American Roentgen Ray Society


The American Roentgen Ray Society is the first and oldest radiology society in the United States. It was founded in 1900, in the early days of X-ray and radiation study.
Headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia, the society publishes a monthly peer-reviewed journal: American Journal of Roentgenology, providing a forum for advances in radiology and related fields. It provides scholarships, and presents awards.
The quarterly ARRS InPractice magazine keeps members informed of annual meeting plans and general Society information.
Its educational programs include seminars and a program of continuing education for radiologic technologists.
Its 9th meeting, in 1908, was held in New York City. There, it announced that there was "no excuse whatever" for anyone being injured during medical X-rays, which "could be taken in a fraction of a second".