Dr. William DeVon Varnell Jr. has been inducted as a fellow in the American College of Radiology (ACR). The induction took place at a formal convocation ceremony during the recent ACR Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership conference in Washington, D.C.Dr. Varnell, who graduated from the USA College of Medicine in 1981, is currently chair of the department of radiology at St. Vincent’s St. Clair Hospital in Pell City, Ala. He is also a diagnostic radiologist at St. Vincent’s East in Birmingham, Ala.; St. Vincent’s Blount in Oneonta, Ala.; and Cullman Regional Medical Center in Cullman, Ala.
One of the highest honors the ACR can bestow on a radiologist, radiation oncologist or medical physicist is recognition as a fellow of the American College of Radiology. ACR fellows demonstrate a history of service to the College, organized radiology, teaching or research. Approximately 10 percent of ACR members achieve this distinction.
Dr. Varnell is a member of the ACR, the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the Jefferson County Medical Society.
The ACR is a national nonprofit association serving more than 34,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of radiology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.
