Kay H. Vydareny, MD
Title: Professor of Radiology
Division: Cardiothoracic Imaging
Focus Area: CT Scan
Medical School: University of Michigan
Residency: Michigan State University
Internship: Blodgett Memorial Medical Center, Grand Rapids, Mich
Current Organization: American College of Radiology, American Association for Women Radiologists, Society of Thoracic Radiology, Association of University Radiologists, Radiology Residency Review Committee, Radiological Society of North American, American Roentgen Ray Society
Career Sketch: Dr. Vydareny joined the Emory University Department of Radiology in 1991 from the University of Michigan medical school where she was on the faculty for 6 years. She was the Chair of the Radiology Residency Review Committee 2005-06 and was a Trustees of the American Board of Radiology 1999-2007. She received Gold Medals from the American Roentgen Ray Society in 2002, the American College of Radiology in 2005 and the Association of University Radiologists in 2006, and the Marie Curie Award of the American Association for Women Radiologists in 2002. She was selected as the outstanding teacher in the Department of Radiology by the Emory University School of Medicine Class of 2004. She is a thoracic radiologist and the principal investigator at Emory University of the National Lung Screening Trial., a multi-site study of more than 50,000 participants to determine if screening for lung cancer with CT or chest X-rays will decrease the mortality of lung cancer.