By Sanjeev Bhalla, MD   Many years ago, my mentor, Stuart Sagel, told me that academic radiology was like running a relay race. As an attending, my job was to take the baton from one generation and pass it on to the next.   For the past 20 years at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University in Saint Louis,…

By Jacqueline Koomson, MD   Medicine has always been an intimidating institution to me. Facing the daunting years of training, I feared I was inherently inadequate. I spent 22 years in school learning about organ systems, pathways and procedures, patient interactions – all things that would shape me as a doctor.   As I immersed…