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Curriculum Vitae
RACHEL FRYDMAN BREM, M.D.
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OFFICE
ADDRESS: 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20037
OFFICE TELEPHONE: 202-741-3031
FAX NUMBER: 202-741-3029
EMAIL
ADDRESS: rbrem@mfa.gwu.edu
DATE
OF BIRTH: September 17, 1958
PLACE
OF BIRTH: Israel
CITIZENSHIP:
USA
EDUCATION
1975
- 1979 Brandeis University, BA, Biology, Magna cum Laude with highest
honors in biology
1979
- 1980 Johns Hopkins University, Research Fellowship, Division of
Neuroscience
1980
- 1984 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University,
M.D.
CLINICAL
ACTIVITIES
1980
- 1984 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
1984
- 1985 Internship: Internal Medicine, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
1985
- 1989 Radiology Residency, Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of
Radiology and Radiological Science
1989
- 1990 Fellowship in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Department of Radiology and Radiological Science
1990
Fellowship, Breast Imaging, Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of
Radiology and Radiological Science
1990
- 1992 Medical Staff, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Department
of Radiology and Radiological Science
1992
- 1994 Medical Staff, St. Joseph's Hospital, Towson, MD
1992
- 1994 Director, Breast Imaging, St. Joseph's Hospital, Towson,
MD
1992
- 1994 Director, MRI, St. Joseph's Hospital, Towson, MD
1994
- 2000 Medical Staff, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
2000-
present Medical Staff, The George Washington University Medical
Center
2000-
present Director, Breast Imaging and Intervention, The George Washington
University
2001-
present Vice Chair for Research and Faculty Development, Department
of Radiology, The George Washington University
ACADEMIC
POSITIONS
1976
Research Assistant, Department of Anatomy, Harvard Medical School.
1977
- 1979 Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Brandeis University
1979
- 1980 Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine
1980
- 1984 Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine (Cardiology),
Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons
1985
- 1989 Fellow, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
1989
- 1991 Instructor in Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine
1991
Visiting Scientist, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
1991
- 1992 Director, Breast Imaging, Johns Hopkins Hospital
1991
- 1992 Assistant Professor, full-time, Department of Radiology Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine
1992
- 1994 Assistant Professor, part-time, Department of Radiology,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1994
- 1999 Acting Director, Division of Breast Imaging, Russell H. Morgan
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions.
1994
- 2000 Assistant Professor, Full Time, Division of Breast Imaging,
Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences,
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
1996 - 2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine
2000
-2002 Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, The George Washington
University Medical Center
2000
-present Director, Breast Imaging and Intervention, The George Washington
University Medical Center
2003-
present Professor of Radiology, The George Washington University
Medical Center
HONORS
1979
Highest Honors in Biology, Brandeis University
1979
Biology Honors Thesis: "Regulation of Contractile Proteins
in Brain"
1979
- 1980 Henry R. Viets Fellow, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation
1979
- 1980 Muscular Dystrophy Association Fellowship
1984
NIH Research Fellowship
1984
Stevelman Award for Excellence in Clinical Cardiology, College of
Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University
1985
Department of Medicine Award, Sinai Hospital, Best Housestaff Paper
1996
RSNA Certificate of Merit, "Difficult Preoperative Needle Localization:
Lessons to Be Learned"
1997
Medal of Honor, Jagelunski University, Krakow, Poland
1997
RSNA Certificate of Merit & Excellence in Design, "Special
Mammographic Views for Special Circumstances"
1997
RSNA Excellence in Design, "Radiolucency of Breast Implants:
Spectrum of Silicone, Saline and Triglyceride Implants"
1997
RSNA Excellence in Design, "Spectrum of Unusual Manifestation
of Non-Pathologic Breast Parenchyma"
1997
RSNA Excellence in Design, "Advanced Breast Biopsy Instrument:
Integration and Applications in Breast Imaging"
1997
RSNA Selection for Publication in Radiographics, "Comparison
of Techniques in Stereotactic Guided
Vacuum Assisted Directed Breast Biopsy"
1998
RSNA Selection for Publication in Radiographics, "Advanced
Breast Biopsy Instrument: Integration
and Applications in Breast Imaging"
1998
Fellow, Society of Breast Imaging
1998
Selection of Scientific Exhibit 'Advanced Breast Biopsy Instrument:
Integration and Applications in Radiology' for radiology.com
1998
RSNA Certificate of Merit: Evaluation with Scintimammography: A
Scintimammographic Atlas
and Proposed Classification System for Image Interpretation. Radiology
1999;213(P):508.
1999
Editors Recognition Award, The Journal of Woman's Imaging.
2001
Center of Excellence Award, Bristol Myers Squibb
2001
- 2002 Who's Who of American Women, Marquis Publishers, New Providence,
NJ
2002
- 2003 Who's Who of American Women, Marquis Publishers, New Providence,
NJ
2001
Improvement in sensitivity of screening Mammography with computer
-aided detection (CAD): A multi-institutional trial: Nominated,
Best Scientific Paper, European Congress of Radiology 2002, Vienna,
Austria
2001
-present Who's Who in American Women
2002
Chosen one of "Ten Women to Watch in 2003", by Jewish
Women International
2003
American Registry of Outstanding Professionals
2003
International Biographical Centre: Woman of the Year
2003
Editor's Recognition Award, Journal of Women's Imaging
2004
International Biographical Center: Woman of the Year
CONSULTING
Board
of Directors, National Breast Database
Collagen
Corporation, Neufchatel, Switzerland
R2
Technology, Inc., Los Altos, CA
Williams
& Wilkens, Baltimore, MD
United
States Surgical Corp., Danbury, CT
Dilon
Technologies, Inc., Williamsburg, VA
Intelligent
Systems, Tampa, FL
Nuclear
Imaging of Breast Advisory Panel, Dupont Pharmaceuticals Company
Medical Imaging, Wilmington, Delaware
Shared
Medical Systems (SMS), Malvern, PA
Dupont
Pharmaceuticals, Billerica, MA
SenoRx, Inc. Aliso Viejo, CA
Medical
Advisory Board, Haddasah of Greater Baltimore
Medical
Advisory Board, TransScan Medical
JOURNAL REVIEWER:
1998
The Female Patient
1998
-present Clinical Cancer Research
1998
-present Journal of National Cancer Institute
1998
-present American Journal of Roentgenology
1998
-present Journal of General Internal Medicine
1999
- 2000 Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Kluwer Academic Publishers
2000
-present Cancer
2001
-present The Breast Journal
2002
-present Journal of Nuclear Medicine
2002
-present International Journal of Cancer
2004-
present Mayo Clinic Proceedings
EDITORIAL BOARDS:
2000-2005
The Breast Journal
2000-
Journal of Women's Imaging
2001-
Cancer
SCIENTIFIC
ADVISORY BOARDS:
Dilon
Technologies, Inc.
Dupont
Pharmaceuticals, Breast Imaging
Trans-Scan Corporation
CADx Inc.
Cadimas
INVITED REVIEWER:
1992
- 1994 The Maryland Cancer Registry Advisory Committee, Maryland
State Council on Cancer Control
1996
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materials Command, Breast Cancer
Program
1998
American College of Radiology, Mammography Accreditation Program
1998
Consultant, Medical Devices Advisory Committee, Center for Devices
and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration
1999
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Maryland Chapter, Grant
Review
2001
Diagnostic Imaging Study Section, NIH, Grant Reviewer (6/4/01) -
ZRG1 RNM (33)
2002
Development of Novel Technologies for in Vivo Imaging (ZCA 1 SRRB-9
J2 R), NCI Grant Reviewer
2003
Novel Technologies for in Vivo Imaging PAR 03-125, NCI Grant Reviewer,
Gaithesburg, MD
2004
Image Guided Cancer Interventions SBIB-J (11), NIH Grant Review,
ZRG1 SBIB-J11B RFA 04-063, Washington, DC
2005
Special Study Section "Development of Methods for in vivo Imaging
and Bioengineering Research", SBIB-J 01 S, Washington, DC.
