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  1. Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St., 02115, Boston, MA, USA

    George A. Taylor

  2. Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Blvd, 19104, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    George A. Taylor

  3. Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Cincinnati, 333 Burnet Ave., 45229, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Alan Brody, Brian D. Coley & Rama S. Ayyala

  4. University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 3230 Eden Ave, 45267, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Alan Brody, Brian D. Coley & Rama S. Ayyala

  5. Norton Children’s Hospital, 231 East Chestnut St, 40202, Louisville, KY, USA

    Molly Dempsey

  6. Scottish Rite for Children Hospital, 2222 Welborn St., 75219, Dallas, TX, USA

    Molly Dempsey

  7. University of Michigan, 1301 Catherine St., 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Michael DiPietro

  8. Department of Radiology, CS Mott Children’s Hospital, 1540 E Hospital Drive, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Michael DiPietro

  9. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1161 21st Ave S # D3300, 37232, Nashville, TN , USA

    Marta Hernanz-Schulman

  10. Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt Children’s Diagnostic Imaging, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, 2200 Children’s Way, 37232, Nashville, TN, USA

    Marta Hernanz-Schulman

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Taylor, G.A., Brody, A., Coley, B. . et al. Transitions to retirement: challenges and strategies. Pediatr Radiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-024-05889-6

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