Vancouver Island, with their yacht moored nearby. When they have time in their hectic schedule, this is an ideal environment for them to enjoy another of their pastimes—sailing among the islands and inlets of Puget Sound and the Georgia Strait.

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