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
LOCAL
& NATIONAL:
1995-2000
Mentor, American Medical Women's Association Mentor Program
1995-2000
Steering Committee, Johns Hopkins Breast Center, Baltimore, Maryland
1996-2000
Organizing Committee, Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Women's Program
1997-2000 Chair, Clinical Programs Committee, Comprehensive Women's
Program, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
1998-2000 National Comprehensive Cancer Network Panel Member, Breast
Screening Committee
1999
Strategy Board, Johns Hopkins University Engineering Research Center
1999
Consultant, Medical Devices Advisory Committee, Center for Devices
and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration
2000
-present Cancer Committee, The George Washington University Hospital
2001
-present Faculty Senate, The George Washington University School
of Medicine
2001
Selection Committee, Director of Nuclear Medicine, The George Washington
University Medical Center.
2001
- 2002 Selection Committee, Director of Radiation Oncology, The
George Washington University Medical Center.
1998
National Institutes of Health, Member Ad-Hoc Study Section, Diagnostic
Imaging (DMG)
1998
Resident Selection Committee, Department of Radiology, The George
Washington University Medical Center
2001
Executive Committee, Department of Radiology, The George Washington
University Medical Center
1999
Editorial Board, The Breast Journal, Blackwell Science
2001
Editorial Board, The Journal of Women's Imaging, Lippincott Williams
and Wilkins
2002
Selection Committee, Director Breast Surgery, The George Washington
University 2002 Interviewer, Admissions Committee, The George Washington
University School of Medicine
2003
Admissions Committee, The George Washington University School of
Medicine
2003
Executive Committee, The George Washington University Hospital
2003
Appointment, Salary and Promotion Policies (ASAP) Committee
2003
Editorial Advisory Board, Cancer: Interdisciplinary International
Journal of the American Cancer Society
2004
Co-Chair, Women's Health Congress, The George Washington University
Medical Center
2004
Director, Mobile Mammography Program, The George Washington University
Medical Center
2005
Faculty Support Committee, The George Washington University Medical
Center, member
2005
Medical Executive Committee Hearing Committee, The George Washington
Hospital
LICENSURES AND CERTIFICATIONS
1985
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1986
Maryland License
1990
Diplomat, American Board of Radiology
2000
Washington DC License
MEMBERSHIPS
Maryland Radiologic Society
American College of Radiology
Radiological Society of North America
Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
American Association for Women Radiologists
Maryland Medical Breast Society
Maryland Cancer Registry Advisory Committee
Society of Breast Imaging
American Medical Women's Association, Inc.
American Society of Breast Disease
Society of Breast Imaging
STUDENTS/FELLOWS
STUDENTS:
Lieba Sanow
Julie Kaplan
Rachel Roistman
Alexis Bakos Brown
Aviva Richman
Jennifer Massengale (4th year Medical Student,
GW))
Jessica Hsiu, (4th year Medical Student, GW))
Naveh Levy (4th year Medical Student, GW)
Kimmie Bui (4th year Medical Student, GW)
Arcel DeGuzman (4th year Medical Student, GW)
Lakshmi Basavaraju(4th year Medical Student, GW)
Jun Yang PhD Candidate, Department of
Engineering, George Washington
University (Ultrasound Tissue Characterization and
Parametric Imaging for
Breast Cancer Detection)
Yongning (Roy) Zou PhD Candidate, Department of
Engineering, George Washington University (Electrical Impedance
Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection)
Gaurav
Jindal
Holly Yeatman
Ivan Petrovich
FELLOWS:
Christine Chaconis, M.D.
Valerie Behrndt, M.D.
Deborah Barbakoff, M.D.
Julie Shaffry, M.D.
Joelle Schoonjans, M.D. (Brussels,Belgium)
Audrey Nolten, MD
Elyse Berman, MD
Jocelyn Simon, M.D.
Deborah Ash, M.D.
Michele McCorvey, M.D.
Kevin Mohtashemi, M.D.
Jason Appell, M.D.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
1989
- 1990 Lecturer, Musculoskeletal Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Practicum
in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
1990
Resident Education in Breast Imaging, Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine
1990
- 1992 Medical Student Education in Breast Imaging
1991
- 1992 Course Director, Practicum in Breast Imaging, Johns Hopkins
Medical Institution (New Course Developed for CME, attended by national
and international radiologists)
1991
- 1992 Educational Coordinator, Radiology Colloquia, Dept of Radiology,
Johns Hopkins Hospital
1991
- 1995 Chairman, Educational Committee, Maryland Radiological Society
1995
- 1996 Chairman, Educational Committee, American Association for
Women in Radiology
1997-2000
Course Director, Practicum in Breast Imaging, Johns Hopkins Medical
Institution
1997-1999
Coordinator, Resident Education in Breast Imaging, Department of
Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
1997-2000
Lecturer, Pathophysiology Course Second Year Medical Students, Johns
Hopkins University
School of Medicine
1997-
2000 Conference Director, Radiological-Pathologic Correlation Conference-Breast
Disease, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
1998
Program Committee, The Association of University Radiologists, Oak
Brook, IL
1998
- 2000 Course Director, Practicum in Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
and Tissue Acquisition, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (Attended
by national and international radiologists and surgeons)
1999-
2000 Resident Education, Department of Radiology and Radiological
Sciences, Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions
1999-2000
Thesis Review Committee, Determinants of Diagnostic Follow-up After
Inconclusive Screening Mammogram, Alexis Bakos Brown, PhD candidate,
Johns Hopkins University
2000
Course Director, Practicum in Stereotactic Breast Biopsy and Tissue
Acquisition, The George Washington University Medical Center
2000-
present Coordinator Resident Education in Breast Imaging, Department
of Radiology The George Washington University Medical Center
2000-
present Director, Fellowship, Breast Imaging and Intervention, The
George Washington University
Medical Center
2001
-present Coordinator, Breast Imaging, in 'Women's Health' elective,
Primary Care Residency, The George Washington University
2001
-present Coordinator, Breast Imaging, in 'Women's Health' elective,
Internal Medicine Residency, The George Washington University
2001
-present Ph.D Dissertation Committee, Jun Yang, Department of Engineering,
The George Washington University, Breast Cancer Detection Using
Ultrasound Tissue Characterization and Parametric Imaging
2001
-present Ph.D Dissertation Committee, Yongning (Roy) Zou, Department
of Engineering, The George Washington University, Electrical Impedance
Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection
2002
-present Resident Curriculum in Radiology Re-Development Committee
2001-2000
Lecturer, Women's Health: Issues and Controversies in the School
of Public Health and Health Services, Course Director: Jehan El-Bayoumi,
M.D.
