The ABR pleased to announce the addition of two physicians to its Board of Governors: James C. Anderson, MD, and Karen Ragland Cole, MD, MBA. The volunteers will begin their two-year terms at the end of the ABR’s fall meeting in late September.
Dr. Anderson is a professor of neuroradiology and vice-chair of education in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and assistant dean for graduate medical education at Oregon Health & Science University. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska and his medical degree from the University of Nebraska School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center – Wichita Wesley Medical Center and a fellowship in neuroradiology at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He maintains board certification in diagnostic radiology and subspecialty certification in neuroradiology. He is a past chair of the ACGME Resident Review Committee for Radiology and serves on the ACGME-International Surgical/Hospital-based Review Committee. He was recently appointed president of the Association of Program Directors in Radiology. He has extensive experience as an ABR volunteer, including as an oral examiner.
Dr. Cole is a partner at MemorialCare Medical Group of Long Beach Memorial/Miller Children and Women’s Hospital. She earned her undergraduate degree from Stanford University, her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, and a master’s degree in public health at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Cole completed her radiology residency and body imaging fellowship at Kaiser Permanente Sunset in Los Angeles, a first-year neuroradiology fellowship at LAC/USC Medical Center and second-year neuroradiology fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. She added a Master of Business Administration from UCLA. Dr. Cole maintains board certification in diagnostic radiology and subspecialty certification in both neuroradiology and pediatric radiology. She is a member of the Section of Radiology and Radiation Oncology for the National Medical Association, is past president of the Association of Black Women Physicians, and represents the California Radiological Society as a councilor to the American College of Radiology. She is also a certified parliamentarian and past president of the National Association of Parliamentarians’ Green Gavel Electronic Unit. She has participated in efforts to address health disparities locally and globally and has served as a volunteer on two Haiti mission. Last year, she volunteered to serve on the ABR’s Continuing Certification Advisory Committee for Diagnostic Radiology.
The Board of Governors is responsible for ABR financial affairs, Initial and Continuing Certification (MOC) program processes, communications, strategic planning and priority setting, intersociety relations and outreach, and application of American Board of Medical Specialty standards.
