CXR Careers in Radiology – Details, episodes & analysis

Dr. Jacqueline Bello is Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, where she is Chair of Neuroradiology.
Her clinical focus is on adult and pediatric neuroradiology, medical education, quality and safety, and healthcare policy.
Dr. Bello received her Doctor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She did Radiology residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and completed a fellowship in Neuroradiology at Columbia-Presbyterian.  She is a Columbia University Alumni Gold Medalist, and has been awarded fellowship by the American College of Radiology and the NY Academy of Medicine.
In 2016, Dr. Bello received the New York Roentgen Society Distinguished Radiologist Award. She is a past president of the NY Roentgen Society, NY State Radiological Society and the American Society of Neuroradiology. She is chair of the American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors.

In this episode, hear what excites Dr. Bello about equity and inclusion in radiology right now, as well as her perspectives on relationship building in radiology and mentorship.

Mentioned in this episode:
23:49 Dr. Bello refers to the 2022 publication in Radiology, ‘Relationship between Race and Access to Newer Mammographic Technology in Women with Medicare Insurance’ by Christensen et. Al. available here and featured also in a RSNA News article on mammography access disparities.
28:00 Information on the New IDEAS imaging and dementia study is available here.
54:31 Fiona was interviewed in RSNA News in September in ‘Exposing Medical Students to Radiology’.

Dr. Geraldine McGinty is professor of Clinical Radiology and Population Health Sciences and Senior Associate Dean for clinical affairs at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. In this episode she shares her own journey and encourages medical students to build networks, know themselves, and be curious.
Dr. McGinty studied medicine at the University of Galway and did her residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where she was chief resident. She is an expert in imaging economics and an attending radiologist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, specializing in breast imaging. She has served as an advisor to the CPT Editorial Panel and the National Quality Forum. She was Chair of the American College of Radiology’s Commission on Economics and was the radiology member of the AMA’s Relative Value Update Committee from 2012-2016. From 2014-2021 Dr. McGinty served as a Non-Executive Director of IDA Ireland, the national foreign direct investment agency. In May 2018 she was elected as the Chair of the ACR’s Board of Chancellors, the first woman to hold this office. Dr. McGinty was president of the ACR from 2020-2021.
Find her @DrGMcGinty on Twitter

This episode embarks on a runthrough of training pathways for IMGs interested in pursuing diagnostic radiology in the US. Links referenced in the episode are below. Thanks for the enquiries. Your feedback means so much, keep the questions coming! 

IMG Alternate Pathway to Diagnostic Radiology

Of interest might be the Holman Research Pathway, a fast-track research pathway for highly trained candidates: 

The ABR recognizes the shortage of physician investigators in diagnostic radiology. To address this shortage, a research pathway program was designed for individuals to simultaneously train in diagnostic radiology and basic science, clinical, or transitional investigation. This pathway is named for B. Leonard Holman, MD, who first proposed this initiative.

Holman Research Pathway to Diagnostic Radiology 

Dr. Chris Gange is a thoracic radiologist at Yale New Haven Hospital, where he is on the faculty and is a fellowship director at Yale University. He is an alumnus of the medical science program and medical school at Drexel University, and the Boston University biomedical engineering program, and mentors residents and fellows in chest radiology.  Listen as we discuss academic radiology, the paradigm shift towards delivering radiologic reports directly to the patient, and many things in between. 

Society of Thoracic Radiology 

Dr. Lindsey Negrete is an alumna of Stanford University where she is also an attending in Body Radiology. She trained first on the east coast at Brown University for medical school before returning to her hometown of San Diego to complete diagnostic radiology residency at UCSD. She is a creator of the podcast Let's Read Out, available online here. In this episode Dr. Negrete shares that from medical school to residency and beyond, we should be open to new possibilities -  whether about something as routine as how to study or as important as pursuing a field you find engaging.
Follow her here: @LindseymarieMd @letsreadout

Creator note: The outro was recorded when I was a bit ill, apologies for my voice quality! Find me at @CareersRads on Twitter and cxrpod@gmail.com.

