Please vote: DICOM Standards Committee (DSC) Confidential Ballot to Elect User Co-Chair - deadline 24 November 2018

Hello DI Community,

Please see the following request regarding your vote in the election of Lawrence Tarbox as User Co-Chair for the ACR. The deadline to complete the online ballot (found below) is no later than November 24.

Kind regards,
Raqia




To: DSC Voting and Alternate Voting Members

The term for the current User Co-Chair, James (Jim) Philbin representing the American College of Radiologists (ACR) concludes at the end of 2018. A call for nominations was issued on 26 June 2018. The nominating period expired on 30 July 2018. One nomination was received for Lawrence Tarbox. Lawrence has agreed to stand for election. His statement and CV can be found below. According to customary procedures the DICOM Secretariat is issuing this Confidential Letter Ballot for the election Lawrence Tarbox. The voting members of DSC are requested to complete the online ballot (link below) but no later than 24 November 2018.

Link to online ballot: www.surveymonkey.com/r/D63MMPB

LAWRENCE TARBOX, PH.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Informatics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Bio statement
Dr. Tarbox began working with the ACR-NEMA 2.0 standard in 1986, creating Ethernet-based interfaces (in lieu of the 50 pin interface specified) into digital angiography systems for external post-processing of data, installed at research institutions in Europe and the Americas. He joined the DICOM Standards Committee and several working groups in January of 1993, and was the initial editor for parts 2, 13, 15, and 19. He also was lead editor on nine supplements and was a major contributor to dozens of other supplements. Dr. Tarbox is currently the user co-chair for WG-14 (Security), WG-23 (Application Hosting), and WG-29 (Education, Communication, and Outreach). In addition, he served as chair of the organizing committees for 3 of the DICOM International Conferences and Seminars (2013 Bengaluru, 2010 Rio de Janeiro, 2008 Chengdu), and chaired the program committee for the 2003 Anniversary Conference in Baltimore. He currently is the voting representative to the DICOM Standards Committee for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Dr. Tarbox also serves as the chair of AAPM’s Imaging Informatics Sub-Committee, and participates in multiple AAPM committees and groups. He participates in IHE activities and at one time served as the liaison between DICOM and ISO. Currently Dr. Tarbox is on the faculty of the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at UAMS, where he is the track director for the Imaging Informatics degree/certificate program. Dr. Tarbox came to DBMI three years ago with over thirty years’ experience in both the commercial and academic research sectors, with responsibilities ranging from basic research to product development to business planning to deployment in real-world settings. Most of his career has been focused on providing tools for the acquisition, processing, archiving, and management of medical data, with an emphasis on imaging data. This experience includes applying high performance computing resources, such as GPUs and parallel processing, both on custom-built and generic hardware, to enhance and speed up image and data processing algorithms. He directs the center for high-performance computing at UAMS and is a member of the UAMS IT Infrastructure Steering Committee and Research IT Advisory group. Dr. Tarbox is co-investigator or consultant on numerous research projects, including the family of projects surrounding The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA), a large, publicly accessible repository of cancer images and related data, where he serves as the lead architect. He is also the principal investigator for the Chest Imaging Archive for the CDC-NIOSH.

CURRICULUM VITAE
Lawrence Tarbox, Ph.D.
Date: 26 March 2018
Address and Telephone Numbers:
Office: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Informatics
4301 W. Markham, Slot 782
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205

Present Position: Assistant Professor
Education: Degree Institution
AA Barstow Community College , Liberal Arts, 1973
BA Brigham Young University, Physics (Chemistry, Biology minors), 1978
PhD University of Utah, Medical Informatics (Medical Imaging emphasis), 1989


Academic Positions / Employment: Position Institution/Facility Date
Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205 2015 – present
Assistant Professor Electronic Radiology Laboratory, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 2004 – 2015
Manager, Business Development Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton NJ 2003 – 2004
Research Program Manager Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ 1994 – 2003
Member of Technical Staff Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ 1992 – 1993
Program Planner Siemens Medical, AG, Erlangen, Germany 1990 – 1992
Senior Scientist Siemens Medical Systems, Iselin, NJ 1985 – 1989
Research Fellow LDS Hospital and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 1980 – 1985
Research Laboratory Technician Hospal Medical Corp., Salt Lake City, UT 1978 – 1979
K-12 Substitute Teacher Barstow Unified School District, Barstow, CA 1976 – 1976
Volunteer (Missionary) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, various locations in Mexico 1974 – 1976
Design Technician Goldstone Deep Space Tracking Station, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 1974 – 1974

