Professional Associations

This page includes news coverage of medical associations and medical societies. Use these links to find focused news coverage from specific organizations: Cardiology Associations, Healthcare Associations, Radiology Associations.

Ricardo Cury, MD, MBA, MSCCT, chairman of radiology, direct of cardiac imaging, Baptist Health South Florida and Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, discusses the new CAD-RADS 2.0 cardiac imaging reporting criteria at the 2022 SCCT meeting. Interview with Radiology Business Editor Dave Fornell.

VIDEO: What is new with CAD-RADS 2.0 cardiac imaging reporting?

Ricardo Cury, MD, chairman of radiology and director of cardiac imaging, Baptist Health South Florida and Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, discusses the new CAD-RADS 2.0 cardiac imaging reporting criteria.

Growing demand for radiologic technologists reflected in 2 educational endeavors

A new scholarship looks to help address shorthanded staffing in facilities that employ mammography technologists. And a fresh acquisition will bring RT e-learning to a widely dispersed student body.

AI-generated coronary tree from a patient's CT scan showing a color code of areas of interest for plaque burden from the Cleerly software shown at SCCT 2022.

VIDEO: The role of AI in cardiac imaging

Ed Nicol, MD, president-elect of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, provided us with an exclusive look at how AI is expected to change cardiac imaging.

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LAAO equally effective for men and women, new long-term study confirms

In-hospital complications are more common among women who undergo LAAO than men. However, according to a new study in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, men and women have similar long-term outcomes.

Breast screening mammogram during the COVID pandemic. COVID significantly impacted breast imaging. Image courtesy of Novant Health

VIDEO: Impact of COVID on breast imaging

Connie Lehman, MD, PhD, chief of breast imaging, co-director of the Avon Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast screenings, increased cancer rates and issues with the vaccines causing false positives on mammograms.

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RBMA consumer survey finds screening mammography low, Medicare concerns high

Almost half of U.S. women covered by or eligible for Medicare have not been screened for breast cancer for at least three years, according to a study just out from the Radiology Business Management Association.

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ACR, familiar allies unite anew to ‘stop insurer profit grab at patient and provider expense’

The American College of Radiology is again linking arms with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) in a lawyer-guided effort to iron out an abrading wrinkle in the No Surprises Act.

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TI-RADS could help guide thyroid nodule biopsy decisions in children

ACR TI-RADS has previously been shown to lack sensitivity for distinguishing between benign and malignant thyroid lesions in pediatric patients.