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Dr. Sherry Teefey, professor of radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, discusses with host Dr. Beverly Hashimoto her experience in Bhutan and Uganda teaching medical professionals how to use ultrasound and computed tomography and enhancing current techniques. Dr. Teefey describes the equipment and how medical personnel are trained in imaging techniques. Tune in to hear the various challenges in these countries in providing imaging services, the current applications employed within these communities, and the future goals to introduce new modalities and improve the radiological services offered.
Dr. Beverly Hashimoto practices as a radiologist at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, and specializes in mammography. She is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Washington Medical School and the Seattle University School of Science and Engineering. Dr. Hashimoto received her medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine, and completed a fellowship in MRI and Ultrasound at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. She is a past president of the Pacific Northwest Radiological Society and its current Washington counselor.
Dr. Sherry Teefey is a professor of radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Teefey's specialty areas include abdominal imaging, duplex and color doppler sonography, and musculoskeletal sonography. She has authored several journal articles on the clinical use of ultrasound of musculoskeletal issues concerning the hand, shoulder and rotator cuff. Dr. Teefey received her medical degree at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. She completed a fellowship in abdominal imaging at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. She has been the recipient of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Research Award and the Research Award and Annual Memorial Prize from the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists. Dr. Teefey was listed in Best Doctors in America both in 2007 and 2008.
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