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Erin Murphy, MD, has been affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic for most of her adult life. Dr. Murphy, a radiation oncologist, began her training there in 2005. Aside from a fellowship at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, her professional experience has happened at the Clinic. When Dr. Murphy became an ABR volunteer in 2020, she…

A native Californian, Jocelyn Cheng, MD, is happy to be back in her home state for her diagnostic radiology residency. To start at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, however, she had to rush across the country and get settled in a little less than a week. Before beginning her residency on July…

Like many of his colleagues, Brian Funaki, MD, remembers what it was like to earn ABR certification as a diagnostic radiologist in the 20th century. All roads led to Louisville’s Executive West Hotel. Now a Crowne Plaza property, the hotel was the site of in-person oral certifying exams that candidates had to pass to earn Initial…

Before he sat down to take the ABR Diagnostic Radiology Qualifying (Core) Exam in June, Ali Tejani, MD, did all the prep work. The UT Southwestern Medical Center resident put in years of study, supplemented by case-based lectures at his program, materials provided by the ABR, and other sources. He completed the ABR’s Exam Readiness…

Writing questions for ABR exams is serious work. But volunteers can still have fun in the process. Christine Eyler, MD, PhD, a radiation oncologist and member of a committee that develops questions for the Biology and Physics Qualifying Exam, said she and her colleagues find ways to keep the mood light even as they spend…

The ABR seeks input from stakeholders in various ways, including through Initial and Continuing Certification advisory committees. Volunteers on those committees help provide direction and act as liaisons between the organization and participants.  In this video, Catheryn M. Yashar, MD, an ABR Trustee and chair of the Radiation Oncology Continuing Certification Advisory Committee, explains why…

An important date is coming for diplomates participating in Continuing Certification (MOC) who haven’t started answering OLA questions yet this year. August 4 is the last day when those diplomates can start answering questions and still reach their OLA progress requirement for the year. Here are a few things to consider as you assess your…

By Aadya Kaushik My father, a rheumatologist, guessed my medical specialty prior to my starting the first week of medical school: “My bet’s on radiology.” Not knowing much about the field, I told him I would keep that in mind and focused on my preclinical studies. During my first year, I fell in love with…

Going through medical school in Ireland and a residency and fellowship in the US, Geraldine McGinty, MD, learned from people who helped her succeed. But none of that assistance was part of a formal program. “I don’t think I heard the word ‘mentor’ until I was a practicing radiologist,” she said. As chief resident at…

Three recent Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine graduates let out a collective sigh of relief during The Match a couple of months ago. Not only had they landed their top choices, but they were staying in Chicago to start training as diagnostic radiologists.  New physicians Sophia Liu, Christina Shehata, and Michelle Wiese all matched…

Radiologists have the unique opportunity to use imaging to look inside their patients to make a diagnosis. Some of the things they find are unexpected. Diagnostic radiologists Margarita Revzin, MD, and Nadia Solomon, MD, teamed up to study and write about their profession’s vital role in identifying eating disorders for the RSNA journal RadioGraphics. They…

ABR volunteer Jon Strasser, MD, has advice for anyone who wants to improve how the organization measures candidate and diplomate knowledge: Apply to join a committee and help shape the ABR’s future. “It’s always better to be a participant than a nonparticipant, and it’s very easy to get involved,” he said. “The ABR is always…