E. Stephen Amis, Jr., MD, Fellowship in Quality and Safety

Stanford University, Stanford, California

The Amis Fellowship will teach me the tools I need to empower care teams to provide the highest standard of care through the creation of a culture of safety, as well as help other residents and students find a passion for quality improvement in radiology and oncology.

Lahey Medical Center, Burlington, MA

This fellowship will provide access to some of the greatest minds in the quality and safety field. The valuable lessons gained from this experience will aid me in having a deeper understanding of the systems geared towards improvement and quality care.

Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia       

Back in India as a doctor, I realized that my capacity to improve lives was limited by the number of patients I see. One thing led to another, and over the next eleven years I coached multiple improvement teams on microsystem projects and projects of increased complexity that had system-level implications.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY

I am grateful that the Amis Fellowship award will give me experience in the Quality and Safety aspect of Radiology. My desire is not only to provide quality care but to also be an ambassador of healthcare, promoting a culture of patient safety and quality improvement.

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, MA

"My desire has always been to provide the highest quality of care for all patients that I encounter, but I learned early on that it went beyond any individual physician and that system factors were essential for accomplishing sustained improvement."

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, NC

"Much has been written about the concept of burnout, and for good reason. We’ve all experienced it to some degree — especially after the pandemic. Radiology faces higher volumes and more staffing shortages than ever before."

Einstein Medical Center, PA

"The E. Stephen Amis, Jr., MD, Fellowship in Quality and Safety will provide me with an invaluable opportunity to learn about quality and safety issues affecting radiologists and explore ways to expand my contribution to patient care."

Harvard Medical School, MA

"Through the fellowship, I have come to better understand quality & safety from a radiologist’s perspective and, in turn, have been inspired to think big, contribute to the field, and help others to do the same."

University of Colorado, CO

"I envision this will expand my contribution to patients and colleagues, as well as help foster a culture and awareness of quality improvement that spans medical disciplines nationwide."

Cleveland Clinic, OH

"The Amis fellowship really opened my eyes to the wide spectrum of ACR operations and helped me make meaningful and valuable connections in the world of organized radiology."

University of Saskatchewan, Canada

"This is a tremendous opportunity to grow as a leader in quality and safety, providing fellows with increased capacity to lead quality and safety initiatives within their department."

Baylor College of Medicine, TX

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MA

"This fellowship offers unparalleled exposure to the extensive initiates taking place at the ACR impacting clinical practice around the country. The experience is inspiring and has helped me get involved at the hospital level to improve care for veterans."

Mount Sinai Health System Beth Israel, NY

Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, GA

Columbia University Medical Center, NY

University of Washington, WA

"This helped my career by offering exposure to the wide range of quality improvement and education efforts at the ACR. It helped build a foundation of knowledge and skillset that I use at work every day."

University of California, Los Angeles, CA

"This was a great opportunity to explore the breadth of Quality Improvement and to help me understand how to better incorporate Quality improvement into my future career."

University of Pennsylvania, PA

Yale, CT

University of Alabama, AL

Anderson, SC

Duke, NC

"This gave me insights into how to engage in leadership in quality and safety and how to utilize resources that the ACR offers, such as the Appropriateness Criteria and Practice Parameters, to provide the highest quality care to my patients every day."

Hospital for Special Surgery, NY

Mass General, MA

Winthrop University, SC

"The fellowship was critical in helping me learn about quality improvement and introduced me to the full breadth of quality activities related to radiology practice that fall under the ACR Quality umbrella."

Johns Hopkins, MD

University of Pennsylvania, PA

"Being an Amis fellow allowed me to see how and where the magic happens in the various departments that comprise the ACR, and to meet members of the ACR team with whom I still work with today, a decade later."

University of California, Los Angeles, CA

"The Amis Fellowship provided an insider's look into all the critical roles that the ACR leads with regards to quality assurance."

NY Hospital - Weill Cornell

University of Pennsylvania, PA

Duke, NC

"It taught me there were volunteer physicians and staff who genuinely cared about radiologists and patients behind every informatics-based quality improvement effort, large and small."

Mass General, MA