The breast imaging center at Georgetown University Hospital has been named a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR), making it the only breast imaging center in the Washington, DC/Maryland area to receive the designation.
“This is great news for our patients and the community as a whole,” said Erini Makariou, MD, Chief and Director of Breast Imaging at Georgetown University Hospital. “It means that patients have access to the highest quality of diagnostic care here at Georgetown. It means they can rely on us to have a variety of state-of-the-art equipment, and the best people to help them through the process and get the most accurate results possible.”
The Center of Excellence designation indicates that breast imaging at Georgetown’s Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Health Center has the mandatory accreditation and has voluntarily participated in a rigorous review process to ensure it has met and exceeded nationally accepted patient care standards. This Center of Excellence status has been granted to only 177 of the more than 8,800 certified breast imaging centers in the United States, or roughly 2 percent.
Chief of Breast Imaging, Erini Makariou, MD (sitting), with Sandra Polin, MD (left), Edward Pien, MD, and Pouneh Razavi, MD, in Georgetown’s newly accredited “Center of Excellence” in breast imaging.
“This national recognition is given to a select few centers that have been accredited in comprehensive breast imaging that includes mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy,” note Drs. Shawna Willey and Robert Warren, Co-Directors of the Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Health Center.
“We are very proud to have received this recognition from the ACR. Being named a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence shows that the center is the premier provider of breast imaging services in the Washington, DC, area. We have an excellent team of radiologists, technologists and support staff dedicated to providing women with highly specialized breast imaging services and advice in a comfortable setting designed around the needs of the patient,” said Dr. Makariou.
This past year, approximately 14,000 screening/diagnostic mammograms and almost 1,300 breast ultrasounds, MRIs and interventional procedures (biopsies) were performed at the Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Health Center.
For more information about Georgetown’s breast imaging center or to make an appointment, call GeorgetownMD at 202.342.2400 or toll-free at 866.745.2633.
