Vincent M. Mellnick, MD
Senior Vice Chair and Division Director, Academic Practice
Professor of Radiology
Vincent M. Mellnick, MD, is senior vice chair and division director of academic practice for WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR). A professor of radiology, Mellnick has held key administrative roles, including co-director of emergency radiology and co-director of body CT. Following an international search in 2016, he was appointed chief of abdominal imaging, serving until 2026.
As vice chair since 2024, Mellnick has strengthened clinical academic practice operations and led significant improvements in recruitment, staffing, retention and siting of services. Notably, he successfully directed the complex transitions to the newly constructed Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center and the Plaza West Tower.
Mellnick was named a fellow of the American Society of Emergency Radiology in 2025, recognized with a WashU Medicine Dean’s Impact Award in 2024 and received an RSNA Lifetime Honored Educator Award in 2023. He is an alumnus of MIR’s abdominal radiology fellowship and diagnostic radiology residency programs. He earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Clinical Interests
emergency radiology, abdominal radiology
Research Interests
Emergency radiology, abdominal radiology
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Education History
Fellowship
Abdominal Imaging, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Residency
Diagnostic Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Medical Degree
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Undergraduate
University of Notre Dame
Associations
American Board of Radiology
American College of Radiology
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
American Society of Emergency Radiology
Education Exhibits Awards Committee Chair, Radiological Society of North America
GI Instructional Course Chair, American Roentgen Ray Society
Associate Editor, Radiology
Awards
2025 Fellow, American Society of Emergency Radiology
2024 Dean's Impact Award, WashU Medicine
2023 Lifetime Honored Educator Award, Radiological Society of North America
2021 Honored Educator Award, Radiological Society of North America
2021 Academy of Educators Honor Roll, WashU Medicine
2019 Editor’s Reviewer Award With Special Distinction, Radiographics
2019 Fellow, Society of Abdominal Radiology
2018 Distinguished Reviewer Award, Abdominal Imaging
2018 Reviewer Honor Roll, American Journal of Roentgenology
2018 Distinguished Teacher Award, WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
2018 Honored Educator Award, Radiological Society of North America
2018 Cum Laude Education Exhibit Award, Radiological Society of North America
2018 Editor’s Recognition Award with Distinction, Radiology
2018 Editors’ Reviewing Distinction Award, Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
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