Dr. Dean earned her MD degree at Loma Linda University in 1979, and was elected to Alpha-Omega-Alpha honors medical society. She completed a one year internship and three years of residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Loma Linda University, where she served as Chief Resident of Radiology. She then did an advanced fellowship in ultrasound and body imaging at Stanford University, and subsequently spent a year as a faculty radiologist at Stanford.
A board certified Diagnostic Radiologist since 1984, Dr. Dean has specialized in women’s imaging and breast diagnosis since 1989. In addition to interpreting thousands of mammograms every year, Dr. Dean is actively involved in breast related endeavors on the local, state, and national level.
Dr. Dean was the first in the Tri-County region to utilize CAD (Computer-Aided Detection), cryoablation, and the first to offer Automated Whole Breast Ultrasound Screening (ABUS). She has been recruited to test numerous new imaging devices, and is currently part of an FDA trial for a new device for Whole Breast Ultrasound Screening
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