Dear Members, Happy New Year! A new year always brings the opportunity for a fresh start, something all of us desperately need. This past year has seen many fits and starts, as the variants have gone through half of the
WSRS President’s Viewbox: October 2021
Dear Members, Congratulations are in order! Your Washington State Radiological Society would like to congratulate: Dr. Puneet Bhargava (UW Medicine) Dr. R. Brian Heathcock (Vantage Radiology) for earning ACR Fellowship in 2022! We would also like to congratulate: Dr. Teresa Chapman (Seattle
WSRS President’s Viewbox: July 2021
The weariness of the past year and a half has weighed on all of us. Cancellation of elective procedures, PPE shortages, and waiting for COVID vaccines are all challenges that we have endured. Now, as social activities have started up
WSRS President’s Viewbox: November 2018
The annual meeting of the WSRS on November 3rd at the Embassy Suites in Pioneer Square saw the biannual change of the executive committee. Our thanks to Dr. Pooja Voria for her skillful leadership over the past two
WSRS President’s Viewbox: September 2018
Pooja Voria, MD, MBA, President, WSRS, 2016-2018 Dear Colleagues and Friends, Warm jackets, golden orange pumpkins, and falling leaves are just a few of the things that remind us of autumn. But in the radiology community, the beginning of fall
WSRS President’s Viewbox: June 2018
Pooja Voria, MD, MBA, President, WSRS Dear Colleagues and Friends, At the recent 2018 ACR Annual Meeting, the new Chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors, Dr. Geraldine McGinty, stated “The ACR is the voice of radiology. As the unified
WSRS President’s Viewbox: February 2018
By Pooja Voria, MD, MBA, President, WSRS Dear Colleagues and Friends, 2018 has been off to a great start! We are more than half way into the state legislative session, which is only 8 weeks long this year. Although it
WSRS President’s Viewbox: November 2017
By Pooja Voria, MD, MBA, President, WSRS Dear Colleagues and Friends, Thank you to all who attended our very first joint annual meeting with the WSMA on October 14th. Once again, I would like to thank Dr. Puneet Bhargava for
WSRS President’s Viewbox: September 2017
By Pooja Voria, MD, MBA, President, WSRS Dear Colleagues and Friends, While our beautiful summer must come to an end, we have an exciting fall schedule! The WSRS board has been diligently planning several activities for this fall, including our
WSRS President’s Viewbox: Summer 2017
Dear Colleagues and Friends, It’s an exciting time to be a radiologist! We had a delegation of 25 attend the 2017 ACR Annual Meeting and Capitol Hill Day in Washington D.C. in late May. At the ACR meeting, much of