By Michael Yunes, MD, ABR Associate Executive Director for Radiation Oncology October 2023;16(5):7 In 2003, I studied for my written exams in radiobiology, physics, and clinical radiation oncology, and I recall with great clarity memorizing data points from clinical trials and asking my colleagues why we needed to study molecular transport mechanisms and radioisotope decay….
October 2023;16(5):9 By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager If you’re an avid board game fan, you might have played one designed by an ABR employee. UX/Graphic Designer David Short, who joined the ABR in April 2019, is a prolific game designer on the side. David has developed 10 board games that have been manufactured by…
By Kalpana M. Kanal, PhD; Robert A. Pooley, PhD; and Matthew B. Podgorsak, PhD, ABR Trustees; and Geoffrey S. Ibbott, PhD, ABR Associate Executive Director for Medical Physics October 2023;16(5):6 As part of the ABR’s ongoing efforts to improve the relevance and effectiveness of its processes, a Medical Physics Continuing Certification Advisory Committee (CC-AC) was…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager October 2023;16(5):10 Traveling to under-resourced parts of the world as a clinician and educator has become an important part of Toma Omofoye’s life. Dr. Omofoye, an associate professor in the department of breast imaging at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, is on a mission…
By Kate Maturen, MD, MS, ABR Trustee October 2023;16(5):4 When I became an ABR trustee last year, I was surprised to discover how little I understood the organization’s overall scope and scale. Despite 12 years as an oral board examiner, item writer, committee chair, and genitourinary category chair, I was only aware of ABR activities…
Winning the Harvard Medical School’s Young Mentor Award as a radiologist is rare. The honor often goes to internists or surgeons. This year’s awardee, Dania Daye, MD, PhD, found a way to top that accomplishment. She gave birth to her first child in June on the day the accolade was handed out. “I was looking…
Ameer Elaimy, MD, PhD, has a productive way to destress after a long day of clinical work: He goes to a custom gym in the basement of his house and trains as a powerlifter. “After high school sports, I just wanted something to keep me going,” said Dr. Elaimy, a PGY-3 radiation oncology resident at…
August 2023;16(4):6 ABR Interventional Radiology IC Advisory Committee members discuss their role as the bridge between candidates and the ABR. For more information about the ABR’s advisory committees, please click here. Return to The Beam
By Matthew B. Podgorsak, PhD, ABR Board of Trustees Chair; Kalpana M. Kanal, PhD, and Robert A. Pooley, PhD, ABR Trustees; and Geoffrey S. Ibbott, PhD, ABR Associate Executive Director for Medical Physics August 2023;16(4):7 The mission of the ABR is to “certify that our diplomates demonstrate the requisite knowledge, skill, and understanding of their…
By Robert M. Barr, MD, ABR President, and Brent Wagner, MD, MBA, ABR Executive Director August 2023;16(4):2 Our June Qualifying (Core) Exam was administered to more than 1,400 candidates in diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology/diagnostic radiology. This is our largest combined cohort (approximately half in week one and half in week two) and our longest…
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…
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.