In This Issue
Faculty Med Ed Roles
Promotion
Doreen Borezo
Paperless Workflow
Social Events
New Curriculum
3 Student Interns
BFF Student
Global Radiology Update
Med Student - Uganda
Quality Scholar
Publications
Online RadNews
Grand Rounds
Epic Update Links
AGFA Update
Grants
Monthly Columns
Journal of Global Radiology
Quick Links
Issue: 16
August 2016
Letter from the Chair
Dear All,
 
As summer winds down our August newsletter highlights a wide variety of accomplishments, projects and collaborations. Two Radiology faculty (Dr. Makris and Giannaris) will be taking on additional leadership roles in the medical school, and Dr. Ajit Puri has been promoted to an Associate Professor. This summer we have had several college students working in the department and two UMass Medical students, Elizabeth Yuan and Sam Carley have been involved in projects spanning global radiology to curriculum development. Dr. Hesham Malik joined the ranks of UMMMC's Quality Scholar Program graduates, and Doreen Borezo has been "recruited" away from Radiology to serve as a financial administrator for the newly-formed Administrative Service's Group.  The Epic transition team has not had any breaks this summer - links to the monthly Epic updates can be found in the newsletter, along with the first AGFA update, the return of case of the month, the monthly list of new publications from faculty and trainees, summer social event highlights, and a feature article on process improvement in breast imaging with the implementation of a paperless workflow.

Enjoy what's left of summer.

Best,
Max

Faculty Add Medical Education Roles
Two Radiology Faculty members were t apped to take on more Medical Education roles. Joe Makris, MD will become a  Learning Community Mentor and Eusthathia Lela Gi annaris, PhD will be a co-Leader for the Caps t one Scholarship and Discovery Course.
Promotion - Ajit Puri, MD
Interventional Neuroradiology Division Chief, Ajit S. Puri, MD, DM, was recently promoted to Associate Professor. Congratulations Dr. Puri!
Best Wishes Doreen Borezo
Doreen Borezo, the Department of Radiology's Finance Coordinator, has accepted the position of Financial Administrator for the newly formed Administrative Service Group which is comprised of the Department Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine. Best wishes Doreen!

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Mammography Paperless Workflow
Ginny Robbins, Forrest Knestrick, and Linda Egan with assistance from Mike McMurray, Linda Anderson and Division Chief, Gopal Vijayaraghavan, MD created a new paperless workflow to expedite the process and make it more efficient. The first step was to modify the forms so it included all of the needed information on one exam form. Then make the form ready to include in RIS.
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Welcome Events for  Residents & Fellows
Two social events took place away from campus this summer to welcome the new residents and fellows. A group attended a Pawtucket Red Sox (PawSox) game on July 26th. Dr. Stephen Wicky van Doyer hosted a picnic that was interrupted by hail.

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Medical Student Assists Creating New Curriculum
Second-year medical student Sam Carley worked with attendings Adrienne Newburg and Christine Wallace on a curriculum development fund project to formulate a new Flexible Clinical Elective (FCE). This elective will teach medical students the essentials of radiology for their clinical rotations.
Three Students Work in ER and AGP
Three college students were hired this summer through the UMass Memorial Student Employment program. Taylor Janulewiz, Sean Lammi and Nicole Whipple split their time working in the Emergency Radiology Reading Room and with the Anatomical Gift Program.
Building Brighter Futures Student
Adanicole Rivera worked with Kathy Delongchamps this summer as part of the Building Brighter Futures ("BBF") program. Ada assisted Kathy to archive fellowship folders to an online server. The BBF program provides employment for local students.
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Global Radiology News
Global Radiology Update featuring Global Radiology Scholarship Recipient, Journal of Global Radiology (JGR) Editors Receive ACR Foundation's Annual Global Humanitarian Awards for 2016 and Lead Ultrasound Technologists Deliver Lectures to Students in Pakistan.
Medical Student Travels to Uganda
Global Radiology Scholarship recipient Elizabeth Yuan writes about her experience in Uganda with a team who provide ultrasound services for Ugandan mothers. Elizabeth is a Fourth Year Medical Student at UMass.
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Quality Scholar
Hesham Malik, MD completed the Quality Scholars Class of 2016. The Quality Scholars Program is a faculty development program for quality improvement, leadership and mentoring. Participants learn about quality science and Lean methodology, and each implements and analyzes a quality improvement project which is presented at the end of the year.
Publications
August 01, 2016
Author(s): Johannes Boltze, Daniel-Christoph Wagner, Henryk Barthel, Matthew J. Gounis
Source: Translational stroke research 

July 19, 2016
Author(s): Deepak Takhtani

July 07, 2016
Author(s): Eduardo Scortegagna, Adib R. Karam, Shirin Sioshansi, Adel Bozorgzadeh, Curtis T. Barry, Sarwat Hussain
Source: Clinical Imaging


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