RAPID TREND SHIFT IN RADIOLOGY TECHNOLOGY AND ACCESSIBILITY
With
Dr Mansoor Parker,
Diagnostic & Interventional Radiologist & Founding Partner,
Quantum Radiology, Sydney &
Board Member,
Australian Diagnostic Imaging Association
PEOPLE IN HEALTH CARE SEGMENT
Filmed in Sydney | October 2025
Dr Mansoor Parker obtained his medical degree from the University of Tasmania. He then completed his specialist radiology training at Nepean Hospital, Sydney with subspecialty interests in Interventional Radiology and Pain Management, Musculoskeletal, Cardiac and Abdominal Imaging. Dr Parker is a qualified specialist since 2005 and is a member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists and the exclusive Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (AMSIG) as well as the Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia (IRSA).
Dr Parker has completed his Masters Training in Cardiac CT (Level B) and CT Colonography. He has also completed CT Colonography and Cardiac CT Angiography Accreditation obtaining Level 2 Society of Cardiovascular CT (CTCA), the highest level available in Australia. He sits on the board of directors of Australian Diagnostic Imaging Associated (ADIA) and is a committee member of the Medical Imaging Accreditation Scheme Advisory Committee (MIASAC) as part of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Dr Mansoor Parker has been involved in developing CT Colonography software used on many CT machines today. Dr Parker is the founding partner of Quantum Radiology (founded in 2005) and serves in the position of the Chair of the Doctors Management Committee (DMC) at the Quantum Medscan Radiology Group
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Lasers in dental treatment without needles and drills
In 2017, Dr. Omar Zuaiter and Alaa Habeb launched Dentroid, a dental technology startup with a mission to make dentistry a kinder and friendlier experience for patients and dentists using photonics (using laser technology) and robotics, as alternatives to needles, drills and sprays. The vision for the startup is to have dentistry adopt laser technology, addressing the root causes of dental pain & anxiety, and create a pain-free dental experience.
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Sense of service and pride in uniform
This ANZAC Day 2023, Australian Health Journal releases an interview with Group Captain Kath Stein MACN, Director of Defence Force Nursing with the Royal Australian Air Force.
She talks about many masks, aside from PPE, that leadership and all nurses need to wear. Currently there is work underway on a new capability description on what a nurse brings to every level in the nursing defence structure. The advice Group Captain Stein, imparts for new recruits and those interested in joining Defence Force Nursing is to take every opportunity that arises. This is evident in her progression through her career.
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25 years of non-indexation of nuclear medicine impeding access & affordability
The President of the Australasian Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists (AANMS), Associate Professor Sze Ting Lee spoke with Australian Health Journal about the following:
Usual levels of nuclear medicine services in Australia each year
Current levels of nuclear medicine services in Australia
How changing demographics in people moving to regional areas has impacted access to nuclear medicine services
The nuclear medicine workforce including trainees
The key recommendations from the pre-budget submissionIn the lead up to the Australian Federal Budget in May 2023, Australian Health Journal reached out to peak health industry bodies to hear about their priorities, either noted in pre-budget submissions lodged with Federal Government in January 2023 or in recent forums such as the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce.
