Robert M. Quencer, M.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiology, has received the Gold Medal from the American Society of Spine Radiology. The Gold Medal — the ASSR’s highest award — is given to an individual who has made major contributions to the science of spine imaging, to spine imaging research, to the society itself and to education in radiology.
Dr. Quencer earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in biochemistry from Cornell University, and his M.D. from Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, NY. He was an intern in Internal Medicine at Jackson Memorial Medical Center, a resident in Radiology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, and a fellow in Neuroradiology at Columbia-Presbyterian’s Neurological Institute of New York.
He joined the University of Miami faculty in 1976 as Associate Professor and was promoted to Professor in 1980.
