With over 15 of experience in radiology, and as an internationally-recognized expert in the use of imaging for the detection and treatment of genitourinary diseases such as prostate cancer, Antonio Westphalen, MD considers the role radiologists play in overall patient care significant.
“It’s important for patients to realize that there is a group of people involved in their care, and in that group is radiologists,” says Dr. Westphalen. “We work in the background — our face is not necessarily seen by patients — but we are there for them. Usually, they interact with a urologist, or radiation oncologist, or clinical oncologist, however there is a larger group [involved in their care]. We are a part of that team and we act at different time points in the care of patients.”
In his role as a professor in of Abdominal Imaging and Urology, as well as director of the Prostate…