2002-present
Resident Education in Breast Imaging, Internal Medicine, Primary
Care, Surgery and Ob/Gyn
2005
Course Co-Director, Biennial Breast Imaging Conference, DC/Maryland
Chapters, American College of Radiology
NEW COURSE DEVELOPED :
1997
- 2000 Conference Director, Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation Conference-Breast
Disease, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
1998
- 2000 Course Director, Practicum in Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
and Tissue Acquisition, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (Attended
by national and international radiologists and surgeons)
2000
Course Director, Practicum in Stereotactic Breast Biopsy and Tissue
Acquisition, The George Washington University
2000
-present Director, Fellowship, Breast Imaging and Intervention,
The George Washington University Medical Center
SERVICE TO THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
2000
Course Director, Practicum in Stereotactic Breast Biopsy and Tissue
Acquisition, The George Washington University
2000
-present Director, Fellowship, Breast Imaging and Intervention,
The George Washington University Medical Center
2000
-present Medical Staff, The George Washington University Hospital
2000
-present Director, Breast Imaging and Intervention , The George
Washington University
2000
Course Director, Practicum in Stereotactic Breast Biopsy and Tissue
Acquisition, The George Washington University Medical Center
2000
-present Coordinator Resident Education in Breast Imaging, Department
of Radiology The George Washington University Medical Center
2001
-present Coordinator, Breast Imaging, in 'Women's Health' elective,
Primary Care Residency, The George Washington University
2001
-present Coordinator, Breast Imaging, in 'Women's Health' elective,
Internal Medicine Residency, The George Washington University
2001
-present Vice Chair for Research and Faculty Development, Department
of Radiology, The George Washington University
2000
-present Cancer Committee, The George Washington University Hospital
2001
-present Faculty Senate, The George Washington University School
of Medicine
2001
Selection Committee, Director of Nuclear Medicine, The George Washington
University Medical Center
2001
- 2002 Selection Committee, Director of Radiation Oncology, The
George Washington University Medical Center
2001
-present Resident Selection Committee, Director of Radiology, The
George Washington University Medical Center
2000
Executive Committee, Department of Radiology, The George Washington,
University Medical Center
2000
Course Director, Practicum in Stereotactic Breast Biopsy and Tissue
Acquisition, The George Washington University Medical Center
2000
-present Director, Fellowship, Breast Imaging and Intervention,
The George Washington University Medical Center
2001
-present Ph.D Dissertation Committee, Jun Yang, Department of Engineering,
The George Washington University, Breast Cancer Detection Using
Ultrasound Tissue Characterization and Parametric Imaging
2001
-present Ph.D Dissertation Committee, Yongning (Roy) Zou, Department
of Engineering, The George Washington University, Electrical Impedance
Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection
2001
Selection Committee, Director Breast Surgery, The George Washington
University
2002
Lecturer, Women's Health: Issues and Controversies in the School
of Public Health and Health Services, Course Director: Jehan El-Bayoumi,
M.D.
2002
Interviewer, Admissions Committee, The George Washington University
School of Medicine
2003
Admissions Committee, The George Washington University School of
Medicine.
2003
Executive Committee, The George Washington University Hospital
2004
Appointment, Salary and Promotion Policy Committee, The George Washington
University
2005-2008
Committee on Admissions and Advanced Standing
2005-2006
Chair, Committee on Admissions and Advanced Standing
GRANTS:
Funded:
1993-1997
NCI, Radiologic Diagnostic Oncology Group V: Stereotactic Fine Needle
Aspiration Biopsy
and Core Needle Biopsy in the Workups of Lesions Detected by Mammography.
Principle Investigator: Laurie Fajardo, Role: Site Principle Investigator
1994-1996
USAMR&MC, Innovative developmental and exploratory award, In-vivo
microscopic MR Imaging of Breast Lesions. Principle Investigator:
Elias A. Zerhouni, Role: Co-investigator, $149,948
1996
R2 Technologies, Inter-observer Variability in Incremented Improvement
in Mammographic
Interpretation Using Computer Aided Diagnosis. Role: Principle Investigator
1997
Johns Hopkins Women's Board. High Resolution Real Time Breast Ultrasound.
$150,000
1997-1998
Dilon Technologies, Inc., Evaluation of High Resolution Small Field
of View Scintillation Camera for Breast Lesions. Role: Co-investigator,
$111,925
1998-1999
Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Molecular Assessment of Nipple
Aspirate Fluid for Evaluation of Breast Cancer. Principle Investigator:
Nancy Davidson. Role: Co-investigator, $80,740
1997-2000
NIH, Evaluation of MRI in Breast Cancer: A Multi-institutional trial.
Site PI: David Bluemke, MD Role: Co-investigator, $71,063
1998
- 2000 USAMR&MC, A Role for Lymph Nodes in Node-Negative Breast
Cancer. Principle Investigator: Julie R. Lange. Role: Co-investigator
1999 - 2000 Dupont Pharmaceuticals, High Resolution Breast Specific
Gamma Camera. Role: Principle Role: PI, $28.000
1999
- 2000 Dilon Technologies, Pilot Evaluation of High Resolution Breast
Specific Gamma Camera. Role: Co-I investigator, $180,000
1999
- 2001 CADx Medical, Quebec, Canada. Evaluation of Sensitivity of
Mammographic Detection of Breast Cancer with Computer Aided Detection,
A Multi-Institutional Trial (18 Institutions). Role: Principle Investigator,
The Multi-Institutional Trial and Site PI.
2001
- 2004 DupontPharma, Evaluation of Women with Dense Breast and High-Risk
of Breast Cancer with Screening High Resolution Scintimammography
Role: PI, $114,585
2001
- 2002 Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose Ranging Trial to Evaluate
the Efficacy of Atorvastatin on Bone Mineral Density and Markers
for Bone Turnover in Postmenopausal Women with Dyslipidemia and
at Risk for Osteoporosis. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group, Protocol
number: A2581049
Role: Investigator
2004-2006
The Sensitivity of the T-SCAN 200 ED in the Detection of Breast
Cancer in Women Age 30-45, site PI $25,000
2005-2006
Patient Navigator for Mobile Mammography, Susan G. Komen Foundation
Grant 3 04DC0191
Role: PI $75,000
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Peer
Reviewed Journals
1.
Brem RF, Giardina EGV, Bigger JT, Jr: Time course of alpha-1-acid-glycoprotein
and its relationship to imipramine plasma protein binding. Clin
Pharmacol Ther, 31(2):203, 1982.
2.
Giardina EGV, Louie M, Bigger JT, Jr, Brem R, Alchevsky D: Antiarrhythmic
plasma concentration range of imipramine against ventricular premature
depolarizations. Clin Pharmacol Ther, 34(3):284-289, 1983.
3.
Giardina EGV, Raby K, Freilich D, Vita J, Brem RF, Louie M: Time
course of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein and its relation to myocardial
enzymes after acute myocardial infarction. Amer J Cardiol, 56(4):262-265,
1985.
4.
Giardina EGV, Johnson LL, Vita JA, Bigger JT, Jr, Brem RF: Effect
of imipramine and nortriptyline on left ventricular function and
blood pressure: treatment of arrhythmias in patients with heart
disease. Amer Heart J, 109(5):992-998, 1985.
5.
Scatarige JC, Fishman EK, Zinreich ES, Brem RF, Almaraz R: Internal
mammary lymphadenopathy in breast carcinoma: CT appraisal of anatomic
distribution. Radiology, 167:89-91, 1988.
6.
Carter HB, Brem RF, Tempany CM, Yang A, Epstein JI, Walsh, Zerhouni
EA. Evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging in detection of unsuspected
prostate cancer. Radiology, 178:523-525, 1991.
7.
Brem RF, Tempany CMC, Zerhouni EA. Breast implant rupture: Detection
via magnetic resonance imaging. J CAT, 16(1):157-159, 1992.
8.
Brem RF, Gatewood OMB. Template guided breast ultrasound. Radiology,
184:872-874, 1992. [Abstracted in Yearbook of Diagnostic Radiology,
Mosby-Year Book, Inc., pg. 15, 1994.]
9.
Berg WA, Hruban RH, Kumar D, Singh HR, Brem RF, Gatewood OMB. Lessons
from mammographic-histopathologic correlation of large core needle
biopsy of nonpalpable breast lesions. RadioGraphics 1996:16:111.
10.
Brem RF, Lebovic G, Young VL, Schuster RH. Trilucent Breast Implants:
Indications and Limitations. Perspectives in Plastic Surgery, 1997;10:105-135.
11.
Englander SA, Ulug AM, Brem RF, Glickson JD, van Zijl PCM. Diffusion
Imaging of Human Breast. NMR in Biomed,1997; 10:348-352.
12.
Brem RF, Gatewood OMB. Enhancement of Ductal Filling During Ductography.
American Journal of Roentgenology, 1999; 172:163-164.
13.
Solomon SB, Brem RF. HIV Infection: Analysis of Mammographic Findings.
The Breast Journal, 1999; 5:112-115.
14.
Brem RF, Sanow L, Behrndt VS, Gatewood OMB. Reliability of Histologic
Diagnosis of Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia with 11 Gauge Stereotactic
Directed Vacuum Assisted Biopsy. AJR American Journal of Roentgenology,1999;
172: 1405-1407. (Quoted in Current Awareness in Biomedicine)
15.
