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ACR Fellowship

One of the highest honors the ACR can bestow on a member in good standing is recognition as a Fellow of the American College of Radiology. ACR Fellows demonstrate a history of service to the College, organized radiology, teaching, and/or research. Only 10 percent of College members have been awarded this honor.

Fellowship is awarded to diagnostic radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, medical physicists, and nuclear medicine physicians at the Convocation held during the ACR annual meeting.

The degree of Fellow of the American College of Radiology has been conferred on the candidates linked below who have been approved and elected by the ACR Board of Chancellors.

Helpful information regarding the Fellowship process can be found in the resource, Pathway to ACR Fellowship.

ACR Fellowship Requirements

The ACR Board of Chancellors confers the honor of ACR Fellowship. The Committee on Fellowship Credentials measures each candidate's credentials and forwards its nominations to the Board of Chancellors. The BOC will make the decision on all applications for approval, deferral or rejection.

Among other requirements, nominees for Fellowship must fulfill criteria under one or more domains:

Service to the ACR at national or chapter level(s) and/or organized radiology/medicine at national, regional, state, or local levels
Outstanding teaching of diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, radiation oncology, and/or medical physics
Significant scientific or clinical research in radiology or significant contributions to the literature

You are encouraged to review the ACR Fellowship Guidelines and Nomination Criteria or Military Nomination Criteria charts prior to beginning an application.

A current list of all ACR Fellows is posted below for your reference. You are advised to request the required endorsement letters from at least two ACR Fellows and then build your application with data entry and document uploading while awaiting the endorsement letters to be submitted.

Attendance at the convocation ceremony during the Annual Meeting is necessary for the honor to be conferred. Current applicants will receive notification letters in October 2019 and those selected will participate in the May 17, 2020 Convocation Ceremony in Washington, D.C.

*There is a minimum requirement of 10 consecutive years of ACR membership to be eligible to apply. Please confirm your eligibility with a membership inquiry to FACRadmin@acr.org.

Application Process
Members seek endorsements from ACR Fellows and submit their online applications. The applications must precede chapter deadlines which are listed below in a drop down menu.

Chapter officers receive electronic access to the applications and submit their decisions for ACR committee review. For more information, please contact FACRadmin@acr.org.

Spring 2019 - Chapter Review

Summer 2019 - ACR Review

October 2019 - Notifications

May 2020 - Convocation

Apply for ACR Fellowship

There is a minimum requirement of 10 consecutive years of ACR membership. Retired members are not eligible to apply yet members retain FACR once retired. The application works best on a PC platform.

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Chapter Deadlines for FACR Applications

Alabama Academy of Radiology	May 1
Alaska Radiological Society	May 31
Arizona Radiological Society	June 1
Arkansas Radiological Society	June 1
California Radiological Society	June 1
Canadian Association of Radiologists	May 31
CARROS	May 30
Colorado Radiological Society	May 31
Delaware Radiological Society	April 15
District of Columbia Metropolitan Radiological Society	June 24
Florida Radiological Society	May 31
Georgia Radiological Society	May 31
Hawaii Radiological Society	March 31
Idaho Radiological Society	March 31
Illinois Radiological Society	May 13
Indiana Radiological Society	June 17
Iowa Radiological Society	June 15
Kansas Radiological Society	May 1
Kentucky Chapter of the ACR	May 1
Maine Radiological Society	May 1
Maryland Radiological Society	May 31
Massachusetts Radiological Society	June 1
Michigan Radiological Society	June 10
Minnesota Radiological Society	June 15
Mississippi Radiological Society	May 15
Missouri Radiological Society	May 15
Montana Radiological Society	May 31
Nebraska Radiological Society	May 31
Nevada Radiological Society	May 1
New Hampshire Radiology Society	May 31
New Mexico Society of Radiologists	February 1
New York State Radiological Society	June 15
North Carolina Radiological Society	May 31
North Dakota Radiological Society	May 31
Ohio State Radiological Society	June 1
Oklahoma State Radiological Society	May 1
Oregon Radiological Society	May 31
Pennsylvania Radiological Society	April 30
Puerto Rico Radiological Society	May 31
Radiological Society of Connecticut	June 15
Radiological Society of Louisiana	May 1
Radiological Society of New Jersey	June 15
Rhode Island Radiology Society	May 31
South Carolina Radiological Society	May 15
South Dakota Radiological Society	May 31
Tennessee Radiological Society	June 15
Texas Radiological Society	May 31
Utah Radiological Society	June 20
Vermont Radiological Society	May 31
Virginia Chapter of the ACR	June 16
Washington State Radiological Society	May 31
West Virginia Radiological Society	May 15
Wisconsin Radiological Society	June 1
Wyoming Radiological Society	June 1

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ACR Fellowship History

When the College was conceived in 1923, its founders intended it to be a small and elite group of fellows. The following year the founders inducted seven fellows at the first convocation. The bylaws approved that year limited future membership to 100, with a maximum of five new fellows accepted annually.

By 1931 the College was being encouraged to enlarge its membership in order to expand its projects. In 1935 the new category of member was created for diplomates of the American Board of Radiology and the induction of fellows was retained for those members who had attained eminence in the specialty.

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The degree of Fellow of the American College of Radiology has been conferred on these candidates by the ACR Board of Chancellors.

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