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Breast Imaging

May 29, 2025

Doctors Manjiri Dighe and Habib Rahbar to take on new roles

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Effective June 1, 2025, Professor and Medical Director of Ultrasound Manjiri Dighe, MD, MBBS, will assume the role of Site Director of Radiology at UWMC, succeeding Dr. Habib Rahbar. Dr. Dighe brings a wealth of leadership experience and a strong commitment to excellence, and we are confident she will continue to advance the department’s mission…

April 25, 2025

Dr. Suleeporn Sujichantararat awarded UW Data Science Postdoctoral Fellowship

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Congratulations to postdoctoral scholar Suleeporn “Yui” Sujichantararat, PhD, who has been accepted into UW’s eScience Institute as a Postdoctoral Fellow!  The eScience Institute collaborates with students, faculty, and researchers across the UW and beyond to leverage data science tools including machine learning, data visualization and cloud computing for making sense of large, complex datasets. Data…

March 12, 2025

Dr. Marissa Lawson has received the 2025 Athena Award

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Congratulations to Marissa Lawson, MD, on her selection as the 2025 recipient of the Athena Endowed Award for Excellence in Breast Cancer Research! The Athena Award was established to recognize an early career researcher making the greatest contribution during the past year toward advancing research to improve the prevention, detection, diagnosis and/or treatment of breast…

February 3, 2025

Dr. Pegah Khoshpouri presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

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By Pegah Khoshpouri, MD, Diagnostic Radiology Resident I presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) in San Antonio, Texas, last year in December 2023. The title of our study is “The biological basis of breast MRI background parenchymal enhancement in women with high breast cancer risk.” Our study suggests that increased background parenchymal…

October 23, 2024

Dr. Habib Rahbar named Imaging Co-Chair of the ECOG-ACRIN Breast Committee

A purple and gold graphic with a headshot of Dr. Habib Rahbar. The texts reads: Congratulations! New Imaging Co-Chair of the ECOG-ACRIN Breast Committee, Habib Rahbar, MD, FSBI, professor and vice chair of clinical operations.

Habib Rahbar, MD, FSBI, UW Radiology professor and vice chair of clinical operations, will take on a new role as Imaging Co-Chair of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group Breast Committee. In this leadership role, Dr. Rahbar will be tasked with working with the Breast Committee Chair Angie DiMichele, who oversees the entire committee and the…