About Our Radiology Subspecialties
Abdominal Radiology
Section Chief
Olga R. Brook, MD
MBA, FSAR, FSIR, FSABI, FESGAR
HMFP Radiology’s Division of Abdominal Imaging & Interventions has 15 dedicated faculty members, an ACGME-accredited fellowship with six ACGME abdominal fellows and two dedicated body MRI fellows per year, and four advanced practitioners.
Acute Care Services
Section Chief
Justin Kung, MD
HMFP Radiology’s Acute Care Services Division is responsible for all inpatient imaging work at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Boston—including reading chest, abdomen, and pelvis CT, musculoskeletal and neuroradiological CT, plain films, and ultrasounds. We also read emergent body MRI studies, which is where we see the most complex pathologies, including multiple co-morbidities and/or advanced cancers, and postoperative scans.
Breast Imaging
Clinical Director for Breast Imaging
Vandana Dialani, MD
The Division of Breast Imaging performs a wide range of breast imaging studies and procedures including screening, diagnostic exams, ultrasound, MRI and needle localization and biopsy.
Cancer Imaging
Section Chief
Muneeb Ahmed, MD, FSIR
As widely reported in the media, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) are embarking on an exciting collaboration with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Dana-Farber) to advance the future of cancer care and build the region’s only free-standing inpatient hospital for adult cancer patients.
Cardiothoracic Imaging
Section Chief
Diana Litmanovich, MD
HMFP Radiology’s Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging has a strong international standing in education and research.
Emergency Radiology
Clinical Director for Emergency Radiology
Robin B. Levenson, MD, FASER
HMFP Radiology's Emergency Services Division is a critical partner to the BIDMC-Boston Emergency Department, a Level I Trauma Center that serves the Boston metropolitan area and treats approximately 57,000 patients annually. With an onsite, integrated radiology suite, our division interprets and diagnoses a wide variety of acute pathology, trauma, and acute surgical, gastrointestinal, gynecological, neurological, musculoskeletal, and thoracic issues.
Enterprise Network Services - LSP
Section Chief
Justin Kung, MD
Longwood Specialty Physicians (LSP) is a Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians subspecialty radiologist network enterprise group. Comprised of subspecialists in all areas of radiology, LSP serves the professional staffing needs of the BIDMC network and several affiliated hospitals including BID-Needham, BID-Milton, and BID-Plymouth. The group strives to bring the highest level of subspecialized care to the network.
Musculoskeletal Imaging
Interim Section Chief
Leo Martinez, MD
HMFP Radiology’s Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging & Interventions covers all aspects of musculoskeletal radiology, including radiography, CT, MRI, ultrasound, bone densitometry and musculoskeletal interventions. Our section is responsible for over 70,000 studies each year, performed at a network of academic and community sites linked via a PACS network. We also perform image-guided procedures (bone and soft tissue biopsies, pain injections, and arthrocentesis) using CT, fluoroscopy, and ultrasound.
Neuroradiology
Section Chief
Yu-Ming Chang, MD, PhD
HMFP Radiology’s Division of Neuroradiology performs the full range of neuroradiology exams at the Medical Center’s main campus in Boston and at our affiliated sites.
Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging
Interim Section Chief
Kevin Donohoe, MD
HMFP’s Division of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging performs the full range of nuclear medicine exams (approximately 8000 studies per year) at the Medical Center’s main campus in Boston and at our affiliated community sites. Current downtown facilities include 4 gamma cameras and gamma camera computers, a dedicated nuclear cardiac camera, two SPECT/CT scanners and one PET/CT scanner.
Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Section Chief
Jeffrey Weinstein, MD, FSIR
HMFP Radiology’s Division of Vascular & Interventional Radiology is an internationally recognized program that has received numerous awards for clinical innovation, medical teaching and groundbreaking research.
Radiology Research
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's Division of Radiology Research pursues research innovation and translates basic science, technology, and health services advancements into sustainable improvements for our patients. Our division spans several subspecialties and organizations, including the Simon Center for Outcomes Research and Improvement and the Translational MRI Core Research Lab.
Section Chief
Olga R. Brook, MD
MBA, FSAR, FSIR, FSABI, FESGAR
HMFP Radiology’s Division of Abdominal Imaging & Interventions has 15 dedicated faculty members, an ACGME-accredited fellowship with six ACGME abdominal fellows and two dedicated body MRI fellows per year, and four advanced practitioners. Hospital-based facilities span two main campuses that are within a five-minute walk of each other in the Longwood Medical area in the heart of Boston and include seven clinical MRI scanners, 44 clinical ultrasound machines, 12 CTs, and two procedural CT suites.