Brem, RF. Breast Imaging. Journal of the National Cancer Institute,1999;91:10.
16.
Brem RF, Gatewood OMB. Preoperative Needle Localization of Non Palpable
Breast Lesions: Determination of Appropriate Needle Length. The
Breast Journal, 1999; 5: 235-237.
17.
Behrndt VS, Barbakoff D, Askin FB, Brem RF. Infarcted Lactated Adenoma
Presenting as a Rapidly Enlarging Breast Mass. American Journal
of Roentgenology, 1999, 173:933-935.
18.
Brem RF, Askin FB, Gatewood OMB. Selection of Core Biopsy Specimens
for Pathologic Evaluation of Targeted Microcalcifications. American
Journal of Roentgenology, 1999,173:901-902.
19.
Barbakoff D, Gatewood OMB, Brem RF. Supplemental Views for Equivocal
Mammographic Findings: A Pictorial Essay. The Breast Journal, 2000,6:34-43.
20.
Revelon GI, Gatewood OMB, Sherman M, Brem RF. Focal Fibrosis of
the Breast: Imaging Characteristics and Pathologic Correlation.
Radiology, 2000, 216:255-259.
21. Schoonjans J, Brem RF. Sonographic Appearance of Ductal Carcinoma
in-Situ. J Ultrasound in Med 2000, 19: 449-457.
22.
Shaffrey J, Gatewood OMB, Barbakoff D, Brem RF. Diabetic Mastopathy:
Case Reports and Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation. The Breast Journal,2000,
6: 414-417.
23.
Jackman RJ, Burbank F, Parker SH, Evans WP, Lechner MC, Richardson
TR, Smid AA, Barofsky HB, Lee CH, Goldstein HM, Schilling KJ, Wray
AB, Brem RF, Helbich TH, Lehrer DE, Adler SJ. Stereotactic Breast
Biopsy of Nonpalpable Lesions: Determinants of Ductal-carcinoma-in-situ
Underestimation Rates. Radiology, 2001, 218:497-502.
24.
Brem RF, Schoonjans,J. Radiologist Detection of Microcalcifications
Without and With Computer Aided Detection: A Comparative Study.
Clinical Radiology 2001, 56:150-154.
25.
Brem RF, Schoonjans JM, Gatewood OMB. Local Anesthesia in Stereotactic
Breast Biopsy. The Breast Journal, 2001, 7:72-73.
26.
Brem RF, Schoonjans JM, Askin FC, Sanow L, Richman A, Gatewood OMB.
Reliability of Histologic Diagnosis of Breast Cancer with Stereotactic
Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy. Am Surgeon,. 2001;67: 388-392.
27.
Schoonjans JM, Askin F, Brem RF. Ultrasound-Guided 14-Gauge Large
Core Needle Biopsy of Breast Masses. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
2001; 20:967-972.
28.
Brem RF, Schoonjans JM, Askin FC, Gatewood OMB. Percutaneous Diagnosis
of Breast Cancer with 11-Gauge and 8-Gauge Stereotactic, Vacuum-Assisted
Biopsy Devices. Radiology 2001; 219:793-796.
29.
Brem RF, Gatewood OMB, Impact of Weight Gain and Loss on the Mammogram,
The Breast Journal 2001; 3:129-133.
30.
Brem RF, Schoonjans JM, Kieper DA, Majewski S, Goodman SB, Civelek
AC. Evaluation of a High-Resolution Breast-Specific Gamma Camera:
A Pilot Study, J Nuclear Medicine 2002; 43:909-915.
31.
Jaberi M, Willey S, Brem RF. Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy:
An Unusual Cause of Mondoor's Disease, AJR American Journal of Roentgenology
2002, 179:185-186.
32.
Irfan K, Brem RF. Surgical and mammographic follow-up of papillary
lesions and atypical lobular hyperplasia diagnosed with stereotactic
vacuum-assisted biopsy, The Breast Journal 2002; 8 (4): 230-3.
33.
Brem RF, Revelon G, Willey SC, Gatewood OMB, Zeiger M. Bilateral
Plasmacytoma of the Breast: A Case Report, The Breast Journal 2002;
8(6): 393-395.
34.
Hoffmeister JW, Rogers SK, DeSimio MP, Brem RF. Determining Efficacy
of Mammographic CAD Systems, Journal of Digital Imaging, 2002 Apr;15
Suppl 1:198-200.
35.
Massengale J, Brem RF. The Use of Ultrasound in Breast Disease,
Ultrasound Quarterly, 2002, 18: 149-159.
36.
Brem RF, Baum JK, Kaplan S, Souders S, Naul LG, Hoffmeister J. Improvement
in sensitivity of screening mammography with computer-aided detection
(CAD): A multi-institutional trial. AJR American Journal of Roentgenology,
2003,181:687-693.
37.
Fadul D, Rapelyea JA, Brem RF, Femscan: 53-year-old Female with
Recurrent Palpable Left Breast Mass, Journal of Women's Imaging,
2003, 5:87-88.
38.
Basavaraju L, Rapelyea J, Brem RF. Ductal Lavage: A Novel Approach
for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment: Why, How and When. Journal of
Women's Imaging, 2003; 5:121-127.
39.
Bui KL, Lamb TJ, Rapelyea JA, Schoonjans JM, Brem RF. Accuracy of
Mammographic and Sonographic Assessment of Preoperative Breast Cancer
Size. Journal of Women's Imaging, 2003;5:128-133.
40.
Zisman G, Brem RF. Osseous Metaplasia in the Breast: A Case Report.
Journal of Women's Imaging, 2003; 5:134-137.
41.
M K Rezaei, Berezowski K, Brem R, Sidawy MK. Ductal lavage in women
at high risk for breast cancer: Advantages and limitations. Lab
Med 34:842-846, 2003.
42.
Fadul D, Rapelylea J, Schwartz AM, Brem RF. Development of Malignant
Breast Microcalcifications after Neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy in Advanced
Breast Cancer, The Breast Journal, 2004; 10:141-145.
43.
DeGuzman AP, Bui KL, Lenert JJ, Rapelyea JA, Brem RF. Mammographic
Appearance of Lymphedema in TRAM-Reconstructed Breast: A Case Report,
in press, AJR, 2004;183:1810-1812.
43.
Brem RF, Hoffmeister JW, Rapelyea JA, Zisman G, Mohtashemi K, Jindal
G, DeSimio MP, Rogers SK. Impact of Breast Density on the Performance
of a Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) System, AJR 2005;184:439-444..
44. Brem RF, Hoffmeister JW, Zisman G, DeSimio MP, Rogers SK. A
computer- aided detection system for the evaluation of breast cancer
by mammographic appearance and lesion size. AJR, Am J Roent, 2005;184:893-6.
45.
Brem RF, Rapelyea JA, Zisman G, Mohtashemi K, Raub J. Detection
of Occult Breast Cancer with a High-Resolution, Breast-Specific
Gamma Camera in Women at High-Risk for Breast Cancer. In press,
Radiology, 2005.
46.
Brem RF, Hoffmeister JW, Zisman G, DeSimio MP, Rogers SK. Evaluation
of Breast Cancer with a Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) System by
Mammographic Appearance and Histopathology. Cancer, 2005, in press.
47.
Stein LF, Zisman G, Rapelyea JA, Schwarz AM, Abell B, Brem RF, Lobular
Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast Presenting as a Mass: A Case Report.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005 Jun;184(6):1799-801.
48.
Civelek AC, Patel P, Ozalp E, Brem RF. Tc-99m Miraluma Uptake in
the Chest Mimicking a Malignant Lesion of the Breast, in press,
The Breast, 2005.
49.
Brem RF, Tran K, Rapelyea J, Zisman G, Berezwoski K. Percutaneous
Biopsy of Papillary Lesions of the Breast: Accuracy of Pathologic
Diagnosis. J Women's Imaging submitted, 2005.
Book Chapters and Invited Papers:
1.
