Visiting Interventional Radiology Scholarships to Enhance Healthcare Workforce Diversity
The goal of this program is to increase the the representation of people pursuing training and a career in Interventional Radiology at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
The Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the Yale School of Medicine is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. To promote and sustain an inclusive culture in which differences spur the development of novel solutions to meet the needs of our patients and staff members. Our department aims to foster a culture that values, accepts, and embraces all of its members. We welcome people from all walks of life, value our differences, and celebrate our similarities. We work to achieve that every member of our community feels valued and inspired to excel in patient care, research, education, and well-being.
Aspirational Objectives
- Over the coming year, the Radiology diversity committee and department leadership will work to strengthen our cultural competency by launching education and culture sharing sessions.
- Continue to recruit and retain faculty and trainees with diverse perspectives and experiences by expanding outreach opportunities.
- To strengthen the department's sense of community by organizing a community activity that includes representatives from each departmental section, trainee group, and staff group, so that everyone feels valued, engaged, and supported.
Opportunities
Visiting Interventional Radiology Scholarships to Enhance Healthcare Workforce Diversity
Training Grants: The Neuroimaging Sciences Training Program in Substance Abuse
Opportunities for diverse prospective candidates pursuing training in neuroimaging sciences.
Yale School of Medicine DEI
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DEI Committee
Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging; Medical Director of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Park Avenue Medical Center, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
Juan Carlos Perez Lozada, MD, is an interventional radiologist who says he enjoys the minimally invasive aspect of his work that allows patients to recover rapidly.“The extensive variety of pathology each day makes this field my passion,” Dr. Perez Lozada says. “My favorite part of interventional radiology is the scope and breadth of clinical conditions and procedures that I can treat and the constant innovation of my field. I love that I still am able to guide and counsel patients in clinic and be part of their treatment team.”He says he always lets his patients know that their well-being is his priority. “I want them to be safe regardless of the procedure. I want the best treatment possible regardless of the specialty that will take care of them,” he says. “The best patient is the one that has knowledge of their options.”Dr. Perez Lozada offers uterine fibroid embolization, spine interventions, pain... Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Biomedical Engineering; Technical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center (mrrc.yale.edu); Program Director, Core Center for Quantitative Neuroscience with Magnetic Resonance (qnmr.yale.edu)
Dr. Hyder is Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, where he is a founding faculty member. He is Head of MRS Group of the MRRC and Director of QNMR Research Program. He studied physical chemistry at Wabash College (BA 1990) and biophysical chemistry at Yale University (PhD 1995). Dr. Hyder studies brain energy metabolism. His lab develops magnetic resonance (MR) based imaging methods to study brain physiology and chemistry, revealing how neuronal-glial cells fuel their function and (re)growth. He posits that mapping metabolic dysfunction (e.g., energetics for cellular function vs. cellular proliferation) can indicate early biomarkers of brain disorders and diseases. To map brain’s physiology and chemistry with MR-based imaging and spectroscopic advances and targeted delivery and monitoring of treatments, his laboratory... Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Neurosurgery; Director, Interventional Neuroradiology
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Psychiatry; Director Metabolic Modeling and Director Psychiatric MRS, Magnetic Resonance Research Center; Director, Neuroimaging Sciences Training Program, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging and Psychiatry; Chair, Magnetic Resonance Research Center Protocol Review Committee, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
Dr. Graeme F. Mason develops experimental models and methods for studies of brain metabolism using 1H and 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Mass Spectrometry in conjunction with 13C isotopic labeling in vivo, in cell preparations, and other systems. His work began during his graduate studies at Yale where he used a rat model for the experimental determination of brain glucose transport kinetics, energetics, and neurotransmitter metabolism. Dr. Mason received further training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he guided the group's 13C-labeling studies of the human brain in vivo in the 4.1T whole-body MR system. Dr. Mason studies metabolism and neurotransmission in the brain in vivo, including effects of psychiatric, neurological, and metabolic conditions. Dr. Mason examines healthy subjects and patients to investigate relationships among GABA,... - Ayah MegahedAyah Megahed is a PGY4, ESIR (Chief) resident at Yale New Haven Health, Bridgeport Hospital. She earned her medical degree and completed a Radiology Residency at Ain Shams University, in Cairo, Egypt before joining her current residency program. She is highly passionate about Interventional Radiology, education and global outreach.
Hospital Resident
Martin is an Integrated Interventional Radiology resident at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. He has a particular interest in oncology and global outreach, an interest inspired by the vast opportunities for change in cancer management he identified while growing up in Kenya as well as while conducting cancer research and providing direct/indirect care to patients with cancer at various institutions in the USA. He attended Rice University for college after which he worked as a cancer researcher at the University of Chicago for two years. He received his medical training at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and completed an internship in General Surgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach.- Lakiya Nichols, RT(R)
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Biomedical Engineering; Co-Director MRI Research Center, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Dr. Rothman is director of the Magnetic Resonance Research Center (MRRC) at the Yale School of Medicine. The MRRC presently supports the NIH- funded work of more than 70 Principal Investigators, as well as 13 program project grants and center grants. Dr. Rothman has an international reputation as a leader in the development of novel MR methods for the study of brain, liver, and muscle metabolism and function. Among the many MR 'firsts' of his team of bioimaging scientists have been the development of MR methods for imaging glutamate and GABA neurotransmission, brain energy metabolism, and liver and muscle glycogen and glucose metabolism and metabolic control. He is presently supported by two R01 grants, and has served as the primary mentor of six postdoctoral fellows and two students. His postdoctoral fellows have all gone on to faculty positions at major research... Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
I am a musculoskeletal and diagnostic radiologist at Yale. I am both fellowship trained in musculoskeletal and body MR imaging at NYU Langone Medical Center. I am well versed in diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal procedures inclusive of fluoroscopic, CT and ultrasound guided interventional procedures. I have a strong interest in teaching medical students, residents and fellows. I have been actively participating in multidisciplinary conferences. I have interest in and published articles related to engaging shoulder dislocations and pediatric development patterns of the shoulder and ankle/foot.