RSNA 2024 Honorary Members: Maria Helena Siqueira Mendonça, MD, PhD
Mendonça
An enthusiastic educator and dedicated clinician, Maria Helena Siqueira Mendonça, MD, PhD, is a diagnostic radiologist specialized in breast imaging at Instituto Santa Rosa, Guaratingueta, São Paulo, Brazil.
“Dr. Mendonça is an exemplary clinician, scientist, educator, and pathbreaking leader,” said RSNA President, Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD. “She is dedicated to the highest quality care for breast cancer patients around the world.”
After overcoming multiple challenges to complete her medical training, Dr. Mendonça has dedicated her career to conducting high quality imaging exams, advocating for patients and teaching the next generation of radiologists. She worked in the breast imaging departments of hospitals and universities throughout São Paulo, including 25 years as director of the breast MRI section at Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, and 10 years as scientific coordinator of the breast MRI section at Diagnósticos da America S.A.
A steadfast advocate for breast cancer patients, Dr. Mendonça delivers invited public lectures throughout the region during Pink October, raising awareness about breast cancer prevention and treatment.
Dr. Mendonça has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters. She lends her expertise as a reviewer for journals including Academic Radiology, Frontiers, RadioGraphics and Revista da Imagem. She is deputy editor-in-chief of The Journal of Global Radiology and an editorial board member of Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.
Recognized for her expertise in research, Dr. Mendonça earned the best scientific poster award in the breast category from the Jornada Paulista de Radiologia for several years. Her work has been lauded multiple times with the RadioGraphics Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Special Distinction.
A longtime RSNA member, Dr. Mendonça served on the RSNA International Advisory Committee and as chair of the RSNA Regional Committee for Latin America. In 2022 she was honored as the Patronesse of the 52nd Jornada Paulista de Radiologia (JPR) by the Sociedade Paulista de Radiologia (SPR), where she has been a member since residency. She served as vice president of the Breast Imaging Section of SPR in 2005, and as a member of the JPR Scientific Committee from 1996-2024.
After earning her medical degree at Faculdade de Medicina de Taubate, she completed a radiology residency at Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo and a fellowship in computed tomography at Med Imagem, Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa. She later completed master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of São Paulo. From 1995-1996 she was a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where she researched breast MRI and published an article in Radiology that later became the basis of her doctoral thesis.
“Dr. Mendonça is an exemplary clinician, scientist, educator, and pathbreaking leader,” said RSNA President, Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD. “She is dedicated to the highest quality care for breast cancer patients around the world.”
After overcoming multiple challenges to complete her medical training, Dr. Mendonça has dedicated her career to conducting high quality imaging exams, advocating for patients and teaching the next generation of radiologists. She worked in the breast imaging departments of hospitals and universities throughout São Paulo, including 25 years as director of the breast MRI section at Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, and 10 years as scientific coordinator of the breast MRI section at Diagnósticos da America S.A.
A steadfast advocate for breast cancer patients, Dr. Mendonça delivers invited public lectures throughout the region during Pink October, raising awareness about breast cancer prevention and treatment.
Dr. Mendonça has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters. She lends her expertise as a reviewer for journals including Academic Radiology, Frontiers, RadioGraphics and Revista da Imagem. She is deputy editor-in-chief of The Journal of Global Radiology and an editorial board member of Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.
Recognized for her expertise in research, Dr. Mendonça earned the best scientific poster award in the breast category from the Jornada Paulista de Radiologia for several years. Her work has been lauded multiple times with the RadioGraphics Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Special Distinction.
A longtime RSNA member, Dr. Mendonça served on the RSNA International Advisory Committee and as chair of the RSNA Regional Committee for Latin America. In 2022 she was honored as the Patronesse of the 52nd Jornada Paulista de Radiologia (JPR) by the Sociedade Paulista de Radiologia (SPR), where she has been a member since residency. She served as vice president of the Breast Imaging Section of SPR in 2005, and as a member of the JPR Scientific Committee from 1996-2024.
After earning her medical degree at Faculdade de Medicina de Taubate, she completed a radiology residency at Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo and a fellowship in computed tomography at Med Imagem, Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa. She later completed master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of São Paulo. From 1995-1996 she was a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where she researched breast MRI and published an article in Radiology that later became the basis of her doctoral thesis.