Breast Imaging is comprised of five faculty and two fellows that work together to accomplish the goals of research, education, and clinical excellence. Our division is active within the community, presenting information at various locations to facilitate education and awareness. The education we provide is firmly based in the daily care given in the comforting setting of the Breast Imaging Center (BIC) located in the Winship Cancer Institute and also at Clinic 1525. Through our research BIC is able to offer stereoscopic digital mammography for the earlier detection of breast cancer to women willing to participate in the on-going study. This cutting-edge study compares stereo digital mammography to 2D digital mammography and has evaluated over 1,000 women to date.
- Carl J. D'Orsi, MD, FACR
Director, Division of Breast Imaging
Stereoscopic Digital Mammography
March 2008
The study Stereoscopic Digital Mammography has received national coverage since the RSNA press conference last November. At the conclusion of the study last December, the Breast Imaging Center (BIC) had evaluated of nearly 1,500 women. The study is considered a success with the final results proving to reduce false-positives by 49 percent. Today the coverage continues, as the public anticipates the next stage to move this advancement to clinical use. Click here, to view the most recent television coverage.
November 2007
Dr. Carl D'Orsi, along with his colleague Dr. David Getty of BBN Technologies at Cambridge, Mass., participated in a 2007 RSNA press conference to discuss their advances with Stereoscopic Digital Mammography. This very successful discussion produced international media coverage on this topic, which can be found on various websites including US News & World Report, CBS and WebMD, to name a few. This coverage prompted an interview by Atlanta Jounal-Constitution (AJC) reporter Ken Foskett, which will appear as an article in an upcoming issue of the AJC. To view Dr. D'Oris' RSNA interview on video click here.
Top Doctor in Atlanta
Carl D'Orsi, MD, FACR
Atlanta Magazine named Dr. Carl D'Orsi, Director of Breast Imaging as one of the Atlanta Metro area Top Doctors of Diagnostic Radiology in their July issue. The doctors were choosend after consulting data gathered by the New Your-based research firm Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. The unique selection process allows physicians to nominate other physicians that they feel are clinically outstanding, both regionally and nationally.New Appointment
Dr. D'Orsi, Director of Breast Imaging, has been appointed as committee member to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Control Advisory Committee (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion).
Executive Council Award
Carl D'Orsi, Director of Breast Imaging, was awarded the 2007 Executive Council Award Radiology (journal) Editor's Recognition Award with Special Distinction, 2006.
The Marquis Who's Who Publications Board
Carl D'Orsi, Director of Breast Imaging, was the recipient of The Marquis Who's Who Publications Board of Who's Who in America, Sixty-first Edition, 2007 - "inclusion in which is limited to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their own field of endeavor and who have, thereby, contributed significantly to the betterment of contemporary society."
Pisano ED, Hendrick R, Yaffe MJ, Baum JK, Suddhasatta A, Cormack, JB, Hanna LA, Conant EF, Fajardo LL, Bassett LW, D'Orsi CJ. Diagnostic accuracy of digital versus film mammography: Exploratory analysis of selected population subgroups in DMIST. Radiology 246: 376-383, 2008.
D'Orsi CJ, Newell MS. Digital mammography: Clinical implementation and clinical trials. Seminars in Roentg. (2007) 42;4:236-242.
D'Orsi CJ, Newell MS. BI-RADSŪ Decoded: detailed guidance on potentially confusing issues. Radiol Clin N Am. (2007) Vol. 45, No. 5; 751-763.
Sechopoulos I, Suryanarayanan S, Vedantham S, D'Orsi CJ, Karellas A. Computation of the glandular radiation dose in digital tomosynthesis of the breast. Medical Physics. 34(1): 221-232,2007.
Fenton JJ, Taplin SH, Carney PA, Abrahams L, Sickles EA, D'Orsi CJ. Influence of computer-aided detection on performance of screening mammography. N Engl J Med 2007, 356;14:1399-1409.
Carl D'Orsi, MD - Director of Breast Imaging
Sandra Bates, MD
Kate Gundry, MD
Mary Newell, MD
Stephanie Roberson, MD
Fellows
Heather Perlman, MD
Rui Song, MD
Breast Imaging Clinical Research
Breast Imaging Center
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