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Luz Venta, MD

  • Houston Methodist breast imaging medical director
  • Professor of Clinical Radiology, Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine
  • Professor of Clinical Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Houston Methodist breast imaging residency program director
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Luz Venta, MD

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Areas of Expertise

  • Breast biopsy
  • Breast cancer
  • Breast imaging
  • MRI

Credentials

RESIDENCY
Chicago Medical School
MEDICAL SCHOOL
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine-Chicago, IL | 1983
BOARD CERTIFICATION
Radiology - Diagnostic

Publications

A phase 1/2 clinical trial of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-NMMA and taxane for treating chemoresistant triple-negative breast cancer
Chung, AW, Anand, K, Anselme, AC, Chan, AA, Gupta, N, Venta, LA, Schwartz, MR, Qian, W, Xu, Y, Zhang, L, Kuhn, J, Patel, T, Rodriguez, AA, Belcheva, A, Darcourt, J, Ensor, J, Bernicker, E, Pan, PY, Chen, SH, Lee, DJ, Niravath, PA & Chang, JC 2021, , Science translational medicine, vol. 13, no. 624, abj5070. https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.abj5070

Osseous metaplasia in hemangiomas of the breast: Case reports and literature review
Duhon, DJ, Anton, CR, Ro, JY, Venta, LA, Anton, RC & Schwartz, MR 2021, , Journal of Breast Cancer, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 229-234. https://doi.org/10.4048/jbc.2021.24.e7

Flat epithelial atypia in directional vacuum-assisted biopsy of breast microcalcifications: surgical excision may not be necessary
McCroskey, Z, Sneige, N, Herman, CR, Miller, RA, Venta, LA, Ro, JY, Schwartz, MR & Ayala, AG 2018, , Modern Pathology, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 1097-1106. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41379-018-0035-5

Performance of Computer-Aided Diagnosis in the Interpretation of Lesions on Breast Sonography
Horsch, K, Giger, ML, Vyborny, CJ & Venta, LA 2004, , Academic Radiology, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 272-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1076-6332(03)00719-0

Cost minimization study of image-guided core biopsy versus surgical excisional biopsy for women with abnormal mammograms
Golub, RM, Bennett, CL, Stinson, T, Venta, L & Morrow, M 2004, , Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 2430-2437. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2004.06.154

Mammographic density categories [4] (multiple letters)
Hall, FM, Venta, LA & Hendrick, RE 2002, , American Journal of Roentgenology, vol. 178, no. 1, pp. 242-243. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.178.1.1780242a

Patient satisfaction with the communication of mammographic results before and after the Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act of 1998
Priyanath, A, Feinglass, J, Dolan, NC, Haviley, C & Venta, LA 2002, , American Journal of Roentgenology, vol. 178, no. 2, pp. 451-456. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.178.2.1780451

Computerized diagnosis of breast lesions on ultrasound
Horsch, K, Giger, ML, Venta, LA & Vyborny, CJ 2002, , Medical Physics, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 157-164. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.1429239

Measuring satisfaction with mammography results reporting
Dolan, NC, Feinglass, J, Priyanath, A, Haviley, C, Sorensen, AV & Venta, LA 2001, , Journal of General Internal Medicine, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 157-162. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1497.2001.00509.x

Rates and causes of disagreement in interpretation of full-field digital mammography and film-screen mammography in a diagnostic setting
Venta, LA, Hendrick, RE, Adler, YT, DeLeon, P, Mengoni, PM, Scharl, AM, Comstock, CE, Hansen, L, Kay, N, Coveler, A & Cutter, G 2001, , American Journal of Roentgenology, vol. 176, no. 5, pp. 1241-1248. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.176.5.1761241

Providing professional mammography services: Financial analysis
Enzmann, DR, Anglada, PM, Haviley, C & Venta, LA 2001, , Radiology, vol. 219, no. 2, pp. 467-473. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.219.2.r01ma18467

Automatic segmentation of breast lesions on ultrasound
Horsch, K, Giger, ML, Venta, LA & Vyborny, CJ 2001, , Medical Physics, vol. 28, no. 8, pp. 1652-1659. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.1386426


Computer-aided diagnosis of lesions on multi-modality images of the breast
Giger, ML, Huo, Z, Horsch, K, Hendrick, ER, Venta, LA, Vyborny, CJ, Bonta, IR & Lan, L 2001, , Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 4322, no. 2, pp. 656-660. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.431141

Sonographically guided metallic clip placement after core needle biopsy of the breast
Phillips, SW, Gabriel, H, Comstock, CE & Venta, LA 2000, , American Journal of Roentgenology, vol. 175, no. 5, pp. 1353-1355. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.175.5.1751353

Focal fibrosis of the breast in diabetes [3] (multiple letters)
Hall, FM, Venta, LA, Gabriel, H, Adler, YT & Wiley, EL 2000, , American Journal of Roentgenology, vol. 174, no. 3, pp. 870-871. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.174.3.1740870

Are malignant cells displaced by large-gauge needle core biopsy of the breast?
Diaz, LK, Wiley, EL & Venta, LA 1999, , American Journal of Roentgenology, vol. 173, no. 5, pp. 1303-1313. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.173.5.10541110

Impact of same-day screening mammography availability: Results of a controlled clinical trial
Dolan, NC, McDermott, MMG, Morrow, M, Venta, L & Martin, GJ 1999, , Archives of Internal Medicine, vol. 159, no. 4, pp. 393-398. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.159.4.393

Sonographic evaluation of infiltrating lobular carcinoma
Butler, RS, Venta, LA, Wiley, EL, Ellis, RL, Dempsey, PJ & Rubin, E 1999, , American Journal of Roentgenology, vol. 172, no. 2, pp. 325-330. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.172.2.9930776

Management of complex breast cysts
Venta, LA, Kim, JP, Pelloski, CE & Morrow, M 1999, , American Journal of Roentgenology, vol. 173, no. 5, pp. 1331-1336. https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.173.5.10541113

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish