Applied Radiology

Faculty

Sunny Abbara, M.D.

Dr. Suhny Abbara is the Director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Section of the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) & Harvard Medical School and he is Fellowship Director of the MGH Cardiac Imaging Fellowship Program. He runs the annual Harvard Postgraduate Course: Clinical Update in Cardiac CT and the quarterly MGH cardiac CT Imaging workshops, as well as the MGH Visiting Fellowship Program.
On the international level, Dr. Abbara has been program director or on the program committee for the ‘International Conference on Cardiac CT‘, the annual scientific conference of the ‘Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography‘ (SCCT) and the cardiac imaging conference and case interpretation sessions of the ‘American College of Radiology‘ (ACR). He is Chairman of the CTA-Academy Training Programs of the SCCT. Dr. Abbara has created educational programs and self-assessment modules for recertification for the ACR and American College of Cardiology.
He has published over 50 articles, is associate editor of the Journal of the SCCT and is the editor of the Cardiac Imaging section of the 2006 Year Book of Diagnostic Radiology.

Judith M. Atkins
Judith M. Atkins is the founder of McKenna & Associates, Healthcare Consultants and Educators, Charleston, West Virginia.

Lincoln L. Berland, M.D.
Dr. Berland is a Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Radiology Director of Outpatient Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the past President of SCBT/MR. Expertise: Body CT and Ultrasound. Establishing standards for CT screening programs.

Margaret Bertrand, M.D.
Medical Director, Solis Bertrand Breast Center, Greensboro, NC. The Bertrand Center, founded by Dr. Margaret Bertrand in 1983, is the oldest independent breast center operating in Greensboro and is an acknowledged leader in breast cancer diagnosis in the Southeastern United States.

Jill Blackburn
Jill Blackburn is the lead CT technologist at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

Todd Blodgett, MD

Dr. Todd Blodgett received his medical training, radiology training, and year-long PET and PET/CT fellowship training at the University of Pittsburgh, where he currently works in the Department of Radiology. He was involved with the clinical evaluation of the first prototype PET/CT scanner, installed at the University of Pittsburgh in 1998.
Since 1998, the University of Pittsburgh has scanned 12,000 patients, the majority of which Dr. Blodgett has reviewed. He is a co-author on over a dozen peer-reviewed articles, several invited review articles, 30 scientific abstracts, and has given over 50 invited lectures on PET and PET/CT, including the esteemed plenary session at the RSNA in 2003.
He also is the sole author of the material within PET/CTU, a state-of-the-art multimedia web-based interactive PET and PET/CT teaching module that includes hundreds of detailed case studies, 23 videotaped lectures, a reference database, protocols, patient algorithms, as well as self-assessment quizzes. His research and teaching interests are in oncologic imaging, with a focus on PET and PET/CT imaging.

Giles L. Boland, M.D.
Dr. Boland is director of teleradiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor in radiology at Harvard Medical School. His areas of specialty include PACS, teleradiology, voice recognition, RIS, and the enterprise digital solution to PACS and RIS integration.

Stefano Braico
Stefano Braico is the international relationships officer of the National Federation of the Italian Radiographers, Monfalcone Hospital, Italy.

James A. Brink, M.D.

Dr. Brink is professor and chair of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at Yale University School of Medicine and chief of diagnostic imaging at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Brink leads a growing department of more than 70 full-time faculty, who collectively provide all diagnostic imaging services for Yale Medical Group and Yale-New Haven Hospital and conduct research in a variety of disciplines related to clinical radiology and imaging science. Dr. Brink is a fellow of the Society for Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance and the American College of Radiology. He serves on the board of directors of the Academy of Radiology Research, the executive council of the American Roentgen Ray Society, and the education council of the Radiological Society of North America. Nationally recognized as an outstanding educator and an authority on abdominal CT imaging, Dr. Brink has pioneered technologies for maximizing resolution in helical CT scanning while minimizing radiation dosage and risk to patients.

Sean Casey, MD
Dr. Casey is the CEO and Co-Founder of Virtual Radiologic Corporation, Minnetonka, MN.

