The Department of Radiology is committed to maintaining the highest possible standards of patient care and safety, from the moment a test is requested through to performance and final reporting of an imaging examination. This is true for all the tests we perform, whether it be plain x-rays, CT, MRI, US, nuclear medicine tests, or an interventional radiology procedure.
In 2007, Professor Roy Gordon was appointed to the position of Associate Chair for Safety, in recognition of the commitment of the department to providing the highest quality of patient care and also in response to the increasingly complex nature and number of imaging tests conducted at multiple sites across the institution. Dr. Gordon oversees all aspects of patient safety, and is head of the departmental safety committee which meets every two weeks. This committee routinely monitors measures of patient safety throughout the department and responds both pro-actively and reactively to any concerns regarding patient safety that arise in the department.
We are one of the few departments nationwide that have appointed a senior faculty member to devote a substantial proportion of their time to patient safety.
