Mammography
Amy Patel
Medical Director of Liberty Hospital Women’s Imaging
Dr. Amy K. Patel is a Board-Certified Breast Radiologist and Medical Director of the Women’s Imaging Center at Liberty Hospital and Assistant Professor of Radiology at UMKC. She completed her residency at the University of Kansas-Wichita and was the first female chief resident, and her Breast Imaging Fellowship at Mallinckrodt. Dr. Patel’s professional interests include recruitment of women in radiology and serves on the ACR Commission for Women & Diversity. She is on the steering committee for RADxx, an initiative to recruit women into imaging informatics. She serves as Co-Chair of the AAWR Communications Committee. Her interests include mentorship, social media, leadership, and political advocacy. She is the former recipient of the Radiology Leadership Institute Summit Scholarship, ACR Rutherford Lavanty Fellow in Government Relations, and serves on the RADPAC Board, and is the first female and youngest radiologist recipient of the ACR Howard Fleishon MD Advocate of the Year Award.
TOPICS & EXPERTISE:
- 3D Mammography
- Breast Ultrasound
- Breast MRI
- 3D mammography- ultrasound-, and MRI-guided core needle biopsy
- Mammography- ultrasounds, and MRI-guided wire localization
- Galactography
QUALIFICATIONS:
- M.D. – University of Missouri – Kansas City
- Internship – Internal Medicine – University of Missouri – Kansas City
- Residency – Diagnostic Radiology – University of Kansas
- Fellowship – Breast Radiology – Malinckrodt Institute of Radiology
