History

Dr. Jean-Martin Baillargeon graduated from Laval University in Quebec City with a degree in diagnostic radiology from the Université de Sherbrooke. He has specialized in neuromuscular and musculoskeletal magnetic resonance imaging, women's imaging and pediatrics in the United States, at Purdue-Indiana University and at Harvard University in Boston. Subsequently, he completed his specialized training in gynecology and obstetrics imaging in London.

Radiologist at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Dr. Baillargeon works in the fields of gyneco-obstetric imaging and magnetic resonance imaging (neurological and musculoskeletal).

Dr. Jean-Sébastien Billiard completed his medical studies at the University of Lyon in France in 1988, and his specialty studies in diagnostic radiology also at the University of Lyon in 1993. After completing a fellowship in Abdominal and bone imaging in the radiology department of Fleurimont Hospital at the Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec, he worked at the Bellevue University Hospital (University of St-Etienne, France).

He returned to Quebec as a radiologist and professor at the Université de Sherbrooke in 1999. He joined the CHUM Saint-Luc Hospital radiology team in 2004 and Varad Radiology in 2005.

Dr. Billiard is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Radiology at the Université de Montréal and is particularly involved in the teaching of his specialty. He continues to have a diverse radiological practice, with points of interest in abdominopelvic imaging and oncology intervention.

Dr. Nathalie J Bureau is Professor in the Department of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Montreal, Research Fellow Clinician of the Quebec Research Fund in Health and musculoskeletal radiologist at the Hospital Center of the University of Montreal (CHUM).

Dr. Bureau obtained her Doctorate in Medicine (1987) and her certificate as a specialist in diagnostic radiology (1993) from the Université de Montréal. She completed a year of Clinical Fellowship in Diagnostic and Interventional Musculoskeletal Imaging at the University of Virginia (1993-1994) and, most recently, she graduated from the University of Montreal with a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences (2012-2014).

In 2004, Dr. Bureau received the Bernadette Nogrady Award from the Radiological Society of Quebec to the radiologist with less than 11 years of career having the most illustrated on the academic scene and/or research. In 2012, she received the Excellence and Training Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in the Evaluation and Treatment of Mobility and Postural Disorders (MENTOR Program 2012-2013).

Dr. Bureau was Head of the Musculoskeletal Imaging Section and a member of the CHUM Radiology Department Executive Committee from 2005 to 2013. On the local, national and international scenes, Dr. Bureau has been a guest speaker more than 140 times . Since the beginning of her career, she has published more than 80 scientific articles and book chapters. Dr. Bureau divides her time between her clinical, teaching and research activities.

Dr. Jessica Murphy-Lavallee is a graduate of McGill University in Medicine (1998) and a graduate of Université de Montréal in Diagnostic Radiology (2004). After completing a fellowship in Abdominal Imaging at the University of Toronto, she joined the team of radiologists at Varad Radiology Clinic and works at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montreal.

She is presently an Assistant Clinical Professor for the Department of Radiology at Université de Montréal. She specializes in abdominal imaging and subspeciality is contrast ultrasonography. Her scientific research projects are centered on the development of contrast ultrasonography and the teaching of this method in both Quebec and in Canada.

A medical graduate from the Université de Sherbrooke in 1990, Dr. Perreault completed his specialization in diagnostic radiology in 1995. He continued his training in abdominal and interventional radiology in the hospital network at the Université de Montréal and completed a fellowship of a year in the radiology department of Professors Joffre and Rousseau at Rangueil Hospital in Toulouse, France, where he acquired expertise in vascular and interventional radiology.

An active member and associate clinical professor in the Department of Radiology at the Université de Montréal, Dr. Perreault has been a radiologist partner of Radiologie Varad since 1997. His main areas of interest are hepatobiliary pathologies, portal hypertension, the treatment of uterine fibroids and peripheral vascular disease.

Dr. Perreault is a member of the Society of Interventional Radiology and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe.

Dr. An Tang completed his medical studies at the Université de Sherbrooke in 2000 and his specialty in diagnostic radiology at the Université de Montréal in 2005. After completing a postdoctoral training in abdominal imaging at the University of Toronto in 2006, he joined the CHUM and Radiologie Varad team.

Supported by prestigious Fulbright Scholarships and Canadian Institutes of Health Research, he pursued postgraduate training in liver magnetic resonance imaging research at the University of California, San Diego in 2012.

Dr. Tang is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology at the Université de Montréal. His specialty includes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound of the abdominal and pelvic organs.

Dre Suzanne Fontaine est diplômée de l'Université de Montréal en médecine et en radiologie diagnostique. Elle a complété une surspécialité en neuroradiologie à l'Hôpital et Institut neurologique de Montréal et par des stages de perfectionnement aux États-Unis et en Europe.

Elle a été professeure agrégée de clinique au Département de radiologie de l'Université de Montréal et au département de neuroradiologie, neurologie et neurochirurgie de l’Université McGill. Elle a acquis une expertise particulière en IRM de la moelle épinière et du cerveau. Elle a été une pionnière en échographie par mode Doppler trans-crânien. La Dre Fontaine porte un intérêt particulier aux maladies vasculaires et métaboliques du système nerveux central, ainsi qu'aux maladies de la colonne vertébrale.

Très active sur le plan scientifique, elle a publié plus de 40 articles scientifiques et a présenté de nombreuses conférences au niveau local, national et international. Elle a été aussi très impliquée dans l’enseignement aux étudiants de médecine et aux résidents, et s’occupe encore activement de formation médicale continue auprès des médecins de famille.

Elle a toujours gardé son expertise en radiologie générale et participe aux activités cliniques et administratives de Radiologie Varad dont elle est la directrice médicale depuis plusieurs années.

Dre Melissa Yip a complété ses études médicales à l'Université de Montréal en 1998 puis sa spécialité en radiologie diagnostique à l'Université de Sherbrooke en 2003, suivi d'un stage de recherche en imagerie du sein à l'Hôpital Sunnybrooke de Toronto. Elle pratique la radiologie générale, comprenant l'imagerie du sein.

Dre Tantawi is a medical graduate at the U. of Sherbrooke with a specialization in diagnostic radiology from U. of Montreal. She completed breast imaging research for the past five years. She pursued courses in communications and is pursuing a master’s degree in biomedical sciences.

Dr. Diouf is a medical graduate from McGill University. He then continued his studies at the U. of Montreal, where he specialized in diagnostic radiology. He had also recently completed a fellowship in diagnostic radiology neuroradiology at the U. of Toronto. Dr. Diouf is also planning on completing additional training in interventional neuroradiology. He is currently pursuing a master’s course at the U. of Montreal in Experimental Medicine, with a focus on Aneurysmal Progression in imaging monitoring.

Dr. Irislimane is a medical graduate from the U. of Montreal. She then continued to study at the U. of Sherbrooke with a specialization in diagnostic radiology which she completed in 2016. Dr. Irislimane has a very diversified experience in both clinics and hospitals. She currently specializes in multiple areas of general radiology, and conducts non-vascular interventions such as musculoskeletal biopsies and infiltrations.

Mrs Hamel joined out team in December 2019. She holds a Master’s degree in administration from HEC and possess 17 years of experience in team management. Over the years, she has developed an expertise in business process optimization, reorganization and team building, and in financial reporting.

Mrs Hamel will be able to consolidate out team already in place and will do everything in her power to continue to offer you the best possible service in the most pleasant way possible.