Current Board of Directors:
President CSBI: Dr. Jean Seely, MDCM, FRCPC
Dr. Jean Seely is a professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Ottawa. Dr Seely is the Head of the Breast Imaging Section of the Department of Medical Imaging at The Ottawa Hospital and the hospitals served in the Ottawa Region. Dr. Seely is the Regional Breast Imaging Lead for the Ontario Breast Screening Program of the Champlain LHIN, for Cancer Care Ontario, and practices clinical breast imaging and intervention. She has been awarded Fellow of the CAR and Fellow of the SBI.
Dr. Seely has published many articles, chapters and reviews on intervention in the chest and breast, breast MRI, patient experience and screening mammography.
President-Elect: Dr. Charlotte Yong-Hing, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Yong-Hing is Co-Vice Chair Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia Department of Radiology. She is President of the BC Radiological Society, President-Elect of the Canadian Society of Breast Imaging, and Medical Director of the BC Cancer Breast Screening Program. She works at BC Cancer Vancouver, where she is Medical Director of Breast Imaging, and two busy community imaging clinics. Dr. Yong-Hing has been invited to speak internationally about the gender gap in Radiology and actionable ways to improve EDI in Radiology workforce and training programs. In 2002, she won the inaugural UBC Radiology EDI Award.
Treasurer: Dr. Carolyn Flegg, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Carolyn Flegg is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Imaging at the University of Saskatchewan. She has been the Medical Director of the Irene and Les Dubé Breast Health Centre in Saskatoon for over 10 years and accepted the position of Provincial Medical Director of Breast Imaging in the Department of Medical Imaging for the Saskatchewan Health Authority in August 2022. Dr. Flegg practices screening and diagnostic breast imaging and breast intervention and is the radiologist lead for the High-Risk Screening Breast MRI program in Saskatoon. She was a member of the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Board of Directors from 2015 to 2023, during which she served as the board meetings chair for 6 years. In October 2022, she joined the Canadian Society of Breast Imaging Board of Directors as their treasurer.
Communications: Dr. Nancy Wadden, BSc, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Wadden is the Medical Director of the Breast Screening Program for Newfoundland and Labrador and Clinical Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Dr. Wadden is the outgoing chair of the Mammography Accreditation Program Staff Working Group, the Director of Communications for the Canadian Society of Breast Imaging, the former chair of the Pan-Canadian Framework for Action to Address Abnormal Call Rates in Breast Cancer Screening (Canadian Partnership Against Cancer) and a former member of the Standards in Breast Imaging in Canada for the CAR.
She continues to be involved with The Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Initiative and The Working Group of the Canadian Mammography Quality Standards. She serves on several other provincial and national committees dealing with Diagnostic Imaging, Breast Screening and Breast Cancer.
Dr. Wadden has received several teaching excellence awards from The University of Toronto and Memorial University as well as the 2023 Gold Medal from the Canadian Association of Radiologists.
Director: Dr. Mona El Khoury, MD
Dr. El Khoury is an associate professor of Radiology at the University of Montreal. She is affiliated with the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montreal (CHUM) where she mainly practices clinical breast imaging and intervention. Dr El Khoury’s special focus of interest is in teaching and promoting excellence in Breast Imaging.
Director of Education: Dr. Supriya Kulkarni, DMRD, DNB, FRCP(C), DABR
Dr. Kulkarni is the breast divisional head & associate professor, department of medical imaging at the University of Toronto. Her clinical engagement is at University Health Network, Mount Sinai Hospital, Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto and Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Canada. Dr. Kulkarni is currently the Regional Breast Imaging Lead for the Health Sciences North & Northeast LHIN and Toronto Central Regional Cancer Program. Dr. Kulkarni’s special focus is on teaching, and providing mentorship and guidance to international trainees and new to practice radiologists nationally and internationally having received several teaching awards for contributing to cancer education.
Director of MRT: Christie Barbesin, MRT(R), DMS, CBI, RDMS(BR)
Christie Barbesin is a passionate and dedicated Breast Imaging Technologist with over 22 years experience. She has worked in both screening and diagnostic settings, with the majority of her career spent in diagnostic Breast Imaging. As a mammographer and breast sonographer, Christie is committed to providing high-quality images and to delivering exceptional patient care. She enjoys sharing her breast imaging knowledge with fellow Technologists, imaging students, Residents, and clinical staff. She is currently the Charge Technologist of Diagnostic Breast Imaging at the Rose Ages Breast Health Centre at the Ottawa Hospital, General Campus.
Trainee Representative: Dr. Heather Martin, MPH, MD
Dr. Martin is a fourth year Radiology resident at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Heather serves as a trainee representative for the CSBI as well as a member of the CSBI artificial intelligence (AI) working group. Her research interests include MRI and breast density with plans to pursue a fellowship in breast imaging.
Trainee Representative: Dr. Isabelle Gauthier, BSc, MD
Dr. Gauthier is a fourth-year diagnostic radiology resident at the University of Ottawa. She currently serves as one of the resident representatives on the board of directors of the CSBI. She is a member of the CSBI Artificial Intelligence working group. Dr. Gauthier is the senior representative on the Resident Training Committee for the Department of Radiology at the University of Ottawa. She is involved in research in breast MRI and plans on pursuing a fellowship in breast and body radiology.
Trainee Representative: Dr. Sri Sannihita Vatturi, MD
Dr. Vatturi is a third-year diagnostic radiology resident at the University of Ottawa. She currently serves as one of the resident representatives on the board of directors of the CSBI. She is the Univeristy of Ottawa resident representative for the Canadian Association of Radiologists Residents and Fellows Section. She has plans to pursue a fellowship in breast imaging.
Trainee Representative: Dr. Kaitlin Zaki-Metias, MD
Dr. Zaki-Metias is a fifth-year diagnostic radiology resident and chief resident at Trinity Health Oakland Hospital/Wayne State University School of Medicine in Pontiac, Michigan. Originally from Winnipeg, MB, she currently resides in Windsor, ON. Following residency, Dr. Zaki-Metias will join the Breast and Abdominal Imaging fellowship program at Western University, after which she plans to return to Winnipeg for practice. This academic year, Dr. Zaki-Metias will be the inaugural International Resident Representative on the Canadian Association of Radiologists Resident & Fellow Section and will be serving her second term on the RSNA RadioGraphics Trainee Editorial Advisory Members Board. She is also an enthusiastic CAR volunteer, serving on the Referral Guidelines, Equity Diversity and Inclusion, and several accreditation program working groups. Dr. Zaki-Metias has special interests in breast and gynecologic imaging, health systems and quality improvement, undergraduate medical education, and mentorship.
Executive:
Executive Director: Amy Smith, B.Comm, MBA
Founding Members:
- Dr. Jean Seely
- Dr. Shiela Appavoo
- Dr. Mona El Khoury
- Dr. Paula Gordon
- Dr. Anat Kornecki
- Dr. Yves Loisel
- Dr. Anabel Scaranelo
- Dr. Nancy Wadden
- Dr. Linda Warren
