Reed Omary

Reed A. Omary, M.D., M.S., is the Carol D. and Henry P. Professor and Chair of the
Department of Radiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in
Nashville, Tennessee.

With more than 20 years of experience as a practicing interventional radiologist,
scientist and educator, Omary has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed
publications and has presented more than 100 invited lectures at top institutions
and international meetings. He has received more than $7 million in grant funding,
which includes two R01 grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
for research related to image-guided therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma. He has
extensive experience serving on multiple NIH study sections, and is currently on the
Board of Directors for the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments,
and is Treasurer of the Association of University Radiologists. In January 2019, he
will join the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American College of Radiology as
an Associate Editor.

As Chair, Omary oversees 675 faculty, staff and trainees. In addition, he co-leads
VUMC’s strategic planning efforts and is the director of the Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine’s Medical Innovators Development Program. He is also an avid
public speaker who promotes innovation in health care within multiple national
radiology organizations and for the general public via his podcast, “Innovation
Activists: Designing Health Care’s Future.”

Prior to joining VUMC, Omary was a Professor of Radiology and Vice Chair of
Research at Northwestern University Medical School. During that time he also
served as Chief of Interventional Radiology Services at the Jesse Brown VA Hospital
in Chicago.

Omary earned his B.S. and M.D. degrees from Northwestern University’s six-year
Honors Program in Medical Education. He completed his residency in diagnostic
radiology and a master’s degree in epidemiology from the University of Virginia
before returning to Northwestern for his fellowship in vascular and interventional
radiology.