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    Jeffrey Weinreb, MD, FACR, FISMRM, FSABI

    Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
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    Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

    Biography

    Dr. Jeffrey C. Weinreb is Director of the MRI Service at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Professor in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the Yale School of Medicine. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the MIT, he received his MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He has held faculty positions at UT Southwestern Medical School, Columbia College for Physicians and Surgeons, and NYU School of Medicine, where he was Director of MRI for 15 years and led a group that pioneered the development of Body MRI.

    For more than three decades, Dr. Weinreb has been an innovator in MRI. He is a leading authority on MRI contrast agents and MRI safety, and he has made seminal contributions to clinical applications of MRI in the abdomen, spine, breast, prostate, breast, vascular system, obstetrics, and gynecology. He has authored/co-authored three textbooks and more than 230 peer reviewed manuscripts, served on the editorial boards of numerous medical journals, and presented more than 1000 invited lectures throughout the world.

    Dr. Weinreb was the Principal Investigator for the NCI sponsored cooperative Multicenter Study of In Vivo MR Spectroscopy for the Evaluation of Prostate Cancer, and led an international effort to develop PI-RADS (Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System) to standardize the acquisition, interpretation, and reporting of prostate MRI. In 2018 he was one of the organizers for the NIH/NIBIB workshop on clinical manifestations of gadolinium deposition. He recently helped to develop joint ACR-National Kidney Foundation consensus recommendations for the use of intravenous contrast media in patients with renal disease.

    Dr. Weinreb has had numerous leadership position in professional organizations, including Vice President of the American College of Radiology, Chairman of the ACR Forum, member of the ACR Board of Chancellors, President of the New York Roentgen Society, and President of the SCBT-MR. As Chairman of the ACR Commission on Quality and Safety and Chairman of the ACR MRI Accreditation Program, Dr. Weinreb spearheaded efforts to improve the quality of medical imaging in the United States.

    He has received numerous awards, including the Gold Medal Awards in 2017 from the ACR and the in 2019 from the SCBT-MR (now called the SABI).

    Appointments

    Other Departments & Organizations

    Education & Training

    Fellow
    Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (1983)
    Chief Resident
    Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY (1982)
    Resident
    Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY (1981)
    Intern
    Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY (1979)
    MD
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine (1978)

    Board Certifications

    • Diagnostic Radiology

      Certification Organization
      AB of Radiology
      Original Certification Date
      1983

    Research

    Overview

    For almost four decades, I have helped advance clinical applications of MRI in the abdomen, spine, breast, prostate, vascular system, obstetrics, and gynecology.I have authored/co-authored three textbooks and more than 270 peer reviewed manuscripts, served on the editorial boards of numerous medical journals, and presented more than 1000 invited lectures throughout the world.

    I was the Principal Investigator for the NCI sponsored cooperative Multicenter Study of In Vivo MR Spectroscopy for the Evaluation of Prostate Cancer, and led an international effort to develop PI-RADS to standardize the acquisition, interpretation, and reporting of prostate MRI. In 2018 I was one of the organizers for the NIH/NIBIB workshop on clinical manifestations of gadolinium deposition

    Medical Research Interests

    Chemicals and Drugs; Liver; Prostate

    Public Health Interests

    Health Care Quality, Efficiency

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Jeffrey Weinreb's published research.

    Publications

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    2018

    2017

    Clinical Trials

    Current Trials

    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    • honor

      M.A. Privatim (honorary Master’s degree)

    • honor

      Certificate of Outstanding Contribution, ACRIN

    • honor

      Editor's Recognition Award with “Special Distinction”

    • honor

      Editor's Recognition Award with “Special Distinction”

    • honor

      SCBT/MR Research Cum Laude Award

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    Contacts

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    Mailing Address

    Radiology & Biomedical Imaging

    333 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 208042

    New Haven, CT 06520-8042

    United States