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Women are underrepresented in radiology globally, but most notably in the U.S. — despite the fact that they make up half of U.S. medical school graduates, according to a study published online February 4 in Academic Radiology.

RADxx Rising Star Judy Gichoya Wawira, M.D. shares AI club findings. For the month of January, they addressed the performance of deep learning algorithms for disease diagnosis , specifically focusing on the paper by the stanford group — CheXNet: Radiologist-Level Pneumonia Detection on Chest X-Rays with Deep Learning. They continue to generate a large interest in the journal club , with 347 people registered , 150 of whom signed on January 24th 2018 to participate in the discussion.

As the first female chief resident in an all-male program, Amy Patel, MD, breast radiologist at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and instructor of radiology at Harvard University Medical School, knows a lot about the importance of diversity and inclusivity of women and minorities in radiology. Patel spoke to Radiology Business regarding the industry’s efforts in these areas.

Radiologists are no longer only the diagnostician’s doctor. With increased transparency in healthcare, patients are provided with greater access to their radiology reports.What does this mean for today’s radiologist? Tessa S. Cook, MD, PhD, assistant professor of radiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, discussed the implications with attendees on Nov. 28 at RSNA 2017 in Chicago.