Edward A. Sickles, MD

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Additional Websites

• Physician Referral Directory

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Education

Columbia University, A.B., 1961-65, Zoology, Chemistry
Cornell University Medical College, M.D., 1965-69, Medicine
Cornell Cooperating Hospitals, Intern & Resident, 1969-71, Internal Medicine
National Cancer Institute, Clinical Associate, 1971-73, Medical Oncology
University of California San Francisco, Residency 1973-75, Diagnostic Radiology
University of California San Francisco, Fellowship, 1976, Acad. trainee in Diagnostic Radiology

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Professional Experience

• January 1976-June 1976
  Clinical Instructor, Radiology, Chief, Mammography & Thermography, UCSF
• July 1976-December 1976
  Instructor, Radiology; Chief, Mammography & Thermography, UCSF
• January 1977-June 1978
  Assistant Professor, Radiology; Chief, Mammography & Thermography, UCSF
• July 1978-June 1982
  Assistant Professor, Radiology; Chief, Breast Imaging Section, UCSF
• July 1982-June 1987
  Associate Professor, Radiology; Chief, Breast Imaging Section, UCSF
• July 1987-present
  Professor, Radiology; Chief, Breast Imaging Section, UCSF

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Honors & Awards

• 1965
  A.B., magna cum laude, Columbia University
• 1965
  Phi Beta Kappa, Columbia University
• 1969
  Alpha Omega Alpha, Cornell University Medical College
• 1969
  William Mecklenburg Polk Prize for research (Cornell Univ. Med. College)
• 1977
  Outstanding Paper Award, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
• 1978
  Cum Laude Award (Scientific Exhibit), Radiological Society of North America
• 1978-81
  American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Clinical Fellowship
• 1989
  Fellow, American College of Radiology
• 1991
  Susan G. Komen Foundation Community Service Award, San Francisco
• 1998
  Wendell Scott Memorial Lecturer, American College of Radiology
• 1999
  Gold Medalist, Society of Breast Imaging
• 2000
  Outstanding Alumni Award, Department of Radiology, UCSF School of Medicine

