“Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: Challenges and Opportunities”
Steven Poplack MD
Professor of Radiology
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Location: Zoom Webinar
Webinar URL: https://stanford.zoom.us/s/95312116531
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Webinar ID: 953 1211 6531
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ABSTRACT
The goal of this presentation is to inform scientists of the limitations and cogent clinical issues facing breast imaging and breast cancer management. This is intended to highlight research opportunities and foster ideas and potential avenues of collaboration. Following an introduction of existing breast imaging practice and terminology, I will discuss current limitations in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment highlighting examples of research that has already impacted or may impact the field.
ABOUT DR. POPLACK
Prior to joining the faculty at Stanford University in July 2020, Dr. Poplack was an associate professor of Radiology at the Giesel School of Medicine at Dartmouth college and served as the Director of Breast Imaging at the Dartmouth Medical Center from 1996 – 2014. In 2015 he moved to Washington University in Saint Louis where he was a professor of Radiology and the recipient of the Ronald and Hanna Evens Endowed Chair of Women’s Health at Barnes Jewish Hospital.
Dr. Poplack is recognized internationally as a breast imaging educator and for scientific contributions in the field of breast imaging technology development. He was the clinical principal investigator (PI) in the creation of breast imaging applications of Near Infrared, Microwave and Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy. In 2007, Dr. Poplack published the first clinical experience with Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and later served as the institutional principal investigator in the multicenter pivotal trial that led to its initial FDA approval. He was the clinical PI evaluating ultrasound-guided diffuse optical tomography (US-DOT) in monitoring breast cancer neoadjuvant treatment response. He now serves as MPI assessing the utility of US-DOT in decreasing the rate of benign US-guided breast biopsy. Current research interests also include primary breast cancer cryoablation, understanding racial differences in breast imaging outcomes, developing novel breast optical imaging technologies, and the role of ultrasound in axillary management in women with invasive breast cancer. Dr. Poplack is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology and the Society of Breast Imaging.
Hosted by: Katherine Ferrara, PhD
Sponsored by: Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford & the Department of Radiology