Mass General’s Brink named chair of RADPAC

James A. Brink, MD, radiologist-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, has been named chair of RADPAC for the 2015-2016 election cycle.

RADPAC is the political action committee for the American College of Radiology Association. Bibb Allen, Jr., MD, is the outgoing chair who led RADPAC during the previous election cycle.

In the 2014 elections, RADPAC made over $1 million in independent expenditures, according to the organization. 

Evan Godt
Evan Godt, Writer

Evan joined TriMed in 2011, writing primarily for Health Imaging. Prior to diving into medical journalism, Evan worked for the Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis. He also has worked in public relations and education. Evan studied journalism at the University of Missouri, with an emphasis on broadcast media.

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