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Selected Publications

1. Harvey JA, Yaffe MJ, D'Orsi C, Sickles EA. Density and breast cancer risk. Radiology. 2013 May; 267(2):657-8.
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2. Graf O, Berg WA, Sickles EA. Large rodlike calcifications at mammography: analysis of morphologic features. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013 Feb; 200(2):299-303.
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3. Dershaw DD, Lee CH, Morris EA, Arasu VA, Joe BN, Lvoff NM, Leung JW, Brenner RJ, Flowers CI, Moore DH, Sickles EA. Mammographic surveillance after breast conservation therapy. Radiology. 2013 Feb; 266(2):685.
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4. Arasu VA, Joe BN, Lvoff NM, Leung JW, Brenner RJ, Flowers CI, Moore DH, Sickles EA. Response. Radiology. 2013 Feb; 266(2):685-6.
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5. Monticciolo DL, Rebner M, Appleton CM, Newell MS, Farria DM, Sickles EA, Umphrey HR, Butler PF. The ACR/Society of Breast Imaging Resident and Fellowship Training Curriculum for Breast Imaging, Updated. J Am Coll Radiol. 2013 Mar; 10(3):207-210.e4.
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6. D'Orsi CJ, Getty DJ, Pickett RM, Sechopoulos I, Newell MS, Gundry KR, Bates SR, Nishikawa RM, Sickles EA, Karellas A, D'Orsi EM. Stereoscopic digital mammography: improved specificity and reduced rate of recall in a prospective clinical trial. Radiology. 2013 Jan; 266(1):81-8.
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7. Onega T, Smith M, Miglioretti DL, Carney PA, Geller BA, Kerlikowske K, Buist DS, Rosenberg RD, Smith RA, Sickles EA, Haneuse S, Anderson ML, Yankaskas B. Radiologist agreement for mammographic recall by case difficulty and finding type. J Am Coll Radiol. 2012 Nov; 9(11):788-94.
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8. D'Orsi CJ, Sickles EA. To seek perfection or not? That is the question. Radiology. 2012 Oct; 265(1):9-11.
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9. Carney PA, Abraham L, Cook A, Feig SA, Sickles EA, Miglioretti DL, Geller BM, Yankaskas BC, Elmore JG. Impact of an educational intervention designed to reduce unnecessary recall during screening mammography. Acad Radiol. 2012 Sep; 19(9):1114-20.
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10. Arasu VA, Joe BN, Lvoff NM, Leung JW, Brenner RJ, Flowers CI, Moore DH, Sickles EA. Benefit of semiannual ipsilateral mammographic surveillance following breast conservation therapy. Radiology. 2012 Aug; 264(2):371-7.
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11. Gruber R, Jaromi S, Rudas M, Pfarl G, Riedl CC, Flöry D, Graf O, Sickles EA, Helbich TH. Histologic work-up of non-palpable breast lesions classified as probably benign at initial mammography and/or ultrasound (BI-RADS category 3). Eur J Radiol. 2013 Mar; 82(3):398-403.
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12. Schur EA, Elmore JE, Onega T, Wernli KJ, Sickles EA, Haneuse S. The impact of obesity on follow-up after an abnormal screening mammogram. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Feb; 21(2):327-36.
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13. Haneuse S, Buist DS, Miglioretti DL, Anderson ML, Carney PA, Onega T, Geller BM, Kerlikowske K, Rosenberg RD, Yankaskas BC, Elmore JG, Taplin SH, Smith RA, Sickles EA. Mammographic interpretive volume and diagnostic mammogram interpretation performance in community practice. Radiology. 2012 Jan; 262(1):69-79.
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14. Kerlikowske K, Hubbard RA, Miglioretti DL, Geller BM, Yankaskas BC, Lehman CD, Taplin SH, Sickles EA. Comparative effectiveness of digital versus film-screen mammography in community practice in the United States: a cohort study. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Oct 18; 155(8):493-502.
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15. Doyle GP, Onysko J, Pogany L, Major D, Caines J, Shumak R, Wadden N, Carney PA, Sickles EA, Monsees BS, Bassett LW, Miglioretti DL. Limitations of minimally acceptable interpretive performance criteria for screening mammography. Radiology. 2011 Mar; 258(3):960-1.
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16. Houssami N, Abraham LA, Miglioretti DL, Sickles EA, Kerlikowske K, Buist DS, Geller BM, Muss HB, Irwig L. Accuracy and outcomes of screening mammography in women with a personal history of early-stage breast cancer. JAMA. 2011 Feb 23; 305(8):790-9.
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17. Buist DS, Anderson ML, Haneuse SJ, Sickles EA, Smith RA, Carney PA, Taplin SH, Rosenberg RD, Geller BM, Onega TL, Monsees BS, Bassett LW, Yankaskas BC, Elmore JG, Kerlikowske K, Miglioretti DL. Influence of annual interpretive volume on screening mammography performance in the United States. Radiology. 2011 Apr; 259(1):72-84.
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18. Carney PA, Bowles EJ, Sickles EA, Geller BM, Feig SA, Jackson S, Brown D, Cook A, Yankaskas BC, Miglioretti DL, Elmore JG. Using a tailored web-based intervention to set goals to reduce unnecessary recall. Acad Radiol. 2011 Apr; 18(4):495-503.
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19. Carney PA, Geller BM, Sickles EA, Miglioretti DL, Aiello Bowles EJ, Abraham L, Feig SA, Brown D, Cook AJ, Yankaskas BC, Elmore JG. Feasibility and satisfaction with a tailored web-based audit intervention for recalibrating radiologists' thresholds for conducting additional work-up. Acad Radiol. 2011 Mar; 18(3):369-76.
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20. Onega T, Aiello Bowles EJ, Miglioretti DL, Carney PA, Geller BM, Yankaskas BC, Kerlikowske K, Sickles EA, Elmore JG. Radiologists' perceptions of computer aided detection versus double reading for mammography interpretation. Acad Radiol. 2010 Oct; 17(10):1217-26.
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