Women In Radiology

Leslee Shaw, Ph.D., Director of the Blavatnik Family Women's Health Research Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. 

Dr. Shaw is a leading cardiovascular outcomes researcher whose major focus is clinical diagnosis and imaging of ischemic heart disease, particularly as it pertains to women’s health. Dr. Shaw earned her doctoral degree at Saint Louis University in Missouri where she began researching sex differences in cardiovascular disease. and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University School of Medicine. She served on the Duke University faculty for several years before being recruited to Emory University in Atlanta. There, Dr. Shaw directed the Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute and was the R. Bruce Logue Professor of Medicine at Emory University. Dr. Shaw was also on the faculty of Weill Cornell Medicine. She is currently the Director of the Blavatnik Family Women's Health Research Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Diana Lautenberger, M. A., Director of Gender Equity Initiatives at the Association of the American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

Ms. Lautenberger's role includes research, education, and projects to promote equitable working environments and develop resources for marginalized populations in academic medicine. She is also part of the AAMC’s integrated team dedicated to unconscious bias training education including implicit bias, microaggressions, allyship, and bystander intervention to faculty, staff, and allied health professionals. Throughout her career, she has managed the Group on Women in Medicine and Science and the Group on Diversity and Inclusion and oversaw leadership development programs for faculty to equip them with skills needed to deal with the impending changes of the academic and healthcare environments. She also helped publish The State of Women in Academic Medicine for 2018-2019 which serves as a resource to support gender equity studies and understand the progress in increasing women’s representation in academic medicine. She holds a master’s in art education with a focus on curriculum design and creative thinking as a driver of equity and a solution to address systemic oppression. 

Etta Pisano, M.D., Professor in Residence of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Chief Research Officer of the American College of Radiology

TMIST and the ACR’s Other Work in Research Registries, Including One on Breast Cancer

Dr. Etta Pisano is a Professor in Residence of Radiology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is currently the Chief Research Officer (CRO) of the American College of Radiology. Etta Pisano, M.D. reviewed her life work in the field of mammography including initial results on the TMIST (Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial) clinical trial.  She also discussed her new role as the Chief Research Officer for the American College of Radiology.

Barbara Hertzberg Lectureship for Women’s Health

This lectureship was established to honor Dr. Barbara Hertzberg, whose career at Duke spanned over 30 years

Dr. Barbara Hertzberg focused her academic career on the field of Ultrasound with a special interest in OB/GYN imaging. In addition to over 100 publications and 40 book chapters, she is the editor of two books: most notably the Ultrasound Requisites, an essential publication for all radiologists who practice ultrasound. Dr. Hertzberg has received the departmental Excellence in Teaching award five times, attesting to her dedication to educating future generations of radiologists.

Waly and Tammy discussed how they successfully managed their family life and careers.

Tips such as seeing work/life balance in a longitudinal view rather than moment to moment; and giving yourself credit for how much you’ve accomplished, even when you don’t feel like you fit in with the other “moms” or “the men at work”. Waly explained how she has found a live-in nanny “au pair” to be very helpful. Another comment was to “forgive yourself if you make mistakes”—you can’t do it all perfectly!”