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Figley Fellow in Radiology Journalism. Rogers International Fellow in Radiology Journalism. Founded in 1907, AJR is one of the specialty’s leading peer-reviewed journals, publishing clinically oriented content across all imaging subspecialties and modalities relevant to radiologists’ daily practice. Baffour earned his M.D.
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Clinical Radiology. Published 2014 Oct 17. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-206994 Amara Ahmed is a medical student at the Florida State University College of Medicine. Rice, MD is the president of Global Radiology CME and is a radiologist with Cape Radiology Group. Can Urol Assoc J. 2011;5(4):E74-E76. BMJ Case Rep.
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