DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2363050922
(Radiology 2005;236:747.)
© RSNA, 2005
Diagnosis Please Certificate of Recognition Awarded to Taro Shimono, MD, PhD
Anthony V. Proto, MD
In March 2005, the 7th year of Diagnosis Please cases was completed (cases 73–84), with the answer for the 84th case being published in July 2005 (1). Each month, hundreds of readers send us what they consider to be the most likely diagnosis for the ongoing cases. In January 2005, I announced that the competition would be available not only for individuals but also for resident groups, since it had come to my attention that Diagnosis Please cases have become "a teaching exercise for residents in programs both within and outside of North America" (2). Recently, we have begun to receive most likely diagnosis responses from resident groups, so that we are now able to add the category of "resident group responses" to the list of those who submit the most likely diagnosis (3).
I am delighted to announce that we have identified the individual who submitted the highest number of correct answers for cases 73–84: Taro Shimono, MD, PhD.
Dr Shimono attended Kyoto University School of Medicine (Kyoto, Japan), from which he received his MD degree in 1991, followed by receipt of a PhD degree from Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine. In fact, his thesis work was published in Radiology in 1999 (4). He received residency training in the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology at Kyoto University Hospital and continued that training in the Department of Radiology at Kyoto City Hospital, where he also was a clinical fellow in radiology. He later followed with additional training as a clinical fellow in radiology in the Department of Radiology at Shiga Medical Center for Adults (Shiga, Japan) and as a research and clinical fellow in radiology in the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging at Kyoto University Hospital. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Radiology at Kinki University School of Medicine (Osaka, Japan).
Dr Shimono has many publications to his credit; has passed the examination of the Japanese Board of Radiology; and is a member of the Japan Radiological Society, the Japanese College of Radiology, the Radiological Society of North America, and the American Roentgen Ray Society. Although his specialty interest is neuroradiology, his practice also includes general diagnostic imaging, just as Diagnosis Please cases span the gamut of many imaging topics.
When I notified Dr Shimono that he was the sole winner of cases 73–84, he responded, "I am very proud of and encouraged by the results of Diagnosis Please." He added that most Japanese radiologists usually continue to practice a variety of tasks in diagnostic radiology even after deciding on a subspecialty. He continued to say that "Diagnosis Please is the most educational and challenging resource to check my skills." Last, Dr Shimono noted, "I want to sincerely express my gratitude to my colleagues, especially my mentor Dr Kazumasa Nishimura, who trained and directed me." We extend to Dr Shimono our congratulations for his accomplishment with cases 73–84 of Diagnosis Please. He will receive a certificate (pictured herein) in recognition of the same.
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- Teo HE, Peh WC, Shek TW. Case 84: desmoid tumor of the abdominal wall. Radiology 2005;236(1):81–84.[Free Full Text]
- Proto AV. Radiology 2005—what's happening? Radiology 2005;234(1):5–7.[Free Full Text]
- Szarf G, Bluemke DA. Case 83: multifocal fibrosclerosis with mediastinal-retroperitoneal involvement. Radiology 2005;235(3):829–832.[Free Full Text]
- Shimono T, Hatabu H, Kasagi K, et al. Rapid progression of pituitary hyperplasia in humans with primary hypothyroidism: demonstration with MR imaging. Radiology 1999;213(2):383–388.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
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