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Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Radiology & Biomedical ImagingBiography
Regina Hooley MD is Professor & ExecVice 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.
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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Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
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- Resident
- Beth Israel Mt Sinai (1994)
- MD
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- BS
- Duke University
- Fellow
- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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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).
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Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (3D Mammography)
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Board Certifications
Diagnostic Radiology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Radiology
- Original Certification Date
- 1994
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- January 29, 2024
Comprehensive Breast Cancer Care at Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven
- July 20, 2021
Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital Remind You to Schedule Cancer Screenings
- June 28, 2021
Meet Dr. Regina Hooley
- June 08, 2021
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Offers Modest Benefits over Standard Mammography
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