Olivi A, Brem RF, McPherson R, Brem H. Brain tumors in pregnancy,
IN Neurological Complications of Pregnancy, Barney Stern, ed., Futura
Publishing Co., Mt. Kisco, New York, pp. 85-105, 1992.
2.
Gayler B, Brem RF. Mammography, IN Current Therapy in Oncology,
1st Edition, Niederhuber, B.C., ed., Decker, Inc, pp. 86-98, 1993.
3.
Brem RF. Computer Aided Detection of Breast Cancer.
Diagnostik und Therapie des Mammakarzinoms: State of the Art, Bestellschein,
Munich,pp 17-18, 1998.
4.
Solomon SB, Brem RF. Mammographic Findings Identified in Study of
HIV Patients. Advance in Radiology & Radiation Oncology, 1998;8:68-70.
5.
Brem RF., Rapelyea JA, Kieper DA, Majewski S. Evaluation of a High-Resolution,
Small Field-of-View Gamma Camera for the Detection of Breast Cancer,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A497, 2003,
39-45.
6.
Basavaraju L, Rapelyea J, Brem RF. The Role of Ductal Lavage in
Breast Cancer Risk Assessment, Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology,
2003:26, 1-6.
7.
Brem RF. Breast Imaging: A Correlative Atlas (Book Review), J of
Women's Imaging, 2004; 6:94, .
8.
Brem RF. The Never-Ending Controversies of Screening Mammography:
What is the Appropriate Callback Rate for Women Undergoing Screening
Mammographic Examination? Cancer. 2004; 100:1549-1551.
9.
Brem RF. Reply to Improved Sensitivity of mammogarphy with computer-aided-detection.
AJR 2004;182:1598-1599.
10.
Brem RF. Reply to How not to assess computer-aided detection for
mammography. AJR 2004;182:1599-1600.
11.
Brem RF. Digital Mammography, a Book Review, The Journal of Women's
Imaging, 2004;6:184..
12.
Brem RF. The future of breast cancer diagnosis: Molecular Imaging
of the Breast: Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2005;80:17-18
Abstracts:
1A.
Brem RF, Tempany CM, Yang A, Carter HB, Epstein JI, Walsh PC, Zerhouni
EA: Magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of occult prostate
cancer. American Urological Association, New Orleans, p. 56A, 1990.
2A.
Brem RF, Tempany CM, Yang A, Carter HB, Epstein JI, Walsh PC, Zerhouni
EA: Magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of prostate cancer.
Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Washington, DC, p. 35, 1990.
3A.
Brem RF, Brem H. Biodegradable polymer for intracranial drug delivery:
A radiological study in monkeys and humans. International Symposium
on Advances in Neuro-Oncology, Sanremo, Italy, September 1990.
4A.
Brem RF, Tempany CM, Yang A, Carter HB, Epstein JI, Walsh PC, Zerhouni
EA. MRI detection of clinically unsuspected prostate cancer with
respect to lesion size and location. Radiological Society of North
America, Chicago, Illinois, November 1990.
5A.
Christens-Barry WA, Bankman IN, Weinberg I, Kim DW, Brem RF. Automated
recognition of microcalcifications in mammograms. Symposium for
Computer Assisted Radiology (S/CAR), Baltimore, Maryland, June 1991.
6A.
Berg WA, Brem RF, Anderson ND, Kuhlman JE. MR imaging of breast
implant rupture. Radiology, 1992;185:377.
7A.
Berg WA, Caskey CI, Hamper UM, Anderson ND, Brem RF, Kuhlman JE.
Diagnosing breast implant rupture with ultrasound, MRI, and mammography.
Radiology, 1992;185:377.
8A.
Bankman IN, Christens-Barry WA, Kim DW, Brem RF, Brody WR, Weinberg
IN. Evaluation of algorithm performance in the automated detection
of mammographic microcalcification. Radiology, 1992;185:297.
9A.
Berg WA, Anderson WJ, Singh HR, Brem RF, Hruban RH, Gatewood OMB.
Comparative diagnostic efficacy of the center pass in stereotactic-guided
large core biopsy of nonpalpable breast lesions. Radiology, 1994;
193:296.
10A.
Berg WA, Hruban RH, Gatewood OMB, Singh HR, Brem RF. Lessons from
mammographic pathologic correlation of large core needle breast
biopsies. Radiology,1995; 197(P):459.
11A.
Brem RF, Ackerman S, Steinberg E, O'Shaughnessy K. Comparative study
of radiologist diagnosis of micro-calcifications without and with
computer aided diagnosis. Society of Breast Imaging, San Diego,
California, 1997.
12A.
Solomon SB, Brem RF. HIV infection: mammographic findings. Society
of Breast Imaging, San Diego, California, 1997.
13A.
Brem RF, Gatewood OMB, Barbakoff D. Radiolucency of breast implants:
spectrum of silicone, saline and triglyceride implants. Radiology
1997;205:652. Award Excellence In Design, Radiological Society of
North America, Chicago,
Illinois, 1997.
14A.
Brem RF, Barbakoff D, Gatewood OMB. Special mammographic views for
special circumstances. Radiology 1997;205:658. Awarded Certificate
of Merit and Excellence in Design Radiological Society of North
America, Chicago, Illinois,1997.
15A.
Brem RF, Gatewood OMB, Barbakoff D. Spectrum of Unusual Manifestation
of Non-Pathologic Breast Parenchyma. Radiology 1997; 205:658. Awarded
Excellence in Design,
Radiologic Society of North America, 1997.
16A.
Zerhouni EA, Atalar E, Artemov D, Hoang T, Brem R, Bhujwalla Z,
Bluemke D. In Vivo Microscopic MR Imaging of Breast Lesions. Era
of Hope, The Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program
Meeting, Washington, DC, 1997.
17A.
Revelon G, Artemov D, Bhujwalla Z, Atalar E, Brem RF, Zerhouni E,
Bluemke DA. In Vivo Microscopic MR Imaging of Breast Lesions. Sixth
Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society for
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Sydney, Australia, 1997.
18A.
Brem RF, Gatewood OMB, Revelon GI, O'Shaughnessy KF. Sensitivity
of Computer Aided Detection of Benign and Malignant Masses and Microcalcifications.
The Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, 1998.
Accepted as alternate.
19A.
Brem RF, Gatewood OMB. Advanced Breast Biopsy Instrument: Integration
and Applications in Breast Imaging. Radiology, 1998; 209(P)519.
20A.
Brem RF, Gatewood OMB. Comparison of Techniques in Stereotactic
Guided Vacuum Assisted Directed Breast Biopsy. Radiology,1998; 209(P)519.
21A.
Revelon GI, Sherman M, Behrndt V, Gatewood OMB, Brem RF. Focal Fibrosis
of the Breast: Imaging Characteristics and Pathologic Correlation.
Radiology, 1998;209(P):197.
22A.
Brem RF, Majewski S, Links JM, Schoonjans JM, Civelek AC. Tc-99m
MIBI Imaging of the Breast with a High Resolution, Small Field of
View Gamma Camera. Radiology 1999; 213(P):505.
23A.
Lechner M, Jackman R, Brem RF et al. Lobular Carcinoma In Situ and
Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia at Percutaneous Biopsy with Surgical
Correlation: A Multi-Institutional Study. Radiology 1999; 213(P):106.
24A.
Yanez MH, Brem RF Civelek AC. Evaluation with Scintimammography:
A Scintigraphic Atlas and Proposed Classification System for Image
Interpretation. Radiology 1999; 213(P):508. Awarded Certificate
of Merit, RSNA, 1999.
25A.
Lange JR, Sukumar S, Dooley WC, Zeiger MA, Brem RF, Civelek AC,
Umbricht C. An evaluation of Telomerase in Sentinel Nodes From Patients
With Early Breast Cancer. Era of Hope, The Department of Defense
Breast Cancer Research Program Meeting, Washington, DC 2000.
26A.
Brem RF, Schoonjans JM, Civelek AC. Sensitivity of Tc99m-Sestamibi
Scintimammography for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer. Radiological
Society of North America, 2000.
27A.
