By Brent Wagner, MD, MBA, ABR Executive Director December 2024;17(6):3 Comments and questions from ABR candidates and diplomates often reveal misperceptions about our processes and procedures. We continually learn from questions that come from external sources and modify or enhance our communications accordingly. Although most of these inquiries are related to the “how” and “what”…
December 2024;17(6):12 With the New Year coming, there’s no better time for diplomates and candidates to ensure that their contact information is current in myABR. Having updated information on file allows diplomates and candidates to receive important correspondence from the ABR, including announcements about program enhancements, Continuing Certification, deadlines, and policy changes, as well as…
By Cheri L. Canon, MD, ABR President, and Brent Wagner, MD, MBA, ABR Executive Director December 2024;17(6):2 The ABR continually monitors potential conflicts of interest among its volunteers. For the Board of Governors, the focus is on the obligations to the corporation (the duty of care, the duty of loyalty, and the duty of obedience)….
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager December 2024;17(6):10 On her way to earning a PhD in education from Ohio State University, Ashley Cetnar, PhD, MS, concentrated on learning about oral exams. She started putting that experience to use as an ABR oral examiner for medical physics for the first time earlier this year. Looking back…
By Michael Yunes, MD, ABR Associate Executive Director of Radiation Oncology December 2024;17(6):9 The ACGME Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Radiation Oncology were last updated in 2023. Section IV.C.4 outlines the residency requirements of general disease sites with a specific comment that residents must have experience with the “treatment of benign diseases for…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager December 2024;17(6):8 Annelise M. Silva, MD, EdM, is taking a year off between completing medical school and starting her residency. But this is far from a gap year. After graduating from the Wright State University School of Medicine this past April 28, Dr. Silva started as national president of…
October 2024;17(5):14 At the close of the ABR board meeting in September, six volunteers began their terms as new Governors and Trustees. In addition, one Trustee has moved from the Board of Trustees to the Board of Governors. More information about each member can be found by clicking on their names. The following individuals have…
October 2024;17(5):2 A volunteer since 2010, Cheri L. Canon, MD, became ABR Board of Governors president in late September. Dr. Canon, who is president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, chief physician executive of the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) Health System, and professor emerita of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine Department…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager October 2024;17(5):11 There are more than 1,300 subject matter experts who serve as ABR volunteers. They write exam questions, serve on Angoff committees, give oral exams, and act as go-betweens with candidates and diplomates on Initial and Continuing Certification advisory committees. Some, like Ezana Azene, MD, find their talents…
By Matthew B. Podgorsak, PhD, ABR Board of Trustees Chair October 2024;17(5):5 According to the ABR Bylaws, the Board of Trustees is a “multidisciplinary body that advances the quality, relevance and effectiveness of the ABR’s assessments for certification.” Trustees are distributed among the four disciplines certified by the ABR: diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology/diagnostic radiology, medical…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager October 2024;17(5):12 As an ABR radiation oncology oral examiner, Malika Siker, MD, puts herself in the place of the candidate. She knows that an examiner’s goal is to gauge knowledge and ensure that examinees can independently treat patients safely. But she and her colleagues also understand the nerves that…
By Cheri L. Canon, MD, ABR President, and John A. Kaufman, MD, MS, ABR President-elect October 2024;17(5):4 The ABR is seeking qualified applicants for a volunteer public member position on its Board of Governors (BOG). The board’s mission is to certify that our diplomates demonstrate the requisite knowledge, skill, and understanding of their disciplines to…
The ABR is a not-for-profit organization and member of the American Board of Medical Specialties. Our mission is to certify that our diplomates demonstrate the requisite knowledge, skill, and understanding of their disciplines to the benefit of patients. Our vision is to positively impact the lives of all patients as the foremost trusted certifying body assuring the highest standards of specialty expertise and professionalism in the radiological sciences.