Breast Imaging is comprised of six faculty and up to three fellows, who work together to accomplish the goals of research, education and clinical excellence. This division is active within the community, presenting information at various locations to facilitate education and awareness. The education provided is firmly based in the daily care given in the comforting setting of the Breast Imaging Center (BIC), located in the Emory Winship Cancer Institute, and also at The Emory Clinic at 1525 Clifton Road and at the Emory Midtown campus. The BIC research recently completed a study on steroscopic digital mammography, which provides a more accurate method of detecting breast cancers. With the participation of nearly 1,500 women, this study suggested that this method may reduce false-positives by 49 percent. Other benefits of this new technology include identifying lesions may be commonly missed in standard mammography and depicting cluster calcifications that can be associated with malignancy. Researchers have been encouraged by the promising results of this study and plan to continue development of this technology for clinical use. Emory's Breast Imaging Center is one of only three sites in the world to have a dedicated breast CT unit and will be conducting research on this exciting technology for breast cancer detection.
- Carl J. D'Orsi, MD, FACR
Director, Division of Breast Imaging
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Carl D'Orsi, MD
Professor of Radiology
- Division Director, Breast Imaging
Breast Imaging Gold Medal
Carl D'Orsi, MD, Director of Breast Imaging, will be awarded the Society of Breast Imaging’s (SBI/ACR) Gold Medal at this years annual conference in April. The SBI Gold Medal recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to breast imaging. Dr. D’Orsi is also one of the founding members of the society.
Good Morning America
Emory's clinical research on 3D (stereo) mammography continues to be recognized as one of the leading advancements that will reduce false positives. Dr. Carl D'Orsi, one of the developers, was recently featured on Good Morning America (GMA) explaining 3D imaging.
Board of Directors
Carl D'Orsi, MD, Director of Breast Imaging, has been appointed to serve as Chair of the Food and Drug Aministration's Radiological Devices Panel. The main responsibility of the panel is to review and evaluate data on the safety and effectiveness of marketed and investigational devices and make recommendations for their regulation. Dr. D'Orsi's appointment will become effective in January, 2009. Congratulations to Dr. D'Orsi on this extremely important role.
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.
2007 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.
Karathanasis E, Chan L, Karumbaiah L, McNeeley K, D'Orsi CJ, Ananth, Annapragada V, Sechopoulos I, et al. 2009. Tumor Vascular Permeability to a Nanoprobe Correlates to Tumor-Specific Expression Levels of Angiogenic Markers. PLoS ONE 4(6): e5843. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005843.
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-RADS 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
Michael A. Cohen, MD, FACR
Kate Gundry, MD
Mary Newell, MD
Leonel Vasquez, MD
Fellows
Mark Ferrara, MD
Ekta Gupta, MD
Rebecca Seidel, MD
Janet Wall, MD
Breast Imaging Clinical Research
Breast Imaging Center
WCI Building
1701 Uppergate Dr, Suite 1104
Atlanta, GA 30322
Rochelle Lee
404-778-4446
Fax: 404-778-4747
email: Rochelle.Lee@emoryhealthcare.org