Brem RF, Schoonjans JM, Raza S, Hoffmeister F, Baum JK. Evaluation
of Breast Cancer with a Computer-Aided Detection System by Mammographic
Appearance, Histology and Lesion Size. Radiological Society of North
America, 2000.
28A.
Brem RF, Schoonjans JM, Levit B, Ozalp E, Civelek AC, Scintimammographic
Findings with a High Resolution Small Field of View Breast Specific
Gamma Camera, Radiological Society of North America, 2000.
29A.
Brem RF, Schoonjans JM, Askin F, Gatewood OMB. Percutaneous Diagnosis
of Breast Cancer with 11-gauge and 8-gauge Steretoactic, Vacuum-Assisted
Breast Biopsy Devices, Radiological Society of North America, 2000.
30A.
Brem RF, Baum JK. Enhancement of Mammographic Interpretation with
Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) : A Multi-Institutional Trial. Radiology
2001; 221 (P): 472. Radiological Society of North America, 2001.
31A.
Brem RF, Lamb T, Simon J. Integration of Ductal Lavage in a Breast
Imaging Practice. Radiology 2001; 221 (P): 699. Radiological Society
of North America, 2001.
32A.
Baum JD, Raza S Brem RF. Prospective Evaluation of Computer-Aided
Detection (CAD) in Screening Mammography-CAD Impact on Mammographic
Interpretation Time and Work-up Rate. Radiology 2001; 221 (P): 521.
Radiological Society of North America, 2001.
33A.
Brem RF, Lechner M, Kaplan S, Souders, Naul L, Hoffmeister J, Baum
J. Improvement in sensitivity of screening mammography with computer-aided
detection (CAD): A multi-institutional trial. European Congress
of Radiology, 2002.
34A.
Baum J, Rosenberg R, Fajardo L, Berg W, Khouri N, Hoffmeister J,
Brem R. Prospective evaluation of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD)
in screening mammography - Impact of CAD on mammographic interprtation
time and work-up rate. European Congress of Radiology, 2002.
35A.
Rezaei, Berezowski K, Hegode P, Willey S, Brem R, Sidway M. Ductal
Lavage Cytology: Initial 18 Month Experience. American Society of
Cytopathology, 2002.
36A.
Brem RF, Hoffmeister J, Baum JK, Lechner M, Kaplan S, Souders S.
Impact of Breast Density on Performace of a Computer Aided Detection
(CAD) System. Radiological Society of North America, 2002.
37A.
Lamb T, Rapelyea J, Brem RF. Mammographic Appearance of Missed Breast
Cancers. Radiological Society of North America, 2002.
38A.
Willey SC, Rezaei K, Hegde P, Berezowski K, Brem R, Sidway M. Ductal
Lavage: Initial 18 Month Experience at a Single Institution. 25th
Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, 2002.
39A.
Brem RF, Hoffmeister JW, DeSimio MP. Evaluation of Breast Cancer
with an Improved Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) System by Mammographic
Appearance and Histopathology, American Journal of Roengenology
AJR, 180:76, 2003 (presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society)
40A.
Brem RF, Rapelyea JA. Histopathology of Benign Papillary Lesions
of the Breast Diagnosed with Percutaneous Biopsy, Radiological Society
of North America, 2003.
41A.
Brem RF, Kieper D, Majewski S, Raub J. High-Resolution Scintimammography
as an Adjunct for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in High-Risk Women
with Normal Mammograms and Physical Examination, Radiological Society
of North America, 2003.
42A.
Brem RF, Hoffmeister JW, Jindal G, DeSimio DP, Rogers SK.Impact
of Breast Density on the Performance of a Computer-Aided Detection
(CAD) system. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, 2003.
43A.
Welch BL, Majewski S, Brem RF. Quality Assurance Protocol for a
Gamma Guided Stereotactic Breast Biopsy System. IEEE, Rome Italy,
2004.
44A.
Brem RF, Rapelyea JA, Raub J, Zisman G, Keiper D, Welch B, Majewski
S. High Resolution Scintimammography: Breast Cancer Detection. San
Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, 2004.
45A.
Brem RF, Rapelyea JA, Raub J, Zisman G, Keiper D, Welch B, Majewski
S. Detection of Occult Breast Cancer using Scintimammography with
a High-Resolution, Breast-Specific Gamma Camera in Women at High-Risk
for Breast Cancer. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, 2004.
46A.
Evaluation of Prototype Computer-aided Diagnosis System to Assist
Radiologists in Distinguishing Benign from Malignant Breast Lesions
on MR: Preliminary Results of Multicenter Study
47A.
Penn AI, Thompson SF, Pisano E, Lehman CD, Weatherall P, Newstead
G, Ascher SM, Brem RF, Schnall, MD, Conant EF, Morris EA, Zeng D.
Evaluation of prototype computer-aided-diagnosis system to assist
radiologists in distinguishing benign from malignant breast lesions
on MR - preliminary results of multi-center study, RSNA 2004.
48A.
Brem RF, Hoffmeister JW , DeSimio MP, Rogers SK. Evaluation of Breast
Cancer with a Multiple Operating Point Computer-Aided Detection
(CAD) S ystem by Mammographic Appearance, Histopathology and Lesion
Size. American Roentgen Ray Society, 2005.
49A.
Brem RF, Hoffmeister JW , DeSimio MP, Rogers SK. Comparison of Mammographic
CAD Performance at Community vs Academic Centers, alternate, American
Roentgen Ray Society, 2005.
50A.
Penn AI, Thmpson SF, Brem RF, Newstead GM, Pisano ED, Weatheral
P, Asher SM, Conant EF, Schnall MD, Lehman C. Impact of CAD on Radiologist's
Discrimination of Benign from Malignant Brast Lesions on MR, International
Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), 2005.
MEDIA PRESENTATIONS:
Oct
1995 Mammography for the Detection of Breast Cancer, Johns Hopkins
News Health Feed. Distributed to over 100 radio stations
Jan
1997 CNN interview, NIH consensus panel on screening mammograms
in women under 50
Jan
1997 Live interview. Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer WOR radio,
New York, New York
Oct
1997 New Technologies in Imaging Dense Breasts. Interview with Sally
Squires Washington Post
Spring
1998 Mammotome Means Accurate, Painless Biopsies. Featured in Johns
Hopkins International Physicians Update, Vol. VII, p. 9, 1998
Sept
1998 New Techniques for Diagnosing Breast Cancer, Medstar Productions,
Allentown, PA. Syndicated television program broadcast to 70 television
stations nationwide
Sept.
1998 Diagnosis: Early detection is the key to reducing breast cancer
mortality rate. Baltimore Sun, September 20, 1998
Oct
1998 Scintimammography: A Novel Method of Looking at the Breast.
Health News Feed: A syndicated radio broadcast transmitted to over
200 radio stations across the United States
Jan
1999 Interview, Diagnostic Imaging, Comprehensive Breast Center
Jun
1999 Interview, Health Magazine: Diagnosing Breast Cancer
July
1999 Interview Redbook Magazine: What to do if you find a breast
lump
Oct
1999 Interview ABC News, Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy, for Documentary
on The Academic Medical Center
Nov
1999 Interview, IntelliHealth web based medical information service,
Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy
Oct
1999 Interview, accenthealth.com, New Technologies for the Diagnosis
of Breast Cancer
Nov
1999 Interview, Oncology News International, Minimally Invasive
Breast Biopsy
Dec
1999 Oncology News International Vo.8 Pg8. New Breast Biopsy Technique
Allow One-Stop Procedures. Article about Dr. Rachel F. Brem
Jan
2000 Interview, In Touch Magazine, The Early Diagnosis of Breast
Cancer
Jul
2000 Interview, Real Simple Magazine
Sept
2001 Interview, Diagnostic Imaging, Computer Aided Detection
Oct
2001 Health Magazine, Interview
Jan
2002 Breast Cancer in Young Woman, Channel 5 (ABC News), Washington,
DC
Feb
2002 Interview, Wall Street Journal, Computer Aided Detection (Ellen
Byron)
Apr
2002 News Hours with Jim Lehrer, Interview: Screening Mammograhpy
Apr
2002 Interview, Health Magazine (Michael Casselman)
May
2002 CBS Interview for the evening news, Computer Aided Detection
Sept
2002 Interview, Medical Imaging (Cheryl Harris) Re: Novel Technologies
in Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Sept
2002 Interview, Roger Sergel, NBC News. High-Resolution Scintimammography
Oct
2002 Interview, The Virginia Pilot, Scintimammography
Feb
2003 Consultant, Roger Sergel, NBC News: SonoCine, a New Ultrasound
Screening for Breast Cancer
March
2003 Montgomery County Public Television, 2 one-half hour segments.
New Developments in Breast Imaging
September
2004 Interview and Quoted in the Washington Post, Health Section.
Article highlighting George Washington Breast Center (Sept 14, 2004).
