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R. Gilbert Jost, M.D., interim head of Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, has been elected to the board of directors of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the largest of the radiological societies.
Jost will serve as a liaison for communications and corporate relations for five years before chairing the board during the sixth year. He is the first faculty member from Mallinckrodt Institute to serve on the eight-member board and will become RSNA president-elect in 2007 and president the following year.
A professor of radiology at the School of Medicine, Jost has been director of diagnostic radiology since 1985. He is responsible for diagnostic radiology services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, Doctors Hospital and the BJC Health Centers located throughout metropolitan St. Louis. He also is an affiliate professor of computer science at the University.
He is the author of more than 115 scientific articles, many dealing with the use of computers in the practice of diagnostic radiology. In addition, Jost has been a member of the executive committee of Project Spectrum since 1994. This teleradiology information system allows diagnostic images, video consultations and other medical information to be transferred electronically among the BJC hospitals and physicians. A joint effort between the medical school and BJC Health System, Project Spectrum is the first in the nation to link an academic medical center with suburban, rural and metropolitan health facilities.
Jost previously served as chairman of the RSNA's Electronic Communications Committee. He oversaw the organization's computer-related activities and advocated the integration of health-care information systems.
He also has served as chairman of the Radiology Information System Consortium and as vice chairman of the American College of Radiology's Committee on Radiological Systems and Informatics and as a member of numerous medical societies.
He is an associate editor for the Journal of Digital Imaging and is a member of the medical school's Executive Faculty. He also is on the board of directors of the school's Faculty Practice Plan.
Jost earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1964 and a medical degree from Yale University in 1969. He came to Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology in 1972 for a residency in diagnostic radiology, where he also served as chief resident. Jost joined the faculty as an instructor in radiology in 1975.
