Guest Faculty

Stamatia Destounis M.D., FACR, FSBI, FAIUM
Professor, University of Rochester
Attending Radiologist
Elizabeth Wende Breast Care
Rochester, NY
Stamatia Destounis, MD is a fellowship trained breast radiologist and Managing Partner at Elizabeth Wende Breast Care (EWBC) in Rochester, NY a private multisite facility specializing in breast care where she has been practicing breast imaging for 33 years.
Dr Destounis became a Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) Fellow in 2010, followed by American College of Radiology (ACR) Fellow in 2010, and American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Fellow in 2017.
Dr. Destounis currently serves as Chair of the ACR Breast Commission, a position she has held since 2022. She is the immediate past Chair of the ACR Breast MRI Accreditation Committee and Chair of the Mammography Writing Sub-committee for the BIRADS Atlas 6th edition/2025 Version Manual. She is the Chair of the ACR Audit Committee and a past Chair of the Breast Economics Committee. She is on the Executive Board of the New York State Radiological Society (NYSRS) and a member of the Mammography Committee for NYSRS. She serves on the Board of the organization Densebreast-info.org.
She is the immediate past Chair for the Breast Sub-Committee of the RSNA Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee and the Past Secretary of the RSNA Research and Education Foundation Board on which she served for 6 years as a Board member. Dr Destounis also serves as Chair of the Public Information Committee for RSNA.
Dr. Destounis is a reviewer for several peer-review journals and is the Deputy Editor for the journal of Academic Radiology and the Breast Editor for the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. She sits on many volunteer boards related to research and education and new technology within the field of Radiology. Dr. Destounis has published many peer-review publications on a variety of breast imaging topics. Dr. Destounis believes in the importance of research, innovation and education and has been a Principal Investigator or Sub-Investigator on many breast imaging device studies throughout her career.
Course Directors
Supriya Kulkarni DMRD DNB FRCP(C) FSBI
Breast Division Head & Associate Professor; Department of Medical Imaging; Staff Radiologist; Joint Department of Medical Imaging; University Health Network
Derek Muradali BSc MDCM FRCPC ABR
Professor Department of Medical Imaging; Staff Radiologist St. Michael's Hospital
Faculty
Abdullah Alabousi MD FRCPC
Associate Professor McMaster University; Fellowship Director; Department of Medical Imaging SJHH
Afsaneh Alikhassi MD FRCPC
Assistant Professor; Staff Radiologist; Division of Breast Imaging; Department of Medical Imaging; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Mark Barszczyk MSc MD FRCPC
Lecturer; Radiologist Breast Division Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Andrew J Chan MD FRCPC
Lecturer; Breast Imaging and Abdominal Radiologist; Joint Department of Medical Imaging
Jennie Dale MBA
Founder/Executive Director Dense Breasts Canada
Kavita Dhamanaskar MBBS FRCPC
Associate Professor; Staff Radiologist Breast Division JDMI UHN
Merit Elmaadawy MD
Breast Imaging Radiology Consultant; Head Bakhsh Breast Care Centre Jeddah KSA; President Egyptian Society of Breast Imaging (EGSBI)
Samantha Fienberg MD FRCPC MPH
Clinical Lead Ontario Breast Screening Program
Breast Imaging Lead & Staff Radiologist
Lakeridge Health
Vivianne Aguilera Freitas MD MSc
Assistant Professor; Staff Radiologist UHN; JDMI Breast Division
Sandeep Ghai MD
Assistant Professor; Division Head Breast Imaging; JDMI; UHN Sinai Health System Women’s College Hospital
Heba Hussein MD PhD
Assistant Professor; Breast Imaging Radiologist; Joint Department of Medical Imaging
Ameya Madhav Kulkarni MBBS MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology; Breast & Cross-Sectional Fellowship Supervisor McMaster University; Medical Lead CIBC Breast Assessment Center; Head of Service Breast Imaging Hamilton Health Sciences