He is Medical Director of the Ultrasound Department at Rhode Island Hospital specializing in ultrasound imaging as well as body imaging using x-ray, CT and MRI. Dr. Beland graduated from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, completed a radiology residency at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital and a fellowship in abdominal imaging and intervention at Massachusetts General Hospital. He has over 40 publications, 50 scientific presentations, and numerous invited speaking events. He is an elected Fellow of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) and a member of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria Expert Panel on Urological Imaging. Dr. Beland is also serving as Associate Editor for "Abdominal Imaging", the official journal of the Society of Abdominal Radiology.