Chapter 04: Private Practice and an Opportunity to Develop a Radiology Department

Dr. Podoloff begins this segment by noting that his dual focus in internal medicine and diagnostic imaging would be very important to the evolution of his career. He then talks about his years in private practice at the Diagnostic Clinic of Houston, Houston, TX, where he served as Director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine with responsibilities for building a new program (8/1975-5/1986). He then explains why internal medicine enhanced the diagnostic imaging perspective, enabling him both to work with patients and understand the science of disease from a physiological perspective. Next Dr. Podoloff explains how he built a nuclear medicine program at the Diagnostic Clinic. He also explains how nuclear medicine differs from radiology. He notes that he built a very successful department.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1729/thumbnail.jp