Habib Rahbar, MD, FSBI

Breast Imaging

Professor of Radiology

Vice Chair of Clinical Operations

UWMC Chief of Service

Co-Director, Quantitative Breast Imaging Lab (QBI)

Biography

Dr. Rahbar is a professor in the University of Washington (UW) Department of Radiology. A board-certified radiologist, he works in the breast imaging section at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch) and UWMC – NW. Dr. Rahbar earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and his MD from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He completed his radiology residency training and breast imaging fellowship at the UW and stayed on as faculty upon graduation. His clinical practice at Fred Hutch and UWMC – NW includes digital mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis (or “3D mammography”), breast ultrasound, breast MRI, and image-guided procedures of the breast. Dr. Rahbar’s primary research interests include the identification of MRI features that can be used to improve management of ductal carcinoma in situ, the use of non-contrast MRI techniques to identify and characterize breast cancers, and the identification of MRI markers of risk of developing breast cancer.

Recent Publications (via Semantic Scholar)

Abstract PO5-07-07: The biological basis of breast MRI background parenchymal enhancement in women with high breast cancer risk
Pegah Khoshpouri, Anum S. Kazerouni, Sana Parsian, et al. - Published 2024 - CANCER RESEARCH

Abstract PO2-28-12: Rapid diagnosis of breast biopsies with open-top light-sheet microscopy
B. O. Pope, Rebeca Alvarez, Charles Childers, et al. - Published 2024 - CANCER RESEARCH

Abstract GS03-01: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and a 12-Gene Expression Assay to Optimize Local Therapy for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: 5-year clinical outcomes of E4112
Seema Khan, Justin Romanoff, Constantine A. Gatsonis, et al. - Published 2024 - CANCER RESEARCH

Abstract PO3-28-10: MRI Radiomic phenotypes derived from the ECOG-ACRIN E4112 Trial to assess high-risk ductal carcinoma in situ
Kalina P. Slavkova, Ruya Kang, V. Belenky, et al. - Published 2024 - CANCER RESEARCH

Lumpectomy without radiation for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: 20-year results from the ECOG-ACRIN E5194 study
Jean L. Wright, Robert James Gray, H. Rahbar, et al. - Published 2024 - NPJ BREAST CANCER

Quantitative Breast Parenchymal Enhancement to Predict Breast Cancer Recurrence.
Wenhui Zhou, H. Rahbar - Published 2024 - RADIOLOGY

Diagnostic Performance of Point-of-Care Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Measures to Reduce Biopsy in Breast Lesions at MRI: Clinical Validation.
Inyoung Youn, D. Biswas, Daniel S Hippe, et al. - Published 2024 - RADIOLOGY

Disparities in Imaging Surveillance after a DCIS Diagnosis Elucidate Persistent Inequities in the Breast Cancer Care Continuum.
H. Rahbar, B. Dontchos - Published 2023 - RADIOLOGY

Abstract P6-04-18: Rapid diagnosis of breast biopsies with open-top light-sheet microscopy
Brandy E. Olin Pope, S. Dintzis, Elizabeth U. Parker, et al. - Published 2023 - CANCER RESEARCH

Association of quantitative MRI features of DCIS with surgical upstaging and recurrence after treatment.
A. G. Kim, D. Hippe, Anum S. Kazerouni, et al. - Published 2023 - JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY