In This Issue

• Mastering Mammography

  On-site surveys keep patients safe and imaging facilities at the top of their game.

• Celebrating Leadership

  The RLI Luminary Award is the highest honor that the Institute bestows and reminds us that true leadership can take different forms.

• Coming Together: Collaboration is the Key to Advocacy

  The advocacy of "wins" of the ACR are having meaningful results for radiologists and, more importantly, for our patients.

• Dispatches January 2025

  ACR award nomination windows open, ACR educational opportunities and more.

• Injecting Economics into Medical Education

  While medical education prepares physicians for their clinical duties, many emerge unprepared to navigate healthcare economics in their practices and finances in their personal lives.

• Medical Student Perspectives: Planting a Seed of Change Through Advocacy

  Investing in advocacy efforts early can mean a bigger payoff down the line, for both the physician and the specialty.

• My First Six Months as CEO of the American College of Radiology

  Dana H. Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACR, reflects on her time so far as CEO and what she hopes to achieve as her tenure continues.