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Thomas L. Slovis, MD, a world-renowned leader in the pediatric imaging community and a tireless advocate for the health and safety of children, died Feb. 6, 2018. He was 76 years old. Tom was born June 16, 1941, in Passaic, NJ, the son of Rose and Reuben Slovis. His mother was a school teacher and his father an optometrist. As a youth, he excelled at basketball but was encouraged from an early age to become a doctor. Tom earned his bachelor’s degree, and Phi Beta Kappa honors, from Hobart College in Upstate New York. During his sophomore year, Tom shared a class with a William Smith College student from New York, Ellie Wimpfheimer. Their relationship blossomed over many study dates, and they married in June 1964 at Park Avenue Synagogue. For the next 53 years, Tom and Ellie were an inseparable team, with Ellie at Tom’s side throughout his career. After medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, Tom completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver. In the months immediately following his residency, he discovered a new interest in radiology and decided he would pursue a career in pediatric radiology after fulfilling his obligation to the U.S. Air Force. For 2 years, Tom served as a pediatrician in Tucson at the Davis–Monthan Air Force Base. During this time, he enjoyed caring for adolescents so much that he seriously considered additional training in adolescent medicine but decided to follow his original plan. Tom went back East to New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Medical Center, completing a second residency (in radiology) and following this with a pediatric radiology fellowship at Babies Hospital under Drs. David Baker and Walter Berdon. His co-fellowwas JackHaller, who became a very close friend and collaborator on many projects, including multiple articles and books (Pediatric Radiology, Imaging of the Pediatric Urinary System with Dr. John Sty and Caffey’s Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging, 10th edition, co-edited with Dr. Jerald Kuhn). Tom and Jack remained the closest of friends — bantering like brothers — until Jack’s death in 2004. In 1975, Tom agreed to come to Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit “on a handshake” with Dr. Joseph Reed, * Aparna Joshi [email protected]