What It Takes to Go From Podium to PACS—Radiology Trailblazers, an AJR Podcast Series (Episode 6)
Release Date: 12/10/2025
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From residency to leading India’s next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) researchers, a radiologist shares an unconventional journey from clinician to full-time academic innovator. Suvrankar Datta, MD, speaks with host Siddhant Dogra, MD, about radiology training in India, building an AI lab, and redefining the meaning of being a physician-scientist.
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Glimpse into the world of prenatal diagnostics! Safwan Halabi, MD, speaks with host Raisa Amiruddin, MBBS, on techniques for detailed imaging of the developing fetus and the role of radiologists in the multidisciplinary fetal medicine team.
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A growing shortage of breast radiologists has hindered timely access to diagnostic breast imaging services. Radiologist burnout is exacerbating these workforce challenges. In this AJR Conversation, Breast Imaging Senior Editor Wei Yang, MD, speaks with Sona Chikarmane, MD, about her team's recently published AJR exploring how the implementation of a remote diagnostic breast imaging program can provide a sustainable strategy to address these gaps.
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Full article: What is the bottleneck in ongoing attempts to use vision-language models to interpret radiologic imaging? Pranjal Rai, MD, discusses this recent AJR model by Han et al. that seeks to differentiate the roles of visual parsing and diagnostic reasoning toward impacting VLM performance.
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How can lessons from sports aid a radiology career? Claude Sirlin, MD, and Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner, MD, join cohosts Lindsey Negrete, MD, and Amy Maduram, MD to discuss resilience through failure in athletics, mental habits during high-stakes competitions, and the nonlinear path to academic success.
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Full article: CT and MRI protocoling can pose substantial time burdens for radiologists. Selima Siala, MD, discusses this AJR article by Sacoranksy et al. that reports a meta-analysis comparing traditional machine-learning, transformer, and large language models for automated examination protocoling.
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Full article: What lessons can we use from the National Mammography Database? Jordan Kondo, MD, discusses the AJR article from Oluyemi et al. that explores false-negative mammography rates based on this large data resource.
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Full article: How should radiologists approach an echogenic rind detected in association with a breast mass on ultrasound? Osvaldo Berlina, MD, discusses this article by Nguyen et al. on the clinical implications of this finding.
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As the year comes to a close, we pause to reflect on what wellness truly means in medicine and radiology. Sherry Wang, MD, joins host Surbhi Raichandani, MD, for an honest conversation on burnout, gratitude, and rediscovering purpose in the small moments that sustain us.
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Erin Alaia, MD, the 2025 Melvin M. Figley Fellow in Radiology Journalism, and Domen Plut, MD, PhD, the 2025 Lee F. Rogers International Fellow in Radiology Journalism, share their experiences as the year's ARRS editorial journal fellows, focusing on insights into AJR operations and activities. They discuss lessons learned about the editor role, takeaways from the publications staff, strategies for successful publication, and impacts on their own careers.
info_outlineHow can lessons from sports aid a radiology career? Claude Sirlin, MD, and Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner, MD, join cohosts Lindsey Negrete, MD, and Amy Maduram, MD to discuss resilience through failure in athletics, mental habits during high-stakes competitions, and the nonlinear path to academic success.