Faculty Research Interests
Stanford University School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94305-5105
radiology.stanford.edu/
Gary M. Glazer, M.D.
Emma Pfeiffer Merner Professor in the Medical Sciences
Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiology
Research Interest
Body imaging techniques; monitoring therapy of cancer, without biopsy; tissue characterization
Department of Radiology Sections:
ABDOMINAL IMAGING
300 Pasteur Drive, Room H1307
Stanford, CA 94305-5621
Faculty
R. Brooke Jeffrey, M.D.
Section Chief and
Vice-Chair, Department of
Radiology
(650) 723-8463
bjeffrey@stanford.edu
Mike Federle, M.D.
Associate Chair of Education
federle@stanford.edu
Research Interest
Pancreatic MDCT; Thyroid ultrasound/biopsy; Virtual
Colonoscopy; Imaging of appendicitis; Hepatic MDCT.
MDCT of abdominal trauma and acute abdomen. Imaging
(especially CT) of hepatic and pancreatic masses. Innovative
teaching materials for radiology and anatomy (print and
electronic).
Bruce Daniel, M.D.
(650) 725-1812
bdaniel@stanford.edu
MRI of Breast Cancer; MRI-guided interventions, MRIcompatible robotics, and MRI of the prostate.
Terry Desser, M.D.
(650) 725-1812
desser@stanford.edu
Imaging of gastrointestinal tract cancer; Ultrasound.
Aya Kamaya, M.D.
(650) 723-8463
kamaya@stanford.edu
Photoacoustic Imaging, gynecologic imaging, thyroid
ultrasound and biopsy, US, CT and MR imaging of hepatic
malignancies CT perfusion of abdominal malignancies
Ultrasound artifacts
Robert Mindelzun, M.D.
(650) 723-8463
mindelzun@stanford.edu
Abdominal imaging; Anatomy; Mesenteries; Peritoneum;
Omentum; Pancreatic anatomy and embryology; Third World
diseases; Abdominal trauma.
Matilde Nino-Murcia, M.D
(650) 493-5000
ninomurcia@stanford.edu
Gastrointestinal motility in spinal cord injury patients; Use of
CT and MRI in imaging liver and biliary tree; Contrast agents
for MRI of the gastrointestinal tract and hepatobiliary system;
Gastrointestinal motility disorders; Abdominal imaging;
Hepatobiliary imaging.
Abdominal imaging; Trauma; CT-urography.
Eric Olcott, M.D.
(650) 493-5000
eolcott@stanford.edu
Lewis Shin, M.D.
lshin@stanford.edu
F. Graham Sommer, M.D.
(650) 723-8463
gsommer@stanford.edu
Juergen Willmann, M.D.
650-725-1812
willmann@stanford.edu
Application of real time MRI imaging in patients with
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA); Application of real time MRI
imaging in evaluation of dyphagia; Magnetic Resonance
Colonography - "The Other Virtual Coloscopy;” MRI - Diffusion
Weighted Imaging in abdominal/pelvic applications.
Research opportunities (med scholars eligible) available for
medical students.
High-intensity focussed ultrasound for tumor ablation under
MR guidance, particularly prostatic and abdominal cancers;
Multidetector CT urography; Renal function using CT and MRI;
Improved tumor detection using diagnostic ultrasound.
Development and translation of molecular imaging
approaches in abdominal diseases.
BODY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Lucas MRS Center, 1201 Welch Road
(650) 725-4933
Faculty
Robert Herfkens, M.D.
Director, Body MRI
Research Interest
Imaging of myocardial diseases with magnetic resonance,
Imaging and spectroscopy.
herfkens@stanford.edu
Bruce Daniel, M.D.
(650) 725-1812
bdaniel@stanford.edu
MRI of Breast Cancer; MRI-guided interventions, MRIcompatible robotics, and MRI of the prostate.
Shreyas Vasanawala,
vasanawala@stanford.edu
Development of new cardiovascular, abdominal, and
musculoskeletal imaging techniques with a focus on pediatric
MRI. Areas of interest include liver tumors, diffuse liver
disease, and renal function. Approaches include novel MR
pulse sequences, hyperpolarized imaging, and sodium MRI.
CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC IMAGING
300 Pasteur Drive, Room S-072
Stanford, CA 95034-5105
(650) 723-7647
Faculty
Ann Leung, M.D.
Section Chief, Thoracic
Imaging
Associate Clinical Chairman
(650) 725-0541
aleung@stanford.edu
Geoffrey Rubin, M.D.
Section Chief, Cardiovascular
grubin@stanford.edu
Research Interest
High-resolution computed tomography of the thorax,
particularly its application in the setting of acute lung disease
in the immunocompromised host; Quantitative assessment of
abnormalities using spiral CT; minimizing radiation dose of CT
exams.
Imaging atherosclerosis and other arterial diseases using CT;
Improving radiologist detection of lung nodules with computeraided detection, Cardiac CT. (see also Cardiothoracic Imaging
section above)
Frandics Chan, M.D. Ph.D.
frandics@stanford.edu
Cardiac imaging; Congenital heart disease.
Dominic Fleischman, M.D.
d.fleischmann@stanford.edu
Volumetric CT of the cardiovascular system.
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
300 Pasteur Drive, Room H3630
Stanford, CA 94305-5642
(650) 725-5202
Faculty
Lawrence “Rusty”
Hofmann, M.D.
Research Interest
Image-guided therapies; Molecular interventions.
Section Chief
lhofmann@stanford.edu
David Hovsepian, M.D.
hovsepian@stanford.edu
Diagnosis and treatment of vascular malformations; Treatment
of symptomatic uterine fibroids using transcatheter
embolization and MR-guided focused ultrasound; Quality and
Safety in Radiology.
Gloria Hwang, M.D.
glhwang@stanford.edu
Image-guided therapies; Molecular interventions; Pancreatic
Interventions; Percutaneous Ablations; and Image-guided
Gene Therapies.
Nishita Kothary, M.D.
kothary@stanford.edu
Many projects for students including case reports, pictorial
essays, retrospective clinical studies.
Research interests: Image guided interventions in oncology,
genetic fingerprinting of HCC.
William Kuo, M.D.
wkuo@stanford.edu
Catheter-directed therapy for acute pulmonary embolism;
retrievable IVC filters; endovascular treatment of septic venous
thrombosis; and embolotherapy for tumors.
John Louie, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
jdlouie@stanford.edu
Image-guided therapies; interventional oncology.
Daniel Sze, M.D., Ph.D.
dansze@stanford.edu
Transarterial administration of chemotherapeutics,
radioactive microspheres, and biologics for the treatment of
unresectable tumors; Stent and Stent-graft treatment of
peripheral vascular diseases, aneurysms, aortic dissections;
Percutaneous treatment of complications of organ
transplantation; Treatment of complications of portal
hypertension; Catheter-directed thrombolysis of arterial and
venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
MAMMOGRAPHY
Stanford Advanced Medicine Center
875 Blake Wilbur Drive, Room 2234
Stanford, CA 94305-5826
(650) 723-8462
Faculty
Debra Ikeda, M.D.
Research Interest
Breast cancer; breast imaging.
Director of Breast Imaging
debra.ikeda@stanford.edu
Jafi Lipson, M.D.
Assistant professor of Breast
Imaging Section
jlipson@stanford.edu
Several projects on breast imaging for motivated medical
student (Posted Aug 2011):
*Case report of nodular fascitis of the breast -- this will
require a short literature review, summary of the clinical
presentation and imaging findings of the Stanford case, and
assembly of significant images. This project should not require
more than 1 month of time to draft, review, and submit a
manuscript.
*Pictorial essay of breast findings on chest radiographs -I have already assembled the cases and defined 10 categories
of findings. this will require someone to draft a pictorial essay
(using AJR or Radiology or Radiographics templates)
highlighting the findings and clinical relevance. Should be a
fun paper and would work well as a medical student/resident
level presentation at ARRS. Could be completed within 3
months.
MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING
300 Pasteur Drive, Room S-056
Stanford, CA 94305-5105
(650) 725-8018
Faculty
Research Interest
Christopher Beaulieu,
M.D., Ph.D.
