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The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging is pleased to welcome Congyu Liao, PhD, and Salil Soman, MD, MS, to our faculty.

Reflecting on his 30 years of faculty practice, Rajiv Sawhney, MD, observed that “Interventional radiology is never stagnant. You can either sit on the periphery and watch it develop, or you can get on the cutting edge."

During HHT Awareness Month, UCSF is highlighting the work of Steven Hetts, MD, chief of interventional neuroradiology and principal investigator of the AVIATOR Project, a study designed to simplify and improve imaging for patients with HHT.

As the Practice Manager for radiology scheduling, Rudy Baltodano’s leadership shapes how thousands of patients access vital healthcare services at UCSF. 

A UCSF-led clinical trial is testing whether mind-body movement programs like Tai Chi and Moving Together can slow cognitive decline in older adults with memory issues. Early results show potential brain benefits, especially from Moving Together.

Andreas Rauschecker, MD, PhD, and Pierre Nedelec are first authors of “Neurocognitive and brain structure correlates of reading and television habits in early adolescence,” published in Scientific Reports, with senior author Leo Sugrue, MD, PhD. By analyzing brain scans (MRI) and cognitive tests from over 8,000 adolescents in the US, they investigated how reading and television habits are linked to brain structure and cognitive abilities.

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