Faculty Celebrations, UCSF Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, July 2023

CELEBRATIONS 2023

Dear Colleagues,

One pervasive theme for the past few years has been growth. Growth in the number of patients we care for, growth in our research funding and programs, and especially growth in the numbers of talented faculty, staff, and healthcare workers who have joined our ranks in the Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging.

This year, we welcome 10 new faculty members to the department. You may read their brief bios in the following pages. Several assistant professors in this cohort are bringing new perspectives and practices from other institutions, others are coming “home grown” as the outstanding graduates from our own residency and fellowship programs. It will be fun to see these individuals integrate into our community. We look forward to supporting their professional growth as clinicians, educators, and researchers.

Eleven faculty were promoted this year. We are incredibly proud of their hard work, academic productivity, and many contributions that they invested to achieve this milestone. Academic promotions reflect the increase in national and international stature that came about through significant individual time and effort. We are delighted to celebrate with you as a department.

Four faculty members received awards for their contributions to mentoring, volunteer service, teaching, and clinical excellence, and one alumnus was recognized for exemplifying the department’s legacy in the national radiology community. Each award winner embodies the UCSF missions to teach, heal, and discover, and we are honored to recognize these faculty with accolades.

Two faculty members have retired, though both will be recalled to service in their retirement. We are grateful for your work in our reading rooms, clinics and labs; your wisdom imparted through mentoring trainees and junior faculty over the years; and your contributions to the profession at large. We know that scores of patients and practitioners will continue to benefit from your insights into complex conditions.

From new hires to promotions to awards and retirement, we are delighted that UCSF Radiology & Biomedical Imaging is your professional community, and we look forward to supporting your continued success.

Christopher P. Hess, MD, PhD Alexander Margulis Distinguished Professor and Chair

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Welcome to our fourth annual UCSF Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Faculty

Celebration book. The genesis of this now-annual record was the inability to inaugurate a department-wide faculty formal social event in 2020. COVID restrictions prevented us from moving forward with a fall dinner where we could honor faculty in their academic achievements.

We wanted to be able to congratulate faculty who had been recently promoted, recognize and honor those receiving department awards, and acknowledge the many years of service for those faculty retiring. We also wished to formally introduce our new faculty and welcome them to our Radiology teams. These landmarks in the career cycle are important reminders of our academic mission at UCSF and of the incredibly high-achieving and dedicated scientists and radiologists in our department. Please join me in welcoming, congratulating, honoring and celebrating our outstanding faculty.

Christine Glastonbury, MBBS Professor and Vice Chair, Academic Affairs

Welcome

We are delighted to introduce our ten new faculty members for 2023. One imaging scientist has joined our research groups and 9 clinical faculty will deliver patient care in five of our nine subspecialities. All of our faculty contribute to trainee education as well as new and ongoing initiatives that ensure our department’s reputation for innovation. As each new faculty member joins our UCSF community, we extend a warm welcome and our best wishes for successful, fulfilling careers.

Maggie Chung, MD Assistant Professor In Residence

Breast Imaging

Dr. Chung earned her medical degree at the Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, followed by an internship at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego. Dr. Chung completed her diagnostic radiology residency at UCSF, where she was recognized in 2022 with the Elmer Ng Outstanding Resident Award, the Margulis Society Resident Research Award, and the RSNA’s Roentgen Resident/ Fellow Research Award. Dr. Chung has served as a clinical fellow in our breast imaging section since 2022.

Dr. Chung is a member of the Science and Technology Resource Group pillar in the Center for Intelligent Imaging (ci2). She has served on the UCSF Residency

Admission Committee, the Residency Quality Assurance Committee, and was the UCSF Representative to the California Radiological Society.

With a strong record of publication, Dr. Chung’s current research focuses on the use of neural networks in imaging. Her projects cover simulated contrast-enhanced breast MRI using convolutional neural network, convolutional neural networks for radiographic detection of surgical sponges, and PET/CT metabolic tumor segmentation using a multi-modality multi-t ask neural network. Her previous research at UCSF focused on the use of ultrasound for the evaluation of palpable masses in lactating women.

