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14-hospital Allegheny Health Network selects radiologist as next chief medical officer

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Bethany Casagranda, DO, MBA, has served as chair of AHNs Imaging Institute since 2017, growing the networks radiologist roster from 28 to 124.

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Excess imaging produces 'significant' carbon dioxide emissions

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They also found that total average yearly greenhouse gas emissions from all Medicare imaging exams between 2017 and 2021 ranged from 8.1 But this work is the first to estimate the carbon emissions of inappropriate imaging, and it highlights an additional reason to reduce unnecessary imaging, according to the investigators.

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MGH's Mahmood named new RSNA president

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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) radiologist Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD, has been named president of the board of directors of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the group announced at its 2024 annual meeting in Chicago. Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD. Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

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Louis School of Medicine and completed his residency and a neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Elliot Fishman, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine The second finalist is Elliot Fishman, MD, a category for which he took the trophy in 2001, 2007, 2014, and 2017. Deng is lauded internationally as an educator.

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AuntMinnie 2017: Pull linear MRI contrast from market, European group says

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Our top article in 2017 covered an EU regulatory body's controversial recommendation to pull four gadolinium-based contrast agents from the market. Editor's note: As part of the celebration of AuntMinnie.com's upcoming 25th anniversary, we're presenting 25 for 25 -- a series featuring our most popular content for each of the last 25 years.

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Thrombectomy use increasing to treat VTE

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Stephanie McNamara, PhD, of Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, presented a study that found procedure rates for venous thromboembolism (VTE) increased by 75% between 2017 and 2022. However, these rates remain low considering the total number of cases per year, McNamara said. fold vs. 1.8-fold). Medicare and 46.8% commercial).

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More radiology research funding tied to limited patient outreach

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Lopez and co-authors studied the relationship between NIH research funding awarded to radiology departments and Lown Institute Hospitals Index rankings for inclusivity and community benefit. The index measures the social responsibility of more than 3,600 hospitals across the U.S. based radiology departments.

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