Dr. David L. Katz
Chief Resident: University of Pennsylvania, PA

Fellowship Training: Body Imaging, University of Pennsylvania, PA

Former Co-section chair of Body Imaging at North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY

Special Interests: Musculoskeletal imaging

Founder of Next Generation Radiology


Chief Resident: North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY

Fellowship Training: Research fellowship, Brigham and Womens Hospital, MA

Investigated MR guided brachytherapy for prostate carcinoma, MR venography for deep vein thrombosis, and pancreatic/biliary imaging (MRCP)

Co-founder NGR


Dr. Mark Pugach


Dr. Paul Needelman
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude

Medical School: State University of New York Upstate at Syracuse, NY

Chief Resident: St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital, NY

Special Interests: PET/CT, Dentascans, ultrasound-guided biopsy, body imaging

Joined NGR in 1998



Dr. Adam Silvers
Medical School: New York University, NY

Chief Resident: Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY

Fellowship Training: Neuroradiology, New York University, NY

Former associate professor, Director of Outpatient Neuroimaging, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY

Special Interests: Cerebrovascular disease, imaging of the spine

Joined NGR in 2000


Medical School: Mount Sinai School Of Medicine, NY

Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY

Fellowship Training: Abdominal Imaging and Cross-sectional interventions, Brigham and Womens Hospital, MA

Joined NGR in 2002


Dr. Roger Lao


Dr. Aspan Ohson
Medical School: State University of New York at Downstate, NY

Residency: University of Maryland, MD

Fellowship: Body Imaging, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY

Joined NGR in 2004


Undergraduate: University of Rochester, NY, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude

Medical School: State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY

Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital, NY

Fellowship Training: Division of Mammography, Ultrasound, and MRI, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI

Joined NGR in 2004, Director of Women's Imaging


Dr. Kathy Kahn Brandes


Dr. Laurette Sauter
Undergraduate: State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY, Cum Laude, Phi Sigma Tau

Medical School: University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL

Residency: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

Fellowship Training: Breast Imaging and Intervention, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Joined NGR in 2006



Dr. Elizabeth Lazzara
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, NY

Residency: University of Massachusetts Medical Center, MA

Fellowship: Neuroradiology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY

Joined NGR in 2007



Dr. George Autz
Undergraduate: Cornell University, NY

Medical School: SUNY at Stony Brook, NY

Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital, NY and St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, NY

Fellowship: Breast Imaging/Ultrasound, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Joined NGR in 2008