Daehyun Yoon, PhD Assistant Adjunct Professor Research

Dr. Yoon holds an MS and PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan and a BS in computer science & engineering from Seoul National University. Upon completing his postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford, Dr. Yoon continued on as senior research associate working on musculoskeletal MRI and PET/MRI. He has been involved with development of research imaging techniques and translation of those into clinical protocols for patient care.

and MRI methods for identifying peripheral pain generators in the musculoskeletal system. His recent projects include PET/MRI of various chronic pain conditions (low back pain, complex regional pain syndrome, CSF leak, etc.), high-resolution/quantitative MRI of peripheral nerves, and artifactfree MRI near metallic implants. Dr. Yoon is embarking on a new NIH/ NIAMS-funded project as a coinvestigator, which aims to enable [18F]FDG PET/MRI near metallic hip implants for the improved identification of local sources causing persistent pain following total hip arthroplasties.

Jonathan

Assistant Professor Clinical Radiology

Musculoskeletal Imaging

Dr. Friedman earned his medical degree at The George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. Following his internship at University of Chicago Medical Center (NorthShore) in Evanston, IL, he completed his diagnostic radiology residency at Boston University Medical Center and a fellowship in musculoskeletal imaging at UCSF.

Dr. Friedman has published research on imaging of common hip pathologies in runners. He has conducted resident lectures on hip injuries in runners, benign osseous lesions that can be diagnosed radiographically, and imaging findings of non-accidental trauma or child abuse. He has presented research on “Comparison of DLPBased Effective Dose to Monte Carlo-Based Effective Dose in Low Dose Chest CTs.”

Sweetwood, MD Assistant Professor Clinical Radiology

Musculoskeletal Imaging

Dr. Sweetwood earned his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, where he graduated with highest honors and a certificate of medical ethics. After an internship at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco, he completed a diagnostic radiology residency at UCSF, where he served as chief resident, and a musculoskeletal radiology fellowship. He received the Stanley W. Olson Award for Academic Excellence and Service and is inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

At UCSF, Dr. Sweetwood has served on the Residency Recruitment Committee and as a chief resident representative to the Executive Committee, as well as on the Radiology COVID Response (RICS) Team. He has conducted lectures and teaching sessions for medical students and residents on multiple topics including ultrasound, chest imaging, and musculoskeletal imaging, as well as preparatory presentations for trainee call and board exams. Dr. Sweetwood has published on digital techniques to improve consensus among radiologists, MRI-guided prostate biopsy, and spindle cell lesions and carcinoma of the breast. His current research focuses on the clinical application of molecular imaging using 99mTc-MDP SPECT/CT and NaF PET/CT and PET/MRI in the evaluation of low back pain and guidance for therapeutic intervention. His clinical interests include sports imaging and image-guided procedures for pain management.

Kevin

Friedman, MD

Christopher Brunson, MD Assistant Professor

Clinical Radiology

Interventional Radiology, ZSFG

Dr. Brunson received his medical degree at UCSF. After an internship with the UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program at Highland Hospital and Kaiser Oakland, he completed his integrated interventional radiology residency at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Dr. Brunson was chief interventional radiology resident and served Graduate Medical Education as an executive member to the advisory and diversity committees, and as a search committee member for associate dean. Dr. Brunson has received the RSNA Roentgen Resident/ Fellow Research Award and the University of Arizona GME Resident

Academic Career Scholarship. While he was a UCSF medical student, Brunson was an organizer with #whitecoatsforBlacklives, a movement to draw attention to the effects of racial disparities on health care.

Dr. Brunson’s clinical practice and research program focuses on oncologic outcomes and healthcare disparities, particularly in patients with NASH/NAFLD, as well as advanced dosimetry, particularly tumor perfusion augmentation. His publications have focused on interventional radiology methods for managing liver tumors, the use of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation, and comparisons of 2-D perfusion angiography and Tc-99m MAA SPECT/CT.

Allen Ye, MD, PhD Assistant Professor

Clinical Radiology

Neuroradiology, ZSFG

Dr. Ye obtained his MD and his PhD in bioengineering in 2017 at the University of Illinois Chicago in the Medical Scientist Training Program. After his internship at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Illinois, he completed his diagnostic radiology residency at the University of California San Francisco in 2022. During that time, he was selected as an NIH T32 research fellow and remained at UCSF to complete a neuroradiology fellowship in 2023. He has received multiple honors for his work including the Dr. Edward P. Cohen Medical Scientist Training Award, the UCSF Resident

Research Fund Award, and the UCSF Radiology Outstanding Fellow/Instructor Teaching Award. Dr. Ye has served as director of the Resident Informatics Team and as a representative on the AIIMS (PACS) Steering Committee.

