RSNA 2024 Gold Medalist: Beverly G. Coleman, MD
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A dedicated educator and leader in fetal imaging, Beverly G. Coleman, MD, is professor emeritus at Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. As the Beverly Gilbert Coleman Endowed Chair in Fetal Imaging, she is the first radiology division chief at the largest fetal center in the world, the Richard D. Wood Jr. Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment (CFDT) at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
“When I first met Dr. Coleman as a trainee, she was already a superb clinician and a master teacher,” said RSNA President, Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD. “She is a trailblazing leader in radiology whose international expertise in ultrasound and fetal diagnosis is unmatched.”
Her distinguished career in radiology includes serving as chief of the US section and director of the Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Program. In 2000, she was appointed as associate chair of the Abdominal Imaging Division, a position she held until she retired from Perelman in 2014.
For over 30 years, Dr. Coleman taught the art and science of US to countless students and residents, and she directed two continuing medical education courses sponsored by the radiology department. Dr. Coleman maintained an interest in obstetrical and gynecologic US with a special devotion to unraveling the mysteries of the prenatal diagnosis of fetal anomalies. She continues to work closely with Surgeon-in-Chief Dr. N. Scott Adzick at CHOP and the CFDT team.
Under Dr. Coleman’s leadership, the CFDT received the Press Ganey Pinnacle of Excellence award for four consecutive years, while the Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit received the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence award from 2022 to 2023. These dual awards were unprecedented in CHOP’s history.
A leader for decades in organized radiology, Dr. Coleman is a past president of the American College of Radiology (ACR), where she also chaired the Ultrasound Commission and the Council Steering Committee. She served as secretary-treasurer and president of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU). Locally, Dr. Coleman served as president of the Greater Delaware Valley Ultrasound Society and the Philadelphia Roentgen Ray Society (PRRS). She was selected as the 101st president of the Pennsylvania Radiological Society (PRS) and received the state society’s Gold Medallion Award in 2013. She was chosen as the Honored Radiologist for both PRS and PRRS.
Dr. Coleman was elected to fellowship in the ACR, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the SRU, the American Association for Women in Radiology (AAWR), and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Philadelphia.
Recognizing her significant contributions to the field, Perelman awarded Dr. Coleman the Louis Duhring Outstanding Clinical Specialist Award in 2021, and she was honored with the AAWR Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award in 2022. In 2018, SRU presented her with a lifetime service award. Dr. Coleman served as a US examiner for the American Board of Radiology (ABR) for 15 years, and her dedication was recognized with a 2015 ABR Distinguished Service Award.
In 2016, Dr. Coleman was featured in the Emmy winning PBS documentary, “Twice Born Stories from the Special Delivery Unit.”
Dr. Coleman has reviewed manuscripts for numerous scholarly journals and served as an associate editor of Ultrasound Quarterly. She edited the ACR Radiological Clinics of North America and the Diagnostic Radiology Syllabus, and she published one textbook. She has published widely and delivered more than 500 lectures both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Coleman received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Vassar College in 1970 and a medical degree from Harvard University in 1974. She completed a radiology residency and was the first abdominal imaging fellow at Perelman.
“When I first met Dr. Coleman as a trainee, she was already a superb clinician and a master teacher,” said RSNA President, Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD. “She is a trailblazing leader in radiology whose international expertise in ultrasound and fetal diagnosis is unmatched.”
Her distinguished career in radiology includes serving as chief of the US section and director of the Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Program. In 2000, she was appointed as associate chair of the Abdominal Imaging Division, a position she held until she retired from Perelman in 2014.
For over 30 years, Dr. Coleman taught the art and science of US to countless students and residents, and she directed two continuing medical education courses sponsored by the radiology department. Dr. Coleman maintained an interest in obstetrical and gynecologic US with a special devotion to unraveling the mysteries of the prenatal diagnosis of fetal anomalies. She continues to work closely with Surgeon-in-Chief Dr. N. Scott Adzick at CHOP and the CFDT team.
Under Dr. Coleman’s leadership, the CFDT received the Press Ganey Pinnacle of Excellence award for four consecutive years, while the Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit received the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence award from 2022 to 2023. These dual awards were unprecedented in CHOP’s history.
A leader for decades in organized radiology, Dr. Coleman is a past president of the American College of Radiology (ACR), where she also chaired the Ultrasound Commission and the Council Steering Committee. She served as secretary-treasurer and president of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU). Locally, Dr. Coleman served as president of the Greater Delaware Valley Ultrasound Society and the Philadelphia Roentgen Ray Society (PRRS). She was selected as the 101st president of the Pennsylvania Radiological Society (PRS) and received the state society’s Gold Medallion Award in 2013. She was chosen as the Honored Radiologist for both PRS and PRRS.
Dr. Coleman was elected to fellowship in the ACR, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the SRU, the American Association for Women in Radiology (AAWR), and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Philadelphia.
Recognizing her significant contributions to the field, Perelman awarded Dr. Coleman the Louis Duhring Outstanding Clinical Specialist Award in 2021, and she was honored with the AAWR Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award in 2022. In 2018, SRU presented her with a lifetime service award. Dr. Coleman served as a US examiner for the American Board of Radiology (ABR) for 15 years, and her dedication was recognized with a 2015 ABR Distinguished Service Award.
In 2016, Dr. Coleman was featured in the Emmy winning PBS documentary, “Twice Born Stories from the Special Delivery Unit.”
Dr. Coleman has reviewed manuscripts for numerous scholarly journals and served as an associate editor of Ultrasound Quarterly. She edited the ACR Radiological Clinics of North America and the Diagnostic Radiology Syllabus, and she published one textbook. She has published widely and delivered more than 500 lectures both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Coleman received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Vassar College in 1970 and a medical degree from Harvard University in 1974. She completed a radiology residency and was the first abdominal imaging fellow at Perelman.