Background
Shannon, Roger Hall was born on September 23, 1929 in New York City.
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Roger Hall Shannon
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Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1951; Doctor of Medicine, George Washington University Medical School, 1956.
Career
Fellow in physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H., 1951-1952;
research assistant, Army Medical Research Laboratory, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1953;
fellow in immunochemistry, George Washington University Medical School, Washington, 1954, 55;
intern, George Washington University Medical School, 1956-1957;
resident in radiology, George Washington University Medical School, 1957-1960;
chief radiology, United States Air Force Hospital, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, 1960-1964;
founder, president, Radiology Associations Spokane, 1964-1986;
clinical associate professor radiology, George Washington University Medical School, 1986-1989;
national director radiology program veterans health administration, Department Veterans Affairs, Durham, North Carolina, since 1988;
clinical associate professor radiology, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, since 1990. Consultant in radiology United States Air Force Northwest Sector, 1962-1964, Center for Devices and Radiological Health Food and Drug Administration, 1978-1979. Commission to evaluate preceptorships in radiology, technical program committee Washington/Alaska Regional Medical Program, 1967;member task force to identify and prioritize health needs Comprehensive Health Planning Council, Spokane, Washington, 1974, commission to develop guidelines for distribution of computerized tomographic scanners, 1976.
Member United States National Committee Vital and Health Statistics, 1976-1979, chairman technical consultant panel organizing principles for health information, technical consultant panel on facilities and manpower minimum data set for cooperative health statistics systems. Vice-chairman Radiology Information Systems Consortium, 1981-1984. Representative VA director radiology Digital Imaging Network Group, 1986-1988.
Chairman contract negotiation committee, member development committee Digital Equipment Corporation. Associate program director George Washington University Medical School at District of Columbia Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1986-1988, academic coordinator clinical imaging, 1986-1988, chief radiology service, 1986-1988. Chief radiology service Durham Veterans Administration Med.Ctr., since 1990.
Committee standards medical communication Agency Health Care Policy and Research. Committees manpower, medical records, ethics Institute Medicine. Technical advising committee Data Highway Project Governor North Carolina.
Liaison National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Church board president, 1973-1974. Board of directors, Executive Committee St. George's School, Spokane, 1973-1979, 85, chairman education and long-range planning committee, 1974-1976. Served to captain United States Air Force, 1957-1964.
Fellow American College Radiology (councilor 1988-1994), American College Medical Informatics. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association University Radiologists, Association Military Surgeons of the United States, Radiological Society North America, Association Computing Machinery (special interest groups in biology, computers & education, computers & society, Executive Committee 1982-1985), American Association Medical Systems and Informatics (international affairs committee, special awards committee, professional service group in images and signal processing), Society for Computer Medicine (co-founder, president 1974), Cosmos Club, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
M. Margaret Stander; children: Mark, David, Kimberly, Adam, Joshua, Katy.
