For Immediate Release

Who’s Who Names Mercy Doc Professional of the Year

Oklahoma City — Rebecca Stough, M.D., director of imaging and clinical director at Mercy Women’s Center, has been named Cambridge Who’s Who professional of the year in radiology. Only two male and two female members in each discipline are named nationally each year.

“Dr. Stough is one of the nation’s leading breast MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) radiologists,” said Alan Hollingsworth, M.D., medical director of Mercy oncology services. “Because of her expertise with both MRI interpretation as well as the technology development, she has become a featured international speaker. It’s her experience since 2003 in reading these high-tech images, along with our other breast radiologists, that gives Mercy a leadership position in breast MRI that is comparable to the leading cancer centers in the U.S. where breast MRI was pioneered. In fact, many cancer centers in the country are only now beginning to incorporate breast MRI into their practices.”

Dr. Stough was selected to Who’s Who because of her academic achievement, leadership abilities and professional accomplishments. With a background that spans almost 30 years in radiology, and more recently breast MRI, she has not only performed or supervised more than 10,000 breast MRIs, but also has trained many physicians on how to perform and interpret the complex images.

With breast MRI technology, hundreds of images of the breast are taken without any radiation exposure, allowing a radiologist to “travel” by computer through the tissue in order to identify, diagnose and if necessary biopsy breast abnormalities demonstrated only on MRI. With Dr. Stough in a leadership role, Mercy was selected as one of three worldwide test sites for a new advancement in breast imaging. Bilateral 3-D Spiral RODEO MRI – the latest upgrade in breast-dedicated MRI – provides the highest quality breast images available anywhere to detect breast cancer.

Dr. Stough, who received her medical degree from the University of Oklahoma and is board certified in radiology, will be listed in the 2009 Who’s Who which is published in January 2010. As the professional of the year in radiology, a full page will be dedicated to Dr. Stough and her work.

Press release dated: July 14, 2009

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