Kimberly Ray, MD
Associate Professor
Radiology
School of Medicine

She finished a four-year Diagnostic Radiology residency from the University of California, Irvine in 2006, followed by a fellowship in Breast Imaging from UCSF in 2007.

From 2007-2013, Dr. Ray was the Medical Director of the Center for Breast Imaging and Diagnosis at the St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, California. She has expertise in screening and diagnostic mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis, breast ultrasound and MRI, and breast interventional procedures. Her research interests focuses on the use of advanced breast imaging techniques such as digital breast tomosynthesis and MRI to improve clinical outcomes.

Dr. Ray has helped in shaping the new integrated breast imaging services at SFGH-Avon and Mount Zion sites. Dr. Ray serves as the MQSA lead interpreting physician for the Avon Breast Center and is focusing her efforts on programmatic enhancements at Avon including building IT infrastructure, establishing a digital breast tomosynthesis program and growing the breast MRI clinical and research programs.

Expertise: Breast Imaging

Specialty: Breast imaging and intervention

Professional Interests: Mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis, breast ultrasound, breast magnetic resonance imaging, image guided percutaneous breast biopsy

Education and Training:

• Medical School: University of California, Irvine
• Internship: Loma Linda University Medical Center, California - Internal Medicine
• Residency: University of California, Irvine - Diagnostic Radiology
• Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco - Breast Imaging

