In this episode we speak to Dr Umair (Umi) Janjua, a UK Radiologist born and bred who swapped his consultant job in the UK for private medicine in Dubai. He gives us a comprehensive review of his unique experience there from the working conditions (the good and the bad), the social life, the lucrative package and whether he would recommend the switch to others.  

In this episode we cover the anxiety inducing topic of litigation in radiology with Majid Hassan who leads the medical malpractice division at Capsticks Solicitors. We discuss why some errors end up in court and others don't, defending radiologists in court, the role of medical experts, whether society is becoming more litigious and much more!

In this episode we speak to the new RCR President Dr Katharine Halliday and get her outlook on the opportunities and challenges facing the colleges during her coming tenure including AI, radiology networks, workforce and the relationship between IR & DR. We also discuss the influential Get It Right First Time (GIRFT) report in Radiology, which she lead, and how she intends to implement the recommendations. We debrief on the inaugural RCR Global Congress in Dubai - was it a success and do they intend to do more?

In this episode we speak to Dr Peter Kralt and Dr Lenetta Boyce who report post mortem CT imaging for the digital autopsy company iGene. Peter is one of the pioneers in the field having co-authored the book "Post Mortem CT For Non-Suspicious Adult Death", while Lenetta has recently started PM CT reporting in the last few years. They tell us about the history of PM CT, how PM CT is performed and reported, turf wars with Pathologists, the psychological toll of post mortem reporting and much more.

Jamie has just finished his first year as a consultant and I've just finished my Fellowship at Guy's so we both reflect on our experiences over the last year and Jamie gives me some tips for my upcoming consultant job. I also recount my experience of going through the consultant interview process and Jamie discusses his recent stint working as a Radiologist at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

This month we speak to Dr Fiona Pathiraja, Founder & Managing Director at the venture capital investing firm Crista Galli Ventures and former Radiology Consultant at University College London Hospital. She tells us about her fascinating career journey encompassing radiology, public health, management consulting and health tech investing with stints at UCL, London Business School and Harvard. We discuss the challenges of leaving medicine, the exciting companies she is investing in and her experience as a female of Asian descent within the world of private investing.

In this episode explore 3D printing in radiology with one of the leading experts in the field, Dr Leonid Chepelev, Cardiothoracic Radiologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. In 2018 Dr Chepelev was lead author on the RSNA Special Interest Group paper outlining the clinical applications of medical 3D printing. We discuss the current and future use cases of the technology, how radiologists add value to the process and the challenges of setting up a 3D printing practice. 

In this episode we speak to Jade Scott-Blagrove, Founder of the Widening Participations Medics Network and Co-Founder RadReach, an RCR collaboration aimed at increasing access to radiology to individuals from under-represented groups. She tells us about her own life experiences that motivate her, gives her assessment on the current state of diversity in radiology and explains the tangible steps her and the RCR are taking to make radiology as inclusive as possible.

In this episode, named after an article written by Dr Brady in 2021, we discuss how the changing nature of radiologist work is having the paradoxical effect of making us less visible to our clinical colleagues and patients, at a time when radiology has never been more integral to patient care. Dr Brady also introduces the concept of value based radiology and explains why we need to shift the emphasis from volume to value of outputs.

This month we have the 3rd instalment of our fellowship series as we speak to Dr Rosalind Williamson, Paediatric Radiology Consultant at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, who in 2020 spent a year at The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Australia. We discuss the quirks of Paediatric Radiology, how she faired on her fellowship and surviving Melbourne's hardcore lockdown measures.