"Being recognized as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence is a tremendous achievement as well as a great honor," said Dr. Caren Greenstein, Director of Breast Imaging.  "Our radiology services for Stamford Hospital's Women's Breast Center have been growing tremendously over the past few years. Taking part in the accreditation process has been extremely rewarding for everyone at the Women's Breast Center.  Ultimately, this designation establishes that our services, expertise and equipment are at the highest level of quality when compared with other imaging centers nationwide."

Designated centers have participated in all of ACR's voluntary, breast-imaging accreditation programs and modules, in addition to the mandatory Mammography Accreditation Program. Accreditation includes mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy.  Peer-review evaluations, conducted in each breast imaging modality by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field, have determined that this facility has achieved high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualification, facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs.

Stamford Hospital's Women's Breast Center employs all-digital mammography and a wide range of screening and diagnostic options, including breast ultrasound and breast MRI.  The Women's Breast Imaging Center also provides technically superior, minimally invasive breast biopsies and procedures, in a comfortable and supportive environment. The Center's multidisciplinary approach to breast health has physicians, nurses and support staff in surgery, oncology and pathology working collaboratively in one convenient location.  The Women's Breast Center offers breast imaging services at Tully Health Center's Diagnostic Imaging Center as well as the Darien Imaging Center, which opened in 2006.

Stamford Hospital

Stamford Hospital is a not-for-profit provider of comprehensive healthcare services in lower Fairfield County and the region.  The mission of Stamford Hospital is to provide, together with its physicians, a broad range of high quality health and wellness services focused on the needs of our communities.  Stamford Hospital is a Magnet Hospital and a member of the Planetree Alliance, a group of hospitals nationwide focused on patient-centered care.  Stamford Hospital is affiliated with New York Presbyterian Health System and is a major teaching affiliate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

The American College of Radiology

The American College of Radiology, headquartered in Reston, Va., is a national organization serving more than 32,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists with programs for focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology, as well as the delivery of comprehensive health care services.