title: 2013 ACR presidential address: a personal view on the future of radiology.
abstract: In this address, John A. Patti, MD, acknowledges the celebration and success that radiologists have experienced throughout their careers but also asks incisive questions about how they will face the future. Answers to those questions require an analysis of the past, an understanding of the present, serious and penetrating introspection, and engagement of a process for moving forward. An understanding of who we are and why we do what we do is essential to facilitate the changes that will be necessary if radiologists are to control the future, rather than having the future control radiologists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. jpatti@partners.org
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Patti
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D010819:Physician's Role; D011871:Radiology / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States
keywords: Presidential address; change leadership; future of radiology; patients; vision