Dec 2019

• Dec272019
  NorthShore Physician Instrumental in New Diagnostic Mammography Insurance Law in Illinois

  Chicago Tribune

  A state law that goes into effect Jan. 1 will require insurers in many cases to fully cover the cost of second, or diagnostic, mammograms...

Oct 2019

• Oct032019
  New Law in 2020: Insurance Coverage for Diagnostic Mammograms

  Voice of Radiology

  Georgia Giakoumis Spear, MD, Chief, Breast Imaging at NorthShore...Following my recent appearance as a medical expert in the passage of Illinois' breast density notification legislation...

Dec 2018

• Dec282018
  Do You Have Dense Breast Tissue? New Illinois Law Will Require Doctors to Tell You After Mammograms

  Chicago Tribune

  “We felt that a woman has a right to know if she has this tissue type, and she has a right to know the...said Dr. Georgia Giakoumis Spear, who helped create the legislation...

Dec 2017

• Dec062017
  Cancer Survivor Pushing for State Law on Dense Breast Notifications

  WTTW 11-Chicago Tonight

  Despite the lack of a statewide law, some Illinois facilities are already notifying patients, including...NorthShore University HealthSystem...

Oct 2017

• Oct262017
  Breast Health: NorthShore’s Success with ABUS

  Fox News Chicago

  Dr. Georgia Spear from NorthShore…talks about maintaining healthy breasts and how new technologies can increase your wellbeing.  

• Oct092017
  New Study Using Novel Technology To Help Detect Cancer in Women with Dense Breast Tissue

  Daily NorthShore

  DailyNorthShore asked Georgia Giakoumis Spear, MD, a radiologist specializing in breast imaging at NorthShore…to talk about the study she’s leading on a relatively new technology that’s identifying…

May 2017

• May042017
  Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention: Options and Empowerment

  Make It Better

  A panel of eight NorthShore medical specialists provided a comprehensive overview of the latest medical options and prevention strategies available to women carrying predisposition genes for breast and ovarian cancer...

Mar 2017

• Mar222017
  A Supplemental Breast Screening Helps Find Previously Undetected Cancers

  MedGadget.com

  Dr. Georgia Giakoumis Spear at NorthShore says...Dense breast tissue limits our ability to detect breast cancer with mammography due to the masking effect...

Oct 2016

• Oct052016
  New Scan Can Help Detect Breast Cancer Missed on Mammograms

  WGN TV News

  Dr Georgia Giakoumis Spear, radiologist, discusses an innovative new screening method for breast cancer being offered at NorthShore...