In alphabetical order:

- Tasneem Al-Hassan is currently enrolled in Women’s imaging fellowship program at McGill University.

- Saad Al-Humayd is a thoracic imaging fellow at University of Toronto.

- Mashael Al-Rujaib is working as a radiologist in a general hospital in Saudi Arabia.

- Everick Ayala is a neuroradiology fellow at University of Toronto.

- Shagran Bin Khamis is currently an MSK radiology fellow at University of Ottawa.

- Mathieu Boily is currently an MSK radiology fellow at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

- Nathalie Ibrahim is currently training in Abdominal Imaging fellowship program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

- Khashayar Rafatzand is training in Body MRI fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston.

- Christine Wee, Dr. No! junior, has joined the radiology group at Jean-Talon hospital in Montreal.

- Jaron Yau is an interventional radiology fellow at University of Toronto.

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General Radiology Quiz, Dec 2010

Quiz winner: Dr. Mashael Alrujaib, PGY5 radiology resident, McGill University, Montreal.

Chest Radiology Quiz, Dec 2009

Cases & discussion courtesy of Dr. Amr Ajlan, Chest radiology fellow, UBC; Vancouver
Quiz winner: Dr. Khashayar Rafat Zand, PGY5 radiology resident, McGill University; Montreal

General Radiology Quiz, Dec 2009

Quiz winner: Dr. Rainer poley, PGY5 radiology resident, UCSF; San Francisco

General Radiology Quiz, Nov 2009

Quiz winner: Dr. James Woo, PGY5 radiology resident, UBC; Vancouver

MSK Radiology Quiz, Nov 2009

Cases & discussion courtesy of Dr. Federico Discepola, MSK radiology fellow, UCSD; San Diego
Quiz winner: Dr. Khashayar Rafat Zand, PGY5 radiology resident, McGill University; Montreal

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A: We face the same problem at McGill, for example in our MR fellowship that takes one fellow a year. One way is to ask the fellows in the previous years to contribute, but due to the evolving nature of fellowships, and that significant changes may take place from one year to another, we prefer to limit the reviews to the recent 3-4 years maximum.

I think the solution only comes from a sound professional relationship between fellows and the program director. Hopefully any and all flaws and shortcomings have already been discussed between the fellow and the PD during the training, in the hope of future improvement. As such a review, no matter how positive or negative, would not come as a surprise to the PD. This will give the fellows the security to freely and openly include their honest comments, even in view of non-anonymity, keeping in mind that they will be regarded as constructive criticism for future improvement.

On the other hand if only big programs are represented in the reviews, it may result in less attention to the smaller programs such as yours and our MR fellowship.

We went through the same discussion with our MRI fellows, who were hesitant initially, and we now do have their review on the site. This is a new initiative, and everyone (including us) will go through a certain “learning” curve before the effort comes to fruition.

In the end, I hope and predict that the reviews do more good than harm, not only on a collective basis but also per individual program.

This is, by no means or intention, an effort to promote or demote certain programs / subspecialties. A great amount of effort and money has been spent to initiate this section, and will continue to be spent to ensure its professional integrity, all in good faith and as an effort to assist the future applicants. We understand that residency / fellowship application is a complicated and stressful process. We are simply trying to help with the transition.

We are new to the process, and we sure have a lot to learn. There are many complexities involving the thought process of someone submitting a review; we are aware of a few, and are ignorant of the bigger rest. We hope that by feedback from our members (including the program directors), we can refine and enhance the structure, functionality and relevance of this section in the future.

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