Dear All,
Welcome to our new newsletter format – and many thanks to Charlene for working to make the newsletter more readable.
This month we feature a collaborative effort between the hospital, Radiology Department and Fairlawn Rehab which will allow patients recovering at Fairlawn to obtain urgent head CTs, without having to spend time (and resources) in the ED. This is a great example of how Radiology can help improve patient care, patient experience and lower the cost of health care using a “team” approach.
We also feature a wide-range of praise and accomplishments of our faculty, staff and residents, community service / wellness efforts and welcome Dr. Manas Das to our Anatomy faculty and say thanks to Dr. Wakhloo for his many years of service to UMass as he transitions to the next phase of his career at the Lahey clinic.
In spite of the snow today – enjoy the early spring.
Best,
Max
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A team from UMMHC and Fairlawn created a process to improve imaging of Fairlawn patients directly in ED. Through these improvement efforts, it was estimated that a Fairlawn patient would be able to arrive to UMASS, have imaging services completed, and have a disposition determined within 45 minutes. Compared to the initial 14-20 hour ED visit.
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NIH Small Instrument Grant
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Mary Rusckowski, PhD, Associate Professor Radiology, and Director of RLASTIC (Radiolabeling Small Animal Translational Imaging Core was awarded an NIH Small Instrument Grant. She served as PI and was joined by 10 other University investigators in this shared grant award.
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Several key organizers for The GoRed for Women raffle were from the Department of Radiology, It was a well organized, colorful and productive event that raised over $9000 for the American Heart Association - in recognition specifically of Heart Disease in Women. The key organizers of the campaign were
Kathy Green,
Vilma Merkelis, Rachel Carragher and Luanne Hills, along with assistance from many others on multiple campuses and departments.
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We Matched! Welcome to the Diagnostic Radiology Class of 2023. Seven UMMS students matched in Radiology, one of the seven, Hana Haver matched in our Residency Program.
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New Anatomy Faculty
The Division of Translational Anatomy welcomes
Manas Das, MD, MS to the Faculty Team. Dr. Das will take on the education responsibilities as Director of Clinical Anatomy, Director of Embryology and Director of Histology. His teaching interests include gross anatomy, histology, embryology and neuroscience.
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European Congress of Radiology
Fourth year Radiology Resident
Eileen Delaney, MD and faculty member
Alan Goldstein, MD attended the European Congress of Radiology held in Vienna, Austria from February 28-March 4. Dr. Delaney was awarded a Certificate of Merit for her poster
Emergency abdominal radiography: A pictorial review of foreign bodies and associated complications.
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I want to give a shout out to one of your US technologists [sonographer] on the Memorial Campus:
Christina Gray. When using our US machine to perform a paracentesis, we were obtaining horrible images. Christina had come up for a US guided thoracentesis and insertion of a pig-tail catheter on another patient. We asked if she could help us with her machine and she readily agreed. I appreciated her help very much. You have some good folks in your Department!
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Medical Student Capstone Project
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Graduating Medical Students presented their Capstone projects in March.
Lela Giannaris, PhD is Co-Leader of the Capstone Discovery and Scholarship course. Two students worked directly with Radiology Faculty to complete their projects. Jessica Tolson was advised by
Carolynn DeBenedectis, MD and Matthew Breen's project was funded by Radiology.
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Dr. Ajay Wahkloo Transitions to New Role
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Ajay Wakhloo, MD, PhD, FAHA transitioned from UMass to the Lahey Clinic in January. Professor Wakhloo had been a faculty at UMMS since 2005 with joint appointments in Radiology, Neurology and Neurosurgery. During his time at UMass, Dr. Wakhloo served in many leadership roles, including Director of the Division of Neuroimaging and Intervention, and Co-Director of the New England Center for Stroke Research at UMMS.
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Praise for Dr. Adrienne Newburg
I wanted to let you know how well a situation was handled in my absence by one of the Radiologists
Dr. Adrienne Newburg.
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Thanks for Excellent Teamwork
... initial diagnosis picked up by
Dr. Evan Ruppell was a rather severe PE. We needed to get a read quickly for the hospital staff...
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Resident Wellness
In an effort to align our department with the wellness mission of the school, we have been incorporating more fun activities for our Radiology Residents. The ski trip and ice cream social are just a few examples of how we try to help our residents de-stress.
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Thank You Craig Hansen
The Department thanked Craig Hansen with cake and a UMass fleece. Craig is an IT specialist contractor who was instrumental in helping get the department up to speed on our new AGFA PACS and troubleshooting our new software programs.
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Recent Publications
Breast Imaging: State of the Art;
Edited by Gopal R Vijayaraghavan,
letter from guest editor (PDF).
Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI; February 2018 Volume 39, Issue 1, p1-126;
A Review of Resources and Methodologies Available for Teaching and Assessing Patient-Related Communication Skills in Radiology. Sarkany D,
DeBenedectis CM, Brown SD.
Acad Radiol. 2018 Jan 17. pii: S1076-6332(17)30505-6. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2017.11.018. [Epub ahead of print]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29361417
Diagnosing ectopic pregnancy in the emergency setting; Robert Lee,
Carolyn Dupuis, Byron Chen, Andrew Smith, Young H. Kim;
Ultrasonography. 2018;37(1):78-87. Volume 37(1); January 2018. Published online August 19, 2017 DOI: https://doi.org/10.14366/usg.17044
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Department of Radiology | UMass Medical School & UMass Memorial Medical Center
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