By Robert M. Barr, MD, ABR President, and Ben Babcock, PhD, ABR Psychometrician October 2023;16(5):2 ABR certification exists to enhance patient care by providing the public with evidence that radiologic professionals meet a high standard of expertise and skill in the radiologic sciences. By extension, certification also offers an opportunity for radiation oncologists, radiologists, and…
By Samantha Scott October 2023;16(5):8 As a third-year medical student applying to radiology last year, I saw my surgery rotation as an opportunity to learn anatomy and how surgeons use radiology reports to improve patient care. When I had the option to select electives during my eight-week surgery rotation, I wanted to spend as much…
By Mary S. Newell, MD, ABR Associate Executive Director for Diagnostic Radiology and James B. Spies, MD, MPH, ABR Associate Executive Director for Interventional Radiology October 2023;16(5):5 In its 2019 Vision for the Future summary, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) outlined a road map for continuing board certification and noted that its components…
October 2023;16(5):12 At the annual American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) conference in Chicago last month, the ABR presented the poster “Giving Notice: Using Cauchy Sequencing to Inform Diplomates of Longitudinal Assessment Progress.” Created by ABR Psychometrician Brooke Houck, PhD, Data analyst/Statistician Yihong Ding, Communications Director David Laszakovits, Communications Manager Rodney Campbell, and UX/Graphic Designer…
By Brent Wagner, MD, MBA, ABR Executive Director October 2023;16(5):3 I was recently asked to describe the vision for the ABR (and for me) over the next five years. Admittedly, the Board and I have been somewhat reactive over the past three years, responding in urgent and specific ways to the unpredictable impacts of the…
October 2023;16(5):11 A new class of American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Visiting Scholars has been announced, including one diagnostic radiology assistant professor and two radiation oncology residents who are sponsored by the ABR. Francis Deng, MD (diagnostic radiology), Leslie Chang, MD (radiation oncology), and Ria Mulherkar, MD (radiation oncology), were selected from a group…
By Michael Yunes, MD, ABR Associate Executive Director for Radiation Oncology October 2023;16(5):7 In 2003, I studied for my written exams in radiobiology, physics, and clinical radiation oncology, and I recall with great clarity memorizing data points from clinical trials and asking my colleagues why we needed to study molecular transport mechanisms and radioisotope decay….
October 2023;16(5):9 By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager If you’re an avid board game fan, you might have played one designed by an ABR employee. UX/Graphic Designer David Short, who joined the ABR in April 2019, is a prolific game designer on the side. David has developed 10 board games that have been manufactured by…
By Kalpana M. Kanal, PhD; Robert A. Pooley, PhD; and Matthew B. Podgorsak, PhD, ABR Trustees; and Geoffrey S. Ibbott, PhD, ABR Associate Executive Director for Medical Physics October 2023;16(5):6 As part of the ABR’s ongoing efforts to improve the relevance and effectiveness of its processes, a Medical Physics Continuing Certification Advisory Committee (CC-AC) was…
By Rodney Campbell, ABR Communications Manager October 2023;16(5):10 Traveling to under-resourced parts of the world as a clinician and educator has become an important part of Toma Omofoye’s life. Dr. Omofoye, an associate professor in the department of breast imaging at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, is on a mission…
By Kate Maturen, MD, MS, ABR Trustee October 2023;16(5):4 When I became an ABR trustee last year, I was surprised to discover how little I understood the organization’s overall scope and scale. Despite 12 years as an oral board examiner, item writer, committee chair, and genitourinary category chair, I was only aware of ABR activities…
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.