With family military service connections that include her grandfather and her husband, Katie Bailey, MD, feels at home working for a VA hospital. Dr. Bailey has been a neuroradiologist at James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa for 15 years. Her grandfather — who died at the hospital in 1987 — served in the Army…
When she started medical school in her native Brazil, Isabel Cortopassi, MD, stood out. She was 16 years old. Brazil allows students to start medical school as soon as they graduate high school. After getting moved ahead in elementary school, Dr. Cortopassi had a jump on most classmates. “There was another person in my med-school…
The diagnostic radiology residency program director at the University of Michigan Medical School, Kara Udager, MD, is passionate about education. That commitment was the inspiration for her involvement with The Radiology Vault, a YouTube account that she and colleagues from the department’s education team established two years ago to help residents and medical school students….
There are times when Brandi Nicholson, MD, is content sitting in a dark reading room, listening to background music over a cup of coffee as she studies patient images. But that’s only part of her job as a breast imager. She also is responsible for delivering imaging and biopsy results to patients. That news is…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager October 2025;18(5):10 From the perspective of Dan Krauss, MD, candidates for board certification sometimes get the wrong impression when they’re preparing for ABR exams. Exams are nerve-wracking events but, Dr. Krauss said, volunteers want examinees to pass and have successful careers. The Initial Certification process is a barometer to…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager October 2025;18(5):9 If there were a job description used when the ABR seeks volunteers to write exam questions, it would include the disclaimer, “No prior experience required.” Jeffrey Cruz, MD, is an exception. Dr. Cruz, who writes vascular and interventional radiology questions for the Diagnostic Radiology Qualifying (Core) Exam,…
By Cheri L. Canon, MD, ABR President; Matthew B. Podgorsak, PhD, ABR Board of Trustees Chair; and Brent Wagner, MD, MBA, ABR Executive Director October 2025;18(5):2 To attain ABR certification, individuals who have completed rigorous prescribed training must demonstrate that they have the knowledge and skill to effectively and safely practice in the radiologic professions….
By Matthew B. Podgorsak, PhD, ABR Board of Trustees Chair October 2025;18(5):5 The ABR is pleased to welcome six new Trustees this month. 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 Tipnis, PhD (diagnostic medical…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager October 2025;18(5):8 For the third time, the ABR is sponsoring research by early career physicians and physicists through the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Scholars program. This year’s record class includes three ABR awardees, each of whom will receive a $15,000 grant from the ABR. We asked them…
By Toby A. Gordon, ScD, ABR Governor October 2025;18(5):4 When ABR Executive Director Brent Wagner, MD. MBA, reached out to me six years ago about the public member opportunity on the ABR Board of Governors (BOG), I said without hesitation that yes, I was interested. He went on to describe the American Board of Medical…
October 2025;18(5):11 ABR President Cheri L. Canon, MD, recently received the 2025 Lawrence R. Muroff Luminary Award from the American College of Radiology’s Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) for her “exceptional lifetime achievements, innovation, leadership, and service to the radiology medical specialty.” Dr. Canon is president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation (HSF), chief…
By Anne Covey, MD, ABR Trustee October 2025;18(5):6 As yearly transitions take shape, with summer easing into fall and kids going back to school, it is also a time of change at the American Board of Radiology. I have had the incredible honor of serving as a member of the ABR Board of Trustees (BOT)…
The ABR is a not-for-profit organization and member of the American Board of Medical Specialties. Our mission is to certify that our diplomates demonstrate the requisite knowledge, skill, and understanding of their disciplines to the benefit of patients. Our vision is to positively impact the lives of all patients as the foremost trusted certifying body assuring the highest standards of specialty expertise and professionalism in the radiological sciences.