Dr. Ward earned his MD at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. He performed his diagnostic radiology residency and fellowship at Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University where he was also Chief Resident.
Dr. Ward is an Associate Professor of Radiology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and also serves as the Program Director for the Breast Imaging Fellowship. He is also Associate Chief of Radiology at Women & Infants Hospital. He is past President of the Rhode Island Radiological Society.
Dr. Ward specializes in women’s imaging and is internationally recognized in breast cancer cryoablation.
| Fermanian, Josephine, Ward, Robert C., Holmes, Dennis R., Fisher, Ariel C., Harvey, Jennifer, Marples, Brian, Littrup, Peter J. "Cryoablation and Intratumoral Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer: A Future Path to Cost-Effective De-Escalation for Larger Tumors, Lymph Nodes and Metastatic Disease." Cancers, vol. 17, no. 12, 2025, pp. 1915. |
| Giyanani, Sonia J., Bonanno, Marianne E., Tang, Derek, Ward, Robert C. "Imaging in Interventional Radiology: Breast Cryoablation." Seminars in Interventional Radiology, 2025. |
| Hsu WC, Wang Y, Wu YF, Chen R, Afyouni S, Liu J, Vin S, Shi V, Imami M, Chotiyanonta JS, Zandieh G, Cai Y, Leal JP, Oishi K, Zaheer A, Ward RC, Zhang PJL, Wu J, Jiao Z, Kamel IR, Lin G, Bai HX. "MRI-based Ovarian Lesion Classification via a Foundation Segmentation Model and Multimodal Analysis: A Multicenter Study." Radiology, vol. 316, no. 2, 2025, pp. e243412. |
| Duran, Celina, Ward, Robert C., Dibble, Elizabeth H. "18F-FES PET/CT for Post-Cryoablation Evaluation of Breast Cancer." Clinical Breast Cancer, 2024. |
| Challapalli JV, Yoon JH, Ward RC. "Breast Cryoablation, From the AJR "How We Do It" Special Series." American Journal of Roentgenology, 2024. |
| Oueidat, Karim, Baird, Grayson L., Barclay-White, Belinda, Kozlowski, Kamilia, Plaza, Michael J., Aoun, Hussein, Tomkovich, Kenneth, Littrup, Peter J., Pigg, Nicholas, Ward, Robert C. "Cryoablation of Primary Breast Cancer in Patients Ineligible for Clinical Trials: A Multiinstitutional Study." American Journal of Roentgenology, 2024. |
| Oueidat K, Ward RC. "Reply to: "Optimizing Cryoablation for Breast Cancer: Proposals for Extended Follow-Up and Methodological Enhancements"." American Journal of Roentgenology, 2024. |
| Deipolyi AR, Ward RC. "Role of Interventional Radiology in Managing Primary and Metastatic Breast Cancer." Seminars in Interventional Radiology, vol. 41, no. 02, 2024, pp. 129-134. |
| Nam, Gahie, Donegan, Linda, Gorbounov, Mikhail, Hacking, Sean, Wiggins, Doreen, Ward, Robert, Yakirevich, Evgeny, Wang, Yihong. "Growing fibroadenoma": Are there clinical and pathological features predicting a phyllodes tumor on surgical excision?." Annals of Diagnostic Pathology, vol. 62, 2023, pp. 152069. |
| Vyas, Kena P., Cannavo, Matthew D., Ward, Robert C. "Breast Cryoablation: Techniques, Indications, and Challenges." Current Radiology Reports, vol. 11, no. 4, 2023, pp. 60-68. |
| Bernstein MH, Atalay MK, Dibble EH, Maxwell AWP, Karam AR, Agarwal S, Ward RC, Healey TT, Baird GL. "Can incorrect artificial intelligence (AI) results impact radiologists, and if so, what can we do about it? A multi-reader pilot study of lung cancer detection with chest radiography." European radiology, vol. 33, no. 11, 2023, pp. 1-7. |
| Pigg N, Ward RC. "Cryoablation for the Treatment of Breast Cancer: A Review of the Current Landscape and Future Possibilities." Academic Radiology, 2023. |
| Thai, Janice N, Sevrukov, Alexander B, Ward, Robert C, Monticciolo, Debra L. "Cryoablation Therapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Evidence and Rationale." Journal of Breast Imaging, 2023. |
| Hsieh, Celina, Ward, Robert C. "Cryotherapy, Radiofrequency, and Microwave Ablation for Breast Tumors." Interventional Oncology, 2023, pp. 1-15. |
| Deipolyi AR, Ward RC, Riaz A, Vogl TJ, Simmons RM, Pieper CC, Bryce Y. "Locoregional Therapies for Primary and Metastatic Breast Cancer: AJR Expert Panel Narrative Review." American Journal of Roentgenology, 2023. |
| Daye D, Panagides J, Norton L, Ahmed M, Fukuma E, Ward RC, Gomez D, Kokabi N, Vogl T, Abi-Jaoudeh N, Deipolyi A. "New Frontiers in the Role of Locoregional Therapies in Breast Cancer: Proceedings from the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Research Consensus Panel." Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2023. |
| Olagunju A, Forsman T, Ward RC. "An update on the use of cryoablation and immunotherapy for breast cancer." Frontiers in immunology, vol. 13, 2022, pp. 1026475. |
| Pigg, Nicholas, Gordillo, Claudia, Wang, Yihong, Ward, Robert C. "Breast cancer cryoablation with radiologic–pathologic correlation." The British Journal of Radiology, vol. 95, no. 1140, 2022, pp. 20220480. |
| Regen-Tuero, Helaina C., Ward, Robert C., Sikov, William M., Littrup, Peter J. "Cryoablation and Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer: Overview and Rationale for Combined Therapy." Radiology: Imaging Cancer, vol. 3, no. 2, 2021, pp. e200134. |