University and Hospital Appointments and Committees:
Curriculum Committee, DBMI
Director, High Performance Computing Center
Advisor, DBMI Computing Resources
IT Technology Steering Committee
Faculty Advisory Group – Research IT
Steering Committee, AR-CRIS
At previous institution:
Center for Clinical Imaging Research (CCIR), Operations Committee
Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS), Search/Steering Committee
Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC), Steering Committee
Electronic Radiology Lab Cloud Computing Infrastructures, Operations Committee

Professional Societies and Organizations:
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM)
ACM Special Interest Group for High Performance Computing (SIGHPC)
DICOM Standards Committee
Honors and Awards:
1982 Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society
1977 Alpha Epsilon Delta, Pre-medical Honor Society
1977 Sigma Pi, Physics Student Honor Society
1973 Valedictorian, Barstow Community College Class of 1973
1973 Area Winner – Humanities and Social Sciences, Bank of America Community College Awards
1973 Eagle Scout

Editorial Responsibilities:
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Reviewer
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Reviewer
Journal of Digital Imaging, Reviewer
Telemedicine and E-Health, Reviewer
Transactions on Information Technology in BioMedicine, Reviewer
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Reviewer
Journal of Medical Imaging, Reviewer
DICOM Standard, reviewer and editor
IHE Radiology, reviewer and editor
DICOM International Conference and Seminar, abstract reviewer
IEEE Society for Engineering in Biology meeting, abstract reviewer
SIIM Annual Meeting, abstract reviewer
SPIE Medical Imaging, abstract reviewer
American Medical Informatics Association, abstract reviewer
Consulting Relationships and Board Memberships:
American College of Radiology, Consultant
Battelle Columbus Laboratories, Consultant
Siemens Corporate Research, Consultant
OSEHRA Foundation, Consultant
Washington University in St. Louis, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, Consultant
Co-Chair of AAPM Imaging Informatics Sub-Committee (IISC)
Member AAPM Imaging Physics Committee
Member of multiple task and working groups in AAPM
Co-Chair of DICOM Working Group 14, Security
Co-Chair of DICOM Working Group 23, Application Hosting
Co-Chair of DICOM Working Group 29, Education, Communication and Outreach
Member of multiple other working groups in DICOM and IHE
Past Chair organizing committee bi-annual International DICOM Workshop and Seminar
Past liaison from the DICOM Standards Committee to ISO TC 215
Past alternate representative for Siemens Medical to the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)

