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Breast
Imaging Faculty
Morton
Leonard, Jr., M.D.
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Interim Director
Tuenchit
Khamapirad, M.D.
Mahendra N. Gohil, M.D.
Sections
Basic Science
Pediatrics
Vascular IR
Body Imaging
Breast Imaging
Musculoskeletal
Neuroradiology
Nuclear Medicine
Thoracic Imaging
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Mission
Statement of the Breast Imaging Section
of
the UTMB Radiology Department
To
conduct basic and clinical research that will lead to new and/or improved
applications of physics for diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Our research focuses on medical imaging with particular emphasis in 3-D imaging,
image processing and analysis in order to improve diagnosis, treatment and
understanding of disease. An
additional research focus is in the science of innovative communication for
improved training in radiology. Research
themes in imaging are strongly aligned with "minimally invasive
medicine," the paradigm for health care in the 21st century.
To
provide imaging and analytical support of radiologists and collaboration with
other basic and clinical scientists
who
will conduct research in all areas of medicine.
To
provide core instruction in medical physics and other basic sciences
for
radiology fellows, radiology residents, medical students and medical imaging
technologists.
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Introduction
Interventional radiology involves a variety of
procedures including regional cancer therapy and endovascular stent
grafting.
We have a close dynamic collaboration with the surgical and
oncology departments and run a multidisciplinary and solo IR clinic.
The section recently renovated its interventional suites and
facility with two new angiography suites and a
dedicated neurointerventional biplane room.
State of the art MRI units are available for MRA and MRCP and the
interventional radiology section has a dedicated helical CT/Fluoro unit.
The IR section is ACGME-approved for three fellowship positions per
year.
The
Interventional Radiology section of the Radiology Department consists of
four faculty members and two fellows, along with six technologists, 17
nurses and one nurse practitioner.
Dr. Orhan Ozkan is
the Director of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.
He is involved in several innovative research projects and has
recruited various other IR faculty members to collaborate on these
projects.
The IR section recently established programs for uterine fibroid
embolization for the treatment of uterine fibroids and various venous
procedures (sclerotherapy, laser vein ablation, and ambulatory phlebectomy).
Patients are the first priority and the IR section performs
approximately 3,500 procedures every year.
Teaching is an important part of the section’s mission.
Medical students, fellows and residents benefit from didactic
lectures and hands-on procedural instruction.
Mobile Mammography Van
breast Imaging education
Although patients are our top priority, we are
dedicated to teaching. Residents
rotating through the section learn from observation and hands on
intervention, while medical students, nurse practitioner students, and
high school students rotate through the section and observe and shadow the
Breast Imagers.
bREAST IMAGING research
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