Dr. Chris Hammond

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Dr. Chris Hammond is a consultant vascular radiologist and clinical director for radiology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, U.K.

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What can we do to control demand for imaging?
Ever increasing demand is the elephant in the room of healthcare funding: ignore it and we'll all be trampled. Everyone must act to stem the tide, writes Dr. Chris Hammond.
January 20, 2025
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My identity as a doctor: Why is it such a big deal?
Medical identity is ingrained into the stories we tell ourselves as professionals, but we may be giving it too much prominence in our lives, writes interventional radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond.
October 31, 2024
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The tricky task of choosing well and cutting well
Adhering to the old surgical adage 'choose well, cut well, get well' becomes harder as we learn more, writes interventional radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond. He feels burdened with a deep sense of uncertainty.
July 16, 2024
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How much subspecialization do we really need in radiology?
Keeping yourself grounded in the general can help you avoid falling into the trap of subspecializing yourself into irrelevance, writes clinical radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond in a new guest column.
January 16, 2024
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How to make progress in radiology's ongoing search for excellence
Excellence is not an endpoint, it's a process, writes clinical radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond. To achieve it and make good decisions on increasing our sequences, adopting a new surveillance strategy, resourcing overnight reporting, etc., requires us to work together, he says.
October 23, 2023
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Getting the basics right is rule one in clinical practice
It's essential to get the basics right because the rest can then follow, writes radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond. In a new viewpoint column, he recalls an event that made a deep personal impression on him.
August 28, 2023
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Workforce issues and the reality distortion field
The growing crisis facing the U.K. National Health Service can only be overcome with a motivated, engaged, and driven workforce, writes clinical radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond in a new column. We must learn from the Apple experience of the 1980s, he insists.
January 9, 2023
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Parachutes, belief, and intellectual curiosity
More resources need to be invested into rigorous and independent research to generate the evidence to support what we do in radiology, writes Dr. Chris Hammond in a new column.
November 7, 2022
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Timely reflections on radiology demand management
Managing the demand for medical imaging is a hot topic. When it’s cheaper and easier to get a scan than a senior and holistic medical opinion, the demand for imaging will only rise. How can we improve the situation? Dr. Chris Hammond investigates.
August 8, 2022
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Why clinical registries may be the emperor's new clothes
Clinical data registries are a big thing right now. Like the emperor's new clothes, are they something we should accept at face value, uncritically, because everyone else does? Interventional radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond addresses this question in a new column.
March 28, 2022
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