Research Support (role, title, duration, amount):
Ongoing Research Support:
SUBCONTRACT 200-2011-40732: CDC Tarbox(PI) 9/15/11 to 9/30/18
CDC/NIOSH
File Repository – Radiographic Images
The objective of this project is to set up, manage, and maintain a secure file repository of radiographic images, and associated relevant medical information, relating to occupational respiratory diseases, particularly those associated with pneumoconioses. The repository will be employed for various applications, including the development of new national or international reference image standards, the development of education, training, and testing materials, the establishment of quality assurance collections, and for research into improved methods of disease identification and classification.
HHSN261200800001E
SUB CONTRACT 16X011: Leidos Prior (PI) 10/1/15 to 09/25/18
NIH/NCI
Maintenance and Extension of “The Cancer Imaging Archive” (TCIA)
The Cancer Imaging Archive is a large, publically accessible, searchable repository of images and related data collected in support of projects coordinated by NCI’s Cancer Imaging Program. Washington University will redundantly host this image collection, make the collection available to researchers around the world and support NCI by collecting, curating and hosting new image collections that result from NCI funded imaging research programs.
1U24CA215109-01 Prior,Sharma,Saltz(Co-PIs) 9/22/2017 - 7/31/2022
NIH/NCI
TCIA Sustainment and Scalability - Platforms for Quantitative Imaging Informatics in Precision Medicine Since its inception in 2011 the Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) has been NCI’s primary resource for managing and distributing images and related data to support Cancer Research. This project will sustain TCIA operations, expand its collections and extend the types of data it can support to enable TCIA to play a key role in Precision Medicine research.
1U01CA187013-01 Prior, Sharma(PI) 09/01/14 – 08/31/19
NIH/NCI
Resources for development and validation of Radiomic analyses & Adaptive Therapy
Big data is being seen as the next revolution in cancer research. This project will provide data, computing resources, analytic tools and training to enable the development of novel imaging-based cancer biomarkers.
Such comprehensive biomarkers can offer a more personalized profile of the state of the disease, assess the treatment and even predict outcome. With these tools researchers will be better able to use big data resources to improve human health.
PCORI Bekelman(PI), Prior(RadioRepository Core PI) 04/01/15-03/31/20
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Pragmatic Randomized Trial of Proton versus Photon Therapy for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer to compare the effectiveness of photon vs. proton Radiotherapy.
U24HD090912 Lee (PI), Prior (Core PI) 10/01/2016 – 09/30/2020
NIH/NICHD
Data Coordinating and Operations Center (DCOC) for the IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network. DCOC administrators will work collaboratively with clinical investigators and staff to optimize and implement clinical trials that address the challenging health needs of children living in IDeA states.
1U54CA199092-01 Achilefu, Lanza (PI), Prior (Core PI:) 9/01/2015 – 8/31/2020
NIH/NCI
Center for Multiple Myeloma Nanotherapy
The Washington University Center for Multiple Myeloma Nanotherapy (WU CMMN) will address overarching questions in bone malignancies, with a focus on multiple myeloma (MM). Anchored by 3 projects and two cores, we aim to (1) develop integrated curative approach for the treatment of MM with minimal off target toxicity; (2) identify nanotherapeutics for clinical translation; (3) provide a platform to educate, train, and mentor young investigators and students on techniques and methods of cancer nanomedicine; (4) create environment for productive outreach programs that brings researchers and patients together through workshops and seminars; and (5) collaborate with other CCNEs and investigators in the region to share information and resources with a goal to accelerating clinical translation of nanomedicine to human patients.

Score, pending funding decision:
U24 Tarbox(PI) 7/01/2018 – 06/30/2020
NCI
Computational Pathology Support for Precision Oncology
The major goals of this project are to participate in the TIES TCRN effort by conducting the following activities: 1. Incorporate any changes to TCIA needed to support TCRN activities. This includes data harmonization by coordinating the ontology development at TCIA, funded by other projects, with TCRN to make sure that the TCIA ontology covers the extended space that TCRN might need. 2. Work with others in TCRN and related projects (e.g. QuIP) to integrate software as needed to publish and disseminate TCRN data via TCIA to the public. 3. Provide Dr. Prior as a significant contributor on an as needed basis.

