Letter from the Chair

Dear All, 

This past Monday we began to provide Radiology services at Marlborough and Clinton Hospitals, as well as breast imaging services at Southborough Medical Group.  The smooth start was the result of months of planning by a multidisciplinary team of faculty, staff and administration representing the Radiology group, UMass Memorial, Marlborough, Clinton and Southborough Medical Group and Shields. I would like to thank everyone below, and apologize if I have inadvertently omitted anyone.

• Janet Greene – Physician Workflow Manager
• Paul Riggieri –Director or Radiology – Marlborough/Southborough
• Deb Black – RIS/PACS – Marlborough/Southborough
• Beth Baker – RIS/PACS – Marlborough/Southborough
• Donald Bellerive – Director of Radiology/Respiratory – Clinton
• Bobby Jo Broeckel – RIS/PACS - Clinton
• Randa Mowlood, Group Practice Administrator
• Doreen Borezo, Group Practice Finance/Credentialing
• Jessica Flint – Physician Scheduler
• Cindy Wilson – Admin
• Linda Hughes - Admin
• Linda Divris - Admin
• Sandy Costa – Residency Coordinator
• Kathy Delongchamp – Fellowship Coordinator
• Gabrielle Stephenson – Communications Project Coordinator
• Darren Brennan, MD - VC Community Radiology
• Gopal Vijayaraghavan, MD - Div Chief Mammography
• Dennis Coughlin, MD - Div Chief ED
• Robert Licho, MD - Div Chief Nuc Med
• Deepak Takhtani, MD - Div Chief Neuro
• Joseph Makris, MD - Div Chief Pediatrics
• Christopher Cerniglia, MD - Div Chief MSK
• Eric Schmidlin, MD/Charu Desai MD Chest Division
• Marcia Amaral - Director Memorial Campus
• Steve Beaudoin - Director University Campus
• Brenda McSherry - Nuc Med Lead
• John Howe - RIS/PACS/peerVue
• Ginny Rollins - Mammography Lead
• Diane Beaulieu - CT Lead University Campus
• Aaron Easton - UMass-Shields chief MRI technologist and center manager
• Mark Tucker – CT Marlborough Hospital
• Steve Garney – CT Clinton Hospital

Our current plan is to staff Marlborough Hospital each day with an Abdominal Imaging / Image guided procedure Radiologist as well as a member of our MSK Radiology group. Southborough Medical will be staffed by a member of our Breast Imaging Division each day, and Clinton Hospital will be staffed Monday, Wednesday and Friday to provide General Radiology and Image guided procedure services, as well as mammography and breast ultrasound services.

Over the next few months, under the leadership of Dr. Darren Brennan, our new Vice-chair for Community Radiology we will be working with the staff at Marlborough, Clinton and Southborough to identify opportunities to increase the scope of Radiology services provided in the community and streamline our workflow. All of these efforts will be working towards the goal of having a unified, comprehensive, integrated Radiology department across the UMass network.  This will ensure that any UMass patient can have their imaging performed at the most convenient site which is appropriate for the complexity of their condition.

Some of the specific projects that we are working on include the development of a smart-phone “Radiology app” which will provide contact information, answers to frequently asked questions, schedules, and policies/procedures for providers both within and outside of UMass Memorial. Dave Smith and his IT team have started to work on connecting Marlborough Orthopedic Associates (one of the major referral groups to Marlborough Hospital) with our PACS system via lifeImage.

I’d like to thank Dr. Ron Garrell and Dr. Brian Brochu for their support, as these community sites transitioned from Marlborough Radiology Associates (their Radiology practice group) to UMass. I am especially happy to be able to welcome Ron and Brian as the newest members of our UMass Radiology Department and faculty.  Ron has joined the ED Radiology division and Brian has joined the MSK Radiology division.

Hope everyone has survived the past 6 weeks of snow without too much disruption. I’m sure we are all looking forward to spring.

Best,

Max