2026 Charles T. Dotter Memorial Lecturer – Arthur Stillman, MD, PhD, FACR, FAHA, FNASCI, FSABI

Arthur Stillman, MD, PhD, FACR, FAHA, FNASCI, FSABI

Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Arthur E. Stillman, MD PhD, FACR, FAHA, FNASCI, FSABI is the William and Kay Casarella Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine, where he served as the inaugural Casarella Professor and Director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging from 2005 to 2022. He received his PhD in Physical Chemistry (Magnetic Resonance) from the University of Illinois and his MD from the University of Chicago. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at Cornell University under NIH and NSF sponsorship before training in diagnostic radiology.

Stillman’s academic career has spanned the University of Chicago, University of Minnesota (where he rose to full professor with tenure), the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Emory. He has been recognized internationally through fellowships in the American College of Radiology, the American Heart Association and the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging, which he served as President from 2005 to 2007 and received the Gold Medal in 2020.

Stillman’s research has focused on cardiovascular imaging encompassing cardiac MRI, coronary CT angiography, coronary artery calcium scoring, and most recently epicardial adipose tissue. He has been supported by major federal grants, including a nearly $10 million AHRQ award for the RESCUE trial comparing coronary CTA with nuclear perfusion imaging in stable angina

Stillman has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications, contributed to multiple ACC/AHA/ACR consensus documents and appropriateness criteria, and mentored more than 30 cardiothoracic imaging fellows. He has been recognized as a Distinguished Investigator by the Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research and recipient of the American Heart Association Distinguished Achievement Award. He serves as Associate Editor for the International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging and the British Journal of Radiology.