Camilla Lindan, MD

Volunteer Clinical Professor
Clinical Professor - Volunteer
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Biography

Camilla E. Lindan, MD, is a volunteer clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco.  A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania medical school, Dr. Lindan completed her radiology residency at UCSF and was board certified in 1991. She completed neuroradiology fellowships at Barrow Neurologic Institute in Phoenix, Arizona and at UCSF from 1991-93.
 
Dr. Lindan practiced at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco from 1993-2019. During this period she always maintained a presence on the volunteer faculty at UCSF, working at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) and lecturing to medical students and residents. In 2019, Dr. Lindan returned to UCSF as an active member of the Volunteer Clinical Faculty, practicing neuroradiology and teaching residents and fellows at the Parnassus and Benioff Children’s Hospital Mission Bay campuses. She participates in research studies with faculty and trainees, and especially enjoys making connections to promote multicenter international collaborations. 
 
Dr. Lindan’s primary research interests focus on novel therapeutic approaches to adult and pediatric neurologic disease. She is a co-chair and lead of the joint Gene & Cell Therapy Study Group of the ASNR, ASFNR & ASPNR and a co-chair of the Gene & Cell Therapy Interest Group of the ASPNR. She works as a consultant neuroradiologist for numerous therapy trials targeting disorders ranging from inborn errors of metabolism to neurodegenerative diseases of adulthood. Dr. Lindan has lectured extensively at national meetings, on the role of neuroradiology in novel gene & cell therapies and is an active member of numerous societies including the ASNR, ASPNR, ASFNR, AAN and the ASGCT. 
 
Awards and Honors:
  • 2022 Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching, UCSF 
  • 2021 Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award, UCSF Department of Radiology
  • 2020 Special Recognition Award, Association of the Clinical Faculty, UCSF
  • 2020 Nominated for Charlotte Baer Memorial Award, School of Medicine UCSF
  • 2009 Special Recognition Award, Association of the Clinical Faculty, UCSF
  • 1998 Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award, UCSF Department of Radiology
 
Selected Publications and Abstract/Poster Presentations:
  • Narsinh K, Grant PE, Barajas Jr RF, Ivanidze J, Shah B MD, Pukenas B, Tanabe J, Hess C, Lindan CE. Introducing the Gene & Cell Therapy Study Group of the ASNR, ASFNR & ASPNR. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 04 01; 46(4):646-647
  • Falsitta LV, Cross H, Lindan C, George E, Grant PE, Sudhakar S, Alves C, Sullivan J, Pujar S, D'Arco F. Magnetic resonance imaging findings in SCN1A-related epilepsies and Dravet syndrome: A systematic review. Epilepsia 2025; 00:1-11 
  • Alves C, Donald A, Whitehead MT, Barkovich M, Pai V, Jones S, Rugilo C, Vossough A, Ertl-Wagner B, P. Ellen Grant, Lindan C, Stivaros S. Abnormal CSF Space Morphology in Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Crucial Data for Decision Making in Targeting Genetic Therapy Treatment, Scientific Poster American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology Annual Meeting 2025
  • Perez-Rivera PM, Ye A, Lindan C, Ramachandran A. Bell Palsy and its Mimics, Educational Exhibit American Society Head and Neck Radiology 2024
  • George E, Russ JB, Validrighi A, Early H, Mamlouk MD, Glenn OA, Francisco CM, Waubant E, Lindan C, Li Y. Clinical and Imaging Findings in Children with Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody Associated Disease (MOGAD): From Presentation to Relapse. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 02 07; 45(2):229-235.
  • Gillon S, George E, Courtier J, Lindan C, Li Y. Fetal MRI of Congenital Spinal Malformations. Educational Poster American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology 2024
  • Baker A, Vassar R, Mehta N, Wietstock S, Amorim E, George E, Lindan C, Glenn O, Li Y: Patterns of MRI Brain Injury in Children after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Oral Presentation ASPNR 2023 Annual Meeting, New Orleans
  • Russ J, George E, Validrighi A, Lindan C, Early H, Mamlouk M, Waubant E, Francisco C, Li Y:  Surveying the clinical and radiographic heterogeneity of pediatric anti-MOG-associated disease. Oral Presentation AAN 2022 Annual Meeting, Seattle
  • George E, Lindan C, Glenn O, Early H, Mamlouk M, Russ J, Validrighi A, Francisco C, Li Y: Pediatric MOG-Associated Disease: Imaging Features At Presentation and Relapse. Scientific Poster ASPNR 2022 Annual Meeting, Miami. Cum Laude Award. 
  • Lindan CE, Mankad K, Ram D, Kociolek LK, Silvera VM, Boddaert N, Stivaros SM, Palasis S: Neuroimaging manifestations in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a multinational, multicentre collaborative study in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 5(3):167-177, 2021
  • Treister D, Glenn O, Lindan C, Glass H, Gallagher R, Li Y: Neonatal presentation of Glutaric Aciduria Type 2. ePoster ASNR 2020 Annual Meeting 
  • Mashood A, Mamlouk M, Lindan C, Li Y, Barkovich AJ, Glenn OA: Fetal MRI Findings in Walker-Warburg Phenotype. Poster ASPNR 2020, Miami
  • Nagaraj U, Lindan CE, Jones B: Pediatric Neuroradiology, chapter in Klein, Vinson, Brant, Helms, Eds., Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 5th edition, 2018
  • Bracoud L, Fiebach J, Gass A, Gaensler E, Lindan C, Purcell D, Barakos J, Suhy J: Validation of a simple severity scale for assessing ARIA-E, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, 2017, London
  • Lindan CE, Barakos J, Gaensler EHL: Pediatric Neuroimaging, chapter in Brant, Helms, Eds., Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 4th edition, 2012

