RABcasts: Industry leaders exploring global change

In this podcast we interview Craig Foster, Socceroo,  international sport analyst, humanitarian, Order of Australia recipient and the current New South Wales Australian of the Year nomination. 

He has many roles  and official positions including being on the Australian multicultural council, John Moriarty football foundation, A/ professor at Torrens University, Stan sport senior football analyst and being an ambassador for amnesty international. 

We discuss many of the issues that Craig is passionate about and champions including  refugee rights, gender diversity, LGBT rights,  and confronting racism and the role of sport in bringing about positive social change . We discuss the upcoming football World Cup in Qatar  and the  human rights violations that are occurring. 

We also discuss football, Including Why the A-League is not the powerhouse that it should be and Australia’s chances in the upcoming World Cup. 

We  also find out more about Craig the person,  what he enjoys and what makes him tick. Also will we be seeing Craig the politician in the future?

For the first part of this extended interview please listen to this podcast. The second part will be released in around two weeks.

In this episode A/Prof Suresh de Silva interviews with the man who founded and is Editor In Chief of Radiopaedia.org, Associate Professor Frank Gaillard, which he began in December 2005. He is also a neuroradiologist at the University of Melbourne Department of Radiology of the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia.  

In 2021, in recognition of his contribution to radiology education, he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (UK).

Frank discusses his reasons for setting up the organisation and provides an insight into the evolution and machinations of arguably the most well-known radiological education and resources site, globally.

He also provides his insight into the future of radiology and offers his views about several hot button topics including artificial intelligence. 

In typical Frank fashion, he cuts through the small talk and focuses on the truths. We also get to know a little bit more about Frank the man and what makes him tick.

A must listen for anyone who uses or follows Radiopaedia.

Although we have made significant progress in mitigating the medical and social problems related to COVID-19, it does continue to be a significant issue globally. There are still many questions that need to be answered. In this podcast, we interview Professor Tom Gottlieb, head of the Infectious Diseases Department at Concord Hospital, Sydney. 

Tom provides his insight into key issues. These include the new antiviral treatments that are available to reduce the impact of infection, the best approach to boosters, vaccination regimes and more challenging topics such as the origin of COVID-19. This is a must listen for anyone who wants to know more about this pandemic and the next phase of our mitigation of its impacts and its evolution. 

Prof Forster, former Director of Radiology at the University of British Columbia, and radiologist for the Olympic Games, discusses challenges of AI implementation and recaps the highlights of his unique journey in radiology over the years. As one of the foremost global radiologists and educators of today, we discuss the rewards of training the next generation and get to know the man behind the screen.

Dr Zindel, board member at Siemens Healthineers and a global leader in new technologies, explains where he sees the state of radiology, quantum computing and artificial intelligence today. In view of the advent of personalised medicine and holistic therapy many experts predict the end of healthcare as we know it. However, in many places it is ‘healthcare business as usual.’ This is not in the future; this is happening right now and will impact all of us in some way.