November
2004 WTTG-TV Fox 5
April
2005 WUSA-TV 9 Dilon breast imaging camera: Improvement in Breast
Cancer Diagnosis.
May
2005 GW Mammovan gets a Jumpstart, Channel 9 News, Washington, DC
May 2005 Interview: Radiology Today, Molecular Breast Imaging
CONGRESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
Jun
1997 Senate Subcommittee Testimony, Washington, D.C. Mammography
Quality Assurance Act
Oct
1997 Breast Cancer Medical Technology for Women: Moving Towards
the 21st Century. Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, Washington,
DC
May
1998 Frontiers in Breast Imaging. Epidemiology of Medical Devices
in Women Conference. Center for Devices and Radiological Health
& the Food and Drug Administration. Office of Women's Health,
Rockville, MD
Jan
2002 The Wall Street Journal, Interview, Efficacy of Screening Mammography
Feb
2002 The News Hour With Jim Lehrer. Screening Mammography, Is It
Effective. Aired 2/28/2002
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS:
Oct
1997 Postgraduate Education in Oncology: Breast Cancer. Challenges
of Contemporary Oncology. Breast Cancer Awareness Program for Poland,
Krakow, Poland
Aug
1998 Invited Consultant for Mammography Accreditation King Edward
VII Memorial Hospital, Hamilton, Bermuda
Sept
1998 Course Director, Percutaneous Breast Biopsy, Elancourt, France.
Attended by radiologists and surgeons from France, Italy, Spain
and Belgium
Oct
1998 Emerging Technologies in Breast Imaging, Percutaneous Breast
Biopsy, and Imaging of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. Fourth Annual Puerto
Rico Breast Cancer Conference, Dorado, Puerto Rico
April
1999 Visiting Professor Department of Radiology, Hadassah Hospital
Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Nov
2001 The Royal College of Radiology Breast Group, Eastbourne, Wales
UK. Vacuum Assisted Breast Biopsy
Nov
2001 The Royal College of Radiology Breast Group, Eastbourne, Wales
UK. Imaging of Breast Implants
National:
May
1995 Stereotactic Core Biopsy, Society of Breast Imaging, Orlando,
Florida
Nov
1995 Presentation: The History of Women in Radiology, American Association
for Women Radiologists, RSNA,Chicago, IL
June
1997 Percutaneous Breast Tissue Removal. Symposium on Minimally
Invasive Breast Biopsy. US Surgical Corporation, Danbury, CT
April
1997 Current Concepts in Breast Cancer Management. Stereotactic
Breast Biopsy: Will it Replace Surgical Biopsy Medium? Grand Rounds.
Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, VA
June
1998 Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy & Intro-operative Lymphatic
Mapping Symposium. United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk,
CT
Oct
1998 Mammography Issues for the 90's-Specialized Mammography/Breast
Imaging Symposium for Mammographers. GrandXray, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Sept
1998 Dupont Pharmaceuticals Company Medical Imaging Miralumna Advisory
Panel, Boston, MA
Oct
1998 Diagnosing Breast Cancer Visiting Faculty Program. Dupont Pharmaceuticals
Company, Boston, MA
Feb
1999 Radionuclide Imaging of the Breast, Visiting Scientist, Dupont
Pharmaceuticals, Sawmill, Florida
March
1999 BTI Group Meeting, Dupont Pharmaceuticals, Update on Nuclear
Medicine Imaging of the Breast, San Diego, CA
March
1999 BTI Group Meeting, Dupont Pharmaceuticals, High Risk Breast
Cancer Patients and Their Management.
April
1999 Detroit Nuclear Radiology Club, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital,
Breast Tumor Imaging, Detroit, Michigan
May
1999 Optimizing the Clinical Utility of Mammoscintigraphy. High
Mountain Radiology and Woman's Imaging Center, Hackensack, NJ
Feb
2000 Mammoscintigraphy; Imaging of Ductal Carcinoma-In-Situ; Minimally
Invasive Breast Tissue Acquisition and Case Conference.Smowmass
2000: Clinical Mammography, Educational Symposia, Snowmass, CO
March
2000 New Developments in the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer, Horizon
of Hope, Cincinnati, OH
April
2000 Emerging Technologies in Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Case Managers
Symposium, Cleveland, OH
May
2000 Ductal Carcinoma-in-Situ, Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy
and Scintimammography, Fourth Annual Breast Imaging Update, University
of South Florida Breast Cancer Conference, Key West, FL.
May
2000 New Technologies for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer, Sutter
Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA
Sept
1999 Percutaneous Breast Tissue Acquisition, Philadelphia Mammography
Association, Philadelphia, PA
May
2001 Fifth Annual Breast Imaging Update, University of South Florida
Breast Cancer Conference, Key West, FL.
Sept
2001 Breast Diagnosis Update: Imaging and Clinical Issues. Keynote
Speaker, Park Nicollet Clinic, S. Louis Park, MN
Jan
2002 Computer Aided Detection in Breast Cancer Diagnosis. The Philadelphia
Mammography Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Apr
2002 Computer-Aided Detection for the earlier Diagnosis of Breast
Cancer. Northeast Radiology, Danbury CT.
Oct
2002 Invited Lecturer, Bristol-Meyers-Squibb, How can We Improve
Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Billerica, MA
Nov
2002 The Use of Computer Aided Detection for Breast Cancer Diagnosis,
New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, CT
April
2004 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of the Breast, New York Roentgen Ray
Society, NY, NY
April,
2004 Computer Aided Detection for the Improved Diagnosis of Breast
Cancer, New York Roentgen Ray Society, NY, NY
June,
2004 Computer Aided Detection: Past , Present and Future. Radiology
Grand Rounds, New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, CT
Regional:
May
1996 Current Concepts in Breast Cancer Management. Winchester Medical
Center, Winchester, VA. Topic: Stereotactic Breast Biopsy: Will
it Replace Surgical Biopsy?
May
1996 Core Biopsy vs Surgical Biopsy, InternationalWoman's Fair,
Timonium, MD
May
1996 The Diagnosis of Breast Cancer, International Woman's Fair,
Timonium, MD
June
1996 Breast Cancer New Developments - Panel Discussion. Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
June
1996 Computer Aided Diagnosis of Breast Cancer: Preliminary Results
of Clinical Trial. Radiology Grand Rounds. Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, MD