A strong MRI research division uses 3T research MRI scanners and small animal MRI scanners and works closely with clinical faculty in the department. Translational MRI and clinical CT and MRI research, quality and safety, healthcare outcomes research, AI are current research endeavors of the section. In addition, our section offers an Abdominal Imaging and Interventions Radiology Fellowship. This program is a Harvard Medical School-affiliated, one-year ACGME-accredited program consisting of six fellows. This fellowship provides an in-depth abdominal imaging experience using state-of-the-art imaging modalities. We also offer a comprehensive Pelvic Imaging Fellowship.
Section Chief
Justin Kung, MD
HMFP Radiology’s Acute Care Services Division is responsible for all inpatient imaging work at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Boston—including reading chest, abdomen, and pelvis CT, musculoskeletal and neuroradiological CT, plain films, and ultrasounds. We also read emergent body MRI studies, which is where we see the most complex pathologies, including multiple co-morbidities and/or advanced cancers, and postoperative scans. The Acute Care division also provides coverage to several Beth Israel Lahey Health community locations across Massachusetts. Our radiologists have extensive experience in a wide range of modalities and organ systems, and provide comprehensive, attending-level evening shift coverage 365 days a year.
Clinical Director for Breast Imaging
Vandana Dialani, MD
The Division of Breast Imaging performs a wide range of breast imaging studies and procedures including screening, diagnostic exams, ultrasound, MRI and needle localization and biopsy. Screening services include mammography, 3-D mammography, MRI, and whole breast ultrasound, and we are proud to be among the first practices in New England to offer contrast-enhanced mammography. Our Breast MRI volume is robust, with at least 80-100 cases per week, and we have an active interventional service with over 40 breast procedures performed weekly. We also work closely with BIDMC’s active breast surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, and pathology services. Additionally, we offer a Harvard Medical School-affiliated, one-year Breast Imaging Fellowship, which involves extensive training in clinical care, research, and teaching. This advanced fellowship prepares fellows to pursue an academic career in breast imaging or a career in private practice as subspecialty consultants in the field.
Section Chief
Muneeb Ahmed, MD, FSIR
As widely reported in the media, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) are embarking on an exciting collaboration with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Dana-Farber) to advance the future of cancer care and build the region’s only free-standing inpatient hospital for adult cancer patients. As part of this collaboration, Muneeb Ahmed, MD, has been named Chief of a new Division of Cancer Radiology at BIDMC and will also serve as Chair of the Department of Imaging at Dana-Farber.
Learn more about the Dana-Farber Beth Israel Deaconess Collaboration:
Section Chief
Diana Litmanovich, MD
HMFP Radiology’s Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging has a strong international standing in education and research. The Cardiothoracic Imaging Section currently has six faculty members, a Harvard Medical School-affiliated clinical fellowship program with two clinical fellows, and a dedicated research fellowship, the Sven Paulin Research Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Imaging. Hospital-based facilities span over two main campuses and include conventional radiographic units, 12 multidetector-row scanners, two of them with top-notch cardiac imaging capability, and two procedural CT suites, as well as dedicated cardiac MRI units.
Traditional research interests of Cardiothoracic Imaging Section include the imaging of airway diseases, interstitial lung diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, oncological imaging, functional respiratory imaging, radiation dose reduction, cardiopulmonary interactions, structural heart disease, cardiovascular diseases in women, and assessment of novel CCTA applications. The Cardiothoracic Imaging Division runs a successful CT Lung Cancer Screening Program. The Division actively participates in a hospital-based Structural Heart Disease Program and provides a CT FFR Program.
Clinical Director for Emergency Radiology
Robin B. Levenson, MD, FASER
HMFP Radiology’s Emergency Services Division is a critical partner to the BIDMC-Boston Emergency Department, a Level I Trauma Center that serves the Boston metropolitan area and treats approximately 57,000 patients annually. With an onsite, integrated radiology suite, our division interprets and diagnoses a wide variety of acute pathology, trauma, and acute surgical, gastrointestinal, gynecological, neurological, musculoskeletal, and thoracic issues. Our radiologists have extensive experience in a wide range of modalities and organ systems, and are committed to delivering hands-on Emergency Department training to our medical students. We provide comprehensive, attending-level daytime and evening shift coverage 365 days a year.
Section Chief
Justin Kung, MD
Longwood Specialty Physicians (LSP) is a Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians subspecialty radiologist network enterprise group. Comprised of subspecialists in all areas of radiology, LSP serves the professional staffing needs of the BIDMC network and several affiliated hospitals including BID-Needham, BID-Milton, and BID-Plymouth. The group strives to bring the highest level of subspecialized care to the network.
