Profile Detail
Wendie Berg, MD, PhD, FACR
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Interest (in 3 to 10 words): Improving screening; dense breasts; personal history of breast cancer
| Education | |
| Stanford University: BS with Honors in Biological Sciences and Chemistry '81; MS Biological Sciences '81 | |
| Medical / Graduate School | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: MD, PhD '87 |
| Residency | Johns Hopkins Hospital, Diagnostic Radiology |
| Clinical / Post-doctoral Fellowship | Johns Hopkins Hospital, Abdominal Imaging, mini fellowship in Breast Imaging |
| Current | Chief Scientific Advisor, www.DenseBreast-info.org Associate Editor, Rad-Path Correlation, Journal of Breast Imaging Member, Pennsylvania Radiological Society (2011-present) Fellowship American College of Radiology, elected 9/05/2006 Diplomate, American Board of Radiology(1992-present) Fellow, Society of Breast Imaging (1998-present) American Roentgen Ray Society (1990-present) American College of Radiology (1988-present) Radiological Society of North America (1988-present) |
| Specialties & Programs |
MR Ultrasound Nuclear Medicine Clinical Digital Imaging |
| Clinical Interest | Supplemental screening for breast cancer based on risk and breast density Implementing new technologies, standardizing interpretive criteria Educating referring providers on breast density and optimal screening |
| Research Interest | Contrast-enhanced mammography or MRI for improved screening Comparative effectiveness of new technologies in breast imaging Artificial Intelligence to improve breast ultrasound performance |
| Selected Publications | Berg WA and Leung JWT, eds. Diagnostic Imaging: Breast, 3rd edition (Salt Lake City: Elsevier), 2019 Berg WA. Reducing Unnecessary Biopsy and Follow-Up of Benign Cystic Lesions. Radiology 2020;295:52-53. Berg WA, Berg JM, Sickles EA, Burnside ES, Zuley ML, Rosenberg RD, Lee CS. Cancer Yield and Patterns of Follow-up for BI-RADS 3 after Screening Mammography Recall in the National Mammography Database. Radiology. 2020;296:32-41 Berg WA, Rafferty EA, Friedewald SM, Hruska CB, Rahbar H. Screening Algorithms in Dense Breasts: AJR Expert Panel Narrative Review. AJR 2021;216:275-294, epub 9/10/2020. Berg WA, Bandos AI, Zuley ML, Waheed UX. Training Radiologists to Interpret Contrast-Enhanced Mammography: Toward a Standardized Lexicon. J Breast Imaging 2020;3:176-189, epub 2/10/2021. Lee CS, Berg JM, Berg WA. Cancer Yield Exceeds 2% for BI-RADS 3 Probably Benign Findings in Women Over Age 60 in the National Mammography Database (NMD). Radiology. 2021, epub 3/30/2021. Berg WA, Gur D, Bandos AI, Nair B, Gizienski T-A, Tyma CS, Abrams G, Davis KM, Mehta AS, Rathfon G, Waheed UX, Hakim CM. Impact of Original and Artificially Improved AI-Based CADx on Breast US Interpretation. J Breast Imaging 2021;3:epub 04/26/2021 Seitzman RL, Pushkin J, Berg WA. Effect of an Educational Intervention on Womens Healthcare Provider Knowledge Gaps about Breast Density, Breast Cancer Risk, and Screening. Menopause, 2021, epub 04/28/2021 |
| Honors and Awards |
Best Doctor, Pittsburgh Magazine, Pittsburghs Best Doctors, yearly since 2012 Honorary Fellow of The Austrian Roentgen Society Global Breast Cancer Medical Achievement Award, the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade AuntMinnie.Com Most Influential Radiology Researcher (twice) AuntMinnie.Com Most Influential Radiology Paper Pathfinder Award, American Society of Breast Disease Pink Ribbon Award, PA Breast Cancer Coalition |
| PubMed Publications | See a listing of publications on PubMed, a service of the National Library of medicine. |
