The Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) has reported highlights from the SBI 2023 Symposium, including a range of awards and newly-appointed leadership, with SBI President Mary "Mimi" Newell, MD, FSBI and Vice President Linda Moy, MD, FSBI. Image courtesy: Society of Breast Imaging.
August 16, 2023 — In a recently published news update, the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) reported on highlights and newly-appointed leadership updates from the SBI 2023 Symposium, held in National Harbor, MD. A snapshot of significant updates from that event, as reported in an SBI online update of the 3-day event held in May, follows.
Symposium Program Chair and newly-elected SBI President Mary “Mimi” Newell, MD, FSBI, oversaw the first in-person meeting of the organization in four years. Newell is Assistant Director of Breast Imaging and Professor at Emory University School of Medicine. As noted in the SBI news update, “The Symposium was designed to cover scientific data and expert practices for navigating workplace challenges in a rapidly shifting society, and ways that all radiologists can do their part in issues relating to diversity, equity and inclusion.” Programming focused on system-related processes, practice-level infrastructure, as well as individual radiologist self-reflection, according to the SBI Symposium online highlights summary.
Martin Yaffe, PhD, FSBI, CM, FRSC, opened the event with a presentation that shared key historical trials in breast cancer screening as well as important progress to date, with an eye toward emerging science and technology.
The keynote address was presented by Cleveland Clinic’s Jame Abraham, MD, FACP, who is a professor at the Cleveland Clinic College of Medicine, speaking on “Insights on the In Situs.”
Sessions throughout the Symposium focused on the science of breast imaging, the evolving role of artificial intelligence, health equity, as well as diversity and inclusion.
Linda Moy, MD, FSBI, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Professor, NYU Langone Health, offered insights and practical information on breast imaging AI, helping participants with ways to integrate the technology into screening workflows and stressing the importance of determining whether these tools are right for their particular practice.
Additionally, an overview of upcoming updates to the ACR BI-RADS Atlas was presented by Wendy DeMartini, MD, Stamatia Destounis, MD, and Jessice Leung, MD.
SBI 2023-2024 Term Officers
President: Mary Newell, MD, FSBI, Assistant Director, Division of Breast Imaging, Emory University
Immediate Past President: John Lewin, MD, FACR, FSBI, Chief, Division of Breast Imaging, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine
Vice President: Linda Moy, MD, FSBI, Professor, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Secretary/Treasurer: Gary Whitman, MD, FSBI, Professor of Breast Imaging, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
SBI Directors:
Peter Eby, MD, FSBI, FACR, Section Head of Breast Imaging, Virginia Mason Medical Center
Lars Grimm, MD, MHS, FSBI, Associate Professor, Division of Breast Imaging, Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center
Debra Monticciolo, MD, FACR, Section Chief of Breast Imaging, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Laurie Margolies, MD, FACR, FSBI, Vice-Chair of Breast Imaging, Mount Sinai Health System
Wendy DeMartini, MD, FSBI, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Breast Imaging (JBI), Division Chief of Breast Imaging, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Numerous awards of distinction were presented during the event.
The 2023 Gold Medal Recipient was Murray Rebner, MD, FACR, FSBI. As noted in an ITN article covering the award, Rebner served on staff at William Beaumont Hospital for nearly 25 years, 20 of which included the role of breast imaging division chief, and as a Professor of Radiology and Molecular Imaging at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine.
SBI's Research and Education Fund awarded the following winners after each presented their abstracts: Tiffany Clausen, MD, received the Gerald D. Dodd Jr. Research Award; and Derek Nguyen, MD, was the 2023 Wendell Scott Award recipient.
Additionally, SBI named four new Fellows during its 2023 Symposium, including:
Shinn-Huey Shirley Chou, MD, MPH, FSBI, Massachusetts General Hospital
Ethan O. Cohen, MD, FSBI, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kathryn P. Lowry, MD, FSBI, University of Washington
Dorothy A. Sippo, MD, MPH, FSBI, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
The 2024 Symposium will be held April 11-14 in Montreal.
More information: www.sbi.-online.org
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