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    Remote radiologist jobs with flexible schedules, equitable pay, and the most advanced reading platform. Discover teleradiology at vRad.

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    Radiologist well-being matters. Explore how vRad takes action to prevent burnout with expert-led, confidential support through our partnership with VITAL WorkLife. Helping radiologists thrive.

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    Teleradiology services leader since 2001. See how vRad AI is helping deliver faster, higher-quality care for 50,000+ critical patients each year.

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    Breast Imaging

    Subspecialist care for the women in your community. 48-hour screenings. 1-hour diagnostics. Comprehensive compliance and inspection support.

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    vRad’s stroke protocol auto-assigns stroke cases to the top of all available radiologists’ worklists, with requirements to be read next.

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    vRad’s unique teleradiology workflow for trauma studies delivers consistently fast turnaround times—even during periods of high volume. 

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    vRad’s Operations Center is the central hub that ensures imaging studies and communications are handled efficiently and swiftly.

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    vRad is delivering faster radiology turnaround times for 40,000+ critical patients annually, using four unique strategies, including AI.

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    vRad is developing and using AI to improve radiology quality assurance and reduce medical malpractice risk.

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    Radiology Platform Solution

    Now you can power your practice with the same fully integrated technology and support ecosystem we use. The vRad Platform.

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    vRad AI

    Since developing and launching our first model in 2015, vRad has been at the forefront of AI in radiology.

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    Free On-Demand CME

    Since 2010, vRad Radiology Education has provided high-quality radiology CME. Open to all radiologists, these 15-minute online modules are a convenient way to stay up to date on practical radiology topics.

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    Spring CME Conference

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    vRad provides radiology residents and fellows free radiology education resources for ABR boards, noon lectures, and CME.

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Samir Ferdowsi

Samir Ferdowsi is a junior studying journalism and advertising at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. With minors in business and creative writing, Samir hopes to take on the advertising agency realm by storm come graduation. He was working as vRad’s 2017 summer marketing intern; creating advertisements, graphics for in-house and public viewing and writing blog posts such as this one (in addition to sprinkles of SEO and web development work). Outside of work hours, Samir enjoys staying active by biking and skateboarding, as well as reading and listening to his record collection.

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How to Become a Radiologist: The Road to Radiology (feat. Dr. Matthew Zapala)

Samir Ferdowsi: January 12, 2018

Remember fidgeting in bed, waiting to open the greatest present you ever asked for the night before your birthday? Or how about sitting in high school, nervously anticipating whether or not “studying” paid off, as the teacher passed out a chapter...

Radiologist professional development
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