Criteria and Procedures for the Gold Medal Award


  1. The Gold Medal can be awarded by the Board of Chancellors to an individual for distinguished and extraordinary service to the American College of Radiology or to the discipline of radiology.  Service to radiology can be in teaching, basic research, clinical investigation, or radiologic statesmanship, such as outstanding contributions in work with the ACR, other medical organizations, governmental agencies and quasi-medical organizations.

  2. Nominations are submitted in writing by any member or fellow of the College, giving in detail the nominee’s qualifications for the award, and must be accompanied by a detailed curriculum vitae or resume of the nominee.  In addition, there must be letters of support for each nominee from at least two sponsoring College members or fellows.  Letters should not come from members who are in the same practice as the candidate.  The primary nominator is responsible for initiating the submission of letters of support.

  3. An individual member or fellow of the College can act only once each year as primary nominator or sponsor, i.e., an individual member or fellow cannot be primary nominator for one nominee and sponsor for another, or act in either capacity for more than one individual each year.

  4. Members on the Committee on Awards and Honors, members on the Board of Chancellors, the Executive Director and staff of the College are ineligible and not allowed to act as primary nominators or sponsors nor submit letters of nomination or support.

  5.  Solicitations for nominations are to appear in the ACR Bulletin and ACR Web Site.

  6.  Letters of nomination and sponsorship are to be sent to the Chairman of the Committee on Awards and Honors in care of the College office by July 1.  The submitted material will then be duplicated and sent to the members of the committee.

  7. The Committee on Awards and Honors makes its recommendations to the Board of Chancellors, submitting no more than three names.  The method of voting and establishing the order of preference is to be determined by the committee.

  8. The determination of the award of the Gold Medal is by vote of the Board of Chancellors at its fallmeeting.  No more than three such awards may be made each year, except possibly for a rare, unusual occasion.  However, in any year there may be fewer than three or even none.

  9. Current officers and members of the Board of Chancellors are ineligible for the Gold Medal nomination.

  10. Reactivation of an individual’s nomination will be permissible for one year only. If the individual is unsuccessful in the first year of nomination for the Gold Medal, the primary nominator will be given the opportunity to reactivate the candidate’s nomination for consideration the following year and no new supporting letters will be required.  The reactivation letter must be received by January 15 for consideration the second year.  If the candidate is not recommended for an award after being reactivated, he/she would then be ineligible for one year before a new nomination could be brought forward for consideration.