Keith Dreyer, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Dreyer is vice-chair of radiology informatics, corporate director of medical imaging and a radiology instructor at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University. Dr. Dreyer is recognized for his advanced research into the mining of radiologic and genetic image data for disease discovery and presymptomatic disease detection.

James P. Earls, MD
Medical Director, Fairfax Radiological Consultants, Fairfax, VA, Co-Director, Cardiac Inova Heart and Vascular Falls Church, VA

Assorted Faculty
Assorted faculty are associated to many of the Conference coverage programs where 10 to 30 different faculty will present. In such cases individual faculty information is provided with each portion of the program presented.

Michael Federle, MD
Professor of Abdominal Imaging, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Paul J. Finn, MD
Dr. Finn is a Professor of Radiological Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles. Associate Journal Editor, Radiology (MRI). Chairman, 2000: MR Frontier Council, Amersham Health, Inc.. Member, Board of Directors North American Society of Cardiac Imaging

Elliot K. Fishman, MD
Professor of Radiology and Oncology, Director of Diagnostic Radiology and Body CT, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

W. Dennis Foley, M.D.
Dr. Foley is Chief of Digital Imaging, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital and Professor of Radiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Isaac R. Francis, M.D.
Dr. Isaac R. Francis was born, raised and educated in India. He began his training in Radiology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit in 1976. Currently, Dr. Francis is a Professor of Radiology, Associate Chair for Radiology Research and Director of the Tumor Imaging Core at the University of Michigan Medical Center

Donald P. Frush, M.D.
Dr. Frush is chair of the ACR Pediatric Imaging Commission and a pediatric radiologist at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Medical Center

DeAnn Haas
Global Cardiovascular CT Marketing Manager, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI

Hazel Harries-Jones
Hazel Harries-Jones is an Advanced Practitioner Radiographer from the Poole Hospital in Dorset, UK and is president of The Society and College of Radiographers in the UK.

Gordon J Harris, Ph.D.

Director of the 3D Imaging Service, and the Radiology Computer Aided Diagnostics Laboratory (RAD CADx LAB) at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School
Dr. Harris received his PhD from Johns Hopkins in Radiation Health Sciences and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Lafayette College. After graduate school, Dr. Harris spent one post-doctoral year and two years as junior faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. After four subsequent years as Director of the Neuroimaging Research Laboratory at New England Medical Center, Dr. Harris joined the faculty at MGH and began new clinically-oriented imaging services. His primary research interests include structural and functional brain imaging research in psychiatric and neurologic illnesses including Autism, Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's disease, and Alcoholism.

Rick Hawley
Rick Hawley is the lead CT technologist at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.

Jay P. Heiken, M.D.

Dr. Heiken earned his bachelor's degree at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he graduated magna cum laude before receiving his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, New York. Dr. Heiken completed his internship in internal medicine at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta, Georgia, and his residency in radiology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, New York. He completed a fellowship in abdominal radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Heiken is a member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists (SGR) and the Board of Trustees of the International Cancer Imaging Society (ICIS). He is a past President of the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance (SCBT/MR) and has served as Chair of the Gastrointestinal Subcommittee of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Scientific Program Committee. He also is a member of the Distinguished Roster of Scientific Advisors of the RSNA. He currently serves on 5 committees of the American College of Radiology including the Committee on Body Computed Tomography, the Commission on Research and Technology, the ACRIN Gastrointestinal Disease Site Committee, the Appropriateness Criteria Expert Panel on Gastrointestinal Imaging, and the Committee on Drugs and Contrast Media. He is an examiner for the American Board of Radiology and a member of the editorial board of Abdominal Imaging and the Korean Journal of Radiology.

Dr. Heiken has co-authored 100 peer-reviewed articles, 46 book chapters and invited publications, and has edited and co-authored 4 books. He has presented scientific papers at conferences across the United States, lectured as a visiting professor in more than 25 national and international universities, and has taught more than 140 courses and symposia. Dr. Heiken has received the Cum Laude Award and the Hounsfield Award of the SCBT/MR for scientific papers. He has received the Resident's Distinguished Teaching Award from the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology and the Visiting Professor Award from the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists.

