Quality and Safety + Informatics Conference

Actionable solutions at ACR QS+I

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2026 Quality and Safety + Informatics Conference! We are especially grateful for all of our speakers, chairs and sponsors!

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QS+I Attendee

Benefits

Whether you are a radiologist, radiology executive, a resident interested in quality and safety or informatics, technologist, business manager or operations leader looking to improve efficiency, there's something for everyone at the QS+I conference.

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Gain insight

Delve into the issues affecting your organization and brainstorm practical solutions with a like-minded community.

Develop connections

Network and learn from passionate problem solvers from various backgrounds

Improve communication

Walk away with strategies and tactics that can be immediately implemented at your institution.

Schedule

Time	Sessions and Talks
7–8am	Breakfast
8–9am	Introduction, Gloria L. Hwang, MD, FSIR & Marta E. Heilbrun, MD, MS Keynote, Nabile Safdar, MD, MPH
9–10:30am	Session 1: Patient-Centered, Equitable, and Human-Centered Care, Moderator, Mindy Yang, MD Introduction to Patient-Centered and Equitable Care in the Age of Automation, Mindy Yang, MD From Invisible to Indispensable, Nadja Kadom, MD, FACR Leveraging Emerging Tools for Radiology Results Communication, Melissa Davis, MD, MBA Transparency and Trust: Patient-Facing AI and Data Governance, Judy Gichoya, MD Panel Discussion
10:30–11am	Coffee Break
11am–12:30pm	Session 2: Healthcare Sustainability, Moderator, Kate Frederick-Dyer, MD Understanding Imaging Equipment Energy Consumption, Megan Lipford, PhD Radiology's Contribution to Waste Streams and Optimizing Red Bag Waste, Kate Frederick-Dyer, MD Beyond the Project: Leadership for Environmentally Sustainable Change in Medical Imaging, Maura Brown, MD Align for Impact: How Quality, Informatics and Sustainability Can Drive Systems Improvement, Anne Getzin, MD
12:30-1pm	Coffee Break
1-2pm	Lunch
2–3:15pm	Breakout Sessions Vibe Coding to Solve QI Problems, Judy Gichoya, MD, MS, Frank Li, PhD, Reza Chavoshi, MD Games to Teach the Importance of Standard Work, Susan Reich, MHA, CPHQ, RDMS, Uzma Waheed, MD
3:30–3:45pm	Coffee Break
3:45–5:15pm	Session 3: Reporting Standards, Safety, and Data Foundations, Moderator, Melissa Chen, MD When the Report Writes Itself: AI's Promise and Pitfalls in Radiology, Shlomit Goldberg-Stein, MD, FACR Standards and Why the Tedious Work Matters, Audrey Verde, MD, PhD NI-RADS in Action: Better Data, Clearer Outcomes, Komal Shah, MD Beyond the Checkbox: Building Quality Measures Radiology Can Believe In, Nadja Kadom, MD, FACR
5:30–6:30pm	Reception and Poster Presentations

Time	Sessions and Talks
7–8am	Breakfast
8–9am	Q&S/Informatics Introduction, Gloria L. Hwang, MD, FSIR, Marta E. Heilbrun, MD, MS Keynote, David B. Larson, MD, MBA, FACR
9–10:15am	Session 4: Incidental Findings, Screening, and Follow-Up, Moderator, Audrey Verde, MD, PhD The High-Risk Follow-Through Program: Our Approach to Closing the Loop, Tessa Cook, MD, PhD, FACR RadAI Implementation, Melissa Davis, MD, MBA Leveraging Epic Actionable Findings: Lessons Learned and Future Roadmap, Elias Kikano, MD Moving Beyond Incidental Findings Follow-Up: ACR Updates and Perspective, Ben Wandtke, MD, MMM Panel Discussion
10:15–10:45am	Coffee Break
10:45am–12pm	Session 5: Measuring What Matters, Moderator, Summer Kaplan, MD Where Do We Find Measures for QI? Summer Kaplan, MD How Does What We Measure Reflect What We Value? Justin Solomon, PhD Which Radiology Quality Measures Matter to Hospital Administration? Ben Wandtke, MD, MMM How Does Radiology Measure the Six Quality Pillars? Nadja Kadom, MD, FACR Panel Discussion
12–12:30pm	Awards/Science Session, Moderator, Audrey Verde, MD, PhD Introduction, Audrey Verde, MD, PhD Scientific Presentation 1, Julio Zhang, MD, MPH Scientific Presentation 2, Vidya Sankar Viswanathan, MBBS Scientific Presentation 3, Mary Jo Evans
12:30–1pm	Coffee Break
1–2pm	Lunch
2–3:15pm	Session 6: Workforce Retention/Safe Work and Design, Moderator, Paty Balthazar, MD, MPH Welcome & Setting the Stage, Paty Balthazar, MD, MPH The Leaky Pipeline: Understanding Today's Workforce Crisis, Andrew Moriarity, MD, MBA What Practices Are Doing Today: Operational Solutions That Work (and Those That Don't), Amit Saindane, MD Can Technology Close the Gap? AI and Informatics for Workforce Sustainability, Adam Prater, MD, MPH Interactive Panel: Building a Sustainable Radiology Workforce
3:15–4:30pm	Session 7: AI in Quality Improvement and Operational Practice, Moderators, Gloria L. Hwang, MD, FSIR, Marta E. Heilbrun, MD, MS AI for Population Health and Financial Stewardship: Opportunistic Screening, Triage and Reducing Total Cost of Care, Marta Heilbrun How AI Can Make the Work of Radiology More Human, Gloria Hwang Operationalizing AI at Scale, Seetharam (Ram) Chadalavada, MD, MS, CIIP, FSIR, FSIIM Panel

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Keynote Speaker

Nabile Safdar, MD, MPH

Chief Artificial Intelligence OfficerEmory University School of Medicine & Emory Healthcare

David B. Larson, MD, MBA, FACR

Incoming Chair, Department of Radiology and Imaging SciencesSpencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah

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Conference Chairs

Marta E. Heilbrun, MD, MS

Medical Director (System), Imaging Services, Quality & Patient SafetyIntermountain Health

Gloria L. Hwang, MD, FSIR

Professor of Interventional Radiology, Associate Chair of Clinical Operations, Associate Program Director of Radiology ResidencyStanford School of Medicine