If your home is your castle, what does that
make your office? Mine must be a cathedral
because it is the most sacred place I
know. Every one of my accomplishments in
academic radiology was born, nurtured and
honed for public consumption in the inner
sanctum of my office. Ditto for the meetings
with medical students and residents that
launched a thousand careers. None were in
radiology, but that’s beside the point. The
bottom line is it’s nearly impossible to have
a successful academic radiology career without
a proper office. I therefore appeal to radiology
chairs everywhere to restore order to
the universe by giving faculty members the
offices they deserve. Here, then, are what I
believe to be the critical elements for the perfect
office: