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Welcome to the Department!
Farah Ali, our new Global Radiology research volunteer
Vincent Prendergast, NP will be joining VIR on July 5th
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Meet our coders and read this months rule of thumb here.
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View this month's implemented ideas from around the department here.
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Fun in the Sun at UMass
The 2015 sand volleyball season is right around the corner! Online registration ends July 17th.
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About the UMass System
Check out the UMass System performance metrics
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Letter from the Chair
Dr. Max Rosen speaks to the transition into the summer months with this year's graduation and the new incoming residents and fellows starting July 1st. He also highlights the new resident space that is under construction and the change from ICD-9 to ICD-10.
Read More,
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New CT scanner installed at Memorial Campus
 Thanks to tremendous efforts from Kathy Green, Marcia Amaral, and Dr's. Max Rosen and Steve Beaudoin, a new Siemens SOMATOM Definition Edge single source CT scanner has been installed and is now operational at Memorial Campus. This advanced scanner incorporates the latest technological features. Read More..
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2015 International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction
This years meeting was held at the Hyatt Regency Newport Hotel and Spa on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island. Our very own Michael King, PhD, DABR and Stephen Glick, PhD, Professors of Radiology, chaired along with Klaus Mueller, PhD, Professor of Computer Science, Stony Brook University and SUNY Korea. Read more. |
New resident space coming this fall
Construction on the new resident space has begun! The rooms are located above the Medical School lobby. Take the virtual tour!
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Adib Karam, MD graduates the JFDP
Dr. Karam along with 17 other junior faculty members graduated from the year-long UMMS Junior Faculty Development Program this past May.
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In Spotlight: Dianne Degon
Dianne Degon, Nuclear Medicine Secretary at UMass, has fostered 50 children and adopted 5 over the past 20 years. Dr. Linda Sagor says, "She is the most remarkable foster mother. She takes such great care (of her children) and is attentive to their needs. She represents the best in foster care."
Read more of Dianne's story.
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Former fellows join us as faculty this month
As of July 1st, both Jade Watkins, MD and Andrew Smith, MD who graduated last month from their fellowships, will officially become faculty members at UMass. Dr. Watkins will be our newest breast imaging attending and Dr. Andrew Smith will be an abdominal imaging attending, while also helping out in the ED during a transition period between Louis Marone, MD and his replacement.
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Recent Publications
Smith, Martin P.; Katz, Douglas S.; Lalani, Tasneem; Carucci, Laura R.; Cash, Brooks D.; Kim, David H.; Piorkowski, Robert J.; Small, William C.; Spottswood, Stephanie E.; Tulchinsky, Mark; Yaghmai, Vahid; Yee, Judy; and Rosen, Max P., "ACR Appropriateness Criteria(R) Right Lower Quadrant Pain-Suspected Appendicitis" (2015). Radiology Publications and Presentations. Paper 125.
http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/radiology_pubs/125.
Puri, Ajit S.; Kuhn, Anna L.; Kwon, Hyon-Jo; Khan, Muhib; Hou, Samuel Y.; Lin, Eugene; Chueh, Juyu; van der Bom, Imramsjah M. J.; Dabus, Guilherme; Linfante, Italo; Gounis, Matthew J.; and Wakhloo, Ajay K., "Endovascular treatment of tandem vascular occlusions in acute ischemic stroke" (2015). Radiology Publications and Presentations. Paper 112.
http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/radiology_pubs/112
Pierot, Laurent; Soize, Sebastien; Benaissa, Azzedine; and Wakhloo, Ajay K., "Techniques for Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke: From Intra-Arterial Fibrinolytics to Stent-Retrievers" (2015). Radiology Publications and Presentations. Paper 113.
http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/radiology_pubs/113
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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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