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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…

ABR volunteer and radiation oncologist Kenneth Rosenzweig, MD, has been named to the organization’s Board of Trustees (BOT). Dr. Rosenzweig will start at the end of the fall board meeting in late September. Dr. Rosenzweig is chair of the department of radiation oncology at Mount Sinai Health System and a professor in the department of…

Our Board of Trustees (BOT) includes a combined 20 physicians and physicists who give of their time to maintain the quality and relevance of our initial and continuing certification programs.  The members have specialty and subspecialty expertise that reflects major areas of current clinical practice in diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology, medical physics, and radiation oncology….

All it took was a little exposure to radiology and Parris Diaz, MD, was beaming. Dr. Diaz, who’s in the intern year of his urology residency, was ready to switch fields. Even at age 30 with an uncertain future ahead, he’s confident that he’s making the right decision. “You need to be happy in what…

When the ABR Board of Governors approved funding to sponsor the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Visiting Scholars Program starting in 2022, it provided another avenue for residents and ABR-certified early career physicians and physicists to pursue their research goals. Four physicians have benefitted from being selected for the program so far. The current…

The ABR pleased to announce the addition of two physicians to its Board of Governors: James C. Anderson, MD, and Karen Ragland Cole, MD, MBA. The volunteers will begin their two-year terms at the end of the ABR’s fall meeting in late September.  Dr. Anderson is a professor of neuroradiology and vice-chair of education in…

From secretary/treasurer of the Radiological Society of Louisiana to the same role with the American College of Radiology (ACR) (and many committee assignments in between), Dana Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, has been a consummate volunteer. Those many years were a warmup for her most important duty. Beginning in July, the ACR will become part of…

ABR volunteer Brian Funaki, MD, a native of Hawaii, moved thousands of miles from home to attend college at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore more than 30 years ago. We recently talked with him about why he relocated across the country to lay the groundwork for his career and what led him to choose interventional radiology….

Being an ABR volunteer can be challenging. Learning to write exam questions, for example, takes repetition, time, and patience. At least one ABR volunteer has been battle-tested away from the committee meeting rooms. Kai Yang, PhD, coached his kids’ youth basketball teams for a couple of seasons and enjoyed the role. His daughter’s team was…

Interventional radiologist John A. Kaufman, MD, MS, has been named president-elect of the ABR Board of Governors. Dr. Kaufman will begin his duties at the end of the fall board meeting in late September. Cheri L. Canon, MD, will start her two-year team as board president at the same time. Dr. Kaufman has more than…