Section Chief
beaulieu@stanford.edu
Imaging and image-guided interventions in sports medicine.
New acquisition and visualization methods for MRI and CT.
Creation of computer based teaching materials.
Sandip Biswal, M.D.
biswals@stanford.edu
Molecular imaging of Nociception and Inflammation. (See also
MIPS below)
Garry Gold, M.D.
gold@stanford.edu
Rapid MRI for Osteoarthritis, weight-bearing cartilage imaging
with MRI, and MRI-based models of muscle. New MR imaging
techniques such as rapid imaging, real-time imaging, and short
echo time imaging to learn more about biomechanics and
pathology of bones and joints.
Kathryn Stevens, M.D.
kate.stevens@stanford.edu
Sports medicine imaging, arthritis, musculoskeletal
applications of new MRI sequences.
NEURORADIOLOGY
300 Pasteur Drive, Room S-047
(650) 723-7426
Faculty
Scott Atlas, M.D.
Section Chief
swatlas@stanford.edu
Research Interest
Advanced MRI of the brain; Health care policy; The impact of
technology-based medicine in US health care; Role of
government in health care; Health care systems in emerging
nations; Health care in China.
Patrick Barnes, M.D.
pbarnes@stanford.edu
Pediatric Neuroradiology. (See Pediatric Radiology below)
Huy Do, M.D.
huymdo@stanford.edu
Percutanous vertebroplasty as a treatment for painful spinal
compression fractures and extra-spinal injection of bone
cement (PMMA) for pathologic and non-healing fractures;
Cerebrovascular flow dynamics to understand aneurysm and
plaque development, Developing medical devices and
materials for acute stroke, atherosclerosis, aneurysm, AVM
and tumor treatment.
Imaging of head and neck disorders, Applications of diffusion
and perfusion to head and neck cancer, applications of various
diffusion methods to assessing temporal bone cholesteatoma,
improved diffusion using reduced field-of-view for spinal cord
assessment and assessment of ASL (arterial spin labeled)
perfusion in patients with vascular disease of the brain.
Nancy Fischbein, M.D.
fischbein@stanford.edu
Barton Lane, M.D.
(650) 493-5000
blane@stanford.edu
Imaging of head and neck disorders; Vertebroplasty for
management of spinal compression fractures; imaging of the
spinal cord and spine; treatment of vascular malformations and
tumors of the head and neck.
Michael Marks, M.D.
m.marks@stanford.edu
Interventional neuroradiology; Cerebral arteriovenous
malformations; Stroke treatment and imaging; Cerebral
aneurysms.
Kristen Yeom, M.D.
kyeom@stanford.edu
My primary research interest is in clincal application of
advanced MR imaging techniques in pediatric brain tumors.
including diffusion, arterial spin labeled perfusion, and
functional MRI. We are also interested in translating novel
imaging techniques that probe physiologic tumor tissue
characteristics.
Greg Zaharchuk, M.D., Ph.D.
gregz@stanford.edu
Acute imaging of stroke (CT and MRI). Advanced MRI
methods, including imaging of brain function, blood flow, and
oxygen content. Advanced diffusion imaging of the spinal
cord, spinal cord injury. Moyamoya disease.
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
300 Pasteur Drive, Room H0101
(650) 725-4711
Faculty
Research Interest
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir,
M.D., Ph.D.
Multimodality molecular imaging assays to interrogate
molecular/cellular events in living subjects.
Division Chief, Nuclear
Medicine Division
Director, Molecular Imaging
Program at Stanford (MIPS)
(650) 725-2309
sgambhir@stanford.edu
Michael Goris, M.D., Ph.D.
mlgoris@stanford.edu
Radio-immunotherapy; Medical Imaging Processing;
Quantification for diagnosis; Clinical validations.
Andrei Iagaru, MD
aiagaru@stanford.edu
Whole-Body MRI and F-18 PET in Osseous Metastases
Detection; Zevalin/Bexxar Therapy; Combined F-18 and F-18
FDG PET/CT for single scan cancer detection; PET-CT for
Thyroid/Breast Cancer, Melanoma, Lymphoma, and Sarcoma.
