Patrice “Patrick” Delafontaine, M.D., dean of the University of Missouri School of Medicine, announced that Talissa Ann Altes, M.D., vice chair of clinical research and associate professor of radiology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, has been named chair of the Department of Radiology in the University of Missouri School of Medicine. 

When presented with five types of prospective employees, a majority of potential employers would prefer to hire single-specialty radiologists with general capabilities, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Lisa Kachnic, MD, has been named the new professor and chair of radiation oncology at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She officially begins on Sept. 21.

Trainees in some specialties—including radiology—are significantly less diverse than in others, according to a new study featured in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The 2015 Thomson Reuters rating of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) shows an increase of 24 percent compared to 2014, the ACR announced earlier this week. 

The World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS) announced today that its president-elect for 2017 will be Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, chair of the radiology department at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

It was Outliers author Malcolm Gladwell who popularized the concept that it takes roughly 10,000 hours to achieve mastery in a field. Success is about practice, diligence and time. But when it comes to transformation and change in business, healthcare and life, it isn’t time but attitude that matters most.

Healthcare in the United States is in need of a serious makeover, according to two experienced healthcare physician executives. If physicians aren’t properly motivated, the required changes will never come.