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Regina Hooley, MD

Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
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Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging

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Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Breast Imaging + 1 more
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Adult

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Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging

Biography

Regina Hooley MD is Professor & Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Hooley’s area of medical expertise includes all aspects of breast imaging and direct patient care, including screening and breast interventional procedures.

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When Connecticut passed the nation’s first breast density inform law, she published early research regarding breast density and supplemental screening ultrasound. Her current research interests include novel screening techniques. Dr. Hooley is a fellow of the Society of Breast Imaging and has many publications, including scientific manuscripts, review articles, and book chapters. She contributes to the popular radiology educational series, StatDx and is an associate editor for Radiology. Her activities includes serving as is an advisory board member of National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers and the popular educational website DenseBreasts-info. She has been a featured guest for the NYTimes, CBS News, and WNPR. In her free time, she and her husband enjoy spending time being active outdoors, while keeping up with their four sons and two dogs. Watch a video with Dr. Regina Hooley >>

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Education & Training

Resident
Beth Israel Mt Sinai
MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
BS
Duke University
Fellow
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Research

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  1. Screening breast ultrasound outcomes and diagnostic performance.

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Frequent collaborators of Regina Hooley's published research.

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Clinical Care

Overview

“You’re going to be okay.” Those are the reassuring first words Regina Hooley, MD, a Yale Medicine breast imager, tells patients who have abnormal mammogram, breast ultrasound or breast MRI results. She is a professor at Yale School of Medicine and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging.

“Every woman is unique, which is what makes breast imaging challenging because every normal breast looks different,” says Dr. Hooley, explaining that the composition of fatty and glandular breast tissue varies from person to person, like a fingerprint.

“If I recommend a biopsy, I know that more than half of the time what we biopsy turns out to be a non-cancerous finding,” says Dr. Hooley, who performs image-guided breast biopsies at the Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital. “And if it does turn out to be a cancer, I also feel that patients are going to be well taken care of here.”

To ensure the best outcomes for her patients, Dr. Hooley is part of a multidisciplinary team of doctors who gather weekly at tumor board meetings to make decisions about treatment plans for patients who are diagnosed with breast cancer.

In addition to her work as a breast imager at Smilow and its Care Centers, Dr. Hooley has conducted extensive research on breast density and supplemental screening ultrasound. She is also part of Women’s Health Research at Yale School of Medicine and is the co-author of Breast Tomosynthesis (Elsevier 2018).

Clinical Specialties

Radiology & Biomedical Imaging; Breast Imaging; Breast Oncology

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  • Diagnostic Radiology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Radiology
    Original Certification Date
    1994

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