I started Independent Radiology–a job board exclusively dedicated to featuring physician-owned private practices–on August 14. This past weekend we hit a major milestone I wouldn’t have predicted: 100 groups advertising their openings. The level of group and user engagement has been great to see.

// 12.09.24

If you’re a trainee going to RSNA this year, I’ll be giving a talk about careers in radiology during Session M3-RCP20: Navigating the Job Market at 9:30am on Monday. Come say hi!

// 12.01.24

My internet friends over at Medality are having a big Black Friday sale now through next Tuesday with 30-40% off memberships, learning passes, and virtual fellowships. Solid use of CME funds before the end of the year, and an easy way to support this site.

// 11.29.24

They used to say academics was less production/pay and private practice was high stress/high comp. The gap has narrowed because the academy is demanding much more, lots of rads are just nonacademic employees of the university behemoth working a generic job, and the labor shortage means hospitals/universities need to pay more to compete in the job market.

Perhaps counterintuitively, strong private practice in the face of the labor shortage is one of the factors driving up academic compensation.

// 11.17.24

Another paper suggesting that clinicians prefer some structure (but not too much structure) in radiology reports. There are always edge cases where structured reporting becomes cumbersome–and overly parsed reports are also inefficient/unreadable–but there’s no denying it’s so much easier for me to scan a prior report when it’s not narrative free text.

// 10.06.24

A reader asked if anyone had successfully started a new radiology private practice recently, particularly one that involved financing, opening up new imaging centers, and fresh payor contracts. There is a vacuum in some areas, especially with the PE-exacerbated instability, and therefore a clear opportunity to those who can muster the manpower (no easy feat).

As a follow-up, I thought I’d ask (on their behalf): is anyone who has willing to mentor other upstarts?

// 09.30.24