Publications

Narsinh KH, Grant PE, Barajas RF, Ivanidze J, Shah BR, Pukenas B, Tanabe J, Hess C, Lindan CE. Introducing the Gene & Cell Therapy Study Group of the ASNR, ASFNR, and ASPNR. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Apr 02; 46(4):646-647.
Falsitta LV, Cross H, Lindan C, George E, Grant PE, Sudhakar S, Alves C, Sullivan J, Pujar S, D'Arco F. Magnetic resonance imaging findings in SCN1A-related epilepsies and Dravet syndrome: A systematic review. Epilepsia. 2025 Jun; 66(6):1793-1803.
George E, Russ JB, Validrighi A, Early H, Mamlouk MD, Glenn OA, Francisco CM, Waubant E, Lindan C, Li Y. Clinical and Imaging Findings in Children with Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody Associated Disease (MOGAD): From Presentation to Relapse. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 02 07; 45(2):229-235.
Lindan CE, Mankad K, Ram D, Kociolek LK, Silvera VM, Boddaert N, Stivaros SM, Palasis S, ASPNR PECOBIG Collaborator Group. Neuroimaging manifestations in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a multinational, multicentre collaborative study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021 03; 5(3):167-177.
Aitken LA, Lindan CE, Sidney S, Gupta N, Barkovich AJ, Sorel M, Wu YW. Chiari type I malformation in a pediatric population. Pediatr Neurol. 2009 Jun; 40(6):449-54.
Wu YW, Lindan CE, Henning LH, Yoshida CK, Fullerton HJ, Ferriero DM, Barkovich AJ, Croen LA. Neuroimaging abnormalities in infants with congenital hemiparesis. Pediatr Neurol. 2006 Sep; 35(3):191-6.
Lee J, Croen LA, Lindan C, Nash KB, Yoshida CK, Ferriero DM, Barkovich AJ, Wu YW. Predictors of outcome in perinatal arterial stroke: a population-based study. Ann Neurol. 2005 Aug; 58(2):303-8.
Lee J, Croen LA, Backstrand KH, Yoshida CK, Henning LH, Lindan C, Ferriero DM, Fullerton HJ, Barkovich AJ, Wu YW. Maternal and infant characteristics associated with perinatal arterial stroke in the infant. JAMA. 2005 Feb 09; 293(6):723-9.