"He helped construct the first x-ray facility at Los Angeles County Hospital in 1898, whilst still a medical student! After graduating he was the first doctor in Southern California to specialise solely in radiology."
"Albert Soiland was born on the 5 May 1873 in Stavanger, Norway and emigrated to the USA at the age of 10. He enrolled in premedical studies at the University of Illinois in 1895, the same year he attained citizenship of the United States. Roentgen’s discovery of x-rays was announced in Chicagoan newspapers in January 1896, when Soiland was a first year medical student."
"establishment of radiology as a standalone specialty in the US"
"Founder of the American College of Radiology"
"Professor of Radiology, University of Southern California (1904)"
"President of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) (1922) 3"
"President of the American Radium Society (1926)"
"President of the American College of Radiology (1933)"
Expected headings
"Radiology pioneer"
"Founder of the American College of Radiology"
"Albert Soiland was born on the 5 May 1873 in Stavanger, Norway and emigrated to the USA at the age of 10. He enrolled in premedical studies at the University of Illinois in 1895, the same year he attained citizenship of the United States. Roentgen’s discovery of x-rays was announced in Chicagoan newspapers in January 1896, when Soiland was a first year medical student."