Interim Section Chief
Leo Martinez, MD
HMFP Radiology’s Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging & Interventions covers all aspects of musculoskeletal radiology, including radiography, CT, MRI, ultrasound, bone densitometry and musculoskeletal interventions. Our section is responsible for over 70,000 studies each year, performed at a network of academic and community sites linked via a PACS network. We also perform image-guided procedures (bone and soft tissue biopsies, pain injections, and arthrocentesis) using CT, fluoroscopy, and ultrasound.
Currently, the Department has 11 MR scanners (including 1.5T and 3.0T GE research scanners) and seven state-of-the-art CT scanners. We also work closely with BIDMC’s active Orthopedic, Spine, Internal Medicine, Podiatry, Cancer, and Rheumatology services, as well as the Joslin Diabetes Clinic. In addition, we offer a Harvard Medical School-affiliated, ACGME-accredited Musculoskeletal Imaging & Interventions Fellowship. This one-year, advanced subspecialty fellowship is designed to prepare fellows to become expert diagnostic consultants and practitioners in the field of musculoskeletal imaging.
Musculoskeletal Imaging Fellowship
Section Chief
Yu-Ming Chang, MD, PhD
HMFP Radiology’s Division of Neuroradiology performs the full range of neuroradiology exams at the Medical Center’s main campus in Boston and at our affiliated sites. Current facilities include 10 clinical MRI units at 1.5T and 3T (not including research MR systems, human, and small bore) and 12 CT scanners (64 to 320 slice, including a portable unit). Our Neurointerventional colleagues perform their procedures on state-of-the-art biplane angiography equipment.
Currently, the Neuroradiology Section has 11 full- and part-time faculty members train who collectively boasts a wide range of subspecialty expertise and additional training in fMRI, brain tumor imaging, neurovascular imaging and ENT imaging.
We collaborate closely with our clinical colleagues, including those in the Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Hematology/Oncology at BIDMC, to provide our patients with advanced clinical care. In addition, we are dedicated to developing innovative neuroimaging techniques to further the management of neurological disorders, and we offer a rigorous one-year, Harvard Medical School-affiliated Neuroradiology Fellowship program, training five fellows per year.
Interim Section Chief
Kevin Donohoe, MD
HMFP’s Division of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging performs the full range of nuclear medicine exams (approximately 8000 studies per year) at the Medical Center’s main campus in Boston and at our affiliated community sites. Current downtown facilities include 4 gamma cameras and gamma camera computers, a dedicated nuclear cardiac camera, two SPECT/CT scanners and one PET/CT scanner. The sites feed a common PACS and the studies are read at BIDMC in Boston, as well as remote reading through home workstations. Current areas of research address identification of tumor-targeting biomarkers, lymphoscintigraphy supporting a large clinical lymphedema program, and dosimetry relating to hepatic yttrium micro-bead delivery.
Section Chief
Jeffrey Weinstein, MD, FSIR
HMFP Radiology’s Division of Vascular & Interventional Radiology is an internationally recognized program that has received numerous awards for clinical innovation, medical teaching and groundbreaking research. Our results are some of the best-reported in medical literature. We collaborate with top medical organizations and have received funding from institutes including the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, the Radiological Society of North America, and the Society of Interventional Radiology.
Additionally, many of our Interventional radiology faculty members have been recognized and awarded for their work, including two recipients of the Gary J. Becker Young Investigator Award, the highest honor awarded by the Society of Interventional Radiology to early-career interventional radiologists. Our division also includes the current recipient of the Miriam H. Stoneman Professor of Radiology endowed professorship at Harvard Medical School.
In addition to clinical and research excellence, we are dedicated to training the next generation of interventional radiologists through our comprehensive residencies and observership program.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Division of Radiology Research pursues research innovation and translates basic science, technology, and health services advancements into sustainable improvements for our patients. Our division spans several subspecialties and organizations, including the Simon Center for Outcomes Research and Improvement and the Translational MRI Core Research Lab.
Our research scientists:
Dr. Alsop’s work focuses on developing and improving MRI techniques, especially those that provide new sensitivity to physiology and pathophysiology, and collaborating on their application to the study, treatment, and diagnosis of disease.
Dr. Grant’s research focuses on hyperpolarized carbon-13 as a tool for metabolic and functional imaging. Areas of interest include cancer diagnosis and treatment monitoring and applications to cerebral perfusion.
Dr. Varma’s research focuses on MRI of tissue microstructure and the use of his MR physics background to develop new pulse sequences and quantitative analyses, as well as translation between preclinical high-field experiments and clinical 3T MRI.