Faculty & Staff

Wei-Tse Yang, M.D. - Chair, Diagnostic Radiology, Professor
Research Interests: Multimodality breast imaging (mammography, ultrasound, MRI) biomarker correlates for molecular subtypes of breast cancer, response evaluation using innovative breast imaging technology (molecular breast imaging, optico-acoustic sonography [hand-held and tomographic]), functional MR, and imaging assisted advances in minimally invasive surgery for breast cancer (targeted axillary dissection, surgical therapeutic algorithms for breast cancer subtypes).

Jessica Leung, M.D. - Section Chief of Breast Imaging, Professor
Research Interests: Outcomes analyses in clinical breast imaging and population-based studies, especially in areas of utilization, cost-effectiveness, delivery of care, predictive values, multimodality correlation, and minimally invasive biopsy

Beatriz Adrada, M.D. - Associate Professor
Research Interests: Minimally invasive breast interventions: biopsies, cancer localization, needle excision, 3-D digital breast tomosynthesis, molecular breast imaging

Elsa Arribas, M.D. - Associate Professor
Research Interests: Screening breast ultrasound in high-risk women

Ashley Bragg, M.D.  - Assistant Professor

Rosalind Candelaria, M.D. - Associate Professor
Research Interests: Use of multimodality breast imaging in the diagnosis and staging of breast cancer, use of imaging techniques for assessing treatment response in breast cancer

Lauren Q. Chang Sen, M.D.  - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Multimodality breast imaging, patient and provider education and outreach, and radioactive seed localization

Hannah Chung, M.D.  - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Multimodality screening of high risk patients, molecular breast imaging, automated breast ultrasound, MRI 

Ethan Cohen, M.D. - Assistant Professor

Mark Dryden, M.D. - Professor
Research Interests: Imaging of the reconstructed breast, effect of unopposed estrogen on the untreated breast in women with a history of breast cancer, specimen radiography may be useful following MR-guided needle localization and surgical excision of breast lesions, sentinel lymph node mapping with mammographic guidance - technical feasibility, and breast imaging - current concepts and future directions.

Bruno Fornage, M.D. - Professor
Research Interests: Ultrasound-related imaging and interventional techniques, specifically those applied to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.  In 1999, he was the first to place custom-made metallic markers in malignant tumors prior to neoadjuvant therapy. In 2000, he published the first clinical study of ultrasound imaging of breast cancer with contrast agents; and in 2005, he reported the first clinical use of optoacoustic imaging of the breast. With his colleagues in Surgical Oncology, Fornage pioneered the use of radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation of tumors in the liver and in the breast, and his expertise in these fields of interventional radiology has earned him international recognition.

Karen Gerlach, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Neurofibroma, arteriovenous malformations, partake of the UCI breast density study in conjunction with the physics department, breast intervention ([in] Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis: A Synopsis), partake in the Athena Breast Health Network Reader study, management of dysfunctional uterine bleeding in adolescents, PEDICON international pediatric meeting
Immunizing Mice with Peptides to Confirm that Local Structural Instability in Native Bacteriophage T4 Lysozyme Helps Direct Helper T-cell Epitope Immunodominance, Local Structural Instability Directs Helper T-Cell Epitope Immunodominance in T4 Lysozyme

Mary Guirguis, M.D. - Assistant Professor

Monica Huang, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Minimally invasive breast interventions: biopsies, cancer localization, needle excision, 3-D digital breast tomosynthesis and synthesized mammography, molecular breast imaging, imaging, classification, and management of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)

Megan Kalambo, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Multimodality breast imaging, digital tomosynthesis, high resolution whole breast ultrasound, and breast cancer staging

Anne Kushwaha, M.D. - Associate Professor
Research Interests: Developing a high risk screening for hereditary breast cancer syndromes, proper evaluation of breast pain, inflammatory breast cancer, management of high risk lesions, cost effectiveness of current breast practices

Deanna Lane, M.D. - Associate Professor
Research Interests: Imaging techniques for the locoregional staging of breast cancer, ultrasound assessment of regional lymph nodes in breast cancer patients, and imaging assessment of tumor response to chemotherapy

Ravinder Legha, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Quality improvement and implementation of an academic practice in a community setting

Huong Le-Petross, M.D. - Professor
Research Interests: Breast imaging and breast intervention (mammography, tomosynthesis, ultrasound, breast MRI, diagnostic biopsy, cryoablation treatment), anatomical and functional cross-sectional imaging related to metastatic breast cancer (MRI, PET-CT, PET-MRI, CT, functional imaging), breast cancer and ovarian cancer prevention trials, breast cancer staging and assessment of response using imaging technology, and inflammatory breast cancer and genomics

Michele Lesslie, D.O. - Assistant Professor

Sarah Martaindale, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Tomosynthesis utilization to improve patient experience and cancer detection/characterization

Ray Mayo III, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: High risk population modeling, fast MRI, and therapeutic interventions

Tanya Moseley, M.D. - Medical Director of the Julie and Ben Rogers Breast Diagnostic Clinic, Professor
Research Interests: Breast density in high-risk patients

Emily Nia, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Radiology resident and breast imaging fellow education

Toma Omofoye, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Global health and radiology education; working towards standardization of breast imaging training for radiology residents worldwide. Breast imaging of pregnant or lactating patients, advocating for safe and efficient detection of breast diseases in this cohort of patients. Tomosynthesis implementation and utilization.  

Jay Parikh, M.D. - Medical Director of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Breast Care Network, Professor
Research Interests: Outcomes audits and quality assessment in breast imaging, screening mammography, accountable care organizations and health policy, and physician wellness

Miral M. Patel, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Tomosynthesis utilization to improve patient experience and cancer detection/characterization

Frances Perez, M.D. - Assistant Professor

Rachel E. Perry, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: High risk breast screening and standardization of breast imaging protocols across a multi-centered health system

Kanchan Phalak, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: High risk screening and MRI

Lorell Ruiz-Flores, M.D. - Assistant Professor

Lumarie Santiago, M.D. - Associate Professor
Research Interests: Minimally invasive percutaneous breast interventions and advanced breast imaging techniques

Marion Scoggins, M.D. - Associate Professor
Research Interests: High-risk breast lesions, automated breast ultrasound, and quality improvement

Kyungmin (Karen) Shin, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Multimodality breast imaging with special interest in tomosynthesis and MRI, imaging assistance for minimally invasive treatment for breast cancer (targeted axillary dissection), and imaging with clinical correlation for male breast cancer

David Spak, M.D. - Assistant Professor

Megan E. Speer, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Utilization of breast magnetic resonance imaging in high risk lesions

Ashmitha Srivinvasan, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Patient education and community outreach programs for early detection and rad-path correlation of benign and malignant breast pathology

Davis Teichgraeber, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Breast tomosynthesis in diagnostic setting, tomosynthesis guided intervention, and high risk screening

Hilda Tso, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Screening and breast cancer diagnosis and multimodality approach to breast imaging and breast intervention

Olena Weaver, M.D. - Assistant Professor
Research Interests: High-risk breast pathology, breast MRI, and breast cancer in elderly population

Gary Whitman, M.D. - Professor
Research Interests: High risk screening, high risk lesions, unusual breast lesions, and monitoring response to therapy