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Thomas Langer, M.D.
Program Director
Breast Imaging Fellowship |
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For more information about Baylor University Medical Center's Breast Imaging Fellowship, or to request an application for the program, contact:
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Thomas G. Langer, M.D.
Program Director and Breast Imaging Center Medical Director
Baylor Sammons Breast Imaging Center
3409 Worth Street, Suite 320
Dallas, TX 75246
Tel: (214) 820-8633
E-mail: GME@BaylorHealth.edu
Stella Martinez
Dept of Radiology
Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas
3500 Gaston
Dallas, TX 75246
Tel: (214) 820-2312
Email: stellama@baylorhealth.edu
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Baylor University Medical Center Breast Imaging Fellowship
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The clinical training will provide for progressive, supervised responsibility for patient care. The fellows will be trained in the performance of breast physical examination, screening and diagnostic mammography, breast sonography, wire localization, specimen mammography, cyst aspiration, image guided needle biopsy of solid lesions, galactography, and magnetic resonance imaging.
The following topics will be included in discussion with the fellows and in his/her formal reading: breast anatomy, physiology, histology and pathology, epidemiology, the mammographic features of benign and malignant lesions, sonography, alternative imaging techniques, invasive procedures, breast cancer therapy, breast cancer in males, the politics of breast imaging, American College of Radiology mammography accreditation requirements, mammography quality control, the data on the efficacy of screening, the physics of mammography, ACR lexicon, and medical legal aspects of breast imaging.
Besides these discussions and informal readings, the fellows will be involved in the performance of quality control procedures. Specifically he or she will spend time with the mammography technologists learning about positioning and how to perform the technical aspects of mammography. The fellows will learn how to perform the basic quality control tests required of the technologists for ACR accreditation. Furthermore the fellows will follow-up on all studies that they interpret as positive. This data will be reviewed every two months. Experience observing breast surgery, pathologic evaluation of breast specimens, and evaluation of patients by radiation oncology for breast conservation procedures will also be required.
The training period will be five days per week for one year or an equivalent. At least 100 mammograms per week will be interpreted by each fellow.
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