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  • Body Imaging

    • Section Chief, Abdominal Imaging

      Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Chief, Body Imaging Section; Chief, Body Computed Tomography (CT)

      Research Interests
      • Liver Neoplasms
      • Radiology
      Gary Israel, MD, Professor and Section Chief of Abdominal Section.  Dr. Israel earned his medical degree at New York Medical College, and completed a residency and fellowship in diagnostic radiology at Montefore Medical Center and New York University Medical Center, respectively. Dr. Israel’s expertise is abdominal imaging with a particular focus on genitourinary imaging (GU), using both CT and MRI. He has particular interest in the CT and MR evaluation of renal masses and CT and MR. He also has expertise in GI radiology including CT colonography.
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Vice Chair of Quality and Safety, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging

      My research interests center around advancing patient centered radiology, radiologic contrast media for CT and MRI, and hepatic and pancreatic tumors.
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Diseases
      Margarita V Revzin, MD, MS, FSRU, FAIUM currently serves as an Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the Yale University School of Medicine.  In addition to her expertise in vascular, abdominal, gynecologic ultrasound, and emergency radiology, she brings vast experience in the field of radiologic education. After receiving her Bachelor of Arts and Master’s Degrees in Biology from New York University, Dr. Revzin received her MD degree from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.  She completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Westchester County Medical Center, NY, a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Northwell University/Health System in Manhasset, NY, and a fellowship in Abdominal and Interventional Imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.  Dr. Revzin is certified in Diagnostic Radiology by the American Board of Radiology, is a fellow of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU), and a fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM). Dr. Revzin began her academic radiology career in 2009 as a clinical instructor at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.  In 2010 she joined the Yale University School of Medicine, where she currently maintains her appointment as an Associate Professor of Radiology. Dr. Revzin has received more than 30 awards including the RSNA Honored Educator Award (x3), from the Radiological Society of North America, for contributions to medical educational in the field of Radiology. She has also received several teaching awards from her own institution. Dr. Revzin has published multiple peer reviewed articles, book chapters, and has presented a number of scientific and educational abstracts at national meetings.  She is a frequently requested speaker at the locoregional, national, and international levels. Dr. Revzin is currently serving on multiple national committees for organizations such as the RSNA, AIUM, SRU, SAR, ARRS, ACER, NERRS, and ACR. Currently, among other roles, she serves as a Vice President of the NERRS and Assistant Editor of Ultrasound in RadioGraphics journal.   She is conducting several research projects in the fields of vascular, endocrine, and gynecological ultrasound and emergency radiology.
    • Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Medical Director, Non-Invasive Vascular Lab, Clinical Radiology

      Dr Scoutt is a Professor of Radiology with courtesy appointments in Cardiology & Vascular Surgery. She serves as  Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Biomedical Imaging at YSM and is the Medical Director of the Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory at YHH. Dr Scoutt's clinical expertise includes aspects of ultrasound with emphasis on imaging of the female pelvis and vascular ultrasound. Dr Scoutt has been active in numerous national radiolgy societies including the ABR, ARRT, ACR, RSNA, ARRS, AIUM, SRU and SAR. Dr Scoutt has received numerous awards for teachig and service from Radiology residents at YNHH, the SRU, RSNA and the ABR. She recently concluded an 8 year term on the Board of Trustees, including a year as President, for the ARRT.
  • Breast Imaging

    • Section Chief

      Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Division Chief, Breast Imaging

      Dr. Lewin completed his undergraduate and medical school education at Harvard followed by residency and breast imaging fellowship at the University of Colorado. He remained in Colorado since then, working successfully in both academic and private practice settings. His research accomplishments include the first clinical trial of digital mammography for screening and the development and first clinical demonstration of dual-energy contrast-enhanced mammography.  He has served on many national radiology bodies including ACR’s ACRIN Working Group on Digital Mammography, its Breast MRI Lexicon Working Group and its Contrast Mammography BI-RADS Group. He is currently the Vice President for the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) and will be serving as SBI President in 2022.
    • Section Chief (East)

      Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Section Chief, Breast Imaging Eastern Region, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging

      Dr. Philpotts did her medical and residency training at McGill University. She has spent her professional career at Yale University, where she is a Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Breast Imaging Section Chief, Eastern Region. Her main interests have focused on breast interventional procedures and outcomes, screening breast ultrasound, and breast tomosynthesis. Yale was one of the first sites in the country to utilize and publish studies on breast tomosynthesis. Currently, she is studying applications of AI in breast imaging.
    • Section Chief (West)

      Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Section Chief, Breast Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
      • Breast Diseases
      • Breast Neoplasms
      • Early Detection of Cancer
      • Mammography
      Laura Sheiman, MD is a board certified radiologist specializing in breast imaging. Dr. Sheiman’s clinical expertise covers all aspects of breast imaging, including screening and diagnostic mammography, breast ultrasound, breast MRI, and image guided breast procedures. Her interests include patient experience, patient physician communication and quality improvement. In addition to her clinical activities, Dr. Sheiman is an active and involved teacher of residents and fellows.She maintains professional memberships in the Society of Breast Imaging, Radiological Association of North America, American College of Radiology and the American Association of Women Radiologists.
    • Associate Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging

      Dr. Butler received her training in Diagnostic Radiology with a fellowship in Breast Imaging at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Lynn Sage Breast Center in Chicago, Illinois. After 10 years in private practice in the Chicago area, she joined the medical faculty of Yale University School of Medicine in 2009. Her work includes patient care, clinical research, and medical education. As a diagnostic radiologist with expertise in breast Imaging, she is part of the multi-disciplinary team that provides state-of-the-art technology and care to our patients at Smilow Cancer Hospital. Dr. Butler's areas of research interest include digital breast tomosynthesis and screening breast ultrasound. In addition, she served as national co-PI for an industry-sponsored clinical trial of opto-acoustic breast imaging, a new functional imaging modality that may improve the diagnosis of benign and malignant breast masses. Dr. Butler is actively involved in teaching at Yale and within the radiology community at large. After completing a medical education fellowship at the Yale School of Medicine, she founded and directed the Yale Undergraduate Shadowing Program at the Smilow Breast Center, providing pre-medical students with early exposure to the multiple disciplines involved in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. She participated in revising the curriculum at the Yale School of Medicine, where she teaches first-year medical students, introducing radiology both as a profession and as a teaching tool in the early years of medical education. She has held visiting professorships at 2 community hospital-based Diagnostic Radiology Residency programs in Connecticut, and she lectures regularly at regional and national CME meetings.
    • Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging

      Regina Hooley MD is Professor & Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging at the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Hooley’s area of medical expertise includes all aspects of breast imaging and direct patient care, including screening and breast interventional procedures. Learn more about Dr. Hooley>> When Connecticut passed the nation’s first breast density inform law, she published early research regarding breast density and supplemental screening ultrasound. Her current research interests include novel screening techniques. Dr. Hooley is a fellow of the Society of Breast Imaging and has many publications, including scientific manuscripts, review articles, and book chapters. She contributes to the popular radiology educational series, StatDx and is an associate editor for Radiology. Her activities includes serving as is an advisory board member of National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers and the popular educational website DenseBreasts-info. She has been a featured guest for the NYTimes, CBS News, and WNPR. In her free time, she and her husband enjoy spending time being active outdoors, while keeping up with their four sons and two dogs. Watch a video with Dr. Regina Hooley >>
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Parisa Lotfi MD, joined the breast imaging team in 2023 as an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. She is a fellowship trained breast imager with more than 20 years of experience in all breast imaging modalities which include tomosynthesis, ultrasound, breast MRI and contrast enhanced mammography, as well as all image guided procedures. She spent 18 years in Boston working at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) prior to moving to Connecticut with her husband recently. Dr. Lotfi has extensive teaching and leadership experience. Most recently, she was the Director of the Breast section’s clinical operations at BIDMC and the Director of Connecticut Breast Imaging. Her interests include improving workflow, maximizing efficiency and new technologies. She is passionate about providing patient centered, high quality care working within the multi-disciplinary team of experts.
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency, Department of Radiology, Bridgeport Hospital - Yale New Haven Health

