Annual Duluth Breast Imaging Conference

Stamatia Destounis, MD, FACR is a radiologist at Elizabeth Wende Breast Care in Rochester, New York since 1993. Dr. Destounis participates with several radiology committees locally and nationally and is a past board member of the Eastern Division of the American Cancer Society. She is involved with research on topics including Computer Aided Detection, Breast Ultrasound, Digital Mammography, Breast MRI, Screening Breast Ultrasound and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis.

She has published several peer review articles in radiology journals and has written chapters on the subject of breast imaging. She is an invited speaker locally and nationally for radiology seminars on breast disease topics, as well as her clinical research. She serves on various committees with organizations including SBI, ACR and RSNA and is a reviewer for several peer review journals.

Linda Greer, MD is a breast radiologist in Phoenix, AZ. She has practiced there since 1993, and has been a dedicated breast imager since 1996. She was one of the first adopters of tomosynthesis, and one of the first to convert completely to synthesized 2D imaging. She led live tomosynthesis training courses for years, then helped develop an online 8 hour training program, making it easier for radiologists to complete the mandatory 8 hour training. She has lectured both nationally and internationally on tomosynthesis, synthesized 2D imaging, 3DQuorum, tomosynthesis guided biopsies, and is currently involved in research using artificial intelligence.

Dr. Rosen is a breast surgical oncologist in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, where he has been in practice for over 25 years. A nationally recognized expert in oncoplastic surgery, Dr. Rosen has been on the faculty for the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS), the School of Oncoplastic Surgery, and the National Consortium of Breast Centers. Dr. Rosen is also dedicated to creating national standards for quality outcomes in breast cancer surgery, which has led to his chairmanship of the NQMBC (National Quality Metrics for Breast Centers) and his participation on the Patient Safety and Quality Committee for the ASBrS. Dr. Rosen is a board member of the TARGIT Collaborative Group, a national organization of breast surgeons and radiation oncologists dedicated to advancing Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT) for breast cancer treatment. He is a partner of Targeted Medical Education (TME), a group of national breast cancer leaders who collaborate with industry to promote physician education and research. He is the former CMO of ETON Pharmaceuticals and the current CMO of ClearCut Medical. Locally, he is the medical director for the breast centers at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, where he also served as Chief Medical Officer for 20 years, and AMITA/Alexian Brothers Medical Center.

Miranda has been a registered radiologic technologist since 1998, specializing in mammography since 1999. After spending many years in a management role for a multi-location imaging center, Miranda decided to put down the management hat and pursue her passion of teaching mammography.  She joined the team of instructors at Medical Technology Management Institute (MTMI) in February 2017. At MTMI Miranda is one of 3 instructors providing the 40-hour training course for initial mammography training. She also offers several continuing education courses and travels the US assisting facilities with the ACR accreditation process.  When not traveling Miranda works PRN at a local Kansas City hospital working as a Quality Assurance Mammography Technologist. Miranda is passionate about teaching all things mammography from proper positioning to proper QC and helping techs understand the whens, whys and hows of efficient mammography work flow. 

Lundy started as a mammography technologist over 16 years ago and, as a lifelong learner, obtained her graduate degree in Health Administration. Lundy helped lead a group of technologists in data analytics regarding positioning quality. Lundy continues to mentor, consult, and lecture on striving to be part of a community of mammography technologists dedicated to a standard of excellence.

Tammy Coryell, RT(R)(M) is currently a Women’s Health Specialist with Hologic where she has worked for 15 years.  Prior to that she was an independent mammography consultant and also worked with BioLucent, the MammoPad company prior to the acquisition by Hologic.  Tammy worked as a state mammography inspector for the Department of Health and Senior Services in Missouri and was the imaging supervisor of a large breast center in Springfield MO.  She has been a mammographer since 1985.  Tammy created a positioning video with a grant from Hologic and donated to the ASRT called “Finding a New Groove” which won a Telly Award. 

Kelly Bontempo graduated from the genetic counseling master’s program at Northwestern University in 2012 and was certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling the same year. Kelly is a pediatric genetic counselor with Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois, with special interest in connective tissue disorders, newborn screening, inborn errors of metabolism, imprinting disorders, hereditary cancer syndromes, and rare disease discovery. Kelly also works as a Product Lead for Invitae Digital Health following aquisition of Medneon in 2021, where she served as Head of Genetics. In this role, she lends her clinical expertise to the development of a digital oncology platform centered on precision prevention. Kelly is actively involved in education as core faculty with Northwestern University’s genetic counseling program, as well as in working with medical students, residents, and fellows. Kelly served as President of the Illinois Society of Genetic Professionals in 2017, is on the advisory board for the Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics and has been an item writer for the ABGC Board Exam. Kelly's interest in nutrition and its effect on complex, multi-factorial disorders led her to pursue a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell in 2015. 

Marybeth Sliter, Market Research Specialist with Beekley Medical, has been educating breast imaging professionals on the value of skin markers as an aid to diagnostic interpretation and clinical efficacy for over 21 years.  Marybeth has received multiple recognition awards for her service and commitment to the industry. She is passionate about educating mammographers and radiologists about all the tools available to further their mission of detecting cancers in their earliest stages for the best possible patient outcomes.