The history of Dr. Heinz Weens' career marks the conception of the Emory Radiology Department. In 1941, he was the first radiology resident at Grady Memorial Hospital and in the City of Atlanta. During the final year of his residency, WWII recruited radiologists for duty overseas. This left Dr. Weens to support the radiology needs of not only at Grady, but also at Piedmont Hospital. Upon finishing his residency in 1944, he continued his training in Boston. When Dr. Weens returned to Emory, he initiated a residency training program that incorporated both Grady and the Emory University Hospital for the first time. With an enrollment of two residents, the Emory Radiology Residency Program was a reality. By 1947, Dr. Weens had earned the title of Associate in Radiology. This appointment punctuates the time that Radiology was separated from Surgery. Within a year, Dr. Weens was made a full Professor and Chairman of the Department.
Through out his career Dr. Weens continued to be recognized as a leader in the field of Radiology. Not only was he known for his clinical excellence but also for his innovations in research. He was the first to recognize the nephrogram following angiocardiography's diagnostic significance, particularly in the diagnosis of mass lesions of the kidney and his studies let to the development of Nephrotomography. He is also noted as a member of the team that performed the first diagnostic cardiac catheterization and angiocardiogram and pioneered the studies using 35-mm cineradiography, just to name a few. The results of these successes led to many publications and presentations.
Dr. Weens was an innovative researcher, an inspiring mentor and an engaged physician accentuating the three pillars of Emory that continue to support the Emory organization today.
2011- Brian Baumgartner ~Emmy-Winning Actor and Producer~
The Radiating Images of Television
2010- Rober Spano ~Atlanta Symhony Orchestra Music Director~
Sight and Sound
2009 - Molly Ann Faries, PhD ~ Professor Emerita, Indiana University/Bloomington
Seeing Through Paint: Art Historical Research Using IR Imaging
2008 - C. Douglas Phillips, MD, FACR ~ University of Virginia School of Medicine
The Death of George Washington - Which ENT Condition Did It?
Sept. 2007 - Peter Lacovara, PhD ~ Director of Egyptian, Nubian & Near Eastern Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum
Radiologic Examination of Egyptian Mummies
Jan. 2007 - Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH ~ Emory Vice President for Academic Health Affairs
Global Health Issues and How They Affect Us
2005 - Jerome P. Kassirer, MD ~ Tufts University School of Medicine
2004 - Anne Roberts, MD ~ University of California - San Diego
2003 - Leonard Berlin, MD ~ Rush North Shore Medical Center
2002 - Fred A. Mettler, Jr., MD ~ University of New Mexico School of Medicine
2001 - M. Paul Capp, MD ~ Executive Director, The American Board of Radiology
2000 - Charles W. Kerber, MD ~ University of California, San Diego
1999 - Barry T. Katzen, MD ~ Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
1998 - Jeremy W.R. Young, MD ~ Medical University of South Carolina
1997 - N. Reed Dunnick, MD ~ University of Michigan Medical Center
1996 - Bruce L. McClennan, MD ~ Yale University School of Medicine
1995 - Ronald G. Evens, MD ~ Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
1994 - George R. Leopold, MD ~ University of California, San Diego
1993 - Theresa C. McLoud, MD ~ Harvard Medical School
1992 - Jeremy J. Kaye, MD ~ Cornell University Medical College
1991 - Ingvar Andersson, MD ~ Malmo General Hospital, Sweden
1990 - Robert J. Stanley, MD ~ University of Alabama at Birmingham
1989 - Joseph T. Ferrucci, MD ~ Harvard Medical School
1988 - Robert I. White, Jr., MD ~ Yale University School of Medicine
1987 - Donald L. Resnick, MD ~ University of California at San Diego
1986 - J. Scott Dunbar, MD ~ The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
1985 - Meredith A. Weinstein, MD ~ Cleveland Clinic Foundation
1984 - Lee F. Rogers, MD ~ Northwestern University Medical School