      Research Interests
      • Breast Diseases
      Dr. Sheikh is an Assistant Professor of Breast Imaging in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University, with completion of a major in Neuroscience, minor in Economics, and awarded the Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Fellowship and Barry M. Goldwater Research Scholarship. She earned her Medical Doctorate from University of Michigan Medical School, during which she completed the Medical Student Biomedical Research Training Program from 2006-2007 before graduating medical school in 2008. She completed her residency in Diagnostic Radiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in 2013, where she received the Radiological Society of North America Roentgen Resident Research Award. She completed a Breast and Body Imaging fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 2014. Dr. Sheikh was named Teacher of the Year in Diagnostic Radiology at Bridgeport Hospital-Yale New Haven Health in 2017-2018. Dr. Sheikh is currently the program director for the Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program at Bridgeport Hospital-Yale New Haven Health since 2022. Dr. Sheikh is affiliated with the Yale Institute of Global Health. In conjunction with RAD-AID Ghana and Ghana Association of Radiologists, Dr. Sheikh is a project manager who conducts in-country radiology assessments, provides lectures and breast procedural workshops, and assists in diagnostic breast imaging with the radiologists in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. With the approval of the breast imaging fellowship by the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons in April 2023, Dr. Sheikh is also an external examiner for the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons.
  • Cardiothoracic Imaging

    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Radiology Medical Director, Clinical Radiology

      Dr. Aiello is a board-certified radiologist who has been practicing medicine for approximately thirty-five years. Dr. Aiello currently serves as an attending physician at Yale New Haven Hospital, holds appointments to Milford and Bridgeport Hospitals and is an Assistant Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is a Diplomate of and an Angoff Examiner for the American Board of Radiology.
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Fellowship Director, Thoracic Radiology

      Research Interests
      • Diagnostic Imaging
      • Artificial Intelligence
      • Radiology Information Systems
      • Informatics
      • Information Technology
      Having made stops in Boston, Philadelphia, and Rochester, I am starting my career as a diagnostic radiologist at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Radiology encompasses many of my favorite things, as I have always been interested in new technology, science, and healthcare. Every day, I use medical knowledge and technology to solve mysteries by making diagnoses.
    • Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Radiology
      Ami N. Rubinowitz, M.D. is a Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at Yale School of Medicine and a member of the Thoracic Imaging Section at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where she previously served as section chief for many years. Dr. Rubinowitz received her medical degree with academic honors (Alpha Omega Alpha) from New York Medical College. She completed her internship in internal medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, her residency in diagnostic radiology and fellowship in thoracic imaging both at NYU Medical Center where she was also chief resident and chief fellow. After completing her training, she served on the faculty of the diagnostic radiology department at NYU School of Medicine and NYU Medical Center, and then subsequently Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital where she has been since 2005.  Learn more about Dr. Rubinowitz>> Dr. Rubinowitz enjoys teaching medical students and residents, and has been honored with many teaching awards. She works closely with the clinical faculty at Yale from many different specialties, particularly the pulmonologists, thoracic oncologists and thoracic surgeons, and has been the site radiologist for multiple clinical trials pertaining to lung disease (specifically pulmonary fibrosis, COPD and lung cancer). She is also the radiologist for the Yale Interstitial Lung Disease program, the Yale Scleroderma program, and the Yale Thoracic Oncology program.  Her scholarship includes original research publications in peer-reviewed journals, review articles, invited editorials and commentaries, as well as book chapters in some of the most commonly referenced books.  She serves on a variety of committees for both national and international organizations. Dr. Rubinowitz has given invited lectures at multiple academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, board review courses, as well as numerous national and international conferences.
  • Emergency Radiology

