When asked if she had an interest in becoming a member of the ABR’s Board of Trustees (BOT), Phuong-Anh T. Duong, MD was a little surprised. Despite an endorsement from Trustee David Larson, MD, MBA, Dr. Duong had to think about the opportunity. “I always feel a little imposter syndrome when I’m asked to lead,”…
John Fritz Angle’s ABR volunteer experience goes back to the Executive West Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, where thousands of candidates traveled over the years to take their oral certifying exams. Years later, his experience and dedication led him to be chosen as an ABR Interventional Radiology/Diagnostic Radiology (IR/DR) Trustee. An oral examiner and a physician…
New ABR Trustee Jeff Michalski, MD, says he likes doing things that require his full attention. That goes beyond his work as a professor at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Michalski spends his free time going all-in on challenging activities, including deep-sea fishing in Alaska and downhill skiing on some…
October is a busy month for breast imagers. A recent study showed that mammogram rates can run 60 percent higher during Breast Cancer Awareness Month than any other time of the year. That’s OK with Eshani Sheth, DO, a diagnostic radiologist at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University and assistant professor in the division…
Growing up in Flagstaff, Arizona, gave Kimberly Winsor, MD, an opportunity to experience the challenges of rural medicine and identify opportunities for improvements. It’s why she came back home after completing her diagnostic radiology training in Phoenix and Tucson. More than a two-hour drive from Phoenix, Northern Arizona and the surrounding area are home to the Navajo Nation, the largest…
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