National Women's History Month National Women's History Month KiAnne Hardee, MD: Longview physician blazes radiology trail

By JOYCELYNE FADOJUTIMI, IP MAGAZINE www.infinitieplusmag.com

Dr. KiAnne Hardee is managing partner for the Longview firm Medical Imaging Consultants, but her specialty and passion is breast health. In 2005, she graduated from the LSU Medical School, and moved on to UT Southwestern Medical Center to complete her diagnostic radiology residency in 2010 and breast imaging fellowship in 2011. Besides being managing partner for Medical Imaging Consultants she is director of breast imaging and lead interpreting physician at the facility's Longview and Marshall locations.

After starting down her chosen career path she never looked back.

"I knew from a very young age that I wanted to be a physician," she says. "When I started medical school, I had no idea of what kind of physician I wanted to be. I found that I enjoyed anatomy and physiology, which led to an interest in radiology."

Breast imaging struck her as the surest path to make a positive impact on women’s' health. She also strives to make a difference outside the clinic by raising awareness on the vital nature of exams/mammograms.

When she arrived in

Longview she had to start from scratch.

"There were no women radiologists, and I'm still the only one," she says. "I think being a female in this field, especially with a specialty in breast imaging, is positive." She concentrates on helping her patients learn everything possible about breast health and the procedures that insure it. She feels that being a woman makes it easier to empathize with them on female health issues. There are surprisingly few women practicing this area of medicine.

"Radiology is still a male-dominated field, so every time a female graduates from medical school and becomes a radiologist it's a success, advancing women in this field," she says.

Like most physicians, radiologists have very busy workdays. Her mornings are generally used for diagnostic mammograms, sonograms, and biopsies. Furthermore, she does diagnostic mammograms of patients who have or have a history of breast lumps, pain, or breast cancer. Moreover, the screening of mammograms, screening of whole breast ultrasounds, and breast MRIs are performed throughout the day.

National Women's History Month time a female graduates from medical school and becomes a radiologist it's a success, advancing women in this field.”

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