    • Section Chief

      Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Section Chief, Emergency/Trauma Radiology, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging

      Jason Teitelbaum is an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. He initially joined Yale in 2017 as a Fellow in the Healthcare Leadership in Radiology (HLR) track, during which he gained clinical proficiency for emergency imaging and also earned a Masters of Business Administration at Yale School of Management. He currently serves as the Medical Director for the Emergency/Trauma section and is also a Director of the HLR fellowship.
    • Medical Director

      Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Surgery (Trauma); Medical Director, Emergency Radiology; Director of Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Diagnostic Imaging
      • Anatomy
      • Obesity
      • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
      • Radiology
      After graduating from Army Medical College, I did 3 years of military services and then obtained a post graduate diploma in computer sciences. Subsequently while doing 2 years as research fellow in hematology oncology at the University of Cincinnati, I discovered a modification to the Wimber-Quastler equation for cell cycle kinetics making it more applicable to human cell lines. After internship in the primary care program, I did my Radiology Residency and Neuroradiology Fellowship -all at Yale- and stayed on as faculty in the newly created ER Radiology section. I was instrumental in creating and running the first 24/7 in house Radiology faculty program, which was the first and at the time the only one in the country. Since then our team has achieved many other firsts including medical student assistant triage and overnight Radiology Assistant programs. I am currently Section Chief of Emergency Radiology. I have been the residency program director for Yale Diagnostic Radiology - one of the largest and top Radiology training programs in the country- for more than 12 years. My teaching interests encompass all aspects of residency education from trainee selection to novel teaching methods and innovative education paradigms and my clinical interests are Emergency and Pediatric Radiology, specially specific quality matrices and novel imaging techniques. On a personal note I am the listed IBNS world expert on historical financial instruments and banknotes of the South Asian region.
    • Deputy Chief

      Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies, of Economics, of Management and of Public Health (Health Policy); Director of MD/MBA Program at Yale; Director, MBA for Executives (Healthcare Focus Area); SOM; Director, Health Care Management Program; YSPH; Faculty Director of Finance; Department of Radiology; YSM

      Research Interests
      • Global Health
      • Economics, Hospital
      • Economics, Medical
      • Economics, Pharmaceutical
      • Costs and Cost Analysis
      • Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
      • Health Care Economics and Organizations
      • Health Services Administration
      • Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
      • Health Care Sector
      • Internship and Residency
      • Public Health
      • Radiology
      • Quality Assurance, Health Care
      • Quality Improvement
      • Quality of Health Care
      • Radiation
      • Telemedicine
      Howie Forman is a Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Public Health (Health Policy), Management, and Economics at Yale University. He came to Yale as a practicing diagnostic radiologist and remains an active clinician in the YNHH Emergency Room, where he also functions as the deputy operational chief for Radiology. Since 1998, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on healthcare policy, economics, finance, and leadership. He is the faculty director and founder of Yale’s MD/MBA program and the Healthcare focus area of the Executive MBA program. Since 2011, he has been the director of the Health Care Management (HCM) Program at the YSPH. He is actively involved in patient care and issues related to financial administration, healthcare compliance, and quality improvement. He has worked in the US Senate, as a health policy fellow, on Medicare legislation. Throughout the COVID pandemic, he has been a constant proponent of evidence-based mitigation strategies, while tracking outbreaks throughout the world.  He has worked, actively, against misinformation campaigns and has been widely quoted and interviewed in national, international, and local media. Since September 2021, he has co-hosted the weekly Health And Veritas Podcast with Harlan Krumholz.
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Dr Adin earned his MD degree from Istanbul University, Istanbul School of Medicine, where he also completed a year of internship (2009). In 2013, Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK) awarded him a scholarship for his research on High Resolution Skull Base Imaging. In 2015, he received international young academics award (IRIYA program), Radiological Society of North America.  In 2021, he received Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research award, Radiological Society of North America.  In 2023, he received Clinician Educator Development Program grant from American Roentgen Ray Society.
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging; Assistant Director of Informatics for Clinical Artificial Intelligence, Radiology; Assistant Medical Director of Clinical Affairs, Radiology

