UMass recognizes employee years of service milestones; Congrats to Alexei Bogdanov and Lela Giannaris on their milestones!
See full list
Hesham Malik, MD
chosen to participate in the SIR Leadership Development Academy
Learn about the latest
Quality,
Patient Safety and
Process Improvement project
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View this month's implemented ideas from around the department here.
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ICD-10 is officially here! Keep up to date on this months coding rule of thumb here.
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Patient Satisfaction Survey
View this month's mammography
patient survey's here.
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Letter from the Chair
In this month's Letter from the Chair, Dr. Max Rosen addresses many new and exciting updates happening within the Department. Read this information loaded Letter from the Chair
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Radiology Holiday Party Announcement!
As the holidays are right around the corner, we would like to announce this year's holiday lunches being hosted by the department. Below are the dates and times for both the Memorial and University Campuses. Please join us for some holiday cheer!!
Memorial Campus: December 15th in the Radiology Conference Room at Noon
University Campus: December 17th in the Blais Pavilion (Lazare Research Building Function Space) at Noon
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Dr. Wakhloo co-develops drug-device combination for treating life-threatening blood clots in stroke patients
Along with Donald Ingber, MD, PhD, founding director of the Wyss Institute, Dr. Ajay Wakhloo developed a breakthrough new drug-device combination to restore blood flow to obstructed vessels.
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Dr. Vijayaraghavan speaks to the new mammography guidelines from American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society recently produced new guidelines stating that women should now delay their first mammogram until the age of 45. However, Gopal Vijayaraghavan, MD, MPH continues to support the American College of Radiology's guidelines to start these screenings at 40 years old.
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RSNA 2015
RSNA 2015 will be taking place in Chicago, Illinois from November 29 - December 4. Over 11,000 scientific and education abstracts were submitted for the Scientific Program Committee and Education Exhibits Committee to review. The following list was approved by the RSNA and will be presented by our colleagues.
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Dr's. Hussain and Makris travel to Liberia for voluntary work
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Beginning in January 2016, our new affiliation with Cape Cod Healthcare will allow UMass Medical School students to do clinical rotations at their Hyannis location. Read the full UMass article here. |
In the Spotlight: Crystal Lehto
Clinical Quality Project Manager
Crystal Lehto has been with UMass for approximately 12 years and began as the Clinical Quality Project Manager for Radiology this past September.
Learn more about Crystal here. |
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Recent Publications
Gounis MJ, van der Marel K, Marosfoi M, Mazzanti ML, Clarençon F, Chueh JY, Puri AS, Bogdanov AA Jr.
Imaging Inflammation in Cerebrovascular Disease.
Stroke
. 2015 Oct;46(10):2991-7. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.008229. Epub 2015 Sep 8. PMID: 26351362
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We want to hear from you!
Have an honor to report, a new publication to share, or some other great news?
Contact Chair Max Rosen at Max.Rosen@umassmemorial.org
to see your news in our next letter.
Check out our new website at
www.umassmed.edu/radiology/  
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