Blogs & Articles By Me

Next stop in Africa is Harare, Zimbabwe. The highlight of the flight down from Addis was looking down at the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro projecting through the clouds, about midway through the flight. My Iphone camera did not unfortunately do justice to the spectacle. Arrival in Harare was a series of pleasant surprises, as the […]

My entry point into the continent of Africa was the city of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Addis as it is fondly called by Ethiopians, is an historic city, widely regarded as the capital of the African continent, where the Organization for African Unity was formed, so it is appropriate that my trip begin

The healthcare ICT conference in Hyderabad hosted by Apollo Hospitals and organized by the irrepressible and charismatic Prof K Ganapathy on September 1 was very stimulating. I spoke on Teleradiology and my co-panelists, who were from Denmark, Japan, Pakistan and India spoke on an interesting variety of topics including the role of telemedicine in burns

Our newest entity Image Core Lab, or ICL, is focused on image analysis and management for clinical research. This is an interesting new space, requiring its own dedicated focus, team, infrastructure and technology while still being closely allied to the core practice of teleradiology. Our experiences in this space over the past few years inspired

Prof Lenny Tan of the National University of Singapore, former President of the International Society of Radiology recently visited us and delivered a lecture on Acute Aortic Syndromes. Prof Tan is a regarded by many as the father of Interventional Radiology in Asia and was the pioneer of many interventional techniques, including coronary angiography in

On April 5, I had the privilege of being invited by Kiran Shaw to attend the inauguration of the magnificent new Biocon research center at the sprawling Biocon campus. Speaking on the occasion were the Who’s who of the Indian scientific community, including the heads of the Indian Institute of Science, the National Center for

This month, Teleradiology Solutions turns 10 years old – we were incorporated in February 2002. For a teleradiology company to reach the ripe old age of 10 is no mean task. Over the past decade the radiology environment has become a labile and competitive one, and many teleradiology companies that started at about the same

We had two interesting visitors to TRS over the past month, both musculoskeletal radiologists. The first Dr Sumathi Wable, is Director of MRI at the Albert Einstein Medical Center, one of our longstanding and cherished client hospitals, whose residents we enjoy working with and teaching. Dr Wable spoke on MRI of the glenoid labrum. Her

Breaking news – Teleradiology Solutions has been rated the #1 National provider of Teleradiology Services in the United States by KLAS® in their 2011 survey. Coming in the tenth year of our organization, this recognition is a source of intense satisfaction and pride, especially given the formidable competition. Last year we ranked #3, and set

I had an interesting interaction with an ER physician recently. A scan came up on my worklist with the history “R/O stone”. When I reviewed the images, it was apparent that the patient had neither a stone nor an obstructed ureter, on the other hand, there were a number of dilated bowel loops with air-fluid