Dr. Ye’s research focuses on utilization and application of advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques such as anomalous diffusion, elastography, and connectomics in the clinical setting. He has translated these techniques for better characterization of vascular, neurodegenerative, and psychiatric diseases. Dr. Ye also has a strong interest in trauma research and has performed retrospective studies that categorize cervical spine trauma with respect to established trauma classifications and to evaluate the utility of MRI in the setting of isolated prevertebral edema.

Weiya Mu, MD Assistant Professor

Clinical Radiology

Neuroradiology, ZSFG

Dr. Mu earned her medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, with a distinction in research. Following an internship at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, she completed her diagnostic radiology residency at the Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, where she was chief resident. She completed her neuroradiology fellowship at the Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto.

Dr. Mu has experience in emergency radiology and has

published research on diagnosing fat-containing lesions in thoracic imaging, traumatic brain injury in combat veterans, neuroplasticity, and neck strength in young adults. Her presentation on “The Vomer Bone and Vomerovaginal Canals: A Pictorial and Educational Review of Neuroimaging Anatomy and Pathology” won the ASNR Educational Exhibit Certificate of Merit in 2022. She has received an award in the Einstein Medical Center annual case report competition, as well as several research fellowships.

Joelle Harwin, MD Assistant Professor

Clinical Radiology

Abdominal Imaging

Dr. Harwin earned her medical degree at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. She completed an internship in internal medicine at the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, followed by diagnostic radiology residency and an abdominal imaging fellowship at UCSF.

Dr. Harwin served as chief resident during her final year of residency. In the radiology department, Dr. Harwin served on the Quality & Safety committee where she authored guidelines on imaging modality size/weight limitations and reading room safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both documents were implemented by the department and published on the UCSF website. Dr. Harwin

served on the Patient Experience Leadership team where she helped with hospital and departmental transition in response to the 2020 Cures Act. She also served on the resident recruitment committee and was part of the hospital-wide Clinical Performance Improvement committee. On a state level, Dr. Harwin served as both president and vice president of the California Radiological Society Residents and Fellows Section where she organized the third annual UCLA Career Symposium and helped plan the Radiology Leadership Institute Westcoast Kickstart Your Career Sampler Workshop. Dr. Harwin is the Young and Early Career Professional Society 2024 grant recipient from the American College of Radiology.

Dr. Harwin has published on multiple topics including multidisciplinary approach to cancer in pregnancy and liver imaging in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Her research abstract “Going Beyond FDG-PET: The Next Generation of Targeted Nuclear Medicine Imaging for Breast Cancer” won the American Roentgen Ray Society 2021 Certificate of Merit. Dr. Harwin was invited to a lecture at the Association of University Radiologists 2022 on creating a sustainable workforce by optimizing relationships between program directors, trainees and program coordinators.

Omar Hassan, MD Assistant Professor

Clinical Radiology

Abdominal Imaging

Dr. Hassan earned his medical degree at Chicago Medical School in, North Chicago, IL, receiving a distinction in basic sciences. He completed a general surgery internship, diagnostic radiology residency, and fellowship in abdominal imaging and diagnostic sonography all at UCSF.

During residency, Dr. Hassan co-led the radiology section’s quality improvement initiative at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, examining delays in morning turnaround times of overnight, resident-read radiology examinations and implemented a system to improve the time from

wet read to final attending reads of reports.

Dr. Hassan conducts research as part of the Cirrhosis & Hepatocellular Carcinoma Working Group, establishing a database of over 200 patients with treated HCC for the current largest radiologicpathologic correlation of treatment modalities in a multidisciplinary collaboration of diagnostic and interventional radiologists and transplant hepatologists. Dr. Hassan has published papers imaging in gender affirmation surgery, organic cation transporter-mediated clearance of cardiovascular drugs, and currently has a paper in progress on the imaging reliability of liver tumor grading (LI-RADS)

Kang Wang, MD, PhD Assistant Professor In Residence

Abdominal Imaging

Dr. Wang earned his PhD in biomedical engineering at Cornell University and his MD at the University of California, San Diego. Following his internship at Kaweah Delta Health District in Visalia, CA, Dr. Wang completed his diagnostic radiology residency at UC San Diego followed by a body MRI diagnostic radiology fellowship at Stanford.

