RLI Leadership Accelerator

Maximizing Your Impact from the Reading Room to the Boardroom

Registration Details

Date:

Feb. 5–April 2, 2026

Credits:

To Be Determined

Format:

Virtual

Cost:

$695 for ACR Members. Discounted rates available for Trainees.

This focused leadership course will give you the tools and know-how to build your executive skill set and drive change from the reading room to the boardroom.

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Course Overview

Are you a radiologist ready for additional responsibility?

The Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) Leadership Accelerator is a transformative 9-week virtual program that empowers forward-thinking radiologists with the leadership, business and operational tools needed to drive innovation and lead within complex healthcare organizations.

The program is structured in three Modules:

The Hospital Board Room
Stewarding the Department
Influencing Change at the Hospital Level

Participants will:

Build your executive skills and drive change from the reading room to the boardroom.
Master management strategies for the hospital boardroom.
Develop expertise in radiology operations, negotiations, and finances.
Learn to be recognized as a leader by other departments.
Collaborate and grow with their peers.

Please contact the RLI at rli@acr.org with questions.

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Key Features

Enhance your skills in:

Understanding the interplay between radiology and hospital operations.
Creating effective organizational structures.
Aligning diverse team members with performance goals.
Using financial analysis for improvement strategies.

Program Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

Recognize the critical relationship between radiology and hospital operations.
Identify how to create the right organizational structure to navigate radiology and hospital operations.
Describe how to align members of a team with diverse perspectives and backgrounds around performance goals.
Identify how financial analysis can be used to develop improvement strategies.

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Pricing

	Price
Member	$695
Nonmember	$1095
Member in Training	$445
Military/VA/USPHS	$445

Schedule

Participants review pre-recorded lectures in preparation for engaging in a one hour weekly live session focused on hospital operations, finance, performance metrics, team building and strategic influence—emerging as confident, capable healthcare leaders.

Live sessions are held on Thursdays from 7–8pm ET.

Modules

Dates	Topic	Faculty
February 5, 2026	Organizational Structure of Healthcare Systems / C-Suite Roles and Organizational Decision Making	Bethany U. Casagranda, DO, MBA
February 12, 2026	Interpreting Financial Statements	Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD, MBA, FACR
February 19, 2026	Hospital Operations and Performance Measures	Kurt Schoppe, MD

Dates	Topic	Faculty
February 26, 2026	Understanding and Managing Costs	Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD, MBA, FACR
March 5, 2026	Surprising Roles of Leadership and Their Impact on Interpersonal Relationships	Kurt Schoppe, MD
March 12, 2026	Building and Supporting Effective Teams	Bethany U. Casagranda, DO, MBA

Dates	Topic	Faculty
March 19, 2026	Leading from the Middle	Bethany U. Casagranda, DO, MBA
March 26, 2026	Business Planning: Designing and Shepherding the Process	Kurt Schoppe, MD
April 2, 2026	Business Planning: Financial Forecasting	Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD, MBA, FACR

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Course Chair

Geoff Rubin, MD, MBA, FACR

Chair and Professor, Medical Imaging; Clinical Service Chief of Medical ImagingBanner University Medicine – Tucson

Course Faculty

Bethany U. Casagranda, DO, MBA

President, Physician Organization of Allegheny Clinical; Chief Medical Officer, Allegheny Health Network; Professor of Radiology, Musculoskeletal ImagingPittsburgh, PA

Kurt A. Schoppe, MD

PresidentFort Worth, TX

RLI Leadership Accelerator

Registration Details

Course Overview

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Key Features

Program Learning Objectives

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Pricing

Schedule

Modules

Module One - The Hospital Board Room

Module Two - Stewarding the Department

Module Three - Maximizing the Impact of Radiology at the System Level

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Course Chair

Course Faculty

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Course Overview

Key Features

Program Learning Objectives

Pricing

Schedule

Modules

Module One - The Hospital Board Room

Module Two - Stewarding the Department

Module Three - Maximizing the Impact of Radiology at the System Level

Course Chair

Course Faculty

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