Tara Catanzano, MD, FSABI, FAUR, FACR

Department of Radiology
Division of Abdominal Radiology

Institutional Leadership Roles

• Interim Chief Faculty Officer, Office of Faculty Affairs at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
• Vice Chair, Department of Radiology at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Academic Appointment

• Professor of Radiology at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate   

Education and Training

• Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
  Fellowship, Abdominal Imaging (2002-2003)
• Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
  • Residency, Diagnostic Radiology (1998-2002)
  • Internship, Internal Medicine (1997-1998)
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
  M.D. (1992-1997)
• Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
  B.A., Biology (1989-1992)

Scholarly Foci

• Resident education
• Faculty development
• Leadership development
• Abdominal imaging
• Pediatric imaging

Scholarly Activity

View a list of Dr. Catanzano's publications in the Scholarly Commons repository.

Professional Societies and Leadership Roles

• American College of Radiology
  • Commission on Publications and Lifelong Learning (2019-present)
  • RadExam Editorial Board (2018-present)
  • Panel on Appropriateness Criteria-Urologic Imaging 1 (2022-2026)
  • Subcommittee on CME and SAMs Compliance-Education (2021-2025)
  • AIRP Advisory Committee-COE (2021-2023)
  • Commission on Economics - Body Imaging (2019-2023)
• Society for Advanced Body Imaging
  • Education Committee
    • Chair (2018-present)
    • Member (2016-present)        
  • Case of the Quarter
    • Founder and Editor (2013-present)
  • Communications Committee
    • Member (2012-present)
• Association of Program Directors in Radiology    
  • Faculty Development Committee
    • Member (2018-present)     
  • Common Program Requirements Ad Hoc Committee
    • Chair (2017-present)
  • Ad Hoc Faculty Development Committee
    • Member (2014-present)
  • Member (2008-present)
• Alliance of Clinician Educators in Radiology
  • President (2024-2025)
  • Vice President (2023-2024)
  • Secretary (2022-2023)
  • Treasurer (2021-2022)
• Association of University Radiologists
  • AUR Mentorship Program
    • Director (2022)

Significant Honors and Awards (Limit 5)

• Fellow, American College of Radiology (2023)
• Fellow, Association of University Radiologists (2023)
• Alliance of Clinician Educators in Radiology Achievement Award, Association of University Radiologists (2022)
• Bruce Hillam Fellowship for Radiology Journalism, Journal of the American College of Radiology (2021-2022) 
• General Electric Leading, Empowering and Disrupting Program (SCARD GE LEAD) participant, Society of Academic Radiology Departments (2019)

Contact Information

Department of Radiology
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
413-794-3521
tara.catanzano@baystatehealth.org

(Updated May 2023)