Dr. Kim is a diagnostic radiologist with a PhD in Molecular Medicine currently working at Atrius Health. She is an alumna of Boston University School of Medicine, completed her transitional year at Signature Healthcare at Brockton, radiology residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Breast imaging fellowship at Mass General Hospital. She finished her training in 2019 and returned to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as a staff at Breast Imaging and a director of Breast MRI. She transitioned to her current role at Atrius Health, the largest independent physician-led healthcare organization in the northeastern United States, in 2021. Find her on Twitter @DrGeunwonK

Dr. Kim is a committee member of the Massachusetts Radiological Society Breast Imaging Subcommittee and the Massachusetts Medical Society Women's Health Committee, a mom and an avid photographer.

Hear Dr. Kim's insights on supporting women in rads, how to get involved in organized medicine, and personal perspectives on finding the right fit for residency and beyond.

Dr. Shyamal Patel is a radiation oncologist with expertise in brachytherapy who helped start the program at Dignity Health Cancer Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. He is an alumnus of Boston University School of Medicine. He completed his internship in medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and subsequently his residency in radiation oncology at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY. He then completed his fellowship in brachytherapy at the University of California, Los Angeles under the guidance of one of the pioneers of prostate high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy. Listen as he shares what he loves best about his work and what qualities are key to being a good radiation oncologist.

Welcome to another episode! Dr. David Ballard is an abdominal radiologist serving as an Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University St. Louis. He completed his abdominal imaging fellowship at Mallinckrodt and is in his first year as an attending in academic radiology. Dr. Ballard graduated medical school from Louisiana State University Health and completed residency at Mallinckrodt. During radiology residency, he served as chief resident and conducted the annual radiology chief resident survey through the radiology chief resident subgroup of AUR. He has a strong interest in research with over 100 publications and a special interest in 3D printing. He also serves as associate editor for RadioGraphics.

The 3D-printing N95 study we mention in Dr. Ballard’s interview: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33257256/

Find out more about RadioGraphics here: https://pubs.rsna.org/toc/radiographics/41/6

Dr. O’Leary is a 5th year radiology resident at Penn’s integrated interventional radiology program.  He works primarily at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and is a chief resident of the diagnostic radiology program at Penn. He received his medical degree from University College Dublin, after which he completed his intern year at the Mater Hospital in Dublin before entering residency. He is enthusiastic about building a strong skill base in IR procedures over the next eighteen months of his program. We talk about his choice to do IR, areas in which IR is really taking a lead today, including developments that make longitudinal patient care an option, such as interventional oncology, and some of the merits of IR training in setting physicians up for a wide variety of jobs. Dr. O'Leary welcomes questions from Irish graduates considering taking a next step to the US, so get in touch!

The IR pathway we discuss in the episode:

https://www.sirweb.org/learning-center/ir-residency/

Dr. Sadaf Bhutta is a pediatric interventional radiologist at Seattle Children’s and associate professor of radiology at the University of Washington. She is ABR certified jointly in diagnostic radiology and pediatric radiology. Listen as she shares her journey to radiology, highlighting how diverse the interests and training pathways of a radiologist can be, and urges students to know themselves and ask questions about the work radiologists do at their own institutions.

She has special interest in congenital cardiac imaging and has been invited faculty at national and international meetings on the subject, and is also a founding member of the Society of Pediatric Interventional Radiology.

Dr. Bhutta earned her bachelor’s in medicine from King Edward Medical College in Pakistan and trained in diagnostic radiology and pediatric radiology at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, UAMS. After nearly 10 years as a faculty member there, she is now enjoying the Northwest and her work at UW and Seattle Children’s.

Mentioned in the episode: 

- RSNA reigstration 2021 https://rsna.21annual.com/ 

- American Roentgen Ray Society https://www.arrs.org/

- Society of Pediatric Interventional Radiology https://www.spir.org/