Udo Hoffman, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Hoffman is Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard University

Mannudeep K. Kalra, M.D.
Staff Radiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital

Dimitris Katsifarakis
Dimitris Katsifarakis is President of the Pan-Hellenic Society of Radiological Technologists and is the author of 3 books on radiologic technology and quality assurance. Mr. Katsifarakis is from Athens, Greece.

Howard B Kessler, MD
Dr. Kessler is the Director of Technology Development and Chief Operating Officer, Radiology Solutions, Wayne, PA.

Mayil Krishnam, MD
Dr. Krishnam is an Assistant Professor of Radiology

Judith LaBella, RT(R)(M)
Ms. LaBella is the Lead Digital Technologist, at The Elizabeth Wende Breast Clinic, Rochester, NY.

Derek G. Lohan, MD
Dr. Lohan is a Diagnostic Cardiovascular Imaging Fellow

Elizabeth G. McFarland, M.D.

Dr. McFarland, comes to St. Luke's Center for Diagnostic Imaging from the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology where she was an associate professor of radiology. While at the Mallinckrodt Institute, Dr. McFarland was active in clinical research and trials, specifically focusing on CT Colonography as a less-invasive, more patient-friendly screening technique for colon cancer.
Prior to the Mallinckrodt Institute, Dr. McFarland completed her fellowship in general radiology and gastrointestinal interventional radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She completed her internship at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. Dr. McFarland is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego where she received various honors & awards as a distinguished student of medicine.
Dr. McFarland is involved in numerous academic and professional medical activities including student mentoring, hospital committee involvement, authoring and editing of manuscripts, texts and journals, as well as ongoing professorships, lectures and scientific presentations. Dr. McFarland's professional affiliations include Radiological Society of North America, American College of Radiology, Association of University Radiologists and American College of Radiology.

Sameh K. Morcos, M.D.
Dr. Morcos is the current president of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR), and was appointed a Consultant Radiologist in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield in 1983.

Kambiz Nael, MD
Dr. Nael is a Radiology Resident

Rendon C. Nelson, M.D.

Dr. Nelson is currently a Professor of Radiology and Vice-Chairman at Duke University Medical Center. He previously served as the Director of the Division of Abdominal Imaging at Duke University as well as the Director of the Frederick Phillips Magnetic Resonance Research Center at Emory University.
Dr. Nelson has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has contributed numerous articles and chapters in books related to Abdominal Imaging.

Gillian M. Newstead, MD, FACR
Dr. Newstead is a Professor of Radiology and the Clinical Director of Breast Imaging at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Ward Parsons, M.D.
Medical Director, The Rose Breast Center – Houston, TX

Vassilios D. Raptopoulos, M.D.

Dr. Raptopoulos is associate radiologist-in-chief for clinical affairs at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, and professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School. He is a graduate of Aristotelion University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece and trained in radiology at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Raptopoulos has been president of the New England Roentgen Ray Society and the New England Society of Ultrasound in Medicine. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in CT scanning and abdominal imaging.

Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D.
Dr. Rubin is Associate Professor of Radiology Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Stanford University School of Medicine.

Frank J. Rybicki, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Rybicki is Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Section and Director of the Applied Imaging Science Laboratory in the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is also Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. Dr Rybicki received his BS in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988, and his MD, PhD (medical engineering/ nuclear engineering) from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Dushyant V. Sahani, M.D.

Dushyant V. Sahani, MD is Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and Director of Computed Tomography at Massachusetts General Hospital, both in Boston, MA. Dr. Sahani earned his medical degree and completed an internship at Panjabrao Deshmukh Memorial Medical College in Amravati, India. He completed his residency in radiology at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, India, and his fellowship in abdominal imaging and intervention at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Liver and pancreas imaging and oncological imaging have been a focus of his research and clinical work. He is currently involved in clinical trials to assess tumor angiogenesis and response of novel cancer treatment methods with CT and MRI. Dr. Sahani has contributed over 34 original papers to the medical literature, as well as various reviews and book chapters. He has conducted various lectures nationally and internationally and has provided medical education to residents, fellows, and HMS students. In addition, he has been a visiting professor at various universities in the United States and abroad. In 2005, he has earned a research award from the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiology and Cum-Laude from Society of Computed Body Tomography and MR. Dr. Sahani is the site study director for the clinical studies at MGH to be conducted in collaboration with CAD Sciences.

