Mammograms Save Lives
The decision of whether to receive a mammogram can be one of the most consequential of a woman's life. In honor of Mammogram May, Dr. Laurie Margolies, MD, who serves as Vice Chair of Breast Imaging for the Mount Sinai Health System, discusses how mammograms detect breast cancer, the technological advancements driven by AI that have already improved patient experiences, and how breast cancer itself offers innumerable opportunities to witness—and even cultivate—resilience.
Stephen Calabria: [00:00:00] From the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. This is Road to Resilience, a podcast about facing adversity. I'm your host, Stephen Calabria, Mount Sinai's, director of podcasting.
On this episode and with this month designated as mammogram, may we welcome Laurie Margolies, MD FACR. Dr. Margolies is the Vice Chair of Breast Imaging for the Mount Sinai Health System.
She's also the chief of breast imaging at the Mount Sinai. She's also the chief of breast Imaging at Mount Sinai's Dubin Breast Center, which provides state-of-the-art facilities, technology, diagnostics, and research to Mount Sinai's breast cancer patients.
In this conversation, Dr. Margolis discusses the many ways that current and prospective patients may detect breast cancer, the medical interventions necessary for when breast cancer is detected.
The technological advancements driven by AI that are already making a [00:01:00] difference in patient outcomes. And how breast cancer itself offers innumerable opportunities to witness and cultivate resilience. We're honored to welcome Dr. Laurie Margolies to the show.
Dr. Laurie Margolies, welcome to Road to Resilience.
Dr. Laurie Margolies: Thank you so much.
Stephen Calabria: Our pleasure.
So you are the director of the Breast imaging for, excuse me, you are the director of breast imaging for the Mount Sinai Health System. Can you describe the role of a breast radiologist and how that fits into the larger ecosystem of breast cancer prevention and care?
Dr. Laurie Margolies: So the breast radiologist is the person you want to find your breast cancer if you are unfortunate to get breast cancer. So what we do is educate people on the importance of screening for breast cancer.
We perform and interpret screening mammograms, screening breast ultrasounds, screening breast [00:02:00] MRIs, as well as all the diagnostic exams that come about when a screening exam is abnormal or somebody has a sign or a symptom or some kind of a breast problem.