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.

New SIR president assumes office at annual meeting

M. Victoria Marx, MD, officially assumed the office of president of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) for 2018-2019 during the group’s annual meeting, SIR 2018, in Los Angeles.

March 21, 2018
The new analysis, based on data from 1.6 million patients, found that a medical marijuana prescription for chronic pain may increase a person's overall arrhythmia risk. Medical marijuana

Interventional radiologist opening medical marijuana clinic in Florida

Hervé Damas, MD, MBA, began his career as a professional football player, tackling opposing players for the Buffalo Bills, and then went on to become an interventional radiologist at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida.

March 20, 2018

Burnout in radiology: Imaging leaders must think beyond the reading room

According to a recent analysis published in Academic Radiology, burnout isn’t just about the workplace—it’s about a radiologist’s life outside of work as well.

March 20, 2018
Bibb Allen, MD, FACR, chief medical officer of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute, discusses multiple factors involved in the adoption rate of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology.

3 key takeaways from Bibb Allen’s ACR presidential address

Bibb Allen Jr., MD, department of radiology at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, served as the 2016-2017 president of the American College of Radiology (ACR) and delivered the presidential address at the ACR 2017 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

March 16, 2018

Radiologist shares words of wisdom for young students

Brandon Taylor, MD, a musculoskeletal radiologist working in Washington, D.C., shared some tips for young students when he was profiled by a St. Louis newspaper.

March 16, 2018
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Q&A: Bill Lacy on why radiologist excitement is growing around Fujifilm’s AI initiative

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

Artificial intelligence (AI) was the center of attention at RSNA 2017 in Chicago, and FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. got in on the fun by unveiling its new AI development initiative from its booth at McCormick Place. Bill Lacy, FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. vice president of medical informatics, spoke to us after the show about both the history behind the initiative and its bright future.

January 24, 2018

Q&A: vRad’s Shannon Werb and Benjamin W. Strong, MD, on Developing a Practical AI Strategy and the Future of Radiology

Sponsored by vRad

To the surprise of absolutely no one, artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning technologies were the talk of RSNA 2017 in Chicago. More than 70 sessions were devoted to AI, and you couldn’t walk ten feet without reading or hearing the words “machine learning” or “algorithm.” 

December 18, 2017
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UCSF: Breast Imaging Pioneer Creating New Standards in Reading Efficiency and Workflow

Sponsored by Sectra

University of California San Francisco Medical Center has a long history of setting the standards in breast imaging and breast cancer care. Now it’s also setting the standard when it comes to reading and managing digital breast images and facilitating workflow efficiency.

November 14, 2017