Andrew Quon, M.D.
aquon@stanford.edu
Multimodality fusion imaging with PET, CT, and MRI for
oncology; Translational research bringing new radiotracers to
clinical use; Cardiovascular multimodality PET/CT imaging.
George Segall, MD
(650) 493-5000
PET/CT myocardial perfusion imaging and CT coronary
arteriography.
PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY
725 Welch Road
(650) 725-2548
Faculty
Richard Barth, M.D.
Section Chief
rabarth@stanford.edu
Research Interest
Sonographic and magnetic resonance imaging of fetal
congenital anomalies; Imaging of fetal renal anomalies, lung
masses, and GI anomalies.
Patrick Barnes, M.D.
pbarnes@stanford.edu
Advanced imaging, including magnetic resonance imaging, of
injury to the developing central nervous system including fetal,
neonatal, infant and young child, and nonaccidental injury
(e.g. child abuse). See also Neuroradiology, above.
Francis Blankenberg, M.D.
blankenb@stanford.edu
Molecular imaging. (See also MIPS below)
Frandics Chan, M.D. Ph.D.
frandics@stanford.edu
Cardiac imaging; Congenital heart disease.
Heike E. Daldrup-Link, M.D.
heiked@stanford.edu
Imaging characteristics of pediatric sarcomas; clinical pediatric
imaging; MR signal altering in human stem cells; In vivo
tracking of stem cell engraftment with MR imaging; labeling of
stem cells with MR contrast agents with MR imaging; and
increasing delivery of nanoparticles to breast cancer via Alk-5
inhibition.
Bone and joint imaging. Arthritis imaging. Molecular imaging of
childhood disease. Current projects include MRI of sacroiliitis
and hyperpolarized carbon-13 imaging of arthritis and gene
therapy.
John MacKenzie, M.D.
Chief of Pediatric
Musculoskeletal Imaging
John.d.mackenzie@stanford.edu
Beverly Newman, B.Sc.,
MBBCh.
bevn@stanford.edu
Pulmonary and Cardiac imaging in Children. Neonatal
Imaging. Radiation dose reduction.
William Northway, M.D.
Emeritus
northway@stanford.edu
Erika Rubesova, M.D.
rubesova@stanford.edu
Neonatal pulmonary imaging.
Shreyas Vasanawala,
vasanawala@stanford.edu
Our work is focused on developing and evaluating novel
strategies to obtain faster and sharper magnetic resonance
images. Target applications span the spectrum of body
imaging, including cardiovascular, abdominal, pelvic, and
musculoskeletal imaging.
Kristen Yeom, M.D.
kyeom@stanford.eduf
My primary research interest is in clincal application of
advanced MR imaging techniques in pediatric brain tumors.
including diffusion, arterial spin labeled perfusion, and
functional MRI. We are also interested in translating novel
imaging techniques that probe physiologic tumor tissue
characteristics.
Perinatal imaging including fetal imaging (US and MRI) and
abdominal imaging in children.
Radiological Sciences Laboratory (RSL)
Located at: Richard M. Lucas Center for Magnetic Resonance
Spectroscopy and Imaging
rsl.stanford.edu/research/lucas_center.html or rsl.stanford.edu
RSL Faculty
Gary Glover, Ph.D.
Director, RSL
(650) 723-7577
gary.glover@stanford.edu
Research Interest
Rapid MRI methods using non-cartesian k-space trajectories;
Applications to functional MRI and contrast uptake in the breast.
RSL Faculty
Research Interest
Norbert Pelc, Sc.D.
Associate Chair for Research,
Radiology
(650) 723-0435
pelc@stanford.edu
New CT systems and reconstruction methods; Hybrid imaging
systems; Digital X-ray imaging
Roland Bammer, Ph.D.
(650) 498-4760
rbammer@stanford.edu
Kim Butts-Pauly, Ph.D.
(650) 725-8551
kimbutts@stanford.edu
Parallel MRI; Perfusion- and diffusion-weighted MRI.
MRI-guided minimally invasive therapies; High intensity focused
ultrasound; MRI-guided cryoablation; Interventional MRI; Rapid
MR imaging; Motion corrected MRI; Artifact reduction MRI.
