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One of the ways that medical physicist Justin Zenn relaxes away from work is mixing it up in a local hockey league a couple of times a week in Fishers, Indiana, near Indianapolis. Every January, he takes it to the extreme and participates in the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships, an outdoor event. This year’s tournament…
Work Has Only Just Started Toward Diversifying Medicine
By Marques Bradshaw, MD This year, the theme of Black History Month is health and wellness, which is fitting considering the impact of the ongoing COVID pandemic. Seeing so many African American residents and attendings on social media this month doing remarkable things in the community presents itself as a double-edged sword. I am invigorated…
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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…
ABR Board Approves Residency Leave Policy
By Vincent P. Mathews, MD, ABR President This past weekend, the ABR Board of Governors culminated months of partnership with stakeholders by approving a residency leave policy that allows residents with up to eight weeks (40 workdays) of time off per academic year to remain eligible for Initial Certification without an extension of training. The…
Her Volunteer Duties Cover the Range of Certification
A quick glance at the CV of Stephanie Leon, PhD, proves that she enjoys being an ABR volunteer. Dr. Leon is part of the Medical Physics (MP) Continuing Certification Advisory Committee, serves as chair of the Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA) committee for diagnostic medical physics, and is an oral examiner. ABR exams and OLA are…
