The WIRED Podcast: Dr. Cheri L. Canon, M.D.

About this episode

Dr. Cheri L. Canon is the President of the UA Health Services Foundation, Chief Physician Executive of UAB Health System, and Professor Emerita in the Department of Radiology at UAB Heersink School of Medicine. After serving as professor, chair, and Witten-Stanley Endowed Chair of Radiology at UAB for 13 years, Dr. Canon transitioned to these broader executive leadership roles while maintaining her commitment to advancing the field of radiology and developing future leaders. In this episode, Dr. Canon recounts moments in her childhood as a young girl with a passion for the sciences growing up in a traditional American small town. We touch on her early career work in medical education, including her role in transitioning UAB's curriculum from a traditional discipline-based model to the organ-based system that students experience today—an accomplishment she considers one of the proudest of her career. Dr. Canon then provides a glimpse into her extensive service with the American Board of Radiology, from her early days writing multiple-choice questions to her current role as Board of Governors president, in which she was a member of a team responsible for developing the New Diagno