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Season 1 • Episode 2

Workflow or Overload? | Radiology Rewired

Episode overview

In the second episode of Radiology Rewired, Dr. Singh sits down with Dr. Jeremy Heit, Director of Neuroimaging and Neurointerventional Services at Stanford, to explore the most pressing challenges facing radiology today, from workforce shortages to the rising burden of imaging demand.

Dr. Heit discusses why 39 percent of radiologists are considering leaving the field, how private equity consolidation is reshaping career paths, and why medical students remain wary of radiology amid rapid advances in AI. He also breaks down how imaging volumes have accelerated far faster than the radiology workforce, and why deep clinical AI will be essential to closing this widening gap.

This episode offers an unfiltered look at burnout, practice pressures, and the evolving role of AI in radiology.

Episode highlights

00:00

Introduction: workforce pressures and burnout

01:00

The collapse of traditional private practice models

02:15

Why medical students fear entering radiology

03:56

Understanding the 39 percent burnout statistic

05:23

How AI has reshaped stroke care and transfer decisions

08:30

Imaging volume growth vs. workforce capacity

11:00

What makes an AI tool clinically valuable

13:00

The future of AI adoption and physician-led innovation

About the host

Dr Vivek Singh
Vivek Singh, MD
Neuroradiologist, MUSC

Dr. Singh is a board-certified neuroradiologist and assistant professor at MUSC, where he completed his diagnostic radiology residency and neuroradiology fellowship, serving as chief resident in his final year. His expertise spans the full spectrum of diagnostic imaging, with a strong interest in stroke and brain tumor imaging, while also regularly interpreting general studies and performing a range of image-guided procedures.

A graduate of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine with dual undergraduate degrees in Human Nutrition and Biochemistry from Virginia Tech, Dr. Singh developed a deep interest in AI during training. He focuses on how AI can improve early disease detection, expand therapeutic imaging, enhance screening programs, and triage critical findings. He is particularly interested in the evolving role of radiologists as information integrators, combining AI insights with imaging, genomics, and clinical data to guide diagnosis and treatment.

About the guest

D Jeremy Heit
Jeremy Heit, MD, PhD
Director of Neuroimaging and Neurointerventional Services, Stanford University

Dr. Jeremy Heit is a Professor of Radiology and of Neurosurgery at Stanford University. He is a practicing neurointerventional radiologist who specializes in the diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment ofischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. Dr. Heit’s research group is working to understand the genetic, developmental, and pathophysiologic basis of cerebrovascular disease. In addition, his group is developing new minimally invasive, image- guided treatments for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. He has authored over 100 publications and is an investigator on multiple grants, including the CRISP 2 and DEFUSE 3 studies. He is the co-PI of the PRECISE basilar thrombectomy study.