By Robert M. Barr, MD, ABR President June 2023;16(3):2 On April 13, the ABR announced that the Diagnostic Radiology Certifying Exam, currently administered in a written multiple-choice format 15 months after graduation from residency, will be replaced with a remote online oral exam. The new format will be required for candidates completing residency during or…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager June 2023;16(3):8 There are several reasons why Jordan Mackner might not have enrolled in medical school last year: Obstacles slowed but didn’t stop Jordan, who’s now a first-year medical student at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. At age 38, he appreciates his unconventional route, which included working…
June 2023;16(3):10 The ABR Board of Trustees (BOT) is adding two members: Steven J. Frank, MD, and Ashok Gupta, MD. Both appointments take effect at the October board meeting. Dr. Frank is an endowed tenured professor of radiation oncology and holds the Bessie McGoldrick Professorship in Clinical Research at The University of Texas MD Anderson…
By Pamela Propeck, MD, ABR Trustee June 2023;16(3):5 If you’re involved with the ABR, you’ll recognize the name Elizabeth (“Liz”) Oates, MD. Chair of the department of radiology at the University of Kentucky, Liz has been a longtime ABR volunteer, starting as an oral board examiner for diagnostic radiology in 1995. She has also served…
By Robert M. Barr, MD, ABR President, and Cheri L. Canon, MD, ABR President-elect June 2023;16(3):4 At the close of the ABR’s upcoming annual meeting in October, three new members will be added to the Board of Governors (BOG). The BOG is responsible for the exercise of corporate power, business, and affairs of the ABR…
By Brent Wagner, MD, MBA, ABR Executive Director June 2023;16(3):3 As we reported in our last issue, beginning in January 2024, the new American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Continuing Certification (MOC) standards will be put into place for ABR diplomates. The transition is not likely to be noticed, because the ABR implemented these improvements,…
By Robert M. Barr, MD, ABR President April 2023;16(2):2 In 2021, the American Board of Medical Specialties announced revisions to the Continuing Certification Standards that were an outgrowth of a 2018-2019 stakeholder-driven initiative (Vision for the Future Commission) to enhance the value of board certification. The new standards are to be implemented in 2024. The…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager April 2023;16(2):9 It was a moment Kyle Cooper, MD, doesn’t remember but one he’ll never forget. An avid cyclist since his youth and a competitive one for the past five years, Dr. Cooper almost lost his life riding a bike last August. Cruising through the Redlands hills in Southern…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager April 2023;16(2):8 The ABR is committed to performance improvement through stakeholder involvement. One way we accomplish that goal is through our initial certification advisory committees (IC-ACs), which comprise residents and early career physicians and physicists who serve as volunteer liaisons between their colleagues and the ABR. We have IC-ACs…
By Robert A. Pooley, PhD, and Kalpana M. Kanal, PhD, ABR Trustees; Matthew B. Podgorsak, PhD, ABR Governor; and Geoffrey S. Ibbott, PhD, ABR Associate Executive Director for Medical Physics April 2023;16(2):6 Members of the ABR Medical Physics Initial Certification Advisory Committee (IC-AC) recently traveled to Tucson for a 1.5-day meeting, where they engaged with…
By James B. Spies, MD, MPH, ABR Associate Executive Director for Interventional Radiology April 2023;16(2):5 Each year, the interventional radiology world gathers in the spring at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Scientific meeting. This year it was in Phoenix from March 4-9. After the pandemic transition to a virtual meeting, the SIR meeting…
By John A. Kaufman, MD, ABR Secretary-Treasurer; and David J. Laszakovits, MBA, ABR Director of Communications April 2022;16(2):4 The ABR Board of Governors is steadfast in its commitment to responsibly manage all financial aspects of the business to effectively meet the organization’s mission. This commitment includes an independent third-party annual financial audit and making our…
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.