Aug
1996 Current Issues in Breast Imaging. 38th AnnualEmil Novak Memorial
Course - Gynecological Pathology, Gynecology, Endocrinology and
High Risk Obstetrics - Lecture, Baltimore, MD
Sept
1996 Risk Factors, Genetics and Early Detection of Breast Cancer.
Educational Program and Discussion. Department of Oncology Educational
Program, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
Nov
1996 Topics in Oncology. New Approaches to Breast Imaging. Johns
Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
Feb
1997 Percutaneous Breast Biopsy. Radiation Oncology Teacher Conference.
John Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
Mar
1997 New Techniques in the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer. Young Presidents
of Corporations, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mar
1997 Breast Implants and mammographic visualization of mass and
microcalcifications: Comparison of Silicone filled and Triglyceride
filled breast Implants. Radiology Grand Rounds. Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions, Baltimore, MD
April
1997 Meet the Professor Luncheon Seminar. Diagnosis and Treatment
of Neoplastic Disease. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore,
MD
May
1997 Beyond The Screening Mammogram. Mammography Association of
Maryland, Baltimore, MD
May
1997 New Technologies in the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer. Radiology
Grand Rounds, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
June
1997 New Advances in Diagnosis of Breast Cancer. Johns Hopkins Radiology
Biennial. Johns Hopkins Hospital
Sept
1997 The Imaging and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer Symposium
Second Year Medical Student Pathophysiology Course. Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
Sept
1997 New Developments in the Diagnosis and Imaging of Breast Cancer.
Frontiers in Breast Cancer Research, Diagnosis, and Therapy. GeneQuest
Infosystems, Washington, DC
Oct
1997 New Developments in the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer. 39th Annual
Emil Novak Memorial Course - Gynecological Pathology, Gynecology,
Endocrinology and High Risk Obstetrics, Baltimore, MD
Oct
1997 Educational Seminars in Mammography. Wellnet Employee Program.
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
Nov
1997 Mammography and it's Implications for Radiation Oncology. Radiation
Oncology Teaching Conference. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions,
Baltimore, MD
April
1998 Issues in Breast Imaging and Their Significance in Scintimammography.
Mid-Eastern Chapter, SNM 28th Annual Meeting, Ocean City, MD
May
1998 Breast Cancer: New Diagnostic Techniques. 4th Annual Women's
Fair, Timonium, MD
June
1998 New Diagnostic Techniques: New Radiological and Minimally Invasive
Techniques. Early Detection Remains Your Best Chance of Surviving
Breast Cancer. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
July
1998 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of the Breast. Medical/Surgical Grand
Rounds. Montgomery General Hospital, Montgomery, MD
Sept
1998 Breast Cancer: Second Year Pathophysiology Course. Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
Oct
1998 Confronting Your Risk of Breast Cancer, Breast Center Seminars,
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Oct
1998 New Developments in Breast Imaging. 40th Annual Emil Novak
Memorial Course - Gynecological Pathology, Gynecology, Endocrinology
and High Risk Obstetrics, Baltimore, MD
Feb
1999 Grand Rounds,Nuclear Medicine, Imaging of the Breast, Bayview
Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
March
1999 New Developments in Breast Imaging, OB/GYN Grand Rounds, Washington
Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
April
1999 Imaging of the Augmented Breast, Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds,
Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD
April
1999 Fundamentals of Breast Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine,
Department of Radiology , Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Sept
1999 Emerging Technologies in Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Onclogy Tumor
Board, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Sept
1999 New Technology in Biopsying and Treating the Smallest Lesions,
Seeking Excellence in Breast Cancer Care: Best Practices in Diagnosis
and Treatment, Towson, MD
Oct
1999 New Developments in Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Day of Caring
for Breast Cancer Awareness, Timonium, MD
Nov
1999 Read with the Experts: Mammoscintigraphy Workshop and Reading
Sessions, Dupont Pharmaceuticals Baltimore, MD
Dec
1999 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of the Breast: Clinical Utility, Tumor
Board, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD
Sept
2000 Emerging Technologies for Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Grand Rounds,
Department of Surgery, The George Washington University Hospital,
Washington, DC.
Nov
2000 New Developments in Breast Cancer Diagnosis, The Karen Kimell
Memorial Lecture, Department of Medicine, The George Washington
University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Dec
2000 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of the Breast. Southeastern University
Research Association, Washington, DC.
March
2001 New Developments in Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Pathology Grand
Rounds, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington,
DC.
March
2001 Breast Cancer: What New Research Is On The Horizon. International
Breast Cancer Conference, Breast Cancer: The Global Perspective,
The World Bank, Washington, DC.
Nov
2001 Pathology Teaching Conference, The George Washington University
Medical Center, Washington, DC. Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy.
April
2002 New Developments in Scintigraphic Breast Imaging, Society of
Nuclear Medicine, Mid-Eastern Chapter, Ocean City, MD.
May
2002 Computer Aided Detection for the Improved Detection of Breast
Cancer, Northeast Radiology, White Plains, NY
Jun
2002 Novel Approaches to Breast Cancer Diagnosis, for Women's Health:
Issues and Controversies, School of Public Health and Health Services
Sept
2002 Visiting Lecturer, National Cancer Institute, Epidemilogy Branch,
New Technologies for Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Controversies and
Potential Impact with Molecular Biology
Oct
2002 Research Colloquia, The George Washington University, Founders
Weekend (University Wide Conference) New Technologies in Breast
Cancer Diagnosis.
Oct
2002 Ductal Lavage, Joint DC/MD ACR Annual Meeting, Washington,
DC
Oct
2002 Scintimammography, Joint DC/MD ACR Annual Meeting, Washington,
DC
Nov
2002 Computer-Aided Detection for Improved Diagnosis of Breast Cancer,
New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, CT
March
2003 Women's Health Congress, Washington, DC
March
2003 Montgomery County Public Television, 2 one-half hour segments.
New Developments in Breast Imaging
March
2003 George Washington University Multi-Disciplinary Cancer Conference.
New Approaches for the Improved Diagnosis of Breast Cancer, Washington,
DC
March
2003 Women In Technology, From Discovery to Commercial Success:
Bringing Biotechnology Solutions to Market, Tysons Corner, VA
April
2003 Computer Aided Detection, American Society of Breast Surgeons,
Atlanta, GA, Invited Speaker
May
2003 Six Annual University of South Florida Breast Imaging Update,
Key West, FL," Computer Aided Detection" and "Imaging
Ductal Carcinoma- in-Situ"
May
2003 Scintimammography: The Comeback Kid, Mammography in the Next
Millenium, Sante Fe, NM
June
2003 Tumor Board, The George Washington University, MRI of the Breast
October
2003 New Developments in Breast Cancer Diagnosis, The George Washington
University Hospital,
November
2003 Imaging Studies for Breast Cancer, Y-Me National Breast cancer
Organization, National Capital Area
February
2004 Clinical Mammography Symposium, ESI, Copper-Ridge Mountain,
CO, invited faculty: Computer aided detection, Ductal carcinoma
in situ, nuclear medicine imaging of the breast
March
2004 Being a Professional and a Woman: The Impact, Johns Hopkins
University Hillel Women's Group, Baltimore, MD
March
2004 Keynote Speaker, The Women's Health Congress, Washington, DC.
Breast Cancer Diagnosis: What you need to know.
May
2004 Radiology Board Review, Breast Imaging. Department of Radiology,
The Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions.
October
2004 TriCat Women's Centers, Invited Lecture: Computer Aided Detection
for the Improved Diagnosis of Breast Cancer, Methuchen, NJ.
October
2004 Breast Specific Gamma Imaging: State of the Art, Dinner Conference
at the Lynn Sage Breast Imaging Conference, Chicago, IL.
October
2004 Optimal Gamma Imaging of the Breast: Clinical Indications and
Considerations. IEEE, Workshop on Nuclear Medicine Imaging of the
Breast, Rome, Italy.
November
2004 Breast Imaging: MRI. Advances in Diagnostic and Therapeutic
Imaging for Cancer. Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA.
December
2004 Visiting Professor, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel,
"Molecular Imaging of the Breast"
January
2005 Physiologic Imaging of the Breast, Philadelphia Mammography
Society, Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
January
2005 Featured Speaker, Deans Tea, School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences, The George Washington University.
February
2005 New Technologies for the Improved Diagnosis of Breast Cancer,
Oncology Interest Group, The George Washington University School
of Medicine
March
2005 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Breast: District of Columbia
Chapter, American College of Radiology, Washington, DC
March
2005 Women in Medicine, How we do it all. Undergraduate Forum, Brandeis
University, Waltham, MA
April
2005 Seventh Annual University of South Florida Breast Imaging Update,
Key West, FL," Computer Aided Detection" and "Imaging
Ductal Carcinoma- in-Situ"
May
2005 Radiology Board Review, Breast Imaging, The Johns Hopkins Department
of Radiology, Baltimore, MD.
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5/02/05
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