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berland

 

Lincoln L. Berland, M.D., FACR


Retired Professor Emeritus, Abdominal Imaging Section
lberland@uabmc.edu

Dr. Berland completed his undergraduate training at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, followed by medical school at the Washington University in St. Louis. After completing residency training in Diagnostic Radiology and Fellowship in Body Imaging at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee he joined the faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1983 in the body imaging section.

Dr. Berland has had several positions within the department, most recently serving as Vice-Chair for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. He is also currently the Chair of the Body Imaging Commission of the American College of Radiology. He is a past President of the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance and is also a Fellow of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound. Dr. Berland is the author or coauthor of 100 articles, sixteen chapters, and one book. His primary research interests are in dual-energy CT, liver CT, contrast-enhancement for CT and Doppler Ultrasound. Among his activities within the ACR, he has led the development of six white papers on how to manage incidental findings that are found on CT and MRI.

tessler

 

Franklin N. Tessler, M.D., CM, FAIUM, FSRU

Professor Emeritus, Abdominal Imaging Section
ftessler@uabmc.edu
205-975-7744 | Location: GSB G409

Dr. Tessler joined the UAB Department of Radiology as Chief of the Body Imaging section in August 2002 and took on the added responsibility for oversight of informatics in the department three years later. Subsequently, he was appointed as Executive Vice Chair and Vice Chair for Radiology Informatics, positions he held until July 2018, when he became the Senior Medical Officer for Health System Information Services. In this role, Dr. Tessler continues to lead multiple IT/informatics projects throughout UAB Medicine, including serving as the chair of the Clinical Communications Committee and Vice Chair of the Information Security Advisory Committee, appointed by the UAB President.

Dr. Tessler has authored or co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications and delivered numerous presentations in the United States and elsewhere. He is a recognized expert on ultrasound of thyroid nodules, having chaired the committee that developed the American College of Radiology's Thyroid Imaging, Reporting, and Data System in 2017, and leads an international effort to harmonize recommendations for management of thyroid nodules based on ultrasound. Dr. Tessler’s contributions to ultrasound were recognized by his election to Fellowship in the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) and the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound, as well as being given the AIUM’s Presidential Recognition award in 2009.

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