Related Content
ABR Sponsors Three New ABMS Visiting Scholars
A new class of American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Visiting Scholars has been named, including one diagnostic radiology assistant professor and two radiation oncology residents who are sponsored by the ABR. Francis Deng, MD (diagnostic radiology), Leslie Chang, MD (radiation oncology), and Ria Mulherkar, MD (radiation oncology), were selected from a group of applicants. This is…
Awardee: Humanism a Necessity in Medicine
Brooke Burkins, MS, recently earned the Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Gold Humanism Honor Society Award. This peer-nominated award is given to someone who is humanistic, compassionate, and an advocate for people facing diverse barriers in healthcare. Medical students, residents, and physician leaders are inducted into this honor society to serve as role models for the…
Medical Physicist’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Run Fulfills Lifelong Dream
Decades after he started watching “Jeopardy!” with his parents and siblings while growing up in Canada, Ron Lalonde, PhD, realized a lifetime dream this year. The medical physicist became a contestant, and three-time winner, on the celebrated show. “Mom and Dad were very clever,” said Dr. Lalonde, who won $55,501 on the show. “We really…
New Trustee Bringing Private Practice Experience to Role
Incoming ABR Trustee Umesh Oza, MD, found his long-time employer soon after finishing his residency at Harvard Medical School. In 2005, Dr. Oza started at American Radiology Associates in Dallas. Two decades later, he’s a partner in the practice, which employs more than 100 radiologists and serves patients across Texas. He said there are several…
These Residents are Thankful for Their Programs
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we asked a few residents what they appreciate most about their programs. Felicia Bolarinwa, MD University of Maryland Medical Center I am grateful for the supportive faculty at UMMC who inspire me to be the best version of myself as a diagnostic radiologist, mom, and wife. …
IR/DR IC Advisory Committee Ready to Improve Candidate Experience
Eleven enthusiastic and knowledgeable medical professionals have joined our first interventional radiology/diagnostic radiology initial certification advisory committee. They bring unique perspectives and goals to their new volunteer positions. Virginia Commonwealth University Assistant Professor Christopher Bailey, DO, has been working as a Society for Interventional Radiology Early Career Section liaison to the ABR in discussions about remote computer-based…
