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                         U.VA. RADIOLOGIST WINS THE GOLD MEDAL 

           CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA., Sept. 28--Dr. Theodore E. Keats, professor of 
radiology and orthopedics at the University of Virginia, has been awarded the 
American College of Radiology (ACR) Gold Medal.  This award, the most 
prestigious honor of the 30,000-member international group, was presented 
recently at the annual meeting in Boston. 
	The ACR, which  consists of radiologists, radiation oncologists and 
radiological physicists, recognized Keats for distinguished and extraordinary 
service.   His writings and presentations cover a variety of radiologic 
topics ranging from musculoskeletal radiology to mammography.  He has 
published more than 475 scientific papers, features and editorials, 40 book 
chapters and six books.  He is currently editor of four medical journals. 
	As U.Va.'s chief radiologist for 28 years,from 1963 until 1991, 
Keats directed a department that has grown in size and technology as imaging 
procedures incorporated the use of the computer and radioactive substances.  
Radiology includes CT scanning, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear 
medicine, radiation therapy and therapeutic radiology. 
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                                                  September 27, 1995