Innovative medical imaging professionals attending the SIIM Annual Meeting focused on AI, PACS, and healthcare technology advancements in radiology and diagnostic imaging.

Event Speaker

Namita Gandhi, MD, MScHI 

Vice Chair Imaging Informatics

Cleveland Clinic

Namita Gandhi, MD is Vice Chair of Imaging Informatics at Cleveland Clinic, where she leads enterprise strategies that integrate AI, workflow optimization, and imaging technology across a large multispecialty health system. A practicing radiologist and informatics leader, her work focuses on improving operational efficiency, data-driven care delivery, and the responsible adoption of emerging clinical technologies.

Sessions

Smart Semantics: Transforming Narratives to Actionable Data

Presented by Tarik Alkasab, MD, PhD, Michael Hood, MD, Namita Gandhi, MD, MScHI , Audrey Verde, MD, PhD in Radiology Jun 10, 2026 | 5:15 PM.

Radiology is increasingly dependent on structured, interoperable data to support clinical decision-making, workflow efficiency, and responsible AI development. This session introduces a cohesive framework connecting three essential components of radiology data standardization: Common Data Elements (CDEs), RadLex, and the Open Imaging Data Model (OIDM). Together, these tools enable consistent documentation of imaging observations, semantic interoperability across…