Rebecca Fahrig, Ph.D.
(650) 724-3559
fahrig@stanford.edu
Image Guidance during Interventional Procedures (Combined
C-arm CT and Fluoroscopy for Neurointerventions;
Retrospectively-gated Multi-sweep Cardiac C-arm CT for
Guidance during Cardiac interventions; Real-time
tomosynthesis; Development of new hardware for MRcompatible X-ray fluoroscopy). Also CT reconstruction, image
artifact reduction, hardware design (X-ray tubes) and
optimization (digital flat-panel detectors), and in-vivo
optimization and validation of imaging protocols.
Brian Hargreaves, Ph.D.
(650) 498-5368
bah@stanford.edu
Body MRI including abdominal, breast and cardiovascular
applications; Rapid MRI techniques; MRI contrast mechanisms;
Optimization in MRI sequence design.
Michael Moseley, Ph.D.
(650) 725-6077
mike@lucas.stanford.edu
High-speed MRI techniques to image and measure water proton
diffusion and contrast-enhanced tissue blood perfusion;
Detection of the earliest effects of experimental and clinical
cerebral ischemia; Assessing integrity of cerebral white matter.
Brian Rutt, Ph.D.
brutt@stanford.edu
Daniel Spielman, Ph.D.
(650) 723-8697
spielman@stanford.edu
High Field MRI, MR Engineering, Cellular and Molecular MRI,
Neuro MRI, and quantitative MRI.
MR Spectroscopic imaging, 1H MRS of the human brain,
metabolic imaging of small animal models using hyperpolarized
13C MRS.
Information Sciences in Imaging at
Stanford (ISIS)
ISIS Faculty
Research Interest
ISIS Faculty
Sandy Napel, Ph.D.
Co-Director, ISIS
(650) 725-8027
snapel@stanford.edu
Sylvia Plevritis, Ph.D.
Co-Director, ISIS
650) 498-5261
sylvia.plevritis@stanford.edu
David Paik, Ph.D.
(650) 736-4183
david.paik@stanford.edu
Daniel Rubin M.D., M.S.
(650) 725-5693
dlrubin@stanford.edu
Research Interest
Developing diagnostic and therapy-planning applications and
strategies for the acquisition and visualization of multidimensional medical imaging data, e.g., 3D images of blood
vessels, computer-aided detection and characterization of
lesions (e.g., colonic polyps, pulmonary nodules) from crosssectional image data, visualization and automated assessment
of 4D ultrasound data, and fusion of images acquired using
different modalities (e.g., CT and MR), advanced visualization
for interventional applications.
Correlation of imaging data to genomic and proteomic
signatures and clinical outcomes; Outcomes research,
particularly related to cancer screening programs; Medical
decision analysis.
Developing and validating computational methodologies for
extracting useful information content from anatomic, functional
and molecular images, drawing upon image processing,
computer vision, computer graphics, computational geometry,
machine learning, biostatistics, modeling and simulation.
Integrating image-based information with non-imaging
biomedical information.
Medical informatics and bioinformatics; correlating imaging to
pathology and molecular data; making the meaning in images
computer-accessible; ontologies; “just-in-time” information and
decision support to reduce variation in radiology practice; imagebased computer reasoning, electronic teaching files, quality
assessment, data warehouses/mining, and Web technologies for
radiology.
Molecular Imaging Program at
Stanford (MIPS)
Located at: James H. Clark Center, 318 Campus Dr., East Wing, 1 st Fl.
mips.stanfordedu or biox.stanford.edu
MIPS Faculty
Research Interest
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir,
M.D., Ph.D.
Multimodality molecular imaging assays to interrogate
molecular/cellular events in living subjects.
Director, MIPS
Division Chief, Nuclear
Medicine Division
(650) 725-2309
sgambhir@stanford.edu
Sandip Biswal, M.D.
(650) 498-4561
biswals@stanford.edu
Using multimodality molecular imaging techniques to study
musculoskeletal pain, arthritis, inflammation and nociception.
(see also Musculoskeletal section above)
MIPS Faculty
Research Interest
Francis Blankenberg, M.D.
