We will soon begin repaving the main driveway outside the Yawkey, Menino, and Moakley buildings. Weather permitting, driveway closures are scheduled for the following weekends, from Friday at 8 p.m. through Sunday at 8 p.m., on the following dates: Sept. 19-21, Sept. 26-28, Oct. 17-19, and Oct. 24-26. 

Access Changes During Construction:

Pedestrian Access: Patients and visitors will be able to enter Moakley through the entrance on East Concord Street.    

Vehicle Access: Vehicular traffic should use the designated drop-off and pick-up area on East Concord Street or the 710 Albany Street Garage. Signage will indicate where metered parking has been blocked off to create a drop-off/pick-up zone (on E. Concord between Harrison and the Moakley side entrance). 

Learn more about our campus redesign. 

A mammogram is an x-ray of the breast that uses a small amount of radiation. A technologist will position your breast for the test. The breast will be compressed between two plates, and a picture will be taken. Compressing the breast flattens and spreads the tissue, providing a clearer picture of the inside of the breast, making it easier to detect any changes. The technologist will then reposition the breast and the plates for a second picture. The entire mammogram process takes about twenty minutes.

If you have dense breasts, are at high risk of breast cancer, or have already been diagnosed with breast cancer, your doctor may use a contrast-enhanced mammogram to help see your breast more clearly. This procedure uses a type of dye that helps your doctor find new blood vessels in your breast - which form when cancers grow - more easily.