Victoria Young, MD

Assistant Professor
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Biography

Victoria Young, MD, is in the Pediatric Radiology division with expertise in both diagnostic and interventional pediatric radiology at the Departmet of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at UCSF.

Victoria Young, MD, earned her medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida in 2013. After a general surgery internship she completed a diagnostic radiology residency in 2018 and a vascular and interventional radiology fellowship in 2019, all at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Young completed a pediatric radiology fellowship in 2020 at Stanford University, after which she served for one year as a Clinical Instructor. From 2021-24 she was a clinical assistant professor in pediatric radiology and pediatric interventional radiology at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, where she treated pediatric conditions including lymphatic abnormalities, portal hypertension, and vascular anomalies.

Dr. Young has conducted and published translational and clinical research on a range of pediatric issues including MR neurography, liver transplantation, musculoskeletal MRI, and venous malformations. She has presented at regional, national, and international conferences on tumor cryoablation, vascular malformations, lymphangiography, and May-Thurner’s syndrome.

At Stanford, Dr. Young mentored women and underrepresented trainees at various stages of their careers and wrote for the university’s diversity newsletter. As the junior representative for the Society of Pediatric Interventional Radiology (SPIR) since 2022, she has implemented a mentor/mentee program dedicated to providing enhanced support along the career path. For three years, Dr. Young was co-lead member of the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Radiology Peer Learning and care improvement committee (CIC).

Publications

Young VA, Obi C, Oladini LK, Josephs SC, Hofmann LV. Venous Compressive Disorders. Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2024 Jun; 27(2):100964.
Young VA, Thakor AS, Josephs SC. Update on Pediatric Interventional Radiology. Radiographics. 2022 10; 42(6):1580-1597.
Monroe EJ, Shin DS, Young VA, Chick JFB, Koo KSH, Woerner A, Ingraham CR. Evaluation and management of biliary complications after pediatric liver transplantation: pearls and pitfalls for percutaneous techniques. Pediatr Radiol. 2022 Mar; 52(3):570-586.
Sandberg JK, Young VA, Yuan J, Hargreaves BA, Wishah F, Vasanawala SS. Zero echo time pediatric musculoskeletal magnetic resonance imaging: initial experience. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 12; 51(13):2549-2560.
Sandberg JK, Young VA, Syed AB, Yuan J, Hu Y, Sandino C, Menini A, Hargreaves B, Vasanawala S. Near-Silent and Distortion-Free Diffusion MRI in Pediatric Musculoskeletal Disorders: Comparison With Echo Planar Imaging Diffusion. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2021 02; 53(2):504-513.
Sandberg JK, Shoaf KR, Lungren MP, Young VA, Josephs S, Thakor AS. Dynamic Hydrodissection for Skin Protection during Cryoablation of Superficial Lesions. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 11; 31(11):1942-1945.
Bondarev S, Keller EJ, Han T, Young VA, Gupta S, Vogelzang RL, Eskandari M, Resnick SA. Predictors of Disease Recurrence after Venoplasty and Stent Placement for May-Thurner Syndrome. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2019 Oct; 30(10):1549-1554.
Friedewald SM, Young VA, Gupta D. Lesion localization using the scroll bar on tomosynthesis: Why doesn't it always work? Clin Imaging. 2018 Jan - Feb; 47:57-64.
Young VA, Curtis KM, Temple HT, Eismont FJ, DeLaney TF, Hornicek FJ. Characteristics and Patterns of Metastatic Disease from Chordoma. Sarcoma. 2015; 2015:517657.