Positions

Associate Professor

Radiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Director of Quality Assurance/Quality Control and Radiology Peer Review

Radiology
Baylor College of Medicine

Director of Medical Student and Health Professions Education

Radiology
Radiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
Director of Medical Student Elective in Diagnostic Radiology. MEDRAD 506

Addresses

Baylor College of Medicine (Office)

One Baylor Plaza
Room: BCM-165B
Houston, TX 77030
United States
lfrigini@bcm.edu

Education

MD from Universidade Federal Do Espírito Santo

06/1994 - Vitória, Brazil

Internship at Cornell University; New York Hospital Medical Center Of Queens

06/1997 - New York, New York United States

Transitional

Residency at Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical Center Campus

06/2001 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation

06/2002 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

Abdominal Imaging

Clerkship at University of Miami School of Medicine (The William J. Harrington Medical Training Program for Latin America)

06/1994 - Miami, Florida United States

Internal Medicine and Subspecialties

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

09/2015 - Houston, Texas United States

Master Teacher Fellowship Program

Certifications

Board Certified/Diplomate

#48577

American Board of Radiology, 2001

Medical License

#M2324

Texas Medical Board

Honors & Awards

Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P Award

Excellence award for teaching and Evaluation

Baylor College of Medicine (12/2015)

Excellence in Patient Care Star Award

Award for Excellence in Patient Care at Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine (03/2018)

Outstanding Health Care Practitioner Award

Health Care Hero Award by the Houston Business Journal

Houston Business Journal (05/2018)

Norton-Rose Fulbright Award for Excellence in Education Leadership

Baylor College of Medicine (05/2018)

Advanced Level Quality Certificate Program

RSNA rewards accomplished individuals with an advanced level quality certificate (ALQC) for meeting the following criteria: Attain a QEC (in person or online) in each of the following four domains: quality improvement in your practice, staff and patient safety, customer satisfaction and radiologist performance improvement. Be an author on a quality improvement report presented during an RSNA annual meeting:Quality Improvement Report Title: Improving Accuracy and Reliability of TIRADS Reporting with Novel Automated Points-Based Template (https://www.rsna.org/-/media/Files/RSNA/Practice-Tools/Quality-improvement/Quality-improvement-reports/QI107-ED) Presented at the 2019 Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

Radiological Society of North America (01/2020)

Super Doctors Texas

Super Doctors Texas Top 5% of Physicians as per National Research Division of MSP Communications, Peer nomination, and Blue Ribbon Panel Review 2019

National Research Division of MSP Communications, Peer nomination, and Blue Ribbon Panel Review (01/2019)

Top Doctors Texas

Texas Monthly Magazine 2019 and 2020

2017 Innovation of the Year Award finalist (Group Award) Harris Health System R.I.T.E Project Healthcare Symposium 2017

DNV-GL (Det Norske Veritas and Germanischer Lloyd) Innovation of the Year Award finalist (Group Award) Harris Health System R.I.T.E Project Healthcare Symposium 2017

DNV-GL (Det Norske Veritas and Germanischer Lloyd) (01/2017)

Texas Top Radiologist 2019, 2020, 201

Recognition for expertise and dedication to upholding the highest standards of Diagnostic Imaging.

2021 Top Doctor Texas Magazine (12/2020)

Honor Roll: Academy of Radiology Leadership and Management

Certificate of achievement in Radiology Leadership and Management

American Roentgen Society and Radioogy Society of North America (01/2014 - 12/2014)

Professional Interests

• Abdominal Imaging/Oncology Imaging
• Prostate MRI
• CT/MR Enterography
• Radiology Quality Assurance
• Radiology Quality and Safety
• Radiology Resident and Medical Student Education

Professional Statement

I am a native of Brazil who graduated from Federal University of Espirito Santo in 1994 and attended the University of Miami School of Medicine William J. Harrington for seven months in 1993/1994. Following a one year internship in the general surgery program at Municipal Hospital of Sao Paolo in Brazil in 1995, I moved to the USA and started internship (Transitional Year) at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens (a Cornell University affiliate) in July 1996. In 1997 I started Diagnostic Radiology Residency at Case Western Reserve University-MetroHealth Campus and graduated in 2001. At the same time I became a Diplomate of the American Board of Radiology. From 2001 to 2002 I attended the Abdominal Imaging Fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. I joined Baylor College of Medicine Department of Radiology in October 2002 at the MEDVAMC and then in 2006 joined Baylor Radiology Associates. Throughout these several years I have contributed to both the clinical and academic missions of our department and during my time at the VA I was also involved in radiology residents' education.

