Seven Challenges in Radiology Practice: From Declining Reimbursement to Inadequate Labor Force: Summary of the 2023 ACR Intersociety Meeting

Affiliations

• ¹ Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Chair of Quality Improcement Committee, RSNA; Executive Vice Chair and Vice Chair of Quality and Safety, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ² Professor of Radiology and Professor of Medicine, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; Department of Radiology, Penn State Health, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania; Vice Chair for Radiology Quality & Safety, Section Chief of Emergency Radiology.
• ³ Professor of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; 2022 President, American Association of Physicists in Medicine; 2023 Chair, Board of Directors, American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
• ⁴ Professor of Radiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Chair, ACR Commission on Publications and Lifelong Learning; Immediate Past President, Association of Academic Radiology; Vice Chair of Academic Affairs; Section Chief of Breast Imaging; Associate Program Director of Diagnostic Radiology Residency; Breast Imaging Fellowship Director, Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Deputy Editor and Editorial Executive Committee, Academic Radiology, Editorial Board Member, Radiology.
• ⁵ Professor of Radiology and Chief of Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• ⁶ Professor of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Past-President: American Society of Neuroradiology, American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology, American Society of Spine Radiology; Chief, Division of Neuroradiology, Robert A Zimmerman Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuroradiology; Associate Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Medical Director, Lurie Family Foundations' MEG Imaging Center.
• ⁷ Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Director, Ultrasound Division and Secretary-Treasurer, Medical Staff Organization, Boston Children's Hospital; Past President, Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound.
• ⁸ Partner, Central Illinois Radiological Associates, East Peoria, Illinois.
• ⁹ Chair of Quality Improcement Committee, RSNA; Executive Vice Chair and Vice Chair of Quality and Safety, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Vice Chair for Research and Section Chief of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
• ¹⁰ Professor of Clinical Radiology; Vice Chair of Education; Residency Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology; Associate Program Director, Integrated IR Residency, The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• ¹¹ Chief Medical Officer, Radiology Leadership Institute, American College of Radiology; Professor and Vice Chair of Radiology at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.