MARK DANIEL KOVACS
8326 Geary Blvd.
San Francisco, CA 94121
(804) 335-6038
mark.kovacs@ucsf.edu
EDUCATION / MEDICAL TRAINING
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. 2014-present. Clinical fellowship in Abdominal
Imaging. Clinical duties at UCSF Parnassus campus, Veterans Hospital of San Francisco, and San Francisco
General Hospital, a Level-1 trauma center.
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA. 2010-2014. Residency in Radiology. Mini-fellowship
completed in Ultrasound and CT-guided procedures.
VCU Health System, Richmond, VA. 2009-2010. Internship in Internal Medicine.
VCU School of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VA. 2005-2009. Awarded M.D.
degree, May 2009.
Davidson College, Davidson, NC. 1995-1999. Awarded B.A. in Philosophy, May 1999.
WORK / RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA. 2014-present. Neuroradiology moonlighting at this busy
Level-1 trauma center.
Interpretation Accuracy for Full Field Digital Mammography (FFDM) Using Lossless versus Lossy Data
Compression, Santa Barbara, CA. 2011-2014. Principal investigator for this clinical study with goal to
establish a standard for lossy image compression in digital mammography.
VCU/MCV Department of Radiology and Radiation Physics, Richmond, VA. 2006-2007. Research on
Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) MRI tractography of brain white matter. Used skills gained as former software
engineer to manipulate FSL analysis tools developed by FMRIB group in Oxford, UK.
Human Gamete and Embryology Lab, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. 2004-2005. Lab
technician. Prepared and analyzed fresh and cryogenically stored human gamete specimens for intrauterine
insemination (IUI) procedures.
Kaplan, Charlottesville, VA. 2004-2005. Teacher, MCAT test preparation courses. Taught Physics, General
Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and MCAT Strategy to students at UVa, Washington & Lee, and JMU.
browsermedia.com, Charlottesville, VA. 2000-2002. Software engineer. Programmed software primarily in
Java-based technologies. Designed and built software applications for internal company use and for internet use
for numerous clients, including buydomains.com (a domain name retailer), and info-france-usa.org (the United
States Embassy of France).
musictoday.com, Charlottesville, VA. 1999-2000. Web programmer, focused on musictoday.com (a live music
portal), davematthewsband.com (official website of the Dave Matthews Band), and the Warehouse (the
official DMB fan club website). Responsibilities: upkeep of these rapidly-evolving sites, back-end work
creating web applications to facilitate company goals, and work with SQL databases. Supervised two
programmers.
PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS
Kovacs M.D., Cho M., Snodgress S. (2014, June). Facial colliculus syndrome. ACR Case in Point series.
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Cho M., Kovacs M.D., Trambert M.A. (2014, April). Improved Reporting Efficiency and Accuracy from Field
Pre-Population in Templated Reports. Accepted for oral presentation at the 2015 RSNA Conference, Chicago,
IL.
Kovacs M.D., Reicher J.J., Grotts J., Reicher M., Trambert M. (2014, May). Evaluation of Lossy Data
Compression in Primary Interpretation for Full-Field Digital Mammography. Formal (oral) presentation at the
2014 ARRS Conference, San Diego, CA.
Kovacs M.D., Reicher J.J., Grotts J., Reicher M., Trambert M. (2014, April). Evaluation of Lossy Data
Compression in Primary Interpretation for Full-Field Digital Mammography. Manuscript accepted for
publication to the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR).
Kovacs M.D., Chow B. (2014, February). Distal Tibiofibular syndesmotic injury (High ankle sprain). Accepted
for publication to the ACR Case in Point series.
Kovacs M.D., Chow B. (2014, January). Ischiofemoral impingement syndrome. Accepted for publication to the
ACR Case in Point series.
Kovacs M.D., Braverman S.E. (2013, November). Angiographic diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum in an adult
patient with negative scintigraphy. Submitted for publication to the Journal of Radiology Case Reports, in
review.
