Judy Yee Receives ARRS Distinguished Educator Award

Leesburg, VA, March 5, 2026—The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) proudly announces Judy Yee, MD, FACR, as the 2026 ARRS Distinguished Educator Award, recognizing outstanding individuals in the field of medical imaging who have a proven record of improving radiological education and remain committed to creating and implementing new and innovative educational activities.  

ARRS’ Distinguished Educator Award celebrates truly inspirational teachers—like Dr. Yee—dedicated to education that results in improved participant performance, ultimately leading to enhanced patient outcomes. 

Dr. Yee will be honored as this year’s Distinguished Educator during the opening ceremony of the 2026 ARRS Annual Meeting at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

Judy Yee, MD, FACR, is the chair of radiology at Montefiore Medical Center and professor of radiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. After attending the Bronx High School of Science and then Barnard College of Columbia University, she received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and performed an internship at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Yee then returned to Einstein and completed a residency in radiology. She performed an abdominal imaging fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center and was then recruited to stay on as faculty. During her tenure at UCSF, Dr. Yee became professor of radiology and biomedical imaging and vice chair of radiology. She also served as the chief of radiology at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Dr. Yee’s research focuses on colorectal cancer screening and early detection using CT colonography, a novel technique she has helped to develop. Published extensively, she has produced more than 130 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, another 120 abstracts, and served as principal investigator for many funded research projects. Having written 23 book chapters on the subject of gastrointestinal and abdominal radiology, Dr. Yee is the editor and primary author of Virtual Colonoscopy, one of the main textbooks on the topic. Additionally, she holds a patent on enhanced virtual colonoscopy. In recognition of her renown in the field, Dr. Yee has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences. Dr. Yee holds leadership positions in major radiology organizations, including service on the board of the Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR) and President of SAR from 2015-16. In this role, Dr. Yee started multiple new initiatives for SAR, including the Development Fund, Mentorship Program, and Hall of Fame. Currently, she serves as chair of the American College of Radiology Colon Cancer Committee and chairs the Radiological Society of North America’s Gastrointestinal Refresher Course Program. Serving on the editorial boards of RadioGraphics, Abdominal Radiology, and Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, she has also served on the editorial boards of both AJR and Radiology. A well-respected educator, having instructed and mentored numerous trainees in abdominal imaging, Dr. Yee is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Academy of Medical Educators, Visiting Professorship Award from the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, and ARRS’ own Best Speaker Award. Recipient of the inaugural 2015 UCSF Outstanding Faculty Mentoring Award, in 2019, she was named an Honorary Fellow of the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology—the sole recipient from the United States to receive this honor.

North America’s first radiological society, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) remains dedicated to the advancement of medicine through the profession of medical imaging and its allied sciences. An international forum for progress in radiology since the discovery of the x-ray, ARRS maintains its mission of improving health through a community committed to advancing knowledge and skills with the ARRS Annual Meeting, two radiology journals—American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) and Roentgen Ray Review (R3)—ARRS Symposia, free-access multimedia from our Global Partner Societies, as well as awarding scholarships via The Roentgen Fund®.

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