Dr. Wang has received the Resoundant Innovation Research Award from the Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance, as well as the RSNA Resident Research Award, and the Society of Abdominal

Radiology Wylie J. Dodds Research Award. He was the founding member and manager of the ultrasound clinic at UC San Diego Free Clinic, and a founding member of RAD-AID chapter at UC San Diego Health. He has published research on various aspects of quantitative imaging biomarkers for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, including automated CT and MRI liver segmentation and biometry, and hepatic MR elastography, with a long-term interest in developing automated, accurate, and reproducible quantitative imaging biomarkers to diagnose, stage, and monitor chronic liver disease.

We are honored to announce that eleven faculty members – six new associate professors and five new full professors – received academic promotions effective July 1, 2023. Our department and UCSF recognizes each promoted faculty member for their significant contributions to our mission: Advancing Health Worldwide. To do this well, each faculty member balances teaching, clinical practice, scientific inquiry and clinical translation, and service activities to create an outstanding portfolio of accomplishments. We are incredibly proud of each faculty member and their unique qualities as teachers and mentors; department and university leaders committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; and physicians and imaging scientists known for their national or international stature in the field of radiology.

Kim Kallianos Associate Professor

Clinical Radiology Cardiac & Pulmonary Imaging

Brian Haas Associate Professor Clinical Radiology Cardiac & Pulmonary Imaging

Rina Patel Associate Professor

Clinical Radiology

Musculoskeletal

Yi Li Associate Professor Clinical Radiology Neuroradiology

Tatiana Kelil Associate Professor

Clinical Radiology Breast Imaging

Yan Li Associate Professor In Residence Research

Pallav Kolli Professor Clinical Radiology Interventional Radiology

Galateia Kazakia Professor In Residence Research

Janine Lupo Professor In Residence Research

Dimitrios Mitsouras Professor In Residence Research

Duygu Tosun-Turgut Professor In Residence Research

Outstanding Achievements

We congratulate four department faculty members who received awards at the June 2023 Commencement Ceremony. These awards honor faculty who demonstrate clinical excellence, outstanding mentorship, heartfelt teaching, and exemplary volunteer service.

In addition, the department honors an Outstanding Alumnus of our residency program who demonstrates sustained accomplishment, leadership, collaboration, and professionalism in the wider radiology community.

Jane Wang, MD | Outstanding Faculty Mentor

Presented annually since 2015 to a faculty member who has provided extraordinary service to the department's faculty through mentorship. This year, the award was presented by Dr. Susan Wall.

Dr. Wang is distinguished by her selflessness, generosity with time and knowledge, and ability to foster the careers of junior colleagues. Dr. Wang possesses all the qualities of a truly outstanding faculty mentor, generously reviewing junior faculty CVs with them, encouraging and supporting their applications for developmental opportunities, awards and grants, and helping them with their applications. Her nominators noted that she is sensitive to the stresses of faculty, demonstrated by her ability to listen, be available, respond, and understand.

One nominator remarked that “Jane has done a phenomenal job not only for her assigned junior faculty mentees, but also for her section members. It is impressive to see how section members are flourishing in the abdominal section under her leadership. I also would like to highlight Jane’s tenure as Associate Director of the T32 program, where she has done wonderful work mentoring and supporting our T32 trainees.”

Another nominator noted that “Jane is currently mentoring three junior faculty, each of whom has commended Jane’s contributions to their careers, her patience and her thoughtful professional advice on deal with the complexities of raising young families while in academic medicine.”

Jane Wang receiving Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from Susan Wall.

Vickie Feldstein, MD | Clinical Faculty Excellence Award

The Clinical Faculty Excellence Award was established in 2021 to honor and celebrate our faculty who are distinguished by their dedication to clinical radiology, their superb skills in diagnostic and/or interventional radiology, and the exceptional care they provide to our patients. This honor is awarded annually. This year, the award was presented by Dr. Chris Hess.

