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radnews FEBRUARY 2020, ISSUE 2 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR IN THIS ISSUE Dear Colleagues, of care irrespective of location, Message from the Chair 1 a myriad of dedicated Radiology We had tremendous teams from the different MGB Team Building 2-3 positive feedback entities have been collaborating these from our first edition past few months to ensure consistent, Equipment Upgrades 4-5 of “radnews” and standardized best practices will be I am delighted to write a brief implemented at all sites. Numerous Men’s Health 6 message introducing our next individuals, from radiologists to edition. There are so many activities technologists to administrators and Awards, Honors & 7-8 in our Department it’s challenging IT teams have been developing the Announcements in this brief message to highlight “best of the best” workflows and them all. I would however, like practices. Within this newsletter you RSNA Recap 9 to emphasize the work that our will see the great work that Medical Department is spearheading along Imaging Informatics has already Resident Education Corner 10 with Mass General Department of accomplished in working towards Radiology and our Community a single Radiology IT platform Non-MD New Hires/ Hospital Colleagues to transform across MGB. There are many other Promotions 11 how Radiology is delivered in the examples I will be highlighting in new era of Mass General Brigham. the coming months. Thank you to MD New Hires/Promotions 11 The vision by July 2020 is for MGB all participants, for the work already patients, where ever they come from, done, and for the work to come. Flag Your Calendar 12 to schedule and access imaging anywhere in the entire system, Giles W. Boland, MD CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT AND providing more convenience to Chairman, Department of Radiology DEVELOPMENT patients and sometimes in a lower DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY cost environment. To ensure that Christy Long patients – and referrers – can trust Director of Customer Engagement that they will receive the same level and Development Victoria Knight Communications Specialist Reiko O’Brien Graphic Designer/Web Developer Submit a story idea [email protected] ISSUE 2 • radnews 1

RADIOLOGY TEAM BUILDING Has Your Team Participat In A Team Below are some examples since our first Main Campus Staff Newsletter. Team Building The Abdominal Imaging and BRAD’S AMBULATORY AND Intervention Division ADMINISTRATION JOURNEY The Abdominal Imaging and Intervention Division got together to celebrate their BRAD, short for Brigham Radiology was the Brigham hard work at the end of this year. Radiology Elf this past season. Unfortunately, BRAD fell off his snow mobile but luckily Brigham Radiology was here to save the day. BRAD circled through many Divisions to get the proper care he needed. His journey ranged from stopping at Angiography, X-Ray, to Nuclear Medicine, to receive Ultrasounds and he even headed to Lee Bell for a mammogram. Thank you to the Brigham Radiology Team Building Committee and all Radiology Staff who participated in this enjoyable team exercise! Please see the link for BRAD’s entire journey. See Brad’s journey! MR Cardiac MR The Finance Department The Finance Team volunteered for Giving Tuesday at the end of 2019. Angiography Arterial Bleed Procedure 2 radnews • ISSUE 2

ted m Building Exercise? SCAVENGER HUNT RADIOLOGY YEAR-END CELEBRATION About 15 teams We hope you enjoyed gathering with friends and colleagues. Thank participated in the you to all of the staff and volunteers who made the night successful and Brigham Radiology memorable! Technologist Scavenger Hunt View photos from the celebration this past year that brought technologists through multiple Radiology Year-End Celebration Giveaway Winners: Departments and even through Radiology Bose SoundSport Wireless Headphones - Lauren Scannell Administration. There was a four-way-tie Fitbit Charge 3 Fitness Activity Tracker - Thomas Lee and the following teams led a perfect score: Amazon Fire TV Cube - Julie Caccavaro Team Angio 3, Team Snap Crackle Pop, Echo Plus - Maren Levangie and Team Gary. YETI Daytrip Packable Lunch Bag - Marina Taziyakova Google Nest Hub - Tao Sun Thank you to all who participated in this Google Home - Richard Hanson engaging and fun team-building activity. View the Team Angio 2 slides We would like to extend a special thank you to our volunteers: WINNER Angela Schiavone Lauren Scannell TEAM Tech Educator, Angiograph/ Clinical Director, MRI ANGIO2 Neurointerventional Radiology Kristen Burke Ethel Marolda Lead CT Technologist Radiology Clinical Manager, Ambulatory/Emergency Radiology TEAM ANGIO 2 Eric Scofield, Evelyn Atocha, Tiziana Stuto, Skye Chalmers WON the Scavenger Hunt Contest by being THE MOST CREATIVE! ISSUE 2 • radnews 3

