T-32 Presentations (Day 2): Biomedical Imaging for Clinician Scientists

The goal of the T32 program is to train a new generation of leaders in academic radiology with expertise in biomedical imaging research by providing a facilitated transition between residency/fellowship and academic faculty positions in Radiology & Biomedical Imaging. These individuals will play a major role in maximizing the healthcare benefits that will flow from interdisciplinary translational research linking advances in the sciences of genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics with continual technological evolution in biomedical imaging. We believe that UCSF is ideally positioned to train these future leaders, because it provides the critical combination of exceptional residents and faculty in an environment of excellent funding, established interdisciplinary cooperation, and outstanding institutional and departmental resources.

Kimberly Kallianos MD is a PGY5 resident in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. As a 2015-2016 NIH T-32 scholar, Dr. Kallianos' research investigations over the past year have focused on utilization of cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with pulmonary hypertension with the goal of identifying non-invasive techniques to assess myocardial dysfunction which may ultimately inform prognosis and affect patient management.  Dr. Kallianos will complete her UCSF Diagnostic Radiology Residency in June 2016, and plans to continue her UCSF training with a fellowship in Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging.

Lecture Title - "Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Evaluation of Left Ventricular Myocardial Strain in Pulmonary Hypertension"