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.