    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Vice Chair for Imaging Informatics, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Artificial Intelligence
      • Organizational Innovation
      • Quality of Health Care
      Dr. Davis an associate professor and Vice Chair of Medical Informatics in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. She completed her BA in Chemistry and Psychology at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA. In 2009 she received her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. Subsequently she completed a Diagnostic Radiology residency and a Neuroradiology fellowship at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Davis obtained her MBA in 2017 from Yale University with a focus in healthcare management. Dr. Davis' academic areas of interest include organizational change and innovation within the healthcare space.
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Director of Education, Emergency Radiology; Fellowship Director, Emergency Radiology

      Research Interests
      • Health Care
      • Dementia
      • Trauma, Nervous System
      Dr. Mahalingam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Yale Diagnostic Radiology and accepted a faculty position in the Section of Emergency Radiology. She holds fellowships in Abdominal Imaging from the University of Washington,Seattle and in Neuroradiology from the George Washington University, Washington, DC. Her research interests include traumatic injuries to the head and neck, imaging of dementia and neurodegenerative disorders. In addition to her clinical and research activities, she is actively involved in teaching radiology to residents in Radiology and Emergency Medicine.
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Jonathan Lee Mezrich, MD, JD, MBA, LLM is an Associate Professor in the Emergency Radiology section of the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at Yale University School of Medicine.Before attending medical school, Dr. Mezrich worked as a corporate/transactional lawyer in Boston, MA. Dr. Mezrich completed medical school at the University of Maryland, and his radiology residency and a fellowship in musculoskeletal imaging at the University of Maryland. Dr, Mezrich joined the Yale faculty in July 2015. As a former practicing lawyer, his research interests center on medico-legal issues which impact radiology, as well as emergency radiology issues.
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Diseases
      Margarita V Revzin, MD, MS, FSRU, FAIUM currently serves as an Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the Yale University School of Medicine.  In addition to her expertise in vascular, abdominal, gynecologic ultrasound, and emergency radiology, she brings vast experience in the field of radiologic education. After receiving her Bachelor of Arts and Master’s Degrees in Biology from New York University, Dr. Revzin received her MD degree from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.  She completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Westchester County Medical Center, NY, a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Northwell University/Health System in Manhasset, NY, and a fellowship in Abdominal and Interventional Imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.  Dr. Revzin is certified in Diagnostic Radiology by the American Board of Radiology, is a fellow of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU), and a fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM). Dr. Revzin began her academic radiology career in 2009 as a clinical instructor at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.  In 2010 she joined the Yale University School of Medicine, where she currently maintains her appointment as an Associate Professor of Radiology. Dr. Revzin has received more than 30 awards including the RSNA Honored Educator Award (x3), from the Radiological Society of North America, for contributions to medical educational in the field of Radiology. She has also received several teaching awards from her own institution. Dr. Revzin has published multiple peer reviewed articles, book chapters, and has presented a number of scientific and educational abstracts at national meetings.  She is a frequently requested speaker at the locoregional, national, and international levels. Dr. Revzin is currently serving on multiple national committees for organizations such as the RSNA, AIUM, SRU, SAR, ARRS, ACER, NERRS, and ACR. Currently, among other roles, she serves as a Vice President of the NERRS and Assistant Editor of Ultrasound in RadioGraphics journal.   She is conducting several research projects in the fields of vascular, endocrine, and gynecological ultrasound and emergency radiology.
  • Interventional Radiology

    • Section Chief

      Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging and Medical and Surgical Oncology; Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging; Section Chief, Interventional Radiology; Clinical Affairs Section Chief, Interventional Radiology

