UCSF Radiologists Recognized with Awards at RSNA
RSNA 11/30/15 Press Conference on UCSF Research
TOPIC: MRI Reveals Weight Loss Protects Knees
Obese people who lose a substantial amount of weight can significantly slow the degeneration of their knee cartilage, according to a new MRI study presented today by its first author, Alexandra Gersing, MD, of UCSF Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
About the study results:
- Obese patients who lose weight can slow down the progression of cartilage degeneration in the knee.
- Researchers investigated the association between different degrees of weight loss and the progression of knee cartilage degeneration in 506 overweight and obese patients.
- Patients who lost more than 10 percent of their body weight had slower degeneration of their knee cartilage.
Co-authors on the study are Martin Solka, Gabby B. Joseph, Ph.D., Benedikt J. Schwaiger, M.D., Ursula R. Heilmeier, M.D., Georg Feuerriegel, John Mbapte Wamba, M.D., Charles E. McCulloch, Ph.D., Michael C. Nevitt, Ph.D., and Thomas M. Link, M.D., Ph.D.
See the full RSNA press release here.
UCSF RSNA POSTER AND SCIENTIFIC EXHIBIT AWARDS
MR Safety 101: What All Radiologists Must Know
Jennifer J. Wan, MD | Soonmee Cha, MD
Primer on Interpreting Ga-68 DOTA-TOC PET/CT and How it Changes Patient Management
Robert R. Flavell, MD, PhD | Emily Bergsland, MD | Eric Nakakura | Miguel Hernandez Pampaloni, MD |Spencer C. Behr, MD | Carina Mari Aparici, MD | Judy Yee, MD | Thomas A. Hope, MD
Pediatric Kidney Transplant Biopsy: The 'Core’ Essentials
Saveen Ahuja, MD | Marsha M. Lee, MD | Andrew S. Phelps, MD | Johanna M. Chang, MD | John D. MacKenzie, MD | Jesse L. Courtier, MD
High-resolution Imaging of Metabolic Bone Diseases
Janina M. Patsch, MD, PhD | Galateia J. Kazakia, PhD | Andrew J. Burghardt, BS | Ursula R. Heilmeier, MD | Thomas L. Nickolas, MD | Thomas M. Link, MD, PhD
Hepatobiliary Agent Technique: Maximizing Image Quality
Nicholas C. Monu, MD | Kathryn J. Fowler, MD | Jay P. Heiken, MD | Claude B. Sirlin, MD | Hero K. Hussain, MD | Avinash R. Kambadakone, MD | Thomas A. Hope, MD
Imaging Spectrum of Breast Cancer Metastatses and Patterns of Metastatic Spread
Vignesh A. Arasu, MD | Elissa R. Price, MD | Cody W. McHargue, BA | Kimberly M. Ray, MD | Miguel Hernandez Pampaloni, MD | Rizwan Aslam, MBBCh | Bonnie N. Joe, MD, PhD | Nola M. Hylton, PhD |Benjamin L. Franc, MD | Spencer C. Behr, MD
Cardiac Imaging Applications for Electrophysiology
Kimberly G. Kallianos, MD | Karen G. Ordovas, MD
LI-RADS - Ultrasound Recommendations for Sonographic Screening and Surveillance of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Initial Proposal
Aya Kamaya, MD | Sheena G. Prakash, MD | Maryellen R. Sun, MD | Katherine E. Maturen, MD | Nirvikar Dahiya, MD | Terry S. Desser, MD | Ashish P. Wasnik, MD | Tara A. Morgan, MD| R. Brooke Jeffrey JR, MD | Yuko Kono, MD, PhD| Cynthia S. Santillan, MD | Claude B. Sirlin, MD
Magnetic Resonance Elastography Stiffness Maps: What Do They Tell Us?
Michael L. Wells, MD | Kartik S. Jhaveri, MD | Alvin C. Silva, MD | Frank H. Miller, MD | Jeanne M. Horowitz, MD | Michael A. Ohliger, MD, PhD | Benjamin M. Yeh, MD | Richard L. Ehman, MD | Sudhakar K. Venkatesh, MD, FRCR
CNS Vasculitis and Vasculopathy: Diagnostic Clues on MR Imaging and the Emerging Role of High Resolution Vessel Wall Imaging
Zhixi Li, MD | Soonmee Cha, MD
Uterine Fibroids: Common Presentations and Rare Complications
Sara K. Plett, MD | Liina Poder, MD | Maureen P. Kohi, MD | Tara A. Morgan, MD
'Wood' You Find It?: Pearls and Pitfalls in Imaging of Common Radiolucent and "Can't Miss" Pediatric Foreign Bodies
Lindsay P. Busby, MD, MPH | Andrew S. Phelps, MD | Johanna M. Chang, MD | John D. MacKenzie, MD |Pierre-Alain Cohen, MD | Jesse L. Courtier, MD
RSNA Resident Research Prize
Feasibility of Gallbladder Cryoablation: Proof of Concept in a Swine Mode
Hugh C. McGregor, MD I Maythem Saeed, DVM, PhD I Andrew Surman I Mark W. Wilson, MD I Miles B. Conrad, MD
Grants
2015 Roentgen Resident/Fellow Award Recipient:
Robert Richard Flavell, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
RSNA Research Fellow Grants:
Nicholas S. Burris, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Combined Evaluation of Hemodynamic and Inflammatory Markers in Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection Using PET/MRI
Robert Richard Flavell, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Study of Acidic Interstitial pH in Aggressive Prostate Cancer Using Novel PET and Hyperpolarized 13C Imaging Probes
RSNA Research Resident Grant
Rahi Jiten Kumar, MD
University of California, San Francisco
In Vitro and In Vivo Differentiation and Quantification of Novel Contrast Materials at Dual-energy CT
Mallinckrodt/RSNA Research Scholar Grant
Michael A. Ohliger, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Non-invasive Monitoring of Liver Inflammation and Fibrosis Using Hyperpolarized Carbon-13 MRI
GE Healthcare/RSNA Education Scholar Grant
Bhavya Rehani, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Developing Web-based Virtual Classroom Teaching RISE (Radiology International Student Virtual Education) Platform: A Pilot International Outreach Educational Program
Philips Healthcare/RSNA Research Seed Grant
Thomas A. Hope, MD
University of California, San Francisco
nterim Response to Y-90 Therapy of Neuroendocrine Tumor Using DOTA-TOC PET/MRI