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COVID Could Have Played Role in Lower IR/DR Oral Exam Pass Rate
The American Board of Radiology completed its second fully remote oral exam in Interventional Radiology/Diagnostic Radiology (IR/DR) on October 20, 2021, and announced the results to candidates today. Overall, the exam was very successful. Although there were a few instances of technical difficulties, primarily related to candidate internet connections, nearly all candidates completed the exam…
Lifetime Certificate Holder Uses Continuing Certification to Stay on Top of His Game
Mike Ulissey, MD, earned certification in diagnostic radiology from the ABR in 1998. As a lifetime certificate holder, he doesn’t have to participate in Continuing Certification. He has many reasons why he does anyway. “I don’t think that you can say, ‘I’m 20 years into practice, and I’m just as good today as I was…
When Work is Rolling, This Resident Makes Time to Rock
With demands on their time constantly building, physicians say stress is one of their biggest challenges. Those issues start in earnest during residency when young doctors work long hours in training. Antonio Adiletta, MD, a second-year radiology resident at the University of Pennsylvania, has found something that keeps him in tune away from work. He…
When Breast Cancer Gets Personal
By Alice Y. Ho, MD, MBA When I was asked to write a blog for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I was uncharacteristically speechless. As a radiation oncologist who has specialized in the care of patients with breast cancer for nearly 18 years, I should have had plenty of intellectual insights or inspirational epithets, but I…
RO IC Advisory Committee Member: Stakeholder Feedback Helps Build Trust
Shauna Campbell, DO, is a radiation oncologist at the Cleveland Clinic who specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal and head and neck malignancies. She graduated from radiation oncology residency at the Cleveland Clinic in 2021, where she served as chief resident from 2019 to 2020. Dr. Campbell is a member of the Association of Residents…
He Saw the Light When Introduced to Radiology
By Deven Champaneri It was January 2020, and I was about to start my general surgery rotation. At this point I wanted to pursue urology and couldn’t wait to get into surgery. However, in the middle of the rotation, everything changed. My preceptor said, “Deven, can you go to radiology and ask them about a…
Dr. Chan’s Six Ways for Physicians to Grow Their Social Media Audiences
By Tiffany Chan, MD Let’s face it: No one knows what we do. Aspiring medical students don’t know how to become diagnostic radiologists. Other physicians think we’re a bunch of introverts in dark rooms. The public thinks their OB-GYN reads their mammograms, because they’re the ones who say, “Your mammogram looks good!” So how can…
Twitter Takeover Provides Opportunity to Share Student Perspective
By Victoria Bry I became drawn to the therapeutic medical physicist field for many reasons. I am humbled by the opportunity to work on a diverse radiation oncology team that includes physicists, radiation oncologists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, engineers, nurses, medical assistants, and more. I am excited about participating in research to ensure the highest quality…
Surprisingly Hit with COVID, She’s Happy to Be Vaccinated
By Hala Mazin, MD It was life as usual for me as a PGY-5 radiology resident living out my favorite residency year! I biked to work on Monday August 16 like I have been doing this whole summer. I got to work sneezing with mild congestion, which was nothing peculiar; after all, I biked by…
Rotation Confirms that Radiology Is Her Future
By Emily Van Antwerp At the beginning of my third-year clerkships, I was undecided about which specialty to pursue for my career. My mother-in-law, an MRI technologist, suggested I shadow physicians at her clinic. Radiology quickly captured my interest. For the remainder of the semester, I devoted my free time to shadowing and learning from…
Misunderstood to Ms. Understood: Hopes and Goals of a Woman in Medicine
By Elizabeth Russ, MD Being female and living in a male-dominated world can be complicated. We often feel misunderstood; our equality efforts are about building up women, not tearing down men. Women have come a long way in the world of medicine. As I am sure many of you know, women make up 50.5% of…
Original Member of MP Advisory Committee Still Happy to Lend a Hand
An original member of the ABR’s Medical Physics Initial Certification Advisory Committee, Samantha Simiele, PhD, jumped at the chance to contribute when invited to become part of the group in 2016. “Joining the team allowed me to contribute to a process so integral to the medical physics profession and at such an early stage in my career,” said Dr. Simiele, who…
Our Mission Becomes More Focused by Working with Associations and Societies
By Cheri L. Canon, MD, ABR Governor, and David Laszakovits, MBA, ABR Communications Director The ABR relies on relationships with our colleagues across the radiologic disciplines to provide perspectives at multiple levels. Some of these are informal, including those with our volunteers who have leadership roles in specialty societies. Others are more defined, such as…
A Few Tips for OLA Participants
Continuing Certification requires lifelong learning and a cognitive assessment of the knowledge of practicing physicians and physicists. The Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA) instrument developed by the ABR is designed to test knowledge and provide learning. The explanations given after each item are the consensus of a committee of experts in the area being tested. As of…
One Busy Year Later, ABR Executive Director Knows There’s Plenty More to Do
Brent Wagner, MD, MBA, completed his first year as the ABR’s executive director in June. He recently took time to offer a few thoughts about his experience in the position so far. How unusual has it been having a largely remote workforce since your first day here? Much of the work we do at the…