By Geoffrey S. Ibbott, PhD, ABR Associate Executive Director for Medical Physics April 2025;18(2):6 To candidates for certification and even many diplomates, the ABR might appear to be a black box from which exams, requirements, and rules appear and decisions are handed down. However, nothing could be further from the truth. While the ABR has…
Last month, physicians and physicists from across the country matched into residency programs. Here are reactions from a few. Parris DiazDiagnostic radiologyResidency match: Stanford Medicine Unlike most Match 2025 applicants, I not only found out I matched on Monday, March 17, but discovered my program by the listed city, state, and zip code. Opening that…
By Athena Loiacono, MS Matching into my top-choice radiology program last week was an unforgettable experience, one that was filled with immense excitement and overwhelming relief. Leading up to Match Day, I felt incredibly nervous. Despite working tirelessly throughout medical school, investing countless hours in studying, rotations, and research, there was still that lingering uncertainty….
From Lebanon to Iowa to Oregon, ABR volunteer Nadine Mallak, MD, has built a career rooted in adaptability and a passion for innovation. Dr. Mallak, the clinical director of the PET/MRI program and associate professor of body imaging and nuclear medicine at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), came to the U.S. in 2013 from…
On this page DR Exam Changes: Timing Impacts for IR/DR Residents (December 12, 2025) IR/DR Certifying Exam Process Changes Coming in 2029 (March 10, 2025) 2025 December 12 DR Exam Changes: Timing Impacts for IR/DR Residents After months of soliciting feedback from stakeholders, the ABR is making changes to the timing of the Qualifying (Core)…
The ABR is welcoming seven members to its Board of Trustees (BOT) this year. Sherwin Chan, MD, PhD, started March 1 as the diagnostic radiology pediatrics representative. John Fritz Angle, MD (interventional radiology/diagnostic radiology), Isabel Cortopassi, MD (diagnostic radiology cardiothoracic imaging), Jeff M. Michalski, MD, MBA (radiation oncology), Michelle Miller-Thomas, MD (diagnostic radiology neuroradiology), Sameer…
After filling numerous roles over two decades as an ABR volunteer, Cheri L. Canon, MD, is breaking new ground as the Board of Governors (BOG) president. Dr. Canon ran an ABR board meeting for the first time at the weeklong spring meeting in February. Even with all her experience, she said the task was a…
Working with residents gives ABR volunteer Ronald Arellano, MD, opportunities to pass along knowledge he has gained as a clinical interventional radiologist and educator. It also provides Dr. Arellano, who serves as program director for interventional radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, with chances to learn from his trainees. One especially valuable lesson came from a…
February 2025;18(1):16 ABR Trustee Kalpana M. Kanal, PhD, recently earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Upstate New York Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. This award is given to an individual who has made lifelong and lasting contributions to medical physics. Dr. Kanal has worked in the department of radiology at…
February 2025;18(1):15 ABR Trustee Anne M. Covey, MD, has been elected as the RSNA Board Liaison for Public Information and Professionalism. An ABR volunteer since 2007, Dr. Covey is an interventional radiologist and professor of radiology in New York City at Weill Cornell Medical College and an attending radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager February 2025;18(1):12 With two older sisters planning to go into medicine, young Katherine Tzou was looking for a separate career. “Because I’m the youngest and wanted to be different, I thought there was no way I was going into medicine,” she said. “I was going to be an oceanographer.” …
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