Pediatric Radiology

Taylor Chung, MD, has been a leader in the hands-on pediatric cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) course offered by The Society for Pediatric Radiology for two decades.

“When a parent tells us that their child felt safe, respected, and even had a little fun during what could have been a scary appointment—that’s everything,” said Jeff Geiger, Director of Imaging Services – Pediatrics. He brings his perspective to the Radiology Patient Experience subcommittee to ensure that our teams understand the unique needs of children and families.

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging is excited to welcome Sunit Davda, MBBS, to our Pediatric Imaging faculty.

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging welcomes Amanda Liu, MD, to the Pediatric Radiology division as a faculty member.

At UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in Mission Bay and Oakland, radiologists are now offering a new, more comfortable, and radiation-free imaging method called pediatric Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (ceVUS).

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging welcomes Victoria Young, MD, to the Pediatric Radiology division as a faculty member.

In pediatric imaging, anesthesia is commonly thought to be necessary for obtaining high-quality diagnostic imaging, but an innovative program at the UCSF is challenging that idea. The Scan Without Anesthesia Program (SWAP) is a collaborative effort by clinicians, radiographic technologists, nurses and Child Life Specialists to prepare children for successful imaging without anesthesia.

The UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging is pleased to announce that Amrutha Ramachandran, MD has joined our faculty as an assistant professor of clinical radiology starting on November 1, 2022.

​The UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging is pleased to announce that Kayla Cort, DO has joined our faculty as an assistant professor of Clinical Radiology in the Pediatric Radiology section starting on February 28, 2022.

A. James Barkovich, MD, received the Presidential Recognition Award from the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) at their annual meeting.