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Physicians across the country use Breast Cancer Awareness Month as an opportunity to encourage patients to undergo screenings that help save lives. Estimates state that more than 310,000 Americans will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. Knowledge and access are power. An article in the RSNA’s RadioGraphics journal reported last year that despite having a 5.8% lower incidence…

Having “survived,” as he jokingly said, his first ABR board meeting last month, Kenneth Rosenzweig, MD, is eager to start work as a Trustee. New Trustees spend initial meetings getting accustomed to their duties. Their status as board members begins at the end of that week. Dr. Rosenzweig used the time to gain his footing…

ABR Trustee Stephen F. Simoneaux, MD, has been named to the organization’s Board of Governors. Dr. Simoneaux is a professor of radiology and pediatrics at Emory University in Atlanta. He served as division chief and director of pediatric radiology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for 25 years. His undergraduate work was completed at the College…

In her third year of medical school at Midwestern University, Fatima Elahi, DO, MHA, discovered her passion for breast imaging. During her first week rotating in the radiology department, she worked alongside a radiologist reviewing imaging for a patient with a palpable breast lump. They ultimately went to evaluate and speak with the patient together….

With her first post-training job already in hand, Jamie Strike, MD, is using her fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital as intensive on-the-job training for her long-term goals. Her post-training career will begin next year with a faculty position in Wisconsin. Dr. Strike, whose fellowship is in cardiothoracic imaging, is a…

As members of the ABR’s Radiation Oncology Initial Certification Advisory Committee, Drs. Michael LeCompte and Joy Ogunmuyiwa serve as intermediaries between the organization and candidates. Their voices are vital as the ABR seeks to improve the initial certification process for radiation oncologists. Their thoughts are also in demand across their specialty. Both serve their field as…

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…

It’s a challenge to find subject matter experts from smaller fields who can volunteer as ABR question writers, Angoff committee members, or oral examiners. Nuclear medical physicist Jen Stickel, PhD, is an exception. She has filled all three roles for her specialty since becoming a volunteer in 2016. “It’s a small community,” she said. “It…

By Garrett Barfoot When I started my chiropractic practice focused on sports medicine and personal injury, my goal was to help athletes and patients recover. Over time, I became increasingly interested in imaging findings, a fascination I first experienced when I was the patient. Three days before my high school graduation, I was involved in…

In a full-circle moment, Kristopher W. Cummings, MD, will replace one of his mentors when he joins the ABR Board of Trustees later this month. Dr. Cummings is set to become the trustee representing cardiothoracic imaging, taking over for longtime ABR volunteer Sanjeev Bhalla, MD, whose term is expiring. Dr. Cummings completed a fellowship under…

A year ago, the two chief organizers for Communities Crushing Cancer planned an event in which eight of the 10 radiology residency programs in Massachusetts participated. Fast forward 12 months, and Somiah Almeky, MD, and Liz Lin, MD, now fourth-year radiology residents at Boston University Medical Center, are casting a wider net for the resident-led…

As planning for the new Diagnostic Radiology Oral Exam ramps up, an ABR volunteer who has dedicated his career to resident education is joining the Board of Governors (BOG). Jim Anderson, MD, who will become a BOG member at the end of the fall meeting in late September, holds multiple roles at Oregon Health &…