Radiology is a very challenging medical specialty, and one that is poorly understood by many people.
The explosion in medical technology in the last 20 years has catapulted radiology into the forefront of medical care. Fifty years ago a radiologist was primarily responsible for interpreting x-ray pictures. Today a radiologist is involved in assisting physicians in just about every medical specialty with the diagnosis and treatment of patients. On a typical day a Radiologist might do an ultrasound of a pregnant woman in early labor, then walk over to the mammography section and perform a needle biopsy of a breast lump. A moment later he could be reading the CT scan of a child from the emergency room injured in a car wreck.