RSNA 2024 Honorary Members: Adrian Brady, FFR(RCSI), FRCR


Adrian Brady, FFR(RCSI), FRCR
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A seasoned educator and leader in abdominal and interventional radiology, Adrian Brady, FFR(RCSI), FRCR, is a clinical professor of radiology at University College Cork, Ireland, and worked for 28 years as a consultant radiologist at the Mercy University Hospital, Cork.

“Dr. Brady is an internationally renowned expert on professionalism and ethical radiology practice,” said RSNA President, Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD. “His research on radiology reporting and radiology errors has helped us all provide high-value clinical care.”

Dr. Brady has published and spoken widely on professional issues, including radiologist workload, errors and discrepancies in radiology, radiology reporting style and structure, value-based imaging and the ethical use of AI in radiology. He serves on the editorial boards of European Radiology, Insights Into Imaging, Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal and Radiologia Brasileira. He has served as an examiner and coordinator and team leader for abdominal radiology for the European Board of Radiology, and was previously chief examiner for the Irish Radiology fellowship.

Dr. Brady was founding medical director of the National Centre for Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) in Ireland in 2003, and served in that role for 20 years. The Centre’s goals are to identify affected individuals, screen for and treat life-threatening manifestations, particularly pulmonary and cerebral AVMs, and support patients and their families. It also contributes to international research through its participation in the worldwide HHT International scientific organization.

A leader in organized radiology, Dr. Brady is past president of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and has served on the Executive Council since 2017. He previously served for 11 years on the board of the Irish National Radiology Society (the Faculty of Radiologists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), culminating as dean (president) from 2010 to 2012.

Dr. Brady is a fellow of the Faculty of Radiologists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the Royal College of Radiologists, the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada, the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology, and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe. He holds honorary membership in several international radiology societies.

After completing medical school at University College Dublin, and an internal medicine residency in Dublin, Dr. Brady completed a radiology residency at Mater Misericordiae Hospital in Dublin and a fellowship in gastrointestinal and abdominal imaging and intervention at McMaster University Medical Centre in Hamilton, Ontario. Following his training, Dr. Brady was a staff radiologist and assistant professor at the University of Toronto until 1995, when he returned to Ireland to work at Mercy University Hospital in Cork.