EQUIPMENT CT Power Injector Fleet UPGRADES upgraded to latest hardware and software 221 Longwood MRI (MR2) 3T upgraded. 850 Boylston MRI Scanner replacement project set to Diagnostic Radiography begin in March 2020 Fluoro Room 15 replacement FY18 Capital FY19 Capital Brigham Health Lung Cancer Screening Program – Expanding to Brigham Health We are excited to announce the expansion of the Brigham Heath Lung Cancer Screening Program here at the Main Campus. Screening appointments can be booked after consultation with your physician or The Lung Center 1-844-BWH-LUNG. For more information about this program please contact Jessica Lorusso BS, RTR, CT, Program Manager, at 617-525-3515 or [email protected]. THE UNITED STATES PREVENTTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE recommends ANNUAL LUNG CANCER SCREENING CT SCANS for: Francine Jacobson, MD, MPH, Medical Director of Smokers and former smokers Lung Cancer Screening and Suzanne Byrne, MD, who have smoked within the Assistant Medical Director of Lung Cancer Screening preceding 15 years • Those who are between the ages of 55-80 years • Those who have smoked 20 cigarettes every day for 30 years 4 radnews • ISSUE 2

3 Mini C-arms being Awaiting arrival of Brigham and Women’s/Mass replaced in the O.R. New CT for the ED General Health Care Center – Foxborough expansion is ongoing and construction is currently underway 3 Ultrasound Units Screening Mammography replacing older models coming soon to Pembroke FY20 Capital Medical Imaging Informatics 221 Update Longwood The BH Medical Imaging IT team has been very 221 Longwood Upgrade Is busy this past quarter. As part of the newly named Complete MI2 (enterprise Medical Imaging Informatics) The new 3T MRI scanner at 221 Longwood Avenue Major accomplishments include: combines high-gradient performance needed for The ongoing optimization of PACS and the research and advanced clinical operations, with a workflow orchestrator for MG and BH radiologists. wide-bore for enhanced patient comfort. Next generation image acquisition techniques, and Cross-site image interpretation capabilities post-processing improvements are actively being currently available at BH and MGH and Newton developed so that the overall diagnostic quality and Wellesley Hospital. North Shore Medical Center patient experience will continue to improve. One integration is ongoing. benefit of the system is to scan prostates without the use of an endorectal coil. Enterprise Medical Imaging Informatics NEWLY NAMED MI2 ISSUE 2 • radnews 5

MEN’S HEALTH that the Department “ Did You Know of Radiology offers a number of services ANGIOGRAPHY AND related to Men’s Health? “INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY The Division of Interventional Radiology at BWH PROSTATE MRI has developed a Men’s Health program to provide minimally invasive treatment options for a variety DID YOU KNOW? of common problems affecting men, including Prostate MRI was first offered by the Division of Abdominal infertility related to varicoceles and lower urinary Imaging and Intervention in 1991. Since then, the Division’s tract symptoms related to enlarged prostates. Prostate MRI program has grown progressively. The Prostate MRI program in combination with advanced DID YOU KNOW? scanning software provides high quality images of the prostate Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a very gland and surrounding tissues. The technological advances now common problem as men age, causing prostate allow prostate MRI exams to be performed without an endorectal enlargement and symptoms in approximately coil in almost all patients. Our team of radiologists, technologists, 50% of men over age 50 and up to 90% of men in and physicists collaborate to provide a comfortable scanning their 70s and 80s. As the prostate tissue grows it experience for our patients. can cause varying degrees of obstruction to the bladder causing lower urinary tract symptoms of urinary frequency, urinary urgency, slow urine stream and incomplete emptying of the bladder. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? We also offer MRI-guided prostate biopsies, cancer treatments PROSTATE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION or such as cryoablation, focused ultrasound, and multi-parametric TRADITIONAL SURGERY prostate (mpMRI). Prostate artery embolization is an emerging non- surgical treatment option that causes prostate All Brigham prostate MRIs are interpreted by sub-specialty gland to shrink and effectively treats the lower radiologists in the Division of Abdominal Imaging and urinary tract symptoms with less pain and a Intervention. faster recovery time than traditional surgery. The Interventional Radiologists at BWH have been Prostate MRI Offered at: performing prostate artery embolization for the Brigham and Women’s MRI West Bridgewater (3T) past 2 years with a dedicated imaging protocol Brigham and Women’s 221 Longwood MRI (3T) that was developed to reduce procedure time and Brigham and Women’s BTM MRI (3T) minimize the risk of procedural complications. For more information please visit For more information or to schedule an https://www.brighamandwomens.org/radiology/mri/prostate- appointment, please call 617-732-7240. mri-at-bwh 6 radnews • ISSUE 2

