Achenbach Pioneer Award in Cardiovascular CT

SCCT Stephan Achenbach Pioneer Award in Cardiovascular CT

Named in honor of SCCT founder and first president, Dr. Stephan Achenbach, this award honors those who have made pioneering contributions to the field of cardiovascular CT while demonstrating a commitment to clinical innovation, groundbreaking research and advances in education in cardiovascular CT.

2025 SCCT Stephan Achenbach Pioneer Award in Cardiovascular CT

Damini Dey, PhD, FSCCT
Director, Quantitative Image Analysis Lab, Biomed
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

SCCT is honoring Dr. Dey for her extensive contributions to patient-specific risk prediction from quantitative CT and her research in automated AI-enabled derivation of imaging biomarkers from cardiac images, elucidating the relationships of coronary plaque and inflammation measured by cardiac CT and their changes with therapy, machine learning integration of novel imaging biomarkers, and AI-enabled cardiovascular CT for patient-specific prediction of adverse events.

Her development of AI software for characterizing coronary atherosclerotic plaque, quantification of aortic valve fibrocalcific thickening and automated measurement of epicardial adipose tissue has contributed to a variety of quantitative cardiac CT research projects that have forwarded the field. SCCT also honors her work as a committed mentor, supporting the work and careers of numerous MD and PhD imagers.