Department of Radiology

The Department of Radiology provides excellent patient-centric care through our expertise in medical imaging, through our exceptional education and mentoring programs, and through application of our innovation and research in imaging.

The Department of Radiology provides a complete range of diagnostic imaging and interventions using state-of-the-art equipment and procedures. Our advanced resources empower our team to deliver excellence across three core areas:

Patient Care - Radiologists, residents, fellows, technologists, nurses, and support personnel work together to ensure outstanding care for every patient.
Education - We offer unparalleled educational experiences for learners at all levels.
Research - Our environment fosters exceptional research that advances the field of radiology.

Facilities and Technology

We operate across ten facilities, each equipped with the most advanced imaging technology. These facilities support all radiology specialties within the department, ensuring comprehensive diagnostic and interventional capabilities.

Access and Opportunity

At the Department of Radiology, we are committed to building an environment where every individual—faculty, staff, trainee, and patient—feels valued, supported, and empowered to succeed.

Leadership and Faculty

The faculty of the Department of Radiology comprises 51 full-time MD diagnostic radiologists with expertise in every specialty and diagnostic modality, and 16 full-time PhD/MS faculty, including basic scientists, computer scientists, medical physicists, and a medical engineering specialist.

Jonathan H. Burdette, MD

Professor, Neuroradiology, Radiology (Winston-Salem)

David D. Childs, MD

Vice Chair for Education, Radiology
Associate Professor, Abdominal, Radiology (Winston-Salem)

Leon Lenchik, MD

Vice Chair for for Faculty Development, Radiology
Section Head for for Muscleoskeletal Imaging, Radiology
Assistant Dean, Faculty Mentoring
Professor, Muscleoskeletal Imaging, Radiology (Winston-Salem)

Christopher T. Whitlow, MD, PhD, MHA

Chair, Radiology
Professor, Radiology (Winston-Salem)

Carol P. Geer, MD

Director for Residency Program, Radiology
Professor, Neuroradiology, Radiology (Winston-Salem)

Scott D. Wuertzer, MD

Assistant Director for Residency Program, Radiology
Associate Professor, Muscleoskeletal Imaging, Radiology (Winston-Salem)

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Our Research

The Department of Radiology is at the forefront of imaging and imaging informatics. Interdisciplinary research teams are incorporating novel imaging techniques across the spectrum of basic and clinical sciences. A primary objective is translating the power of imaging insights into healthier lives worldwide.

The Department supports laboratories and centers incorporating imaging techniques.

Laboratory for Complex Brain Networks

LCBN is a neuroscience and neuroimaging research facility focused on the development of innovative ideas, methods and technologies for systematic understanding of emergence in dynamic complex systems such as the brain.

Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network

CIREN is a program with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration which conducts research to improve the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of motor vehicle crash injuries to reduce human and economic costs, deaths and disabilities.

Virginia Tech / Wake Forest University Biomedical Imaging Division

X-ray imaging laboratories located at Virginia Tech include the SBES Advanced Multi-scale CT Laboratory in the ICTAS Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory Building at the Corporate Research Center and the X-ray Systems Laboratory in the Kelly Hall at the main campus.

Radiology Informatics and Image Processing Laboratory

The RIIPL lab is devoted to the application of novel image analysis methods (e.g. diffeomorphic registration, machine learning, graph theory, ASL) to research studies, as well as to robust clinical translation of these techniques.

Wake Forest University Center for Nanotechnology

The Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University is a multidisciplinary research and development facility focused on innovation at the intersection of new device technologies and advanced novel material systems.

Education and Training

The Department of Radiology offers educational opportunities at several different levels of expertise including our MD program, Diagnostic Radiology residency program and six different radiology specialty fellowships.

Radiology Clerkship

Offering observational rotations through the clinical areas, case-based tutorial series, lectures in subspecialty areas and teaching file cases.

Technology Transfer and Commercialization

Research Focus Areas

Translation to Care

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Department of Radiology

Facilities and Technology

Access and Opportunity

Leadership and Faculty

Our Research

Education and Training

Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program

Interventional Radiology Integrated Residency

Abdominal Radiology Fellowship Program

Breast Imaging Fellowship Program

Cardiothoracic Imaging Fellowship Program

Musculoskeletal Imaging Fellowship Program

Neuroradiology Fellowship Program

Nuclear Radiology Fellowship Program

Radiography Technology Program