Dr. Nancy Wadden: on the forefront of mammography accreditation
CAR FORUM 1999;43():
© 1999 Canadian Association of Radiologists
It is appropriate that Dr. Nancy A.T. Wadden should take particular satisfaction in the agreement between the Ontario Association of Radiologists and the Ontario Breast Screening Program, including the adoption of the CAR mammography accreditation standards for enrolment of programs. The success of the Mammography Accreditation Program owes a great deal to the dedication, expertise and devotion of both Dr. Wadden and her predecessor in this role, Dr. Linda Hutton.
Dr. Wadden has chaired the Mammography Accreditation Committee of the CAR since 1995. She currently resides in her home province of Newfoundland, where she is associate professor of radiology at Memorial University of Newfoundland and medical director of the Breast Screening Program for Newfoundland and Labrador.
Memorial University is Dr. Wadden's alma mater. During her medical studies there, she won the Birk's Medal for Accomplishment in Student Affairs in 1977. She completed her radiology residency at the University of Toronto.
Formerly head of breast imaging at The Toronto Hospital, Dr. Wadden's professional interests included research in breast imaging, film analysis, breast ultrasonography and familial breast cancer. During her time at The Toronto Hospital, she received several awards for teaching in the Radiology Residency Program. Outside of her professional interests, Dr. Wadden's major interest is her daughter Emily, now almost four years old. Dr. Wadden's husband Paul is a medical advertising executive.
In her work with the Mammography Accreditation Program, Dr. Wadden has played a key role in ensuring that radiologists have an active, participatory role in breast imaging and a voice in future developments.
The profession as a whole, as well as the Association, should be indebted to Dr. Wadden for establishing mammography as the responsibility of the radiologist, and for setting a national standard. It is hoped that Dr. Wadden's work with the Association will continue. The recognition she has received for her role is well deserved.
