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Cheri L. Canon, M.D., FACR, FSAR, FAAWR

President, UA Health Services Foundation,
Chief Physician Executive, UAB Health System,
Professor Emerita, Department of Radiology, UAB Heersink School of Medicine

ccanon@uabmc.edu
205-934-9577

After serving as professor and chair and Witten-Stanley Endowed Chair of Radiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine (HSOM) for 13 years, Cheri L. Canon, M.D., FACR, FSAR, FAAWR transitioned to the roles of University of Alabama Health Services Foundation (HSF) president and UAB Health System chief physician executive.

She completed her undergraduate training at the University of Texas at Austin, followed by medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch. After completing her residency training in diagnostic radiology at UAB, she joined the faculty in the abdominal imaging section. She sits on UAB Medicine Joint Operating Leadership Council and is a trustee on the HSF board.

Canon served as an oral examiner for the American Board of Radiology (ABR) for eleven years, a member of the Board of Trustees, and now sits on its Board of Governors as the president-elect. She was the vice president of the American College of Radiology (ACR), chancellor on the board, and the chair of the ACR Commission on Education. As a member of the inaugural ACR Radiology Leadership Institute board, she helped launch a comprehensive leadership development program in partnership with the most recognized business schools. She is a fellow of the college and received the ACR Gold Medal in 2021, its highest honor. She received the Alabama Academy of Radiology’s Silver Medal in the spring of 2022. Canon a past-president of the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments (SCARD) and the co-creator and co-director of LEAD, a women’s leadership development program jointly developed by SCARD and GE Healthcare. She previously served on the leadership, including president and the executive board, for Momentum, a Birmingham women’s leadership organization. In recognition of her advocacy for women, she was recognized with the American Association of Women in Radiology Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award in 2020. In 2022, Canon was recognized by the University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine Alumni Association’s highest honor, the Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumni Award.