(650) 497-8601
blankenb@stanford.edu
Molecular imaging of tumor angiogenesis in oncology patients;
Molecular imaging of apoptosis. (see also Pediatric Radiology
section above)
Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen,
Ph.D.
(650) 725-0950
shawchen@stanford.edu
Developing and validating novel molecular imaging probes for
visualization and quantification of molecular targets that are
aberrantly expressed during tumor growth, angiogenesis and
metastasis as well as other angiogenesis related diseases;
nanoplatform-based molecular imaging and drug delivery;
imaging stem cell trafficking and targeted gene delivery.
Zhen Cheng,
zcheng@stanford.edu
Molecular imaging of cancer and its metastasis, identifying novel
cancer biomarkers with significant clinical relevance,
development new; chemistry for imaging probes preparation,
validating new strategies; for imaging probes high-throughput
screening.
Samira Guccione, Ph.D.
(650) 725-4936
guccione@stanford.edu
Multimodality imaging, vascular contrast agents; Molecularly
targeted platforms for combined imaging and therapy (including
gene and chemotherapies); Focused ultrasound mediated drug
delivery including targeted and non-targeted temperature
sensitive liposomes; Polymeric, implantable, drug delivery
systems for controlled release of drugs over time; Effects of new
'biological' chemotherapies as reflected in various functional
imaging techniques; Genomic and proteomic evaluation of
clinical tissue and fluid samples.
Craig Levin, Ph.D.
(650) 736-7211
cslevin@stanford.edu
Development of novel imaging technology to advance the in-vivo
visualization and quantification of cellular and molecular
signatures of disease.
Jianghong Rao, Ph.D.
(650) 736-8563
jrao@stanford.edu
Nanoparticle-based sensors for in vitro tumor detection and in
vivo imaging; in vivo imaging of RNA; CT contrast agents for
tumor-specific molecular imaging.
Juergen Willmann, M.D.
650-725-1812
willmann@stanford.edu
Development and clinical translation of novel molecular and
functional imaging biomarkers with special focus on imaging
abdominal, pelvic and breast cancer as well as inflammatory
bowel disease. - Development of molecular ultrasound contrast
agents for early cancer detection and cancer treatment
monitoring.
Joseph Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
(650) 736-2246
joewu@stanford.edu
Molecular imaging of adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells, and
induced pluripotent stem cells; Gene therapy; Genomics.
3D Medical Imaging Laboratory (3D
Lab)
Located at: Richard M. Lucas Center for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and
Imaging and the James H. Clark Center
3dradiology.stanford.edu
3D Lab Faculty
Research Interest
Geoffrey D. Rubin, M.D. Imaging atherosclerosis and other arterial diseases using CT;
Director, 3D Lab
grubin@stanford.edu
Improving radiologist detection of lung nodules with computeraided detection, Cardiac CT. (see also Cardiothoracic Imaging
section above)
Sandy Napel, Ph.D.
Developing diagnostic and therapy-planning applications and
strategies for the acquisition and visualization of multidimensional medical imaging data, e.g., 3D images of blood
vessels, computer-aided detection and characterization of
lesions (e.g., colonic polyps, pulmonary nodules) from crosssectional image data, visualization and automated assessment
of 4D ultrasound data, and fusion of images acquired using
different modalities (e.g., CT and MR), advanced visualization
for interventional applications.
Imaging informatics including how biological information is
extracted from both anatomic and molecular imaging, how it is
represented, how it is modeled and how it is disseminated with
an outlook toward how this imaging-derived information can be
combined with other sources of biological and clinical
information.
co-Director, 3D Lab
(650) 725-8027
snapel@stanford.edu
David Paik, Ph.D.
(650) 736-4183
david.paik@stanford.edu
Christopher F. Beaulieu,
M.D., Ph. D.
(650) 725-8018
beaulieu@stanford.edu
Three dimensional imaging, CT colonography, computer aided
detection algorithms and clinical applications. Use of medical
informatics to link image features with controlled terminology.
Radiology Interest Group at Stanford website:
rigs.stanford.edu
Department of Radiology website:
radiology.stanford.edu
Radiology residency website:
xray.stanford.edu
Links to research programs:
xray.stanford.edu/applicants/research.html