Anyone who has questions about serving as an ABR volunteer should reach out to Mark Mullins, MD, PhD. Dr. Mullins earned an ABR Lifetime Achievement Award this year after spending 15 highly productive years as a volunteer. His duties ran the spectrum: computer-based exam question writer, oral examiner, Angoff committee member, and Continuing Certification (MOC) Advisory…

When considering career paths, would-be physicians often overlook radiation oncology. There are several reasons: too much math and physics; traditional routes, like diagnostic radiology, are more popular; and medical students don’t often get exposed to the specialty.  All that is especially true for women, who make up a reported 30 percent of the field.  Ria…

Ethnic violence and religious persecution caused an exodus of millions of refugees when the Soviet Union was crumbling in the late 1980s. Among those fleeing to find a better life was the family of Marina I. Feldman, MD, MBA, joined the ABR Board of Governors earlier this month. Dr. Feldman’s family was living in what…