Dr. Feldstein received a number of nominations from within and outside the department for this award, described by colleagues and trainees as a phenomenal, steadfast, exemplary diagnostician and mentor. One nominator noted that “Vickie’s efforts go beyond her brilliant clinical skills. Her persistence and fine-tuned detective work in seeking the potentially lost yet important facts in a patient’s medical history inspires us to always think and act one step further. Vickie is precisely an example of why humans will never be replaced completely by AI or other technology. What she practices is truly an art of radiology and medicine. She is willing and available, at any time of the day, to help her colleagues seek out the right diagnoses or the appropriate treatment pathway.”

Another nominator noted that “Dr. Feldstein is a true master clinician when it comes to OBGYN ultrasound. She has been instrumental in the education of radiology and obgyn residents. She is always willing to teach while simultaneously providing excellent direct patient care, especially in complex cases, often going beyond the discipline of radiology to interact with a broad range of specialties. Her skills and diagnostic acumen have helped numerous patients that seek care in the Fetal Treatment Center and the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Placenta Service.”

Mark Sugi, MD | Hideyo Minagi Outstanding Teacher

Named in honor of faculty member Hideyo Minagi, MD, this award recognizes an outstanding faculty teacher that most exemplifies the commitment, enthusiasm and dedication to teaching demonstrated by Dr. Minagi over his long UCSF career.

Dr. Mark Sugi, this year’s recipient of the Hideyo Minagi Outstanding Teacher Award, is recognized by trainees for his skill and knowledge as a radiologist, his availability as a teacher, and his stature as an outstanding role model. Graduating residents Amanda Liu, Emmanuel Carrodeguas, and Will Fletcher presented the award to Dr. Sugi:

“Back when we were starting residency, we had the pleasure of working with Mark when he was a fellow in abdominal imaging and ultrasound. And even back then it was very clear just how passionate he was about teaching. Residents and fellows alike look forward to working with Mark because no matter how busy the clinical service is, he always makes time for teaching. He goes out of his way to show us challenging cases and share interesting papers. Outside of the reading room, his resident conferences are always very thoughtfully put together and interactive.

Mark treats everyone with the utmost kindness and respect, whether they are patients, trainees, technologists, or even clinicians who call the reading rooms at all hours. He’s incredibly patient while teaching us ultrasound scanning or procedures, and conveys calm to both trainees and patients.

Thank you, Mark. We want to congratulate you and thank you for all you have taught us over the last four years.”

Ying Fung, MD | Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Faculty

Presented by Dr. Mark Wilson, for outstanding service to the UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging as a volunteer member of the Clinical Faculty.

Dr. Fung has provided invaluable support at ZSFG since 2011, where she has played a crucial role in reducing wait times for mammography appointments and addressing the need for qualified breast imaging radiologists at the Avon Breast Center. She continues to volunteer regularly, offering vital breast cancer screening and diagnostic services.

Dr. Fung is highly respected by the staff at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where she serves as a beloved teacher to residents and fellows. Her private practice experience provides valuable perspectives, and she generously offers ad hoc career mentoring to fellows considering local private practice opportunities.

A nominator noted that “Dr. Fung consistently demonstrates a commitment to professionalism, a grounding in compassionate patient care, and an understanding of the importance of diversity. The impact that Dr. Fung has had on our patients and learners cannot be overstated. She is the model volunteer clinical provider and is very deserving of this long overdue recognition.”

Presented to a graduate of the UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging residency program who has achieved a high level of professional accomplishment, who has provided outstanding service to the field of radiology through their leadership, and who has promoted the culture of our department through collaboration, professionalism and excellence. This year, the award was presented by Dr. Jane Wang.

Dr. Caoili graduated from UCSF residency in 1998, followed by fellowship training at Duke. She has been on the faculty at the University of Michigan since then and is currently the Saroja Adusumilli Collegiate Professor of Radiology at Michigan. Dr. Caoili is an internationally renowned radiologist, and has made exceptional contributions to the field of genitourinary imaging. In particular, she is a pioneer in adrenal imaging and CT urography. Her work has led the clinical adoption of these imaging techniques and has improved diagnostic accuracy for radiologists worldwide. Dr. Caoili has delivered over 50 invited lectures, and authored over 130 manuscripts. Her expertise in abdominal imaging is also reflected by her numerous leadership roles of committees at major radiology societies, including RSNA, American Roentgen Ray Society, Society of Abdominal Radiology, American College of Radiology, and American Board of Radiology. Dr. Caoili’s distinguished career exemplifies the spirit of the UCSF Radiology Outstanding Alumni Award.

