Denise G.K. Gray, M.D., assistant professor in the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Radiology, has been awarded Fellow status in the American College of Radiology.

Dr. Gray, a 1975 graduate of the Wayne State University School of Medicine, was inducted as a new Fellow on May 18 in Washington, D.C., at the annual meeting of the ACR. She is the only Fellow from Michigan inducted this year.

Only 10 percent of ACR members attain the distinction. Candidates must be nominated by other Fellows and their state chapter. They must demonstrate significant accomplishment in teaching, research or organized medicine.

“I am honored by my nomination and selection into this prestigious fellowship,” said Dr. Gray, who has served as a School of Medicine faculty member since 1982, and has been an ACR member since 1980. “I am humbled to stand with colleagues that have contributed so much to radiology through distinguished careers. In developing and proceeding along your career path you must have vision, and not just sight.”

Dr. Gray was nominated by two Fellows from national radiological associations and two fellows in Michigan, including the Michigan Radiological Society.

 ACR Fellows are inducted based upon “significant accomplishment in teaching research or organized medicine." Dr. Gray has contributed to radiology through her teaching, academic and research pursuits, and the establishment and growth of organizations that assist and improve the field. In addition to teaching medical students and residents since 1982, she has served as vice president of the American Society of Emergency Radiology, a focus of Dr. Gray’s for many years. She co-chaired the ASER annual meeting and scientific programs.

She has twice been appointed to the statewide health planning council, and has served as a site surveyor for the Joint Review Committee for Education in Diagnostic Sonography, which approves new sonographer training programs. Her work has included research presentations, and chairing the radiology resident research competition and awards program at the National Medical Association Radiological section. Dr. Gray has served as a member of the Wayne County Medical Society Editorial Board and the Advisory Committee to the Bureau of Economics-Michigan State Medical Society.

As a student, Dr. Gray turned down a full-ride scholarship to Yale University for family reasons. She completed her undergraduate studies at Wayne State University, and then attended the School of Medicine. After serving her radiology residency here, she entered private practice for two years.

“I felt a deep longing to return to the academic community at Wayne State University, which had provided me such an excellent academic background,” she said. “The medical career that Wayne State University provided me has been second to none as I’ve witnessed from interacting with many colleagues across the country. For the life and career that I have enjoyed, I hope that I have given back to WSU and its community the benefits that Wayne State University has given to me.”