Leaders of academic radiology practices in the United States are experiencing one
or more symptoms of burnout. This should not be a surprise given current reports suggesting
that 45% of practicing radiologists are also experiencing one or more of these symptoms
(
1
,
2
,
3
). Data from recent surveys supports similar burnout rates in leaders in other medical
disciplines (
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
). A recent survey of academic radiology chairs by Ganeshan et al (
8
), the first to collect such data specific to radiology chairs, demonstrated that
almost 40% of radiology chairs are experiencing one or more symptoms of burnout, and
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: April 29, 2019
Accepted:
March 8,
2019
Received:
March 6,
2019
Identification
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© 2019 The Association of University Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.