AWARDS, Steven Seltzer, MD HONORS & 2019 Gold Medal Award from the Academy ANNOUNCEMENTS of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research Chair emeritus of the Department of Radiology, received Bharti Khurana, MD the 2019 Gold Medal Award from the Academy of Goyal Physician Achievement Award Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research for excellence Bharti received the Goyal Physician in national advocacy on behalf of the imaging research Achievement Award for distinguished community. The award recognizes extraordinary service to community and Indian Medical contributions in advocacy and advancing the cause of Association of New England. radiology research. Seltzer has been involved in projects aimed at improving the quality, safety, productivity and Mayara Marzugi cost-effectiveness of radiology services for more than The Lynne Johnson Excellence two decades. As chair of Radiology from 1997 to 2016, he in Service Award helped establish the Center for Evidence-Based Imaging. We would like to congratulate the winner Outside of the Brigham, he served as chair of the of the 2019 Lynne Johnson Excellence in Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering Research at the Service Award, Mayara Marzugi. Mayara, Academy of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research, Clinical Educator to our sonography as well as being a member of its Board of Trustees. The students, has been an employee of the Academy of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research Brigham for six years. Mayara was represents biomedical imaging researchers from major nominated because she is “a role model academic radiology departments across the country for all around her, calmly handles stressful and serves as a bridge to patient advocacy groups and patient situations, is a superb sonographer leading imaging manufacturers that share an interest in with skills unmatched by others, and high-value imaging research. Read more here: https:// dedicates much of her time to the education www.brighamandwomens.org/about-bwh/newsroom/ of future sonographers.” awards-honors-grants-detail?id=3521 ISSUE 2 • radnews 7

Rees Cosgrove, MD and Team 100 First program in the country to perform Focused 100 Focused Ultrasound treatments Ultrasound The technique of focusing high intensity Treatments ultrasound through the human skull for noninvasive neurosurgery was Ali Salim, MD, Giles Boland, MD, developed at the Focused Ultrasound Bharti Khurana, MD, Audrey Epstein Laboratory at BWH in the early 2000’s. Reny, & Annie Lewis-O’Connor, PhD This laboratory, which was led at the Stepping Strong Injury Prevention time by physicist Kullervo Hynynen, Innovator Award for 2019 conceived the ultrasound helmet design Making the Invisible Visible: and was the first to demonstrate how to Bringing Intimate Partner Violence restore a sharp focus after the ultrasound into Focus is transmitted through the skull. This The Stepping Strong Innovator noninvasive image-guided technology is Awards program supports the culmination of the vision of Ferenc groundbreaking projects that address Jolesz, who established BH as a world well-defined clinical problems in leader in image-guided therapy. areas including bone, wound, and The MRI-guided focused ultrasound skin healing; limb transplant and clinic treats patients every week at the reconstruction; bone and muscle MRI on L1. Nathan McDannold and Jason regeneration; advanced stem cell White, two physicists in the Department technology; orthopaedic and plastic of Radiology, assistant neurosurgeon surgery; bioengineering, emergency Rees Cosgrove to perform thalamotomies preparedness and injury prevention. in patients with essential tremor. 8 radnews • ISSUE 2

