Scanning The Future, Radiologists See Their Jobs At Risk

These days, a radiologist at UCSF will go through anywhere from 20 to 100 scans a day, and each scan can have thousands of images to review. These days, a radiologist at UCSF will go through anywhere from 20 to 100 scans a day, and each scan can have thousands of images to review. In health care, you could say radiologists have typically had a pretty sweet deal. They make, on average, around $400,000 a year -- nearly double what a family doctor makes -- and often have less grueling hours. But if you talk with radiologists in training at the University of California, San Francisco, it quickly becomes clear that the once-certain golden path is no longer so secure.