Frederic Silverman, MD, (director of Radiology from 1947-1975) pioneered the use of diagnostic radiology to identify child abuse. His landmark paper, “The Battered Child Syndrome,” co-authored with C. Henry Kempe, appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in 1962, but it took nearly 20 years for physicians to openly acknowledge the reality of child abuse, and even longer for many hospitals to develop protocols and to hire physicians, nurses, and social workers who were willing to deal with this emerging problem. We look and listen with open minds and hearts, so kids can tell us their stories and be safe.