<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/03-03/05-diagnostic-stewardship-radiology.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>03/03/2026 04:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>A Call for Diagnostic Stewardship in Modern Radiology </title><sub-title/><description>Advanced imaging has become routine in modern medicine. With technology evolving rapidly and access expanding, it is essential to ensure that every scan we order truly helps the patient in front of us. A recent review in the Cureus Journal of Medical Sciences, co-authored by Stephen Waite, M.D., FACR, Professor of Clinical Radiology, explores how the field can refocus on its central purpose: strengthening clinical decision-making and delivering measurable benefit to patients. </description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.downstate.edu/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/03-03/_images/waite.png" alt="The Fryback and Thornbury hierarchical model of efficacy in radiologic imaging."/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/03-03/05-diagnostic-stewardship-radiology.xml</loc><tags><tag>Radiology</tag></tags><categories/></item>