Shravan Sridhar, MD, MS

Assistant Professor
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Biography

Dr. Shrav Sridhar is an Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Imaging in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at UCSF.

Dr. Sridhar’s interests include imaging of pediatric and adult congenital heart disease and specifically, imaging of complex congenital heart disease including single ventricle physiology and neonates with congenital heart disease. He focuses on applying concepts from cardiovascular physiology, medical imaging physics, fluid dynamics, and scanning logistics to achieve improved image quality and reduced radiation dose.

Dr. Sridhar has a passion for radiology education and is involved in the education of fellows, residents, and medical students at UCSF. He has served several teaching roles throughout his career including peer tutor during medical school, resident educator during residency, and clinical instructor during fellowship. He was recognized with the Resident Educator Award multiple times during residency and was selected as a Semifinalist for the 2023 Aunt Minnie “Most Effective Radiology Educator” Award.

Dr. Sridhar’s research interests include examining the role of medical imaging in congenital heart disease, cardiothoracic CT quality improvement, and radiology education. He received the RSNA Resident Research Award in 2021 and has served as a consulting editor for American Journal of Radiology (AJR).

Dr. Sridhar serves on national committees including the Society of Thoracic Radiology Electronic Media Committee, North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging Education Committee, and serves as a regular contributor to the Society of Thoracic Radiology Webinar and Duke-Mallinckrodt-UCSF Cardiothoracic Imaging Lecture Series.

Expertise: Cardiothoracic Imaging

Honors and Awards: 
Cum Laude, Imaging spectrum of tetralogy of Fallot: From pathophysiology to management, STR, 2025
Certificate of Merit, Hidden in fibrosis: Diagnosis of lung cancer in patients with ILD, RSNA, 2024
Educational grant ($8,000) to pursue clinical educator training, UCSF, 2024
Semi-Finalist, Educator of the Year Award, AuntMinnie.com, 2023
Certificate of Merit, A precarious path: Post-Fontan Complications, RSNA, 2023
Certificate of Merit, Identified for RadioGraphics, Evidence-based approach to CT lung biopsy, RSNA, 2023
Cum Laude, From cyan to cinnabar: Single ventricle operative management, RSNA, 2023
Cum Laude, Unraveling the mysteries of congenital heart disease MRI, RSNA, 2022
Resident Research Award, RSNA, 2021
Resident Educator Award, UNM, 2021
Cum Laude, MIPI: A scenario and pattern-based approach to a perplexing problem, RSNA, 2020
Resident Educator Award, UNM, 2020
Certificate of Merit, Thoracic manifestations of gastrointestinal diseases, RSNA, 2019
Publications: 
Sridhar S, Ahn HG, Ebrahimzadeh S, Tang F, Elicker B. Evidence-based Approach to Transthoracic Needle Biopsy: Procedural Techniques, Risks, and Controversies. Radiographics. 2025 09; 45(9):e240094.
Bondarenko M, Zhang J, Baal UH, Lam B, Chaudhari G, Lee YJ, Schroeder J, Vella M, Haas B, Vu T, Kallianos K, Liu J, Sridhar S, Elicker B, Sohn JH. Development and validation of a risk nomogram predicting pneumothorax requiring chest tube placement post-percutaneous CT-guided lung biopsy. BMC Med Imaging. 2025 Jul 01; 25(1):220.
Barlas V, Gandhi S, Keiser HN, Sridhar S, Shum DJ. Understanding Normal Fetal Cardiac Views at US. Radiographics. 2025 06; 45(6):e240200.
Serapio A, Chaudhari G, Savage C, Lee YJ, Vella M, Sridhar S, Schroeder JL, Liu J, Yala A, Sohn JH. An open-source fine-tuned large language model for radiological impression generation: a multi-reader performance study. BMC Med Imaging. 2024 Sep 27; 24(1):254.
Sridhar S, Ebrahimzadeh S, Ahn H, Lee C, Liu J. Imaging Approach to Pulmonary Hypertension. Radiol Clin North Am. 2025 Mar; 63(2):193-205.
Sridhar S, Kanne JP, Henry TS, Revels JW, Gotway MB, Ketai LH. Medication-induced Pulmonary Injury: A Scenario- and Pattern-based Approach to a Perplexing Problem. Radiographics. 2022 Jan-Feb; 42(1):38-55.
Arora S, Ranade AR, Tran NL, Nasser S, Sridhar S, Korn RL, Ross JT, Dhruv H, Foss KM, Sibenaller Z, Ryken T, Gotway MB, Kim S, Weiss GJ. MicroRNA-328 is associated with (non-small) cell lung cancer (NSCLC) brain metastasis and mediates NSCLC migration. Int J Cancer. 2011 Dec 01; 129(11):2621-31.
Nasser S, Ranade AR, Sridhar S, Haney L, Korn RL, Gotway MB, Weiss GJ, Kim S. Biomarkers associated with metastasis of lung cancer to brain predict patient survival. Int J Data Min Bioinform. 2011; 5(3):287-307.