Her nominator made these comments: “As a mentor during my residency, Elaine demonstrated a remarkable ability to inspire, uplift, and educate. She consistently brought a humble, approachable, and supportive attitude to the reading room, and her dedication to developing the next generation of radiologists was unparalleled. Elaine's mentorship has had a lasting impact on my career and personal growth, and her legacy lives on through my efforts to emulate her values and mentorship style with current residents at UCSF.”

Elaine Caoili receiving Outstanding Alumnus Award from Jane Wang.

Elaine Caoili, MD | Outstanding Alumnus

Farewell & Thank you

Two faculty members officially retired during the 2022-23 academic year, though will continue on recall. We honor their many years of service to patients, trainees, our department, and the wider radiology community, and we extend our congratulations for their accomplishments over the years.

Vickie Feldstein, MD Professor Emeritus

Abdominal Imaging

Dr. Feldstein is an expert in many applications of diagnostic ultrasound and the use of Doppler techniques to analyze blood flow. Dr. Feldstein received her medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School / Brown University Program in Medicine, Rhode Island in 1986, and completed her residency in Radiology at UCSF, serving as chief resident in 1991.

In 2012, Dr. Feldstein helped initiate a new program at the UCSF Medical Center dedicated to the care of twin pregnancies. She is a part of the multidisciplinary team of experts who comprise the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center, a ground-breaking collaboration in the diagnosis and treatment of birth defects before delivery.

Dr. Feldstein’s research focuses on obstetric, gynecologic and abdominal applications of sonography in evaluation of a variety of pathologic conditions, in particular the etiology and pathophysiology of complicated monochorionic (single placenta) twin pregnancies. Dr. Feldstein has written, lectured, and investigated widely on ways to use ultrasound to safely and effectively guide needle procedures. She has researched and written about ultrasound findings noted in the prenatal evaluation of fetuses with anomalies. Dr. Feldstein has written over 62 published articles and 10 book chapters.

She has received many honors and recognition for her work, including the department’s Elmer Ng Award for Outstanding Resident (1991), Outstanding Alumni Award (2020), and the Clinical Faculty Excellence Award (2023).

Michael Weiner, MD Professor Emeritus Radiology, Medicine, Psychiatry and Neurology

Dr. Weiner is known for his work in using MRI and PET for investigating and diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia. He was one of the first to perform NMR on an intact animal, leading to his interest in developing MRI and MRS for research and diagnosis. He was a pioneer in human neuroimaging including early studies on brain tumors, epilepsy, stroke, and mental disorders. This led to a focus on early detection and monitoring treatment to slow progression of Alzheimer’s Disease and related neurodegenerative conditions.

He earned his BS from Johns Hopkins (1961) and MD from SUNY Medical Center in Syracuse, New York (1965) followed by an internship in medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital (1967). He completed a residency and clinical fellowship in metabolism at Yale-New Haven Medical Center, followed by research fellowships in nephrology (Yale 1970) and biochemistry at University of Wisconsin Institute for Enzyme Research (1972). His first faculty roles were at Wisconsin (1972) and Stanford (1974). He came to UCSF in 1980, and in 1983, he established the Magnetic Resonance Unit at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, which became the Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases in 2000.

Dr. Weiner is the PI for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), a longitudinal study launched in 2004 aimed at validating biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease at 60 sites in the US and Canada. More than 5,000 publications have used ADNI data. He also launched BrainHealthRegistry.org with the goal of accelerating development of effective treatments for brain diseases.

