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Cindy Lee, MD, FSBI, FACMQSection Chief of Breast Imaging; Vice Chair of Clinical Research and Faculty Affairs;
Clinical Associate ProfesssorDepartment of RadiologyRenaissance School of Medicine
Biography
Cindy Lee, MD, FSBI, FACMQ, is the Chief of Breast Imaging and Vice Chair of Clinical
Research and Faculty Affairs at the Stony Brook Renaissance School of Medicine. She
is board certified in medical quality by the American Board of Medical Quality. Recognized
for expertise in quality improvement, she was named as the Stephen Amis Fellow in
Quality and Safety by the American College of Radiology, as well as a Quality Scholar
by the American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ) in 2012. Cindy also served as the
Scientific Program Chair for the ACMQ Annual Meeting from 2016-2018 and was appointed
to the ACMQ Board of Trustee in 2019 to provide leadership and education in healthcare
quality management.
Her research focuses on improving patient outcome by optimizing the screening performance
audits, though her outcome research with the ACR National Mammography Database. As
the former Chair of NMD research subcommittee, she led and first-authored the landmark
study on NMD screening performance benchmarks and continues to work with the NMD on
studies evaluating personalized screening for breast cancer. She has over 60 publications
and given multiple lectures nationally and internationally.
She holds national leadership positions in multiple committees within the American
Roentgen Ray Society and American College of Radiology. During her spare time, she
enjoys pickleball, traveling, ballroom dancing with her husband and cooking with her
kids.
Education
- Bachelor's, Honors College, Summa Cum Laude, Stony Brook University
- MD, Stony Brook University
- Residency, Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Fellowship, University of California San Francisco
- Internship, NYU Long Island Hospital
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