Roya Saleh, MD
Dr. Saleh is a Research Fellow

Robert A. Schmidt, MD
Dr. Schmidt is a Professor of Radiology and the Director of Breast Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, IL.

Joseph Schoepf, M.D.

J. Anthony Seibert, PhD
Dr. Seibert is a Professor of Radiology at the University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.

Ellen Shaw de Paredes, MD, FACR
Dr. Paredes is the Founder and Director of The Ellen Shaw de Paredes Institute for Women's Imaging, Glen Allen, VA, and is a Clinical Professor of Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. She is also a member of the Editorial Board of this journal.

William P. Shuman, M.D., FACEP

Dr. Shuman received his medical degree from the State University of New York in Syracuse, New York. After completing a residency in diagnostic radiology at Mary Fletcher Hospital of the University of Vermont in Burlington in 1979, Dr. Shuman went on to complete a two-year fellowship in Ultrasound and Computed tomography at the University of Washington in 1981. Shuman continued at the UW as a professor in the departments of Radiology, Oncology and Radiation Oncology until 1990. While at the UW, he served as the Director of CT (1982-1990) and MR (1983-1990) and chaired the Magnetic Resonance Planning Group from 1982 - 1985. In addition to his directorships at the UW, Shuman has also held a directorship in Computed Tomography, U/S and MR at the University of Vermont (1992-1995) and continued to hold clinical positions at the University of Washington and Seattle University. In 1995, Dr. Shuman became the director of CT/MR/US at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center. In 1997, he was promoted to medical director of Evergreen's Diagnostic Imaging Department. In 2003, Dr. Shuman returned to the University of Washington to become the medical director of Radiology at UWMC and vice chair of the Department of Radiology.

Eliot Siegel, MD
Dr. Siegel is a Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and the Radiology Associate Vice Chairman for Informatics, Diagnostic Imaging, University of Maryland Medical Center, and the Director, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. He is also a member of the editorial board of Applied Radiology.

Richard J. Solomon, M.D.

Richard Solomon, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Section Chief in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Vermont. Previously, he was the Clinical Director of the Nephrology Unit at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston and the Medical Director of the Dialysis Program for the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr Solomon is an experienced clinical investigator with interests in hypertension, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, and electrolyte disorders. His major research interests are the prevention of chronic renal insufficiency through aggressive targeting of risk factors and innovative educational programs aiming to engage patients in their own care. He co-piloted the PEAK program at the Beth Israel Medical Center and Joslin Diabetes Center, which educated patients and their families on how to prevent loss of kidney function. In the area of acute renal failure, Dr Solomon's work in contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) remains the pivotal standard for prophylaxis. He is currently working on the role of N-acetylcysteine on nitric oxide function in patients with renal disease. In the area of comparative physiology, Dr Solomon identified natriuretic peptides as the prime mechanism of salt balance in sharks, mediated via a unique organ, the rectal gland.

Lillian Stern, M.D.
Dr. Stern is the Chief of the Diagnostic Division of the Department of Radiology at the Methodist Hospital in Philadelphia. She is a renowned speaker on mammography and medical imaging.

Arthur Stillman, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Arthur Stillman, director of cardiothoracic imaging at Emory University Hospital, pointed out that the COURAGE (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation) study showed no meaningful difference in survival or reduced risk of heart attack with the use of interventional device procedures (angioplasty, stents) plus optimal medical therapy compared with optimal medical therapy alone for patients with chronic angina.

Christian Thilo, m.D.

Charles White, MD
Director of Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Kathleen Willison, RT(R)(M)
Ms. Willison is a Consultant at The Elizabeth Wende Breast Clinic, Rochester, NY. Ms. Willison is also the Director of Clinical Affairs, Koning Corporation, Rochester, NY

Michael E. Zalis, MD
Director of CT Colonography, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Margarita L. Zuley, MD, FACR
Dr. Zuley is a Staff Radiologist at The Elizabeth Wende Breast Clinic, Rochester, NY. and is the Chair of the IHE Mammography Working Group.