Leadership

This news channel page highlights examples of leadership in hospital and health systems. While healthcare leadership is often seen as the positions of chief executive officers, chief clinical officers, chief of staff, and chief information officers, it also can can be other individuals or the entire healthcare system that shows unique ways to enhance patient care and manage strategies, quality, safety and revenue initiatives.

Canadian radiologist files human rights complaint against Central Health

A Canadian radiologist has filed a human rights complaint after she says she was let go from her job while in the late stages of pregnancy. Michelle Ong, MD, was 35 weeks pregnant when she questioned something that was impacting patients, and the next thing she knew, she was told her position had been terminated.

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Q&A: How Amit Majmudar balances practicing radiology with being Ohio’s first poet laureate

On Dec. 17, Ohio Governor John R. Kasich announced that Amit Majmudar, MD, had been named the state’s first poet laureate. Majmudar writes fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. He is also a practicing radiologist, currently working for Radiology, Inc., in Columbus.

RSNA journal seeking new editor

Considering a career change? A new way to share your expertise on radiology? This may be the job for you. The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Board of Directors has announced that Radiology, the journal published by RSNA since 1923, is searching for a new editor. 

RSNA 2015: By the numbers

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has announced that the final attendance figure for its 2015 annual meeting in Chicago was 51,922, down from 56,026 at RSNA 2014. 

Radiologist dies in car crash, was 'heart of the office'

Radiologist Cynthia H. Goralnik, MD, died tragically following a car crash on the morning of Dec. 29, 2015, after another vehicle changed lanes without warning. Goralnik, 61, was married and had three children. She had been with SimonMed for eight years.

Private practice work makes up majority of radiology job openings

Three out of four radiology job postings are for private practices, according to a new study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Michigan radiologist recognized by Continental Who's Who

Radiologist Mehran Salari, MD, has been recognized in the Continental Who’s Who as a “Pinnacle Professional” in the field of healthcare. Salari is a partner at Southfield Radiology Associates in Southfield, Mich.

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ASRT survey: Enrollment in nuclear medicine education programs on the rise

According to a recent report from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT), the number of students enrolled in radiography, radiation therapy, and nuclear medicine programs was up in 2015, with the most significant increase coming in nuclear medicine programs.

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The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.