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

Research