Dr. Weiner has mentored 120+ postdoctoral fellows and authored 940+ peerreviewed papers and 62 book chapters. He has been honored with the Young Investigator Award of the American College of Cardiology, Middleton Award for outstanding research in the VA, and the Potamkin Prize from the American Association of Neurology and the American Brain Foundation. He has been recognized by the Alzheimer’s Association with the Nancy and Ronald Reagan Research Award and, in 2021, the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Faculty Roster

Zuckerberg SF General

Mark Wilson, MD (Chief of Radiology, ZSFG)

Christopher Brunson, MD

Ellen Chang, MD, MS

Miles Conrad, MD, MPH

Shital Gandhi, MD

Brian Haas, MD

Vishal Kumar, MD

Terry Lynch, MD

Weiya Mu, MD

Sujal Nanavati, MD

Jared Narvid, MD

Michael Ohliger, MD, PhD

Preethi Raghu, MD

Amrutha Ramachandran, MD

Alexander Rybkin, MD

Loretta Strachowski, MD

Jason Talbott, MD, PhD

Thienkhai Vu, MD, PhD

Allen Ye, MD, PhD

Esther Yuh, MD, PhD

San Francisco VA

Michael Parsa, MD (Chief of Radiology, VA)

Pratik Mukherjee, MD, PhD

Rajiv Sawhney, MD

Pediatric Radiology

Jesse Courtier, MD (Chief, BCH-SF)

Raymond Sze, MD, MAMS (Chief, BCH-Oakland)

Taylor Chung, MD

Pierre-Alain Cohen, MD

Kayla Cort, DO

Rachelle Durand, DO

Bamidele Kammen, MD

Alexander Wai, MD

Matthew Zapala, MD, PhD

Neuroradiology

Vinil Shah, MD (Division Chief)

Matt Barkovich, MD

Soonmee Cha, MD

Cynthia Chin, MD

William Dillon, MD

Elizabeth George, MBBS

Christine Glastonbury, MBBS

Orit Glenn, MD

Christopher Hess, MD, PhD

Yi Li, MD

Andreas Rauschecker, MD, PhD

Leo Sugrue, MD, PhD

Javier Villanueva-Meyer, MD

David Wilson, MD, PhD

Xin (Cynthia) Wu, MD

Neuroendovascular Surgery

Steven Hetts, MD (Division Co-Chief)

Matthew Amans, MD

Daniel Cooke, MD

Christopher Dowd, MD

Van Halbach, MD

Randall Higashida, MD

Kazim Narsinh, MD

Musculoskeletal Radiology

Thomas Link, MD, PhD (Division Chief)

Matt Bucknor, MD

Jonathan Friedman, MD

Kevin McGill, MD, MPH

Daria Motamedi, MD

Rina Patel, MD

Lynne Steinbach, MD

Kevin Sweetwood, MD

Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics

Robert Flavell, MD, PhD (Division Chief)

Miguel Hernandez Pampaloni, MD, PhD

Thomas Hope, MD

Roxanna Juarez, MD

Courtney Lawhn Heath, MD

Yingbing Wang, MD

Interventional Radiology

K. Pallav Kolli, MD (Division Chief)

Nicholas Fidelman, MD

Ryan Kohlbrenner, MD

Alexander Lam, MD

Gina Landinez, MD

Evan Lehrman, MD

R. Peter Lokken, MD

Jaehoon Shin, MD, PhD

Andrew Taylor, MD, PhD

Imaging Scientists

Sharmila Majumdar, PhD (Vice Chair, Research)

Robert Bok, MD, PhD

Linda Chao, PhD

Michael Evans, PhD

Jeremy Gordon, PhD

Grant Gullberg, PhD

Michael Hoff, PhD

Nola Hylton, PhD

Galateia Kazakia, PhD

John Kurhanewicz, PhD

Thomas Lang, PhD

Peder Larson, PhD

Yan Li, PhD

Jing Liu, PhD

Janine Lupo Palladino, PhD

Alastair Martin, PhD

Dimitrios Mitsouras, PhD

Melanie Morrison, PhD

Susanne Mueller, PhD

Srikantan Nagarajan, PhD

Susan Noworolski, PhD

Eugene Ozhinsky, PhD

Donna Peehl, PhD

Ashish Raj, PhD

Sabrina Ronen, PhD

David Saloner, PhD

Youngho Seo, PhD

Renuka Sriram, PhD

Duygu Tosun-Turgut, PhD

Olga Tymofiyeva, PhD

Henry Vanbrocklin, PhD

Daniel Vigneron, PhD

Pavithra Viswanath, PhD

An (Joseph) Vu, PhD

Michael Weiner, MD

Yang Yang, PhD

Daehyun Yoon, PhD

Duan Xu, PhD

Cardiac & Pulmonary Imaging

Brett Elicker, MD (Division Chief)