Websites

Professional Development

MRI prostate interpretation; PET-CT training and certification, 2013

Course (Participant)

Sponsor: American College of Radiology

Leadership and Management Award

Course (Participant, 2014)

Sponsor: Radiological Society of North America, Society of Chairs of Academic Departments and Association of University Radiologists Academy of Radiology Leadership and Management

Master Teacher's Fellowship Program, Expected Graduation 2015

Course (Participant, 2015)

Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine Office of Faculty Development

Leadership Certification, Levels 1 to 4

Course (Participant, 2017)

Sponsor: American College of Radiology Radiology Leadership Institute

Radiology Leadership Institute American College of Radiology Certificate of Leadership Mastery

Course (Participant, 2018)

Sponsor: American College of Radiology

Institute of Healthcare Improvement IHI Open School for Health Professions

Course (Participant, 2018)

Radiology Management Course

Course (Participant)

Sponsor: Association of University Radiologists

Realizing Improvement through Team Empowerment (RITE) Quality Improvement Course Stanford University School of Medicine Program April 2016 – September 2016

Course (Participant, 2016)

Sponsor: Stanford University

Baylor Career Advancement Series BCM Center of Excellence in Health Equity, Training & Research Office of Institutional Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, Office of the Provost, 2018

Course (Participant, 2018)

Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine

American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Certificate in Teaching Quality Improvement and patient Safety

Course (Participant, 2018)

Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine

Selected Publications

• Frigini LA, Hoxhaj S, Wintermark M, Gibby C, De Rosen VL, Willis MH. ""R-SCAN: CT Angiographic Imaging for Pulmonary Embolism."." JACR (Journal of The American College of Radiology. 2017 May 8; 14 (no. 5 (2017): 637-640.): 637–640. Pubmed PMID: 28284675
• Willis MH, Frigini LA, Lin J, Wynne DM, Sepulveda KA. "Clinical Decision Support at the Point-of-Order Entry: An Education Simulation Pilot with Medical Students." Academic Radiology." JACR. 2016 October 23; 23 (10): 1309–1318. Pubmed PMID: 27639160
• Goldberg-Stein S, Frigini LA, Long S, Metwalli Z, Nguyen XV, Parker M, Abujudeh H. "American College of Radiology RADPEER Committee White Paper with 2016 Updates: Revised Scoring System, New Classifications, Self- Review, and Subspecialized Reports.." JACR (Journal of The American College of Radiology. 2017 August ; 14 (8): 1080–1086. Pubmed PMID: 28551339
• Dashevsky BZ, Bercu ZL, Bhosale PR, Burton KR, Chatterjee AR, Frigini LAR, Heacock L, Herskovits EH, Lee JT, Subhas N, Wasnik AP, Gyftopoulos S. "Multicenter Research Studies in Radiology." Academic Radiology. 2017 September 15; : Pubmed PMID: 28927579

Projects

Developing and implementing a radiology residency quality improvement and patient safety curriculum based on American Board of Radiology and ACGME Diagnostic Radiology Milestones

Master Teacher's Fellowship Program project.

Radiology residency quality and safety "boot camp" workshop

To be offered as part of the curriculum and to be held for a half day in the beginning of radiology residency.

Memberships

American College of Radiology

Radiological Society of North America

American Roentgen Ray Society

Association of University Radiologists

Faculty Member (01/2013)

Society of Abdominal Radiology SAR

Member (01/2007)

Radiology Research Alliance

Chair of Task-Force (01/2014)

Skills

Body Imaging/Abdominal Imaging

Imaging evaluation of diseases of the abdomen and pelvis

Quality Improvement and Radiology Peer Review

Oncology Imaging

Imaging diagnosis and follow-up of malignant neoplasms

Medical Student and Allied Health Education

Department Lead Educational Officer, Radiology

Languages

Portuguese, Italian, Spanish