Kovacs M.D., Urban S., Wheelock P. (2013, July). Posttraumatic bucket-handle tear of the mesentery. ACR
Case in Point series.
Kovacs, M.D., Trambert, M.A. (2011, December). New Paradigm for Universal Image and Patient Information
Sharing, via a Cloud-based, Secure, Efficient, and Cost-Effective System. Formal (oral) presentation at the 2011
RSNA Conference, Chicago, IL. Featured in an article on Auntminnie.com on 12/21/12 titled "Cloud-based
platform facilitates patient data sharing," and in the ACR Daily News scan.
Reicher, J.J., Borzage, M., Reicher, M.A., Kovacs, M.D., Jordan, T.R., Trambert, M.A., (2011, December).
Compression Tolerance of Full-Field Digital Mammography Images: Pilot Findings with Multiple Vendors and
Call for a Definitive Study to Establish a Standard. Poster presentation at the 2011 RSNA Conference, Chicago,
IL.
Kovacs, M.D., Trambert, M.A. (2011, December). Leveraging DICOM Image Annotations to Facilitate
Radiologist and Technologist Work Flow. Poster presentation at the 2011 RSNA Conference, Chicago, IL.
Kovacs, M.D., Kettenmann, B., Fatouros, P.P. (2007, May). Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Brain Matter: White
Matter Changes in Patients with Anxiety. Awarded the G. Watson James III, MD Scholarship as 1st prize winner
at the Kinloch Nelson Abstract competition, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA.
HONORS / AWARDS
RSNA Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award, Santa Barbara, CA. June 2014. Recognized for
outstanding Radiologic research in 2014 by the RSNA Research & Education Foundation.
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Housestaff Choice Award, Santa Barbara, CA. June 2014. Best oral research
presentation at the annual Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital research symposium. Voting by resident peers in
Radiology, Surgery, and Internal Medicine.
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Resident Research Grand Prize, Santa Barbara, CA. June 2014. Awarded
the grand prize for oral research presentation at the annual Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital research symposium.
ARRS Residents in Radiology Executive Council Award, San Diego, CA. May 2014. Presented one of three
annual awards for residents and fellows at the ARRS meeting, for presentation / paper entitled Evaluation of
Lossy Data Compression in Primary Interpretation for Full-Field Digital Mammography.
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RSNA Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award, Santa Barbara, CA. June 2012. Recognized for
outstanding Radiologic research in 2012 by the RSNA Research & Education Foundation.
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1 prize, Kinloch Nelson Honors Day Research Abstract Competition, Richmond, VA. May 2007. Abstract:
Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Brain Matter: White Matter Changes in Patients with Anxiety. Awarded the G.
Watson James III, MD Scholarship as 1st prize winner.
James R. Gruder Scholarship, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA. 2007-2009.
Deans Merit Scholarship, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA. 2005-2009.
Midemnet 2000 Music Site Awards, Cannes, France, January 2000. Best Artist Website,
davematthewsband.com.
EDITORIAL REVIEW / PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Digital Imaging. October 2013. Article: Compressed Medical Image
Quality Determination using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, currently under review.
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Digital Imaging. July 2012. Article: Quantitative visually lossless
compression ratio determination of JPEG2000 in digitized mammograms, accepted for publication.
Webmaster, VCU School of Medicine Class of 2009, Richmond, VA. 2005-2009. Elected class officer.
Designed, built, and maintained site containing Class of 2009 news, pictures, learning tools, and store (helpful
for fundraising / service efforts).
Webmaster, VCU School of Medicine Wellness Program, Richmond, VA. 2007-2009. Co-designed and built
website for Student Wellness program.
Student Representative, Curriculum Planning Committee, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA. 20082009. Chosen to participate in this student/faculty committee which met bi-weekly to discuss the revision of the
curriculum and infrastructure of the medical school.
Co-leader, Foundations of Clinical Medicine, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA. 2008-2009. Taught
the fundamentals of history-taking, physical exam, and formulation of the differential diagnosis to second year
medical students. Provided advice to students with regards to their challenging second-year course work.
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