Biography
Jennifer L. Saline, MD is a practicing radiologist who specializes in breast imaging. She also contributes to other radiology sections, including emergency radiology, ultrasound and body imaging. Upon completion of her fellowship training, Dr. Saline returned to the University of New Mexico Department of Radiology, where she has served as Chief of Breast Imaging/Mammography since then.
Dr. Saline grew up in Nevada. After graduating with her BS in Biochemistry with high distinction from the University of Nevada—Reno. She received the Herz Gold Medal award at the time of her graduation, which is awarded to the graduating undergraduate senior(s) with the highest GPA and she then went on to earn her MD degree from the University of Nevada School of Medicine in 2007. She is also a member of Alpha Omega Alpha since her induction in medical school. She has been board certified by the American Board of Radiology since 2012 and is participating in Maintenance of Certification.
In her primary area of breast imaging, she is dedicated to and passionate about providing the highest level of care to her patients, currently serving as the Lead Interpreting Physician for mammography at both the University of New Mexico at the Outpatient Surgery and Imaging and Services and for 5 years previously at Sandoval Regional Medical Center as well. Dr. Saline has been extensively involved in maintaining our facilities’ ACR accreditation and compliance with the Mammography Quality Standards Act to allow UNM and SRMC to continue to provide high-quality mammography services. She also developed our institution’s Enhancing Quality Using the Inspection Program (EQUIP), a new quality program required by the FDA.
She developed the program to begin a new Breast Imaging Fellowship at UNM. Since the breast imaging fellowship began in 2016, she served as fellowship director for the first two years and has been an integral part in the education of our fellows.
Personal Statement
My primary clinical service interest at UNM is to provide our patients with excellent quality breast imaging services and high quality care, including increasing access to new state of the art technology that increases cancer detection and decreases recall rate. As the section chief for mammography and lead interpreting physician, I am tasked with ensuring quality control processes regarding mammography equipment and imaging are performed and in compliance with FDA guidelines and that clinical image quality complies with the standards set by the American College of Radiology and the Mammography Quality Standards Act.
Areas of Specialty
Diagnostic Radiology
Breast Imaging
Emergency Radiology
Certifications
American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Achievements & Awards
January 2017 UNM Radiology Department Chairman’s MVP Award
Gender
Female
Languages
- English
Courses Taught
Yearly
May 2017 - Present
Radiology Resident Emergency Radiology Lecture Block. A month-long emergency radiology lecture block. I present 1 lecture per year.
June 2014, 2015, 2017
First Year Radiology Resident Introductory Block, Ultrasound
I give 1 lecture per year to the first year radiology residents at the start of their residency.
September 2014, December 2016
University of New Mexico Medical Student Anatomy Lecturer, Phase I, Pelvis and Perineum.
September 28, 2015
Breast Ultrasound Lecture to UNM Radiology Department Sonographers
A lecture given to our sonographers regarding the technique of breast imaging and relevant pathology to improve recognition of breast cancer during breast ultrasound examinations.
December 2013 - present
Breast Imaging teaching block. I organized the block for 8 years. I have given 1-3 lectures and at least 1 case conference yearly.
April 2013 -April 2019
Radiology Resident Ultrasound Lecture Block. A month-long ultrasound radiology lecture block. I present 1 lecture per year.
April 2013 -April 2019
Brant and Helms Rounds, Ultrasound
Research and Scholarship
My primary interest in research is to support the research mission of the UNM Cancer Center by assisting with the breast imaging aspects of clinical trials, including radiologist participation in interpreting breast imaging for and performing ultrasound and stereotactic guided biopsies required for these trials. Additionally, as Site Lead Radiologist for the Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial, our site will contribute to this large, multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial comparing digital mammography screening to tomosynthesis screening.
NM Cancer Center, Site Lead Radiologist for ECOG ACRIN 1151-TMIST Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial - April 2018 - present.
Terisse A. Brocato, Ursa Brown-Glaberman, Zhihui Wang, Reed G. Selwyn, Colin M. Wilson,
Edward F. Wyckoff, Lesley C. Lomo, Jennifer L. Saline, Anupama Hooda-Nehra,
Renata Pasqualini, Wadih Arap, C. Jeffrey Brinker and Vittorio Cristini. Predicting breast cancer response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy based on tumor vascular features in needle biopsies. JCI Insight 2019; 4(8): e126518.