Las Vegas Breast Imaging Conference: Beyond Detection

Miranda became registered with the ARRT as a Radiologic Technologist in 1998 and specialized in Mammography in 1999. She spent the first 8 years working her way up from staff technologist to lead technologist before accepting a Clinic Manager Role with Diagnostic Imaging Centers, P.A. in Lee’s Summit, Missouri in 2006. After 10 years in that role, Miranda took a leap of faith in 2017 and began working as an Independent Mammography Positioning Specialist and Educator. Most of her time was spent teaching for Medical Technology Management Institute (MTMI) on the Initial Mammography Training team as well as traveling the US to provide hands-on positioning workshops. Miranda also worked part-time as Corporate Supervisor in the Mammography Department at University Health, Kansas City, Mo where she collaborated with the Lead Interpreting Physician to ensure all breast imaging protocols, workflows, quality control, and quality assurance issues/concerns were addressed and managed per MQSA/ACR guidelines. In February of 2023, Miranda accepted the position of Director of Women’s Imaging Education at MTMI. In this role, Miranda oversees and manages the Women’s Imaging portfolio of courses and events. Miranda is passionate about women’s health education and continues to provide hands-on positioning workshops as well as teaches several MTMI programs such as Initial Mammography Training, Conquering MQSA and ACR, Hands-On Advanced Mammography Positioning Training, and many more CEU webinars.   

Dr. David Lieu is an interventional cytopathologist. He is the founder and operator of 2 ultrasound-guided FNA and core biopsy clinics in Los Angeles and Orange counties in California. His clinics have been established for 25 years. He performs over 2000 ultrasound-guided FNAs, 200 core biopsies, and 100 biopsy clip placements along with microscopic examination of the tissues obtained every year. The targets are masses in the thyroid, breast, head and neck, salivary glands, lymph nodes, and soft tissue. He trains cytopathology fellows from UCLA, Cedars Sinai, and UCI.  He has lectured widely throughout the United States and the world. Dr. Lieu was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the of the UC Irvine School of Medicine in 2016, the Yolanda Oertel Interventional Cytopathologist Award from the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology in 2019, and the Outstanding Educator Award from the College of American Pathologists in 2022.  Dr. Lieu is board certified in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, and cytopathology. He served a pathology residency at LAC+USC Medical Center and a cytopathology fellowship at UCLA. He received his MD degree from UC Irvine at age 23. He holds a BS in chemistry and MBA from UC Berkeley. He is a registered breast sonographer with ARDMS.

Tricia Trammell, CRA, FAHRA BA R.T. (R)(M)(QM)(BS), CN-BI, is the Imaging Operations Manager for UT Southwestern Medical Center at Moncrief Cancer Institute in Fort Worth Texas. Registered in multiple modalities, she has been a technologist for twenty-six years, with nearly half of that time spent in leadership roles. She has spent the breadth of her career in breast imaging, helping her to deep understanding the of the operations of a comprehensive breast care center. She has been a Certified Breast Navigator since 2011 and has helped implement an imaging navigation program for two health systems. Her passions include breast imaging navigation and creating psychological safety in the workplace. She is an active member of the AHRA, is a Certified Radiology Administrator and Fellow with AHRA, and is currently the vice-chair of the Radiology Administrators Certification Commission (RACC).

Dr. Tanya Washington Moseley, an MD Anderson Distinguished Educator, is a Professor of Breast Imaging and Breast Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, where she has been a faculty member since 2001. She graduated from the University of Texas Health Educators Fellowship Program in July 2023 and earned a Doctor of Business Administration in Healthcare Management and Leadership in 2022. A lifelong learner and educator, she received the University of Texas Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award in 2018 and joined the University of Texas System Shine Academy of Health Science Education in 2023.

Richard has a background in emergency nursing but has worked for the last 25 years at Beekley Medical as the Director of Training. Rich trains the sales team in the medical and imaging nuances of Beekley products. He also works with the marketing and research and development teams when new products are brought to market. Rich has a talent for simplifying the complex and using storytelling to make the lesson stick. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and three children. 

Brenda DeBastiani is the President of MTMI, a position that she has held since April 2024. Before this, Brenda was the Director of Imaging at Tampa General Hospital Spring Hill for 2 years, and Director of Imaging at Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown, WV, where she worked for 33 years.  Brenda holds a Bachelor’s degree from Fairmont State University and an MBA from Waynesburg University. Brenda has spoken at numerous national and regional conferences, is an AHRA Fellow, a Certified Radiology Administrator, and was the 2022-2023 AHRA President.