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MEMBERS
MAKING NEWS
 Barry
Southers, M.Ed., R.T. (R)(MR)
SMRT President-Elect
Barry Southers,
B.R.S.T., R.T., (R)(MR), a registered Radiologic Technologist and
MRI Technologist by the ARRT, is the Lead MRI Technologist and
Senior Research Associate at the Center for Imaging Research (CIR),
an affiliate of the College of Medicine at the University of
Cincinnati, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Barry completed his
radiography education at the University of Kentucky in Lexington,
Kentucky in 1992, and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Radiation
Science Technology from the University of Cincinnati in 2007. He is
currently working on a Master’s Degree in Medical Education at the
University of Cincinnati. He is a member of several Radiologic
Technology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging societies, including the
International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) -
Section for Magnetic Resonance Technologists (SMRT), the Kentucky
Society of Radiologic Technologists, the Ohio Society of Radiologic
Technologists, and the Appalachian Regional Society of Radiologic
Technologists. Barry has recently begun working with the SMRT to
help create a local SMRT chapter in the northern Kentucky,
southeastern Indiana, and southwestern Ohio area (mostly the metro
Cincinnati, Ohio area and beyond).
Barry has several years experience as a guest lecturer on both the
national and international level, as well as published articles on
magnetic resonance imaging (RT Image Magazine). In May 2008, his
abstract titled “Treatment Response of Quetiapine in Bipolar Mania
Using 1H-MRS”, was awarded the 1st Place Award – Research Focus, at
the ISMRM – SMRT Annual Conference, held in Toronto, Canada. Barry
presented at the 2008 ISMRM-SMRT Annual Meeting as well. He is
scheduled to be a guest speaker in an Advanced Neuro Forum at the
2009 ISMRM-SMRT Annual Meeting, to be held in April 2009 in
Honolulu, Hawaii. Barry has student teaching experience at the
collegiate level, and has recently been offered an Assistant
Professor position at the University of Cincinnati, in their College
of Allied Health Sciences. He will be creating a curriculum and
teaching courses for the MRI section of the Advanced Medical Imaging
Technology program, a baccalaureate level degree program designed to
formally educate students in MRI, Ultrasound, and Nuclear Medicine.
Some of the courses Barry will be teaching include: anatomy and
physiology as it pertains to MRI, MRI physics and instrumentation,
and MRI techniques and positioning. Barry has been a Radiologic
Technologist since 1992, and an MRI Technologist since 1996. He has
worked on several different scanner platforms and field strengths.
Since 2003, he has worked in MR research, conducting cutting-edge MR
Imaging on research subjects. Certain types of studies he has worked
in include functional MRI, brain and breast 1H-Spectroscopy,
Diffusion Tensor Imaging, phosphorous (31P) Spectroscopy, and
real-time functional MRI and MR Spectroscopy.
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