Meet Dr. Regina Hooley

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• 00:00My name is Doctor Regina Hooley.
• 00:03I'm a radiologist and I'm professor
• 00:05and vice chair for clinical affairs
• 00:07and the Department of Radiology
• 00:09and Biomedical Imaging at Yale.
• 00:11I oversee radiology operations and
• 00:13in addition to this I'm also the
• 00:16division Chief for breast imaging.
• 00:18The patients that I see are
• 00:20primarily women who are undergoing
• 00:22screening for breast cancer.
• 00:24I also see women who have breast symptoms,
• 00:27including those women who may be
• 00:29newly diagnosed with breast cancer.
• 00:31I chose radiology as a specialty because
• 00:34radiologists must learn about all kinds
• 00:36of diseases in all parts of the body,
• 00:39which I found really interesting.
• 00:41Most radiologists, however,
• 00:42eventually choose to focus on
• 00:44one or two areas because there
• 00:46is so much to learn and know.
• 00:49And I chose breast imaging because
• 00:51breast cancer is very interesting.
• 00:53It's a very common and significant disease.
• 00:56I enjoy helping women and I also enjoy
• 00:58working with women for those patients
• 01:01who are diagnosed with breast cancer,
• 01:03it's important to know that these days
• 01:06breast cancer is a very well treated disease,
• 01:09and for the most part,
• 01:11women do very,
• 01:12very well,
• 01:13particularly those women whose cancers
• 01:15are found on screening mammography.
• 01:17My research is primarily focused
• 01:20on screening.
• 01:21I've done most of my research on
• 01:24supplemental screening ultrasound
• 01:26and women with dense breasts.
• 01:28I've also done research on tomosynthesis,
• 01:31an 3D mammography.
• 01:32We operate as a team.
• 01:35Certainly, radiology is a team specialty.
• 01:38We have a great group of breast imagers.
• 01:42We all work together, we share our patients.
• 01:46We have similar.
• 01:47Styles in diagnosis and work
• 01:49up so it's a great team.
• 01:52We also work very closely with
• 01:53our breast surgeons and our breast
• 01:55oncologist and radiation oncologist to
• 01:57optimize treatment for our patients
• 01:59who are diagnosed with breast cancer.