Eric Postal, MD

Your radiology career is a perpetual cycle of gaining experience that adds to your expertise and ensures your continued professional growth.

Paying attention to your cycles of energy and enthusiasm can lead to better work productivity and outcomes.

Envisioning the radiology editor – what could that look like?

Contemplating an editor for radiology reports.

When imaging studies evoke classic movie sentiments.

Will the lessons learned from this next surge of COVID-19 be enough to stop the spread?

The effect of inadvertent errors and oversights in the eye of the beholder.

Word choice matters when it comes to professionalism and expertise.

A little self-doubt and being open to others' opinions and assessments can be a good thing.

Five major themes for what the pandemic has taught us.

Paying attention to imaging volume changes can have you standing at the ready to resume a more normal reading schedule.

Clear, consistent communication during COVID-19 is still critical.

The future face of radiology remains to be seen as many questions about the virus’s impact on practice are, as yet, unanswered.

Getting back into the swing – with exercise or image reading – will likely be tough after COVID-19.

Re-purposing providers without recent hands-on clinical experience.

With working hours cut and imaging volume down, how do you fill the day?

Not every radiologist is being overwhelmed by virus-related workloads.

Teleradiology may already be maxxed out.

Thoughts on the impact on COVID-19 on imaging.

Being persnickety about imaging-technique prefereces could lead to image-quality improvement.

Early career might not be the best time for a teleradiology position.

Making a diagnostic discovery can feel like catching an elusive glimpse while whale-watching.

When even power outages can’t dampen the self-created expectation for productivity.

Do radiologists really want the responsibility of reading all X-rays?

Repeated calls for nodule follow-up can feel like spinning your wheels.

Stick to your strenghts to safeguard -- and increase -- your slice of the pie.

The rhyme-and-reason -- or lack thereof -- of bonuses.

The changing, more personalized, face of teleradiology

Maintaining your energy can help side-step mid-day fatigue.

Highlighting -- and remedying -- inefficiencies can greatly augment your productivity whenever possible.