Completed Research Support:
SUBCONTRACT 14XS007: Leidos Prior(PI) 10/1/13 to 09/30/17
NIH/NCI
Maintenance and Extension of The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA)
The Cancer Imaging Archive is a large, publically accessible, searchable repository of images and related data collected in support of projects coordinated by NCI’s Cancer 7 Imaging Program. Washington University will redundantly host this image collection, make the collection available to researchers around the world and support NCI by collecting, curating and hosting new image collections that result from NCI funded imaging research programs.
SUBCONTRACT 15XS029: Leidos Tarbox (PI) 05/01/15 to 08/15/15
NIH/NCI
NBIA Refactoring Analysis Project
NCI requires an engineering analysis of the National Biomedical Imaging Archive software package and a comparison of its features and functions vs. other existing OS software packages and user needs.
SUBCONTRACT 10XS220: SAIC-F Prior(PI) 10/15/10 to 10/14/13
NIH/NCI
Image Archive Hosting
The Cancer Imaging Archive is a large, publically accessible, searchable repository of images and related data collected in support of projects coordinated by NCI’s Cancer Imaging Program. The objective of this project is to consolidate all NCI image repositories at Washington University by turning over the NCI’s central National Biomedical Image Archive. Washington University will redundantly host this image collection, make the collection available to researchers around the world and support NCI by collecting, curating and hosting new image collections that result from NCI funded imaging research programs.
1 R01 EB009352-01A1 Marcus(PI) 09/01/09-08/31/13
NIBIB
The XNAT Imaging Informatics Platform
The overarching aim of this proposal is to develop a comprehensive open source imaging informatics platform built to the highest engineering standards and using the most advanced software technologies available.
Subcontract: SAIC #29XS149ST Tarbox(PI) 09/30/11 - 7/30/13
NIH/NCI 30% $137,704
XIP/AVT Maintenance and Support
The XIP/AVT maintenance program focuses on consolidating and extending these two projects, supporting the growing community of users, and preparing for the next round of community-supported developements.
SUBCONTRACT: Ray Group Intl. Prior(PI) 06/09/12 to 09/09/12
VA
Open Source Electronic Health Record Foundation
The objective of this project is to create an open source software development community to support the evolution of an integrated electronic health information system for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health system. 8
SUBCONTRACT GS-35F-0738N-WUSTL: TIAG Prior(PI) 06/20/11 to 06/19/12
VA
Open Source Electronic Health Record Foundation
The objective of this project is to create an open source software development community to support the evolution of an integrated electronic health information system for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health system.
Subcontract: SAIC #29XS149 Tarbox(PI) 09/15/09 - 7/1/11
NIH/NCI
CANCER BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS GRID (CABIG) - XIP Maintenance and Support
The XIP maintenance program focuses on the reference HOST, Application Builder Tool, common libraries and demonstration applications for SIIM and other conferences. A primary goal is to expand out the hosted application base, and to align more with the new SOA direction being taken by the caBIG® program.
U54 CA136398-02: Wang(PI), Prior(Informatics Core) 09/01/08–08/31/13
NIH/NCI
Photoacoustic/optical/ultrasonic imaging of sentinel lymph nodes and metastases
The major goals of this project are to develop a novel real-time clinical imaging tool for sentinellymph node mapping and axillary staging. The proposed multimodality imagingtechnology can potentially identify sentinel lymph nodes with methylene blue dye noninvasively in vivo.
Subcontract: caBIG-IMG-82-01-04102008 Schwanke (PI) 4/2/08 - 9/30/09
NIH/NCI
CANCER BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS GRID (CABIG) - Algorithm Verification Toolkit Phase 2
Assist in developing the initial version of the Algorithm Verification Toolkit (AVT). AVT is based on the XIP Platform, utilizing the XIP Host for grid and network connectivity, and the XIP Libraries for image processing and analysis pipelines.
Subcontract: BAH Prior(PI) 02/14/09 - 9/30/09
NIH/NCI
CANCER BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS GRID (CABIG) – IVI WS SME
Assist the SME (Fred Prior) in preparing materials and analysis for the In Vivo Imaging Workspace. This includes participation in the TCGA Radiology project, the Common Tool Kit proposal, and other tasks.
Subcontract: BAH Tarbox(PI) 03/31/08 - 9/30/08
NIH/NCI
XIP Research Host
Add functions to the XIP Host™ to support the research environment.
Subcontract: BAH Tarbox(PI) 02/14/09 - 9/30/09
NIH/NCI
XIP Development
Initial development of the XIP™ toolkit.

Teaching Title and Responsibilities:
Imaging Informatics Track Directory, DBMI
Course Director for Biomedical Informatics Project Rotations
Course Director for Clinical Imaging Informatics
Course Director for Clinical Data Standards

Lectures in:
Introduction to Biomedical Informatics
Research Imaging Informatics (lectures)
Review/prep course for the Clinical Informatics sub-specialty exam

Patents Granted and Applied For:
1. David L. Wilson, Lawrence R. Tarbox. “Continuously sweeping multiple-pass image acquisition system for peripheral angiograpy”, US Patent 4,995,064, February 19, 1991.
2. Lance Anthony Ladic, John Pearson, David Rapaport, Lawrence Tarbox, Gianluca Paladini. “System and method for deployment of configuration and analysis software”, US Patent 8,683461 B2, March 25, 2014.
3. Debarshi Datta, Steven Owens, Lawrence Tarbox, Gudrun Zahlmann. “Comprehensive searchable medical record system supporting healthcare delivery and experiment”. U.S. Patent Application 20040249677, May 13, 2004.