2019 RSNA RECAP We once again had a strong and powerful Brigham Radiology presence at the 2019 RSNA with wonderful talks, educational exhibits, posters, and presentations. FACULTY AWARDS Trainee Research Prize Steven Seltzer, MD Gold Medal from the Academy for TRAINEE AWARDS Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research Junzi Shi, MD (PGY-5) Katherine Andriole, PhD and her mentor Jacob Mandell, MD RSNA Honored Educator Award Magna Cum Laude Award for abstract presentation on Jennifer Uyeda, MD Interventional Muskuloskeletal Ultrasound Techniques RSNA Honored Educator Award Ariadne DeSimone, MD (PGY-4) Bharti Khurana, MD and her mentor Mark Hammer, MD SNA Honored Educator Award Magna Cum Laude Award for educational exhibit on Pitfalls in Fiona Fennessy, MD, PhD Interpreting CT Pulmonary Angiograms Distinguished Investigator Award from Khushboo Jhala, MD, MBA (PGY-3) the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical and her mentor Mark Hammer, MD Imaging Research Cum Laude Award for educational exhibit on 3D Cinematic Simon Warfield, PhD Rendering of Paragangliomas throughout the Body Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research ISSUE 2 • radnews 9

RESIDENT EDUCATION CORNER 2019 BWH Residency Retreat at Metro Boston Meeting Center where the group reflected on Wellness Initiatives as well as breakout sessions and team building activities. Awards & Publications José Lopez Won the HLPME (Help, Launch, & Promote Medical iRAD Seed Grant Winners Education) Grant through the Brigham Education Institute for his continued work on Artificial Intelligence Nandish Shah, MD with mentor Sughra Raza, MD Leigh Casadaban, MD Global Radiology Breast Imaging A scholarship from the Society of Interventional Oncology Initiative in Kigali, Rwanda as well as the SPECTRUM 2020 Fellows and Residents Scholarship Junzi Shi, MD with mentor Jacob Mandell, MD Leigh Casadaban, MD Core Radiology Text Update and SIR abstract: Geniculate Artery Embolization for Osteoarthritis: Expansion A Systematic Review of Patient Characteristics, Treatment Protocols, Angiographic Findings and Outcomes Jin Koh, MD with mentor Richard Baum, MD PUBLISHED JOURNALS Interventional Radiology Patient Education Quality Improvement Project To see the most recent Published Journals please visit: https://www.radcommons.org/published-journals.htm Olga Laur, MD with mentor Katherine Andriole, PhD Machine Learning algorithm for Identification and Staging of Sacroiliitis 10 radnews • ISSUE 2

NON-MD NEW HIRES and PROMOTIONS Director, Radiology Nursing – Angela Kelly, BSN Assistant Clinical Director, Diagnostic Radiography - Katy Locke, BS, R.T. (R) ARRT Assistant Clinical Director, Interventional Radiology - Christine Bell, R.T. (R) Director, Resident and Fellow Education - Kathryn Nardozza, MHA Dual Role – Program Administrator, Radiology Drug Trial Business Unit (DTBU) MD NEW HIRES and PROMOTIONS FACULTY NEW HIRES Jihee Choe, MD Nita Amornsiripanitch, MD Instructor in Radiology Instructor in Radiology Breast Imaging Breast Imaging FACULTY PROMOTIONS Haoyin Zhou, PhD Jacob Mandell, MD Instructor in Radiology Assistant Professor of Radiology Research – Kikinis Lab Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention Sarah Frisken, PhD Mark Hammer, MD Assistant Professor of Radiology Assistant Professor of Radiology Research – Golby Lab Thoracic Imaging Timothy Killoran, MD Assistant Professor of Radiology Angiography and Interventional Radiology ISSUE 2 • radnews 11

PRE-SURVEY FLAG YOUR BRIGHAM EXPERIENCE EMPLOYEE CALENDAR ENGAGEMENT SURVEY OPENS MARCH 9 SDtahavetee On March 9, all Brigham staff will receive a personalized invitation and link to complete The 8th Annual Brigham Experience Employee Engagement Survey. BWH RADIOLOGY These survey results will provide critical information to RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM drive the next phase of our culture journey. Complete Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 the survey by April 10. For more information, ask your Focusing on scientific talks and manager or check a poster session highlighting the wide PikeNotes. ranging areas of research ongoing in the department You may also contact the survey team at [email protected]. INFORMATION AND RESOURCES: Brigham Health WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW NOVEL Announcements CORONAVIRUS 2019-2020 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: We continue to closely monitor the evolving COVID-19 Please ensure all Brigham Health (2019 Novel Coronavirus) outbreak. Read more Vaccinations are up to date Visit PikeNotes We have launched our new Twitter handle: @BrighamRad Please ensure all of your HealthStream assignments are up to date Be sure to follow along for updates, awards, Visit HealthStream and announcements! https://twitter.com/BrighamRad 12 radnews • ISSUE 2