DanaHamptonSmethermanMDMPH, MBA, FACR, FSBI

Radiology • Jefferson, LA

Breast Imaging

Chair, Department of Radiology; Associate Medical Director, Medical Specialties

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Office
1514 Jefferson Hwy
Jefferson, LA 70121
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Summary

Dr. Dana Smetherman is a radiologist in Jefferson, LA and is affiliated with Ochsner Medical Center. She received her medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine and has been in practice 27 years. She specializes in breast imaging and is experienced in mammography, breast disorders, breast pathology, breast ductal carcinoma, and needle biopsy.

Education & Training

Ochsner Clinic FoundationResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 1992 - 1996
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 1991 - 1992
Ochsner Clinic FoundationInternship, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1991
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical MedicineM.P.H., 1986 - 1990
Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 1990
Harvard UniversityA.B., Biology, 1982 - 1986

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2006 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2006 - 2026
TX State Medical License 2006 - 2025
NC State Medical License 2006 - 2025
MS State Medical License 2021 - 2024
AL State Medical License 2006 - 2024
LA State Medical License 1990 - 2024
American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow American College of Radiology, 2010
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Short-Term Strategies for Augmenting the National Radiologist Workforce.
James V Rawson, Eric Rubin, Dana Smetherman> ;AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2024 Apr 3
9 citations
The Economic Impact of AI on Breast Imaging.
Smetherman, D., Golding, L., Moy, L., Rubin, E.> ;Journal of Breast Imaging. 2022 Jun 7
National Virtual Visiting Professorship in Breast Imaging.
Katerina Dodelzon, Amy Patel, Dana Smetherman> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2022 Feb 1
5 citations
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Breast Cancer: A Collaboration Between the American College of Radiology Commissions on Women and Diversity and Breast Imaging.
Dana Smetherman, Kelly Biggs, Oluwadamilola M Fayanju, Scott Grosskreutz, Zahra Khan, Sharp Malak, Tanya Moseley, Demetria Smith-Graziani, Vicente Valero, Johnson Ligh...> ;Journal of Breast Imaging. 2021 Nov 16
72 citations
Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations Inclusive of All Women at Average Risk: Update from the ACR and Society of Breast Imaging
Debra L. Monticciolo, Sharp F. Malak, Sarah M. Friedewald, Peter R. Eby, Mary S. Newell, Linda Moy, Stamatia Destounis, Jessica W.T. Leung, R. Edward Hendrick, Dana Sm...> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2021 Sep 1
4 citations
Reporting and Perceptions of Breast Arterial Calcification on Mammography: A Survey of ACR Radiologists
Ann L. Brown, Rifat A. Wahab, Bin Zhang, Dana H. Smetherman, Mary C. Mahoney> ;Academic Radiology. 2021 Feb 17
3 citations
Breast Cancer Screening and the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Smetherman, D.> ;Journal of Breast Imaging. 2021 Jan 26
3 citations
Multicentric Breast Abscesses in a Patient Who Had COVID-19.
Mary Van Wert, Michael Ghio, Caroline Graham, Dana Smetherman, Ronda Sanders, Ralph Corsetti> ;Ochsner Journal. 2021 Jan 1
The State of Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines: A Question and Answer Summary.
Daniel B. Kopans, Kelly W. Biggs, Robert S. Pyatt, Dana Smetherman, Eric B. Friedberg> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2020 May 1
Common Current Procedural Terminology Codes in Breast Imaging.
Smetherman, D.> ;Journal of Breast Imaging. 2019 Dec 5
Understanding the Current Procedural Terminology Process.
Smetherman, D.> ;Journal of Breast Imaging. 2019 Jun 4
2 citations
Body Art Confounding a Case of Breast Cancer.
Lena Fathi Gowharji, Dana Smetherman, Brett Roberts> ;Ochsner Journal. 2017 Jan 1
Response to "Screening Mammography: Update and Review of Publications Since Our Report in the New England Journal of Medicine on the Magnitude of the Problem in the Un...
Dana H. Smetherman> ;Academic Radiology. 2016 Jan 1
1 citations
Clinical Images: Radial Scar of the Breast
Dana Smetherman, Lena Fathi Gowharji> ;Ochsner Journal. 2015 Jan 1
6 citations
Evaluation of a Hydrogen Peroxide‐Based System for High‐Level Disinfection of Vaginal Ultrasound Probes
Stephen Johnson, Matthew Proctor, Edward I. Bluth, Dana Smetherman, Katherine Baumgarten, Laurie Troxclair, Michele Bienvenu> ;Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2013 Oct 1
13 citations
Screening, imaging, and image-guided biopsy techniques for breast cancer.
Dana H Smetherman> ;The Surgical Clinics of North America. 2013 Apr 1
7 citations
Shades of gray: a history of the development of diagnostic ultrasound in a large multispecialty clinic.
Laurie Troxclair, Dana Smetherman, Edward I. Bluth> ;Ochsner Journal. 2011 Jan 1
4 citations
Rosai-Dorfman disease of the breast and parotid gland.
Mollie Dahlgren, Dana H Smetherman, Jianzhou Wang, Ralph L Corsetti> ;The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society. 2008 Jan 1
8 citations
Managing in a catastrophe: radiology during Hurricane Katrina.
Edward I. Bluth, Dennis Kay, Dana Smetherman, D. DeVun, John Eick, Charles Matthews, Michael A. Sullivan> ;AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2007 Mar 1
1 citations
Effect of Breast Core Needle Biopsy Technique on Detection of Lobular Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Dana Smetherman, Philip Dydynski, Paul Jackson> ;Ochsner Journal. 2007 Jan 1
46 citations
Early postoperative hepatic sonography as a predictor of vascular and biliary complications in adult orthotopic liver transplant patients
Lawrence N. Uzochukwu, Edward I. Bluth, Dana Smetherman, Laurie Troxclair, George E. Loss, Ari J. Cohen, James D. Eason> ;AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2005 Dec 1
42 citations
A mass on breast imaging predicts coexisting invasive carcinoma in patients with a core biopsy diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ
Tari A. King, Gist H. Farr, Gunnar J. Cederbom, Dana H. Smetherman, John S. Bolton, Alan J. Stolier, George M. Fuhrman> ;The American Surgeon. 2001 Sep 1
34 citations
Biopsy technique has no impact on local recurrence after breast-conserving therapy.
Tari A. King, David H. Hayes, Gunnar J. Cederbom, Judy L. Champaign, Dana H. Smetherman, Gist H. Farr, John S. Bolton, George M. Fuhrman> ;The Breast Journal. 2001 Jan 1
31 citations
A better understanding of the term radial scar
Tari A. King, John C Scharfenberg, Dana H. Smetherman, Emily A Farkas, John S. Bolton, George M. Fuhrman> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2000 Dec 1
40 citations
Power Doppler imaging: initial evaluation as a screening examination for carotid artery stenosis.
Edward I. Bluth, Jonathan H. Sunshine, James B. Lyons, Craig A. Beam, Laurie Troxclair, Lauren Althans-Kopecky, Philip E. Crewson, Michael A. Sullivan, Dana Smetherman...> ;Radiology. 2000 Jun 1
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Press Mentions

Dr. Beverly ColemanJune 2nd, 2021
Breast Cancer Centers Urge Early, Annual Scans, Countering U.S. GuidelinesApril 6th, 2021
Is Media Coverage of Mammography Biased Toward Optimism?April 5th, 2021
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