title: Medical directors of breast imaging centers: beyond films.
abstract: Over the past decade, breast radiologists have been increasingly asked to fulfill a new dynamic role as medical directors of breast imaging centers. To our knowledge, there are no standardized job descriptions nor defined roles and responsibilities for this position. Job descriptions are usually crafted to fit unique institutional and individual situations. To be an effective medical director of a breast imaging center, breast imagers must be more than just film readers. In this article, the authors describe the diverse roles of contemporary medical directors of breast imaging centers.
authors.affiliation: Women's Diagnostic Imaging Center Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. jay.parikh@swedish.org
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parikh
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Einstein
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D017146:Models, Organizational; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011871:Radiology / Q000458:organization & administration*