Matthew Zygmont MD
Overview
Dr. Zygmont is a neuroradiologist and associate professor in the divisions of Emergency and Trauma Imaging and Neuroradiology. Dr. Zygmont has devoted his career to serving the patients of Grady, first as a diagnostic radiology residents, then as an attending physician in the Division of Emergency and Trauma Imaging, and now as Chief of Radiology Services for the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Grady. Dr. Zygmont's commitment to improving the quality of patient care in radiology started with the way he provides care as a radiologist and quickly expanded to systems innovations that have yielded real results.
He is the recipient of the 2024 Emory@Grady Above and Beyond Award, which recognizes a faculty whose performance goes beyond the expectations of their position and advances the mission and vision of Emory University. He also received the Innovation Award, which recognizes a faculty member whose innovation in research, education, service, quality or leadership has made a major impact at Grady. Dr. Zygmont has worked tirelessly to improve staffing and support in order to dramatically reduce turnaround times and patient wait times for imaging studies. He has reduced reimbursement gaps, driven efforts to optimize imaging protocols and leveraged technology to improve follow up on incidental findings.
He additional led expanded provision of minimally-invasive image-guided procedures with a growing interventional radiology practice while also expanding access to screening mammograms.
Academic Appointment
- Associate Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
Education
Degrees
- No Degree from Baylor College of Medicine
- MD from Baylor College of Medicine
- BS from Emory University
Research
Focus
- Dr. Zygmont is a Diagnostic Radiologist with fellowship training in neuroradiology, currently clinical faculty in the newly developed Emergency Radiology Division. His current research interests involve investigating quality measures related to turn around time and applying appropriateness criteria for imaging services throughout the Emory Healthcare emergency facilities.
Publications
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Clinical Decision Support: Impact on Appropriate Imaging Utilization.
Acad Radiol Volume: 30 Page(s): 1433 - 1440
07/01/2023 Authors: Zygmont ME; Ikuta I; Nguyen XV; Frigini LAR; Segovis C; Naeger DM -
Imaging Intracranial Aneurysms in the Endovascular Era: Surveillance and Posttreatment Follow-up.
Radiographics Volume: 42 Page(s): 789 - 805
01/01/2022 Authors: Chung CY; Peterson RB; Howard BM; Zygmont ME -
The effect of COVID-19 on emergency department imaging: what can we learn?
Emerg Radiol Volume: 28 Page(s): 339 - 347
04/01/2021 Authors: Sharperson C; Hanna TN; Herr KD; Zygmont ME; Gerard RL; Johnson J-O -
The Impact of Fatigue on Complex CT Case Interpretation by Radiology Residents.
Acad Radiol Volume: 28 Page(s): 424 - 432
03/01/2021 Authors: Zhan H; Schartz K; Zygmont ME; Johnson J-O; Krupinski EA -
Using Point-of-Care Patient Photographs With Musculoskeletal Radiography to Identify Errors of Laterality in Emergency Department Imaging.
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol Volume: 50 Page(s): 787 - 791
01/01/2021 Authors: Zygmont ME; Gilyard S; Hanna TN; Johnson J-O; Herr KD -
Achieving CT Regulatory Compliance: A Comprehensive and Continuous Quality Improvement Approach.
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol Volume: 49 Page(s): 306 - 311
01/01/2020 Authors: Zygmont ME; Neill R; Dharmadhikari S; Duong P-AT -
The Introduction and Development of the H-index for Imaging Utilizers: A Novel Metric for Quantifying Utilization of Emergency Department Imaging.
Acad Emerg Med Volume: 26 Page(s): 1125 - 1134
10/01/2019 Authors: Hanna TN; Duszak R; Chahine A; Zygmont ME; Herr KD; Horn M -
Achieving Joint Commission Regulatory Compliance: Quality Improvement Process for CT Protocol Review and Dose Alert Reduction.
J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 16 Page(s): 196 - 201
02/01/2019 Authors: Zygmont ME; Neill R; Dharmadhikari S; Raach P; Duong P-AT -
The Effects of Fatigue From Overnight Shifts on Radiology Search Patterns and Diagnostic Performance.
J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 15 Page(s): 1709 - 1716
12/01/2018 Authors: Hanna TN; Zygmont ME; Peterson R; Theriot D; Shekhani H; Johnson J-O; Krupinski EA -
Trust But Verify: Online Management Tool Improves Compliance and Documentation of CTQuality Control Activities.
J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 15 Page(s): 762 - 766
05/01/2018 Authors: Duong P-AT; Neill R; Zygmont M