Special Procedures Radiology Technologist

Interventional Radiologist

Radiologist

Executive Director

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Surgeon, Trauma

Chairman

Physician / Doctor, Radiologist

Main

Male

Female

Medical / Health

Dental

Vision

None

Veterans Affairs Hospital

Less than 1 year

1-4 years

5-9 years

10-19 years

20 years or more

New York, New York

Los Angeles, California

Boston, Massachusetts

Houston, Texas

Columbus, Ohio

Chicago, Illinois

Miami, Florida

Atlanta, Georgia

San Francisco, California

Tampa, Florida

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dallas, Texas

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Denver, Colorado

Cincinnati, Ohio

Washington, District of Columbia

Phoenix, Arizona

El Paso, Texas

San Antonio, Texas

Orlando, Florida

Sacramento, California

Danville, Pennsylvania

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Seattle, Washington

Cleveland, Ohio

Charlotte, North Carolina

Birmingham, Alabama

Spokane, Washington

Salt Lake City, Utah

Jacksonville, Florida

Worcester, Massachusetts

Las Vegas, Nevada

San Diego, California

Baltimore, Maryland

Nashville, Tennessee

Florida, Florida

Raleigh, North Carolina

Jackson, Mississippi

Detroit, Michigan

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Radiology

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Computed Tomography (CT)

Interventional Radiology

Sonography

Medicine / Surgery

Nuclear Medicine

Emergency/Trauma

A doctor who works with X-rays and a variety of medical imaging equipment is a radiologist. Radiologists specialize in analyzing the medical images of patients and making primary recommendations for initial treatment to the care physicians. While hospitals and clinics typically employ doctors who specialize in this area, there are also specialized radiology and imaging clinics that employ individuals for this position.
The primary educational requirement for a doctor specializing in radiology is a medical degree from an accredited university. Additionally, the radiologist must be board-certified in this area of expertise and must maintain all continuing education requirements and recertifications as needed. The physician must be familiar with the use of relevant imaging equipment as well and understand the nature of the patient’s described ailments when creating images to achieve the best diagnostic work. Radiologists must able to balance the comfort of the patient with the needs of a referring physician to get the best images possible.
In addition to creating these diagnostic images, the radiologist is expected to make examinations of the images created. This may include interpretation and re-creation of images as well. The radiologist makes recommendations for treatment to be referred to the care physicians to execute. They should also make clear and accurate notation on all relevant images.
The radiologist typically works during regular business hours, although in some clinical and hospital environments, on-call and after-hours work may be required as well.

The average pay for a Physician / Doctor, Radiologist is $73.00 per hour.

The average pay for a Physician / Doctor, Radiologist is $307,784 per year.

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United States