Medical Physicist’s American Dreams Coming True

The first member of her family to attend college in her native Brazil, Clara Ferreira had big dreams of pursuing a medical physics degree in the United States.  Those dreams came true – she’s now an associate professor and medical physicist at the University of Minnesota Department of Radiation Oncology. With her STEM background, Dr….
By Toby Gordon, ScD It may not come as a surprise to learn that when an ABR Board of Governors (BOG) member who happens to be a professor of healthcare management has an experience as a patient, a critique of the U.S. healthcare system is inevitable. While ABR stakeholders no doubt have great “walking-around knowledge”…
Mary S. Newell, MD, is cutting back on her duties at Emory University and the Winship Cancer Institute. But that doesn’t mean she’s slowing down much even as her active work schedule is pared. Dr. Newell, a professor of radiology and imaging sciences at Emory and a member of its breast imaging division, is adding…
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