      Research Interests
      • Biliary Tract Neoplasms
      • Carcinoma, Renal Cell
      • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
      • Hypertension, Portal
      • Liver Cirrhosis
      • Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental
      • Liver Neoplasms
      • Neoplasm Metastasis
      • Colorectal Neoplasms
      • Clinical Trial, Phase I
      • Cholangiocarcinoma
      • Neuroendocrine Tumors
      • Regenerative Medicine
      • Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
      Dr. David C. Madoff is Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Medical Oncology and Surgical Oncology at Yale School of Medicine. His current administrative roles are Vice Chair for Clinical Research and Section Chief of Interventional Radiology. Dr. Madoff earned his B.A. from Emory University and his M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He completed both his internship in Internal Medicine and residency in Radiology at SUNY at Stony Brook and his fellowship training in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Madoff achieved Board Certification in Diagnostic Radiology from the American Board of Radiology in 2000 and attained his Certificate of Added Qualifications in Vascular and Interventional Radiology in 2002. He was a faculty member in the Section of Interventional Radiology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas for a decade before joining New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in 2011. While at Weill Cornell, Dr. Madoff served as Division Chief of Interventional Radiology from 2011 to 2015 and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs from 2015 to 2019. He moved to Yale in July, 2019. Dr. Madoff has a strong background in clinical care and has treated many patients with complex oncological problems. His clinical interests are wide-ranging, and have included visceral vascular, hepatobiliary and genitourinary interventions, various embolotherapy and percutaneous biopsy techniques and many specialized therapies within the realm of Interventional Oncology. In particular, Dr. Madoff is world-renowned for his work on preoperative portal vein embolization, a technique used to improve the safety of major hepatic resection. This technique is based on the liver's ability to regenerate and has been used in patients with primary and metastatic hepatobiliary cancer to increase the size of the anticipated liver remnant before surgery. Without this procedure, many patients with potentially resectable disease would not be eligible for curative resection. Dr. Madoff is a leader in academic Interventional Radiology and has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international meetings. He authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles, has written more than 30 book chapters and served as co-editor of four textbooks including Venous Embolization of the Liver: Radiologic and Surgical Practice (2011), Clinical Interventional Oncology (2014) and Interventional Radiology: Fundamentals of Clinical Practice (2019). Dr. Madoff served as Deputy Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology from 2007 to 2010 and Deputy Editor for Radiology from 2012 to 2017. Dr. Madoff currently serves as founding co-Editor-in-Chief for Digestive Disease Interventions and on the editorial boards of additional publications that include Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Seminars in Interventional Radiology, Cancer Biology & Medicine, Chinese Clinical Oncology and Current Oncology Reports. Dr. Madoff is active in many of the major radiological societies including the Radiological Society of North America, the American Roentgen Ray Society, the Society of Interventional Radiology and the Association of University Radiologists and serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). Based on his important contributions to the field, Dr. Madoff was elected Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology in 2007, the American College of Radiology in 2015 and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe in 2018.
    • Clinical Affairs Section Chief

      Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Pediatrics; Clinical Affairs Section Chief, Interventional Radiology; Medical Director, Pediatric Interventional Radiology; Director, Vascular Anomalies Program

