Breast Imaging at the Avon Comprehensive Breast Care Center

The breast imaging program at the Avon Comprehensive Breast Care Center is located on the San Francisco General Hospital campus. This beautiful 4500 square foot, state-of-the-art, breast imaging facility opened in July 2004 and is fully digital with 3 FFDM units in house and one FFDM unit on a mobile van which serves the community. In addition, there are 2 dedicated breast ultrasound units, a breast interventional suite for vacuum-assisted stereotactic core biopsies on a prone table and an outpatient surgical suite for minor breast surgical procedures. Additional breast procedures performed at the center include ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration and core biopsies, ductography, and wire localization. Breast MRI is performed on the main SFGH campus and interpreted in the center via a multi-modality, vendor-neutral workstation enabling the integrated interpretation of mammography, ultrasound and MRI equipped with an MRI computer aided detection program. High volume, coupled with a wide breadth of pathology and abundant procedures highlight the educational experience.

Fellows’ education at all sites is augmented by formal lectures, view-box teaching, hands-on scanning, and conference teaching. Ultrasound and breast imaging fellows, supervised by faculty, participate in numerous interdisciplinary and radiology conferences. Fellow teaching responsibilities include resident, fellow and medical student conferences.

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