2025 IRS-CRS-CIRS November Virtual Education Program – RSVP Today

Join us on Thursday, November 20th for the IRS-CRS-CIRS November Virtual Education Program. Grab a snack and join us at 5:00 pm CST as we kick off our evening with a panel discussion led by topic experts on Radiology Fellowships.

The panel discussion will be followed by a presentation on work-life balance, given by Frank J. Lexa, MD, MBA, FACR, Board Member of The Radiology Leadership Institute of the ACR and Co-founder of the Global Leadership Practicum in Radiology.  RSVP Today.

Program Schedule:

5:00 – 6:30pm Central
Still Worth It: All You Need to Know About Radiology Fellowships

This panel discussion will focus on radiology fellowships: why complete a fellowship, how to apply, and how to be a successful fellow.

Panelists include:

Anne Darrow, MD, MA, Breast Imaging, UC Davis Health
Lindsay Griffin, MD, Cardiothoracic Radiology, Jefferson Radiology
Derek Hesse, MD, Neuroradiology Fellow & Fellowship in Nuclear Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Jacob Ormsby, MD, MBA, Neuroradiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Parth Patel, DO, Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellow, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Stephen Thomas, MD, Abdominal Imaging, NYU Langone Health
Mary Wyers, MD, Pediatric Radiology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Jonathan Youngner, MD, Musculoskeletal Radiology, The Cleveland Clinic

6:30 – 7:16pm Central
Work-Work Imbalance and Burnout: Wicked Problems and Challenging Solutions
Frank J. Lexa, MD, MBA, FACR, Board member, The Radiology Leadership Institute of the ACR
Co-founder, the Global Leadership Practicum in Radiology

Frank J. Lexa, MD, MBA, FACR is an academic neuroradiologist from Pennsylvania. Most recently, he worked at the University of Pittsburgh where he was a Professor and the Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and also worked in several capacities for UPMC International.

Dr. Lexa lectures, consults, and writes extensively on issues at the interface of health care and business. He has authored over 175 peer-reviewed papers as well as numerous articles in the general medical press and alternative media and has also contributed multiple book and encyclopedia chapters. He has given over 2,000 academic, invited, educational, business, and Grand Rounds lectures as well as chaired and directed numerous educational meetings for academic, professional, and business organizations. His book “Leadership Lessons for Success in Health Care” takes a systematic approach to developing medical leadership skills.

He has chaired, co-chaired, and served on several key national committees and task forces for major organizations in US radiology. For over a decade, he was the Chief Medical Officer of the Radiology Leadership Institute of the ACR as well as the Chair of the RLI Board. He served as the 2022-2023 Vice President of the American College of Radiology and in that role also served on the Board of the Canadian Association of Radiologists. He co-led the ACR’s Five Year Strategic Planning process cycle which was completed in 2022. He is also the current chair of the ACR International Economics Committee and a member of the ACR International Commission. He served on the Board of Chancellors of the ACR for two terms as the Chair of the Commission on Leadership and Practice Development. He also served for six years as a founding co-chair of the Future Trends Committee for the ACR and was also on the Budget and Finance Committee.