RadCast

**Worldwide Radiology are running a fundraiser to support the delivery of Point of Care US training in Ghana. To find out more and donate, visit: https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a056900002MTxfOAAT** This ends on Tuesday 6th December 2022.

In this episode we chat to Dr Elizabeth Joekes who is a Consultant Radiologist with a special interest in Tropical and Infectious Diseases and Co-Founder of the charity Worldwide Radiology. She shares experiences from her eventful career which has taken her from IR in the Netherlands, to Head of a radiology department in Ghana and now the Liverpool School of Tropical and Infectious Diseases in Liverpool.  She also tells us about her charity, Worldwide Radiology, and the great work they are doing bringing radiology services and education to resource poor countries. Worldwide Radiology are actively recruiting a broad range of volunteers from radiologists and radiographers to sonographers and biomedical engineers. to find out how you can get involved visit: https://www.worldwideradiology.org/ 

In this episode we speak to Dr Mat Elameer, who is a radiology trainee in Newcastle with a keen interest in academia and who has recently completed an Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF). He tells us about his positives experiences of the ACF and gives his insight into the ACF application process. We also discuss his Neuroradiology research interests; the difficult balancing act between research and clinical commitments, and why there are so few academic radiologists. Mat is happy to be contacted for queries on academic radiology/ACF at [email protected]

In this episode of RadCast we discuss the Coronavirus pandemic gripping the world. We consider the effect it is predicted to have on already stretched radiology services and the plans being put in place to tackle what the biggest public health emergency the UK has faced in a generation.