Celebrate the Past...

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January 4: Memorandum from Dr. Marc J. Homer (Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA) to Drs. Carl J. D’Orsi (University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA), Stephen A. Feig (Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA), Harold Moskowitz (Mt. Sinai Hospital, Hartford, CT), Myron Moskowitz (University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH), and Edward A. Sickles (University of California, San Francisco, CA), summarizing prior conversations to proceed with the creation of a society to be called the Societyof Breast Imaging (SBI).

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1985 - April 24: The SBI was “officially” created at an organizational meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts. The officers elected at that meeting were Dr. Marc J. Homer to serve as President, Dr. Carl J. D’Orsi to serve as Vice-President, and Dr. Harold Moskowitz to serve as Secretary-Treasurer.

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1985 - November 19: First meeting of members held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. Twenty-three invited members attended.

1985 – 1989: SBI held annual membership meetings during the annual meetings of ACR and RSNA.

1985 – 1988: First SBI President,
Marc J. Homer, MD

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1989 – 1990: Second SBI President,
Carl J. D’Orsi, MD

1990 – 1991: 3rd SBI President,
Edward A. Sickles, MD

1991: The SBI voted to expand its membership to become a two-tiered society consisting of Members and Fellows.

1991 – 1993: 4th SBI President,
First Woman, Valerie P. Jackson, MD

1992: SBI contracted the ACR to provide management staff. SBI headquarters is now in Reston, Virginia.

1993: First Postgraduate Course of the SBI held in Amelia Island, Florida. Six hundred Radiologists attended the course. This course had the largest faculty of any breast meeting in history.

1993 – 1995: 5th SBI President,
Lawrence W. Bassett, MD

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1995: SBI began the tradition of awarding Gold Medals “for distinguished contributions to breast imaging”. The first recipients were Drs. Gerald Dodd, Robert Egan, and Myron Moskowitz. Also, an honorary member award was established. The first recipient was Marie Zinninger.

1995: The American Board of Radiology asked the SBI to develop a curriculum for residency education in mammography and other aspects of breast imaging. Finalized in 1999.

1995 – 1997: 6th SBI President,
Carol B. Stelling, MD

1997 – 1999: 7th SBI President,
G.W. Eklund, MD

1998: SBI established award grants designed to support young investigators in breast imaging.

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1999 – 2001: 8th SBI President,
Stephen A. Feig, MD

2001 – 2003: 9th SBI President,
Barabara S. Monsees, MD

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2003 – 2005: 10th SBI President,
D. David Dershaw, MD

2005: SBI represented on Integrated Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) to ensure input in the creation of acceptable parameters for digital mammography display.

2005 – 2007: 11th SBI President,
R. James Brenner, MD

2007 – 2009: 12th SBI President,
Carol H. Lee, MD

2009 – 2011: 13th SBI President,
W. Phil Evans, MD

2009: November 16: The USPSTF issued new breast screening guidelines that conflict with the SBI’s position to begin screening at the age of 40. SBI strongly opposed these recommendations along with the ACR and the ACS.

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2010: The SBI, in collaboration with the ACR and the American Society for Breast Disease, created the website mammographysaveslives.org.

2011 – 2013: 14th SBI President,
Debra L. Monticciolo, MD

2011: SBI and the ACR agreed to join the National Accreditation Program of Breast Centers.

2011: SBI members Drs. Phil Evans, Daniel Kopans and Jocelyn Rapelyea appeared on The Dr. Oz Show to dispute Dr. Oz’s belief that because of radiation to the thyroid, a thyroid shield should be worn when having a mammogram.

2013 – 2015: 15th SBI President,
Murray Rebner, MD

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2015 – 2017: 16th SBI President,
Elizabeth A. Morris, MD

2015:The SBI biennial Postgraduate Course and the ACR biennial National Conference on Breast Cancer were replaced by an annual meeting called SBI/ACR Breast Imaging Symposium. The first symposium was held in Orlando in April 2015.

2015: Abstract Awards program launched

2015: SBI opens membership to international radiologists, technologists and trainees (without application and letters of support).

2015:SBI cohosted a hearing on Capitol Hill with advocacy group, Prevent cancer, and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schulz with panelists, Past Presidents: Drs. Elizabeth Morris and Murray Rebner, and breast surgeon, Dr. Regina Hampton.

2017: SBI begins International Education Outreach program.

2017: First Breast Imaging Fellowship Match launched after years of development (since 2014).

2017:SBI launched the Research & Education Fund to support future research grants and cover residents and fellows to attend the SBI Symposium and present their original research.