Kimberly Kallianos, MD

Yoo Jin Lee, MD

Jonathan Liu, MD

Jamie Schroeder, MD, DPhil

Jae Ho Sohn, MD, MS

Shravan Sridhar, MD

Maya Vella, MD

Breast Imaging

Bonnie Joe, MD, PhD (Division Chief)

Maggie Chung, MD

Rita Freimanis, MD

Heather Greenwood, MD

Jessica Hayward, MD

Tatiana Kelil, MD

Amie Lee, MD

Elissa Price, MD

Kimberly Ray, MD

Edward Sickles, MD

Abdominal Imaging

Zhen Jane Wang, MD (Division Chief)

Spencer Behr, MD

Hailey Choi, MD

Vickie Feldstein, MD

Ruth Goldstein, MD

Joelle Harwin, MD

Omar Hassan, MD

Cheng William Hong, MD

Sina Houshmand, MD

Marc Kohli, MD

Joseph Leach, MD, PhD

John Mongan, MD, PhD

Liina Poder, MD

Dorothy Shum, MD

Mark Sugi, MD

Derek Sun, MD

Kang Wang, MD, PhD

Emma Webb, MD

Sean Woolen, MD

Benjamin Yeh, MD

Academic Affairs Team

Lorna Kwok Interim Academic Affairs Manager

My primary responsibilities are managing the faculty searches and advancement processes. In addition, I send faculty offer letters and manage reappointments and non-clinical time with the Academic Affairs team. In the past year, I have worked on over 10 searches which resulted in 27 interviews and 17 hires and helped the Merits & Promotions committee review 50 advancement packets with 20 of those packets being CAP actions.

Jocelyn Pulido Academic Affairs Coordinator

I manage the administrative activities related to Non-Faculty academics and Volunteer Clinical Professor appointments. I oversee the search process, NFA advancements, visa processing and appointment renewals. This past academic year 2022 I completed 20 NFA recruitments (with visa processing) and have led various faculty recruitments as well.

I am in charge of streamlining the onboarding process for new faculty members. Within the onboarding process I oversee and train the section admin with complex moving reimbursements. I manage the appointments for Clinical Instructors and MSP Physicians in the department while also supporting some faculty searches and NFA matters. I am working closely with the Faculty Advisor to the Chair to ensure faculty are aware of all development opportunities which includes the Speaker Training Course. I also manage the celebration of Mentoring Month every year which is recognized throughout our department across all our sites at UCSF Health, ZSFG and the VAMC.

Ma. Lourdes (Apple) Palad Academic Affairs, Project Coordinator

Connie Jang Medical Privileges and Projects Coordinator

I am responsible for overseeing the credentials and privileges of our faculty. Over the past year, I have successfully initiated and managed more than 30 credentialing appointments to ensure timely processing. Additionally, as a project coordinator, I work to help streamline processes such as the alignment of the recredentialing appointment dates between BCH-Oakland and UCSF, which helped reduced the amount of paperwork our faculty had to do.

Susan Wall, MD Professor Emeritus, Advisor to the Chair

The Speaker Training Course continues, and this year it will be given three times . This course is cotaught with Dr Elissa Price. Four faculty are coached through a four session course that includes a 20 minute presentation, video taping, group discussion. And then a repeat of all that - now improved. There is a waiting list, so please contact Susan Wall if you are interested in taking the course (susan. wall@ucsf.edu). We encourage this.

With the amazing help of Apple Palad, we have developed, and now maintain, a series of Faculty Development Opportunity Databases for each of the following: 1) Grants 2) Workshops 3) Awards. Each database is updated regularly to show the next upcoming deadline, eligibility details, link to the formal announcement, etc. These opportunities are both internal at UCSF and beyond. A newsletter is sent by Dr. Wall to eligible faculty to help with a “Heads Up” regarding upcoming opportunities. Suggestions about what to include in these databases is encouraged and welcome.

Learn more at radiology.ucsf.edu/academic-affairs