Dr Bateman has both an undergraduate medical degree and a post-graduate doctorate in Medicine from Sydney University and is a member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. He is the Director of MRI, at Hunter New England Health and a Conjoint Associate Professor, at the University of Newcastle. Dr Bateman is also a consultant neuroradiologist based at John Hunter hospital in Newcastle. He specialises in brain and spine MRIs. Dr Bateman is an active researcher in the areas of CSF cerebrospinal fluid pressure and flow disorders as well as cerebral hydrodynamics and has published over 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals. This was a fascinating conversation that I had with Dr Grant Bateman. He shares how difficult change management is in the medical world, the importance of continuing research, how critical it is to stay determined when you meet opposition, to get in the ears and in front of the eyes of people who want to listen to your new ideas even when you have been rejected in other areas and never give up.  He also shares how success is the intersection of opportunity and preparation. If you do the prep when the opportunity arrives you are ready even if you are a little green.   I hope you enjoy this conversation and would love your feedback. Thanks again for listening to our “I decided series”. We have just recorded some great conversations that you will be able to hear over the next few months.