Welcome to another episode! Dr. David Ballard is an abdominal radiologist serving as an Assistant Professor of Radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University St. Louis. He completed his abdominal imaging fellowship at Mallinckrodt and is in his first year as an attending in academic radiology. Dr. Ballard graduated medical school from Louisiana State University Health and completed residency at Mallinckrodt. During radiology residency, he served as chief resident and conducted the annual radiology chief resident survey through the radiology chief resident subgroup of AUR. He has a strong interest in research with over 100 publications and a special interest in 3D printing. He also serves as associate editor for RadioGraphics.

The 3D-printing N95 study we mention in Dr. Ballard’s interview: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33257256/

Find out more about RadioGraphics here: https://pubs.rsna.org/toc/radiographics/41/6