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Elizabeth G. McFarland, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology

Clinical Expertise:

Elizabeth G. McFarland, MD, is an associate professor of radiology for Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She is passionate about addressing healthcare disparities that persist in image-based screening examinations. McFarland has played active roles in the American College of Radiology, Association of University Radiologists and Society of Computed Body Tomography. She served on the Association of University Radiologists' board of directors. She was chair of the Philips AUR Junior Faculty Development Program and chair of the American College of Radiology colon cancer committee. McFarland earned her bachelor's degree and medical degree from the University of California, Irvine, followed by an internship in internal medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She completed a diagnostic radiology residency, an MRI fellowship and a fellowship in GI/GU interventional radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Clinical Interests

CT colonography, women’s imaging, multimodality breast biopsy

Research Interests

CT colonography validation and diagnostic performance

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Education History

Fellowship

Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital; GI/GU Interventional, Massachusetts General Hospital

Residency

Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Medical Degree

University of California, San Diego

Undergraduate

University of California, Irvine

Associations

Society of Advanced Body Imaging
American College of Radiology

Awards

2010 Fellow, American College of Radiology
2009 Certificate of Merit, RSNA Education Exhibit
2008 Annual Oration in Diagnostic Radiology, RSNA
2002 Cum Laude Scientific Presentation Award, Society of Computed Body Tomography
2002 Cum Laude Scientific Presentation Award, Society of Computed Body Tomography
2001 Moncada In-Training Scientific Presentation Award, Society of Computed Body Tomography
2000 Cum Laude Scientific Presentation Award, Society of Computed Body Tomography
1996 Cum Laude Scientific Presentation Award, Society of Computed Body Tomography
1993 Stan Wyman Distinguished Resident Award, Massachusetts General Hospital
1992 Distinguished Female Resident Award, American Association of Women Radiologists
1987 Honorable Mention Research, Samuel A. Hamburger Award, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
1985 A. Baird Hastings Honor Society, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
1984 Outstanding Young Women of America, University of California, San Diego
1982 Magna Cum Laude, University of California, Irvine
1981 Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Irvine