Find a Doctor or Practice Location

Multi-modality Breast Imaging and Interventional Procedures

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: Graduate Hospital
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

ACRIN-NCI, National American Roentgen Ray Society, National Association of University Radiologist (AUR), National Breast cancer.org, Local FDA-General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel. Review Silicone Breast Implants, National FDA-Radiological Devices, National IDMG-International Digital Mammography Development Group, International NIH-SBIB, National Nominating Committee for Alexander Margulis Award for Scientific Excellence RSNA (Radiological Society of North America), National Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA), National Society of Breast Imaging, National

Hospital Privileges:

• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Description of Research Expertise:

Multi-modality Breast Imaging, Breast Cancer Screening, High Risk Screening

Selected Publications:

Wood ME, Sprague BL, Oustimov A, Synnstvedt MB, Cuke M, Conant EF, Kontos D: Aspirin use is associated with lower mammographic density in a large screening cohort Breast Cancer Res Treat 162 (3): 419-425,2017.

Chudgar AV, Conant EF, Weinstein SP, Keller BM, Synnestvedt M, Yamartino P, McDonald ES: Assessment of disease extent on contrast-enhanced MRI in breast cancer detected at digital breast tomosynthesis versus digital mammography alone Clin Radiol 17 (S0009-92601): 30078-8,2017.

Grisso JA, Sammel MD, Rubenstein AH, Speck RM, Conant EF, Scott P, Tuton LW, Westring AF, Friedman S, Abbuhl SB: A randomized controlled trial to improve the success of women assistant professors J Womens Health : 2017.

Conant EF, Keller BM, Pantalone L, Gastounioti A, McDonald ES, Kontos D: Agreement between breast percentage density estimations from standard-dose versus synthetic digital mammograms: Results from a large screening cohort using automated measures Radiology : 2017.

Gastounioti A, Oustimov A, Keller BM, Pantalone L, Hsieh MK, Conant EF, Kontos D: Breast parenchymal patterns in processed versus raw digital mammograms: A large population study toward assessing differences in quantitative measures across image representations Med Phys 43 (11): 5862,2016.

Gastounioti A, Conant EF, Kontos D: Beyond breast density: a review on the advancing role of parenchymal texture analysis in breast cancer risk assessment Breast Cancer Res 18 (1): 91,2016.

Chen L, Ray S, Keller BM, Pertuz S, McDonald ES, Conant EF, Kontos D: The impact of acquisition dose on quantitative breast density estimation with digital mammography: Results from ACRIN PA 4006 Radiology 280 (3): 693-700,2016.

Ray S, Chen L, Keller BM, Chen J, Conant EF, Kontos D: Association between breast parenchymal complexity and false-positive recall from digital mammography versus breast tomosynthesis: Preliminary investigation in the ACRIN PA 4006 trial Acad Radiol 23 (8): 977-86,2016.

Zuckerman SP, Conant EF, Keller BM, Maidment AD, Barufaldi B, Weinstein SP, Synnestvedt M, McDonald ES: Implementation of synthesized two-dimensional mammography in a population-based digital tomosynthesis screening program Radiology : 2016.

Sprague BL, Conant EF, Onega T, Garcia MP, Beaber EF, Herschorn SD, Lehman CD, Tosteson AN, Lacson R, Schnall MD, Kontos D, Haas JS, Weaver DL, Barlow WE; PROSPR Consortium: Variation in mammographic breast density assessments among radiologists in clinical practice: A multicenter observational study Ann Intern Med : 2016.

Penn Radiology website