| Hefferman, Gerald M., Baird, Grayson L., Swenson, David W., Ward, Robert C., Jayaraman, Mahesh V., Cutting, Shawna, Jindal, Gaurav. "Effects of multiphase versus single-phase CT angiography for the detection of distal cerebral vessel occlusion." Emergency Radiology, vol. 28, no. 5, 2021, pp. 891-898. |
| Roknsharifi S, Wattamwar K, Fishman MDC, Ward RC, Ford K, Faintuch S, Joshi S, Dialani V. "Image-guided Microinvasive Percutaneous Treatment of Breast Lesions: Where Do We Stand?." RadioGraphics, vol. 41, no. 4, 2021, pp. 945-966. |
| Comstock CE, Gatsonis C, Newstead GM, Snyder BS, Gareen IF, Bergin JT, Rahbar H, Sung JS, Jacobs C, Harvey JA, Nicholson MH, Ward RC, Holt J, Prather A, Miller KD, Schnall MD, Kuhl CK. "Comparison of Abbreviated Breast MRI vs Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Breast Cancer Detection Among Women With Dense Breasts Undergoing Screening." JAMA, vol. 323, no. 8, 2020, pp. 746-756. |
| Ward, Robert C, Lourenco, Ana P, Mainiero, Martha B. "Implementing Breast Cryoablation in Practice." Journal of Breast Imaging, vol. 2, no. 1, 2020, pp. 61-66. |
| Ward RC, Wang Y, Lourenco AP, Mainiero MB. "Symptomatic Fibroadenoma Resolves Status Post Cryoablation." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 102, no. 8, 2019, pp. 49-52. |
| Ward, Robert C., Lourenco, Ana P., Mainiero, Martha B. "Ultrasound-Guided Breast Cancer Cryoablation." American Journal of Roentgenology, vol. 213, no. 3, 2019, pp. 716-722. |
| Dibble EH, Lourenco AP, Baird GL, Ward RC, Maynard AS, Mainiero MB. "Comparison of digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis in the detection of architectural distortion." European Radiology, vol. 28, no. 1, 2017, pp. 3-10. |
| Ward, Robert C., Donegan, Linda, Wang, Yihong, Chadashvili, Tamuna, Lourenco, Ana P. "Glomangioma of the male breast." The Breast Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2017, pp. 87-89. |
| Hidlay D, Ward R. "Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 99, no. 8, 2016, pp. 39. |
| Ward RC, Birnbaum AE, Aswad BI, Healey TT. "Solitary pulmonary nodule: pleuropulmonary synovial sarcoma." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 97, no. 5, 2014, pp. 40-3. |
| Ward RC, Mainiero MB. "Graduate medical education in the era of health care reform." Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR, vol. 10, no. 9, 2013, pp. 708-12. |
| Ward RC, Healey TT, Dupuy DE. "Microwave ablation devices for interventional oncology." Expert review of medical devices, vol. 10, no. 2, 2013, pp. 225-38. |
| Ward RC, Kaufman HL. "Targeting costimulatory pathways for tumor immunotherapy." International reviews of immunology, vol. 26, no. 3-4, 2007, pp. 161-96. |
Calfee JE, Ward RC. Cancer immunotherapy: Development at the intersection of science, economics, and regulation. Paper presented at the American Enterprise Institute / University of Chicago Law School Conference, Oncology Drug Development: Rethinking FDA Oversight. Washington, DC. March 13-14, 2008. Available at htthttps://www.aei.org/events/oncology-drug-development-rethinking-fda-oversight/print/.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | MD | George Washington University |
| 2006 | MA | Columbia University |
| 2005 | BS | George Washington University |
Phi Beta Kappa, 2005, George Washington University, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Alpha Omega Alpha, 2010, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) Best Article of 2013 - Education: Graduate Medical Education in the Era of Health Care Reform
Resident Excellence in Teaching Award, 2013, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Diagnostic Imaging
Chilef Resident, 2014, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Diagnostic Imaging
Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award - Brown / Rhode Island Hospital, 2015, Radiological Society of North America Research & Education Foundation
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2018 Magna Cum Laude award for the educational exhibit "Freezing instead of excising: cryoablation for breast cancer - how it's done."
Association of University Radiologists (AUR) 2023 Stanley Baum Outstanding Poster and Exhibit Award for the educational exhibit, "Cryoablation for the treatment of breast cancer: patient selection, procedural technique, imaging follow-up and post treatment rad-path findings."
Journal of Breast Imaging (JBI) 2024 Scientific Review Award, “Cryoablation Therapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Evidence and Rationale.”
Rhode Island Medical Imaging, Warwick, RI
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI
Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI
Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI
Fatima Hospital, North Providence, RI
Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, MA
Kent Hospital, Warwick, RI
Newport Hospital, Newport, RI
South County Hospital, South Kingstown, RI
Landmark Medical Center, Woonsocket, RI
