Gabriel H. Wilson Award

The Gabriel H. Wilson Award presented for the best paper presented at the WNRS Annual Meeting was established in 1988 in honor of the first WNRS President, Gabriel H. Wilson, MD. The award recipient is selected by members of the Gabriel H. Wilson Award Committee.

The 2025 Gabriel H. Wilson Award recipient is Joshua Meyer, for scientific paper entitled, Assessing Diagnostic Accuracy of the MELD Pipeline for Identifying Focal Cortical Dysplasia in Surgical Epilepsy: An External Validation.”

Gold Medal Award

The WNRS Gold Medal was established in 2013 to honor those who have made significant contributions to enhance the development and/or stature of Neuroradiology, including service to the WNRS. The Gold medal is presented during the WNRS Annual Meeting. The award recipient is proposed by members of the Gold Medal Award Committee for approval by the Executive Committee.

Past Gold Medal Award Recipients:

  • 2014 - Hervey D. Segall, MD

  • 2015 - R. Thomas Bergeron, MD

  • 2016 - Anton N. Hasso, MD, FACR

  • 2017 - Wade H. M. Wong, DO

  • 2019 - John R. Hesselink, MD, FACR

  • 2020 - Not Awarded

  • 2021 - Marvin D. Nelson, MD

  • 2022 - Keith Kortman, MD

  • 2023 - Christopher F. Dowd, MD &
    Diane R. Newton, MD

  • 2024 - Gary M. Nesbit, MD

  • 2025 - Wallace W. Peck, MD