Dr. Gillian M Newstead, MD

Gillian Newstead, MD is a member of a highly regarded team of breast radiologists at the University of Chicago Medical Center. The team provides a full range of diagnostic services, including digital mammography, breast ultrasound and dynamic breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to more than 20,000 patients every year. Dr. Newstead is an expert in breast MRI techniques. Breast MRIs have proven to be the most sensitive method for detection of breast cancer in high-risk patients.Dr. Newstead's research is part of a major breast cancer research initiative funded by the National Cancer Institute. She and her colleagues in the Cancer Risk and Prevention Program at the University of Chicago are developing image-based methods for computerized assessment of breast cancer risk. In addition, they are exploring an enhanced form of MRI that is proving instrumental in the early detection and staging of breast cancer.