By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager August 2023;16(4):3 Marina I. Feldman, MD, MBA, took a unique path to become part of the ABR Board of Governors (BOG). Dr. Feldman has not previously served as an ABR volunteer, but was one of more than 120 diplomates identified as part of an open call for nominations conducted…
August 2023;16(4):12 Valerie P. Jackson, MD, and Anne C. Roberts, MD, have earned the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Gold Medal, the organization’s highest honor. It is awarded annually by the RSNA Board of Directors to physicians who have rendered unusual service to the field of radiology. Dr. Jackson served as ABR executive director…
By Kyle Dignoti, ABR Editor; M. Elizabeth Oates, MD, ABR Trustee; and David B. Larson, MD, ABR Trustee August 2023;16(4):4 The ABR is committed to producing high-quality, fair exams, and a network of volunteer writers is responsible for authoring meaningful exam questions. For new writers, the introduction to content creation begins with an orientation by…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager August 2023;16(4): After graduating from Kent State University with a bachelor’s degree in applied physics, Kelsey Bittinger, MS, took an unusual path. She loaded her belongings and moved to Austria to play pro volleyball. “It worked out really well because I wasn’t sure of what I wanted to do…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager August 2023;16(4):10 They are part of a club so exclusive that there are only two members. Ted Cardoso, MD, and Gaston Mendez Jr., MD, have each answered more than 1,000 OLA questions since they began participating in 2019. Both maintain specialty certificates in diagnostic/interventional radiology along with neuroradiology and…
By Vincent P. Mathews, MD, Former ABR President August 2023;16(4):11 It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Dr. James Youker, former ABR volunteer and trustee, on June 12 at Angel’s Grace Hospice in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Dr. Youker’s life was one of service – to the medical community, to our nation, and…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager August 2023;16(4):5 Mary S. Newell, MD, is cutting back on her duties at Emory University and the Winship Cancer Institute. But that doesn’t mean she’s slowing down much even as her active work schedule is pared. Dr. Newell, a professor of radiology and imaging sciences at Emory and a…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager August 2023;16(4):9 Anyone who has questions about serving as an ABR volunteer should reach out to Mark Mullins, MD, PhD. Dr. Mullins earned an ABR Lifetime Achievement Award this year after spending 15 highly productive years as a volunteer. His duties ran the spectrum: computer-based exam question writer, oral…
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By Geoffrey S. Ibbott, PhD, ABR Associate Executive Director for Medical Physics, and Michael Yunes, MD, ABR Associate Executive Director for Radiation Oncology June 2023;16(3):7 The ABR continues to evolve its oral exam platform. This spring, oral examiners conducted exams from Tucson as well as from remote locations, resulting in the first “hybrid” exams. In…
June 2023;16(3):9 By Gary J. Becker, MD, Former ABR Executive Director What possessed me to agree to attempt the impossible: pen a befitting farewell to Reed Dunnick on his retirement from the position of ABR associate executive director (AED) for diagnostic radiology (DR)? I don’t know. After all, no one can encapsulate and reduce to…
By James B. Spies, MD, MPH, ABR Associate Executive Director for Interventional Radiology June 2023;16(3):5 The ABR is committed to serving all its stakeholders, and candidates for initial board certification are among the most important. To become certified in IR/DR, candidates must pass three exams: the Qualifying (Core) Exam, the computer-based portion of the Certifying…
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