William D. Boswell, MD

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Title:

  • Professor of Radiology & Urology
  • Associate Chairman

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Specialties:

  • Radiology

Sub-specialties:

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Background:

Dr. William D. Boswell, Jr., born and raised in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, graduated from Thomas Jefferson University Medical College.  He did his residency training in diagnostic radiology as well as his fellowship training in vascular radiology at LAC+USC Medical Center.  In addition to full time clinical responsibilities as a diagnostic radiologist, he is a lecturer, author, and researcher.


Dr. William Boswell, Jr., is also currently the director for the department of radiology at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital and oversees all of the radiology imaging services at the center.  His primary responsibilities are to diagnose the oncology patient and the use of image-guided therapies for oncology patients.


The Department of Radiology provides a whole spectrum of inpatient and outpatient radiology imaging services at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital.  The department has been totally upgraded with the installation of the first 64 slice CT scanner on the campus - Phillips Brilliance 64 Channel CT scanner – and the recent replacement of our interventional suite with a Siemens Axiom Angiography suite.  This unit is capable of acquiring CT type images during the course of interventional studies allowing for more directed and efficient procedures.  A new digital imaging multifunction suite complements the imaging area.  The Lee Breast Center has seen the transformation to a completely digital environment leading to a state-of-the-art breast imaging center.  The Department has stand alone image processing stations which allow for better evaluation of the oncology patient.  In addition, there is a campus-wide PACS network that permits viewing images anywhere and anytime on the campus no matter where the patient was examined.  USC Norris annually performs more than 13000 CT scans, 9000 mammograms, 3200 ultrasound scans, 1200 interventional procedures and 1100 nuclear medicine studies.

Education:

  • Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, Chemistry, 1964 -1968
  • Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, M.D.,1968 -1972

Internships:

  • LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, Medicine, 1972 - 1973

Residencies:

  • LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, Diagnostic Radiology, 1973 - 1976

Fellowships:

  • LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, Vascular Radiology, 1976 - 1977

Board Certification:

  • American Board of Radiology

Professional Society Memberships:

  • Los Angeles Radiological Society
  • California Radiology Society
  • Radiological Society of North America
  • American College of Radiology
  • Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
  • Association of University Radiologists
  • Society for Computer Applications in Radiology
  • American Radium Society
  • American College of Physician Executives
  • American Roentgen Ray Society
  • International Society for Oncologic Imaging

Awards:

  • Chief Resident, Radiology, 1975, 1976
  • Mordecai Halpern Award for Excellence in Radiology Teaching, 1978
  • Fellow, American College of Radiology, 1993

Languages:

  • English