Whats the difference between a general radiologist and a subspecialist?
A general radiologist will split his or her time up among the different types of images. They could be reading a CT scan one minute and an MRI the next, or jump from looking at someone’s knee to looking at someone else’s brain. A subspecialist, on the other hand, will focus only on one type of scan or part of the body. For example, they might read only CT scans or focus only on images of the heart. By subspecializing, an imaging physician will gain a deep knowledge of their area of diagnostic imaging – far deeper than a generalist can have. To use an analogy: if you needed eye surgery, would you want your primary care physician to do it, or would you want a highly trained eye surgeon to do it? The primary care physician might be extremely good at what they do, but the eye surgeon is the person to go to for what they do best. At the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, you can get the best imaging physician for your particular needs, whether you are suffering from back pain, memory loss, a hear
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