• Deep Learning to Simulate Contrast-enhanced Breast MRI of Invasive Breast Cancer.
  Radiology 2023 Chung M, Calabrese E, Mongan J, Ray KM, Hayward JH, Kelil T, Sieberg R, Hylton N, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Deep Learning to Simulate Contrast-enhanced Breast MRI of Invasive Breast Cancer.
  Radiology 2022 Chung M, Calabrese E, Mongan J, Ray KM, Hayward JH, Kelil T, Sieberg R, Hylton N, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Surrogate Clinical End Points for Breast Cancer Screening Using Digital Breast Tomosynthesis.
  Radiology 2022 Lee AY, Ray KM
• Symmetric activation and modulation of the human calcium-sensing receptor.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2021 Park J, Zuo H, Frangaj A, Fu Z, Yen LY, Zhang Z, Mosyak L, Slavkovich VN, Liu J, Ray KM, Cao B, Vallese F, Geng Y, Chen S, Grassucci R, Dandey VP, Tan YZ, Eng E, Lee Y, Kloss B, Liu Z, Hendrickson WA,…
• The Value of Targeted Ultrasound for the Primary Evaluation of Breast Symptoms in Pregnant Women of All Ages.
  Journal of breast imaging 2021 Holtz JN, Woodard GA, Hayward JH, Ray KM, Kannan N, Greenwood HI, Joe BN, Lee AY
• 18F-FDG PET/CT Predicts Response to HER2-directed Neoadjuvant Therapy.
  Radiology. Imaging cancer 2021 Diwanji D, Ray K, Hylton N
• Impact of Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status on Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Access and Use.
  Radiology. Imaging cancer 2021 Wimmer K, Ray K
• Racial Disparities in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Screening.
  Radiology. Imaging cancer 2021 Fung M, Ray K
• Intermediary clip placement to assist accurate axillary lymph node localization.
  Clinical imaging 2020 Price ER, Vyas S, Lee AY, Wong JM, Joe BN, Ray KM
• Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: Technique and Common Artifacts.
  Journal of breast imaging 2020 Lai YC, Ray KM, Mainprize JG, Kelil T, Joe BN
• US as the Primary Imaging Modality in the Evaluation of Palpable Breast Masses in Breastfeeding Women, Including Those of Advanced Maternal Age.
  Radiology 2020 Chung M, Hayward JH, Woodard GA, Knobel A, Greenwood HI, Ray KM, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Primum non nocere: Utility and outcomes of pediatric breast ultrasound.
  Clinical imaging 2020 Wright AG, Hayward JH, Price ER, Ray KM, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Performance of screening MRI in high risk patients at initial versus subsequent screen.
  Clinical imaging 2020 Hayward JH, Ray KM, Price ER, Sickles EA, Conlon K, Lobach I, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Complete Breast MRI Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Prediction of Pathologic Complete Response.
  Journal of breast imaging 2019 Chen CA, Hayward JH, Woodard GA, Ray KM, Starr CJ, Hylton NM, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Initial experience of dedicated breast PET imaging of ER+ breast cancers using [F-18]fluoroestradiol.
  NPJ breast cancer 2019 Jones EF, Ray KM, Li W, Chien AJ, Mukhtar RA, Esserman LJ, Franc BL, Seo Y, Pampaloni MH, Joe BN, Hylton NM
• Characterization of Metastatic Sternal Lesions on Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Breast MRI in Women with Invasive Breast Cancer.
  Academic radiology 2018 Lee AY, Navarro R, Busby LP, Greenwood HI, Bucknor MD, Ray KM, Joe BN
• Microcalcifications Detected at Screening Mammography: Synthetic Mammography and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis versus Digital Mammography.
  Radiology 2018 Lai YC, Ray KM, Lee AY, Hayward JH, Freimanis RI, Lobach IV, Joe BN
• Paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome as a presentation of underlying breast malignancy.
  The breast journal 2018 Laguna B, Hayward JH, Lee AY, Joe BN, Ray KM
• Sonographic-MRI Correlation After Percutaneous Sampling of Targeted Breast Ultrasound Lesions: Initial Experiences With Limited-Sequence Unenhanced MRI for Postprocedural Clip Localization.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2018 Lee AY, Nguyen VT, Arasu VA, Greenwood HI, Ray KM, Joe BN, Price ER
• Tuberculosis mastitis presenting as bilateral breast masses.
  Clinical imaging 2018 Qiao Y, Hayward JH, Balassanian R, Ray KM, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Role of MR Imaging for the Locoregional Staging of Breast Cancer.
  Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America 2018 Ray KM, Hayward JH, Joe BN
• Effect of Background Parenchymal Enhancement on Breast MR Imaging Interpretive Performance in Community-based Practices.
  Radiology 2017 Ray KM, Kerlikowske K, Lobach IV, Hofmann MB, Greenwood HI, Arasu VA, Hylton NM, Joe BN
• Screening Mammography in Women 40-49 Years Old: Current Evidence.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2017 Ray KM, Joe BN, Freimanis RI, Sickles EA, Hendrick RE
• Qualitative Radiogenomics: Association between Oncotype DX Test Recurrence Score and BI-RADS Mammographic and Breast MR Imaging Features.
  Radiology 2017 Woodard GA, Ray KM, Joe BN, Price ER
• Value of diagnostic imaging for the symptomatic male breast: Can we avoid unnecessary biopsies?
  Clinical imaging 2017 Foo ET, Lee AY, Ray KM, Woodard GA, Freimanis RI, Joe BN
• Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation for Benign Results After MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2017 Maglione KD, Lee AY, Ray KM, Joe BN, Balassanian R
• Evidence to Support Screening Women in Their 40s.
  Radiologic clinics of North America 2017 Ray KM, Price ER, Joe BN
• Dedicated Breast Positron Emission Tomography for the Evaluation of Early Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer.
  Clinical breast cancer 2016 Jones EF, Ray KM, Li W, Seo Y, Franc BL, Chien AJ, Esserman LJ, Pampaloni MH, Joe BN, Hylton NM
• Improving Screening Mammography Outcomes Through Comparison With Multiple Prior Mammograms.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2016 Hayward JH, Ray KM, Wisner DJ, Kornak J, Lin W, Joe BN, Sickles EA
• Follow-up outcomes after benign concordant MRI-guided breast biopsy.
  Clinical imaging 2016 Hayward JH, Ray KM, Wisner DJ, Joe BN
• Suspicious Findings at Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Occult to Conventional Digital Mammography: Imaging Features and Pathology Findings.
  The breast journal 2015 Ray KM, Turner E, Sickles EA, Joe BN
• Internal mammary lymph nodes as incidental findings at screening breast MRI.
  Clinical imaging 2015 Ray KM, Munir R, Wisner DJ, Azziz A, Holland BC, Kornak J, Joe BN
• Breast density legislation: mandatory disclosure to patients, alternative screening, billing, reimbursement.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2015 Ray KM, Price ER, Joe BN
• Mild cognitive impairment: apparent diffusion coefficient in regional gray matter and white matter structures.
  Radiology 2006 Ray KM, Wang H, Chu Y, Chen YF, Bert A, Hasso AN, Su MY