      Dr. Stacey A. Bass (née Trotter) is an accomplished physician-scientist with extensive training and expertise in diagnostic and interventional radiology, as well as a specialized focus on vascular anomalies. She graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and subsequently pursued her medical and doctoral training through the NIH-supported Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Dr. Bass earned both her MD and PhD, with her doctoral research in neuroscience focusing on epilepsy in an animal model of subcortical band heterotopia. Dr. Bass completed her residency in Diagnostic Radiology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she served as chief resident. She further honed her expertise through a fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Johns Hopkins, serving as chief fellow. Following her training, Dr. Bass joined Jefferson Radiology, where she practiced both diagnostic and interventional radiology, rising to the role of Chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. During her tenure, she demonstrated exceptional leadership and was elected to the Clinical Governance Board and appointed to the Radiology Partners Interventional Radiology National Advisory Board. Transitioning to academia, Dr. Bass joined the Yale School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and Pediatrics and serves as Medical Director of Pediatric Interventional Radiology. Her leadership expertise has since earned her the role of Co-Chief of Interventional Radiology, Clinical Affi. At Yale, Dr. Bass directs her efforts toward her primary academic and clinical passion: the study, diagnosis, and treatment of vascular anomalies. She founded and directs the Yale New Haven Children's Hospital Vascular Anomalies Program, a globally recognized multidisciplinary group dedicated to advancing care and innovation in this specialized field.
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Medical College: The Aga Khan University Medical College.Internship: General Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital. Residency/Fellowship (IR/DR): Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale University Hobbies and interests: Hiking, playing squash, skiing, cooking and BBQ.General: Before starting Diagnostic/Interventional Radiology residency, I did two years of general surgery (PGY-1/2) at Yale and a year of Burn and Critical Care surgery fellowship at Bridgeport Hospital.
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Associate Professor , Digestive Diseases; Associate Professor , Biomedical Engineering; Principal Investigator, Yale Interventional Oncology Laboratory , Radiology & Biomedical Imaging; Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Therapies, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging; Associate Director, Clinical and Translational Core, Liver Center

      Research Interests
      • Artificial Intelligence
      • Carcinoid Tumor
      • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
      • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
      • Liver
      • Liver Cirrhosis
      • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
      • Metabolism
      • Neoplasm Staging
      • Chemotherapy, Cancer, Regional Perfusion
      • Ablation Techniques
      • Molecular Imaging
      Dr. Chapiro is an Associate Professor in Radiology, Digestive Diseases (Hepatology) and in Biomedical Engineering, Principal Investigator of the Yale Interventional Oncology Research Lab and Director of the Center for Minimally Invasive Therapies. After graduating from the University of Leipzig and upon completion of his research thesis at the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen with summa cum laude, he served as a postdoctoral research fellow in interventional oncology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and then as radiology resident at the Department of Radiology, Charité University Hospital in Berlin. He joined the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging in 2016 as a research scientist and interventional radiology resident from Berlin, Germany. Dr. Chapiro’s research focuses on developing new quantitative imaging biomarkers for the diagnosis, characterization, and therapeutic management of liver cancer. His translational research portfolio includes the development of novel embolic agents as well as the application of artificial intelligence solutions for the management of liver cancer. His basic research interest mainly focuses on developing new tools to characterize the tumor microenvironment and the immune system in the setting of loco-regional, image-guided therapies of liver cancer. Creating innovative and clinically applicable imaging solutions for liver cancer with advanced molecular imaging, image post-processing and machine learning approaches and translating them to clinical practice has been his central mission for the past decade. He authored and co-authored >150 original research articles, reviews and book chapters and gave more than 100 talks and invited lectures within the last seven years. His research has also resulted in several patents, 510(k)-approved medical products and significant grant support from federal, foundational and industry sources. He is an active research mentor to more than 50 undergraduate, medical and graduate students as well as peers both at Yale and other national and international institutions. Being an active contributor, journal-, abstract- and grant reviewer in several professional societies (RSNA, SIR and SIO), he is also committed to education and the mission of disseminating research data and scientific knowledge. Dr. Chapiro consults the Editorial Board of the Journal of Hepatology and Radiology (RSNA), is a member of the American College of Radiology Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) Steering Committee, he additionally chairs the Grant Committee of the Society of Interventional Oncology and is the Chair of the Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee for the Subspecialty of Interventional Radiology at the Annual Radiological Society of North America meeting 2021-2023. He is the co-initiator of the "Rising Star" Student Exchange Program in collaboration with the Charité University Hospital in Berlin and directs the Center for Minimally Invasive Therapies. Dr. Chapiro is the Associate Director of the Clinical and Translational Core of the Yale Liver Center.
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Dr. Chheang is committed to delivering patient-centered, compassionate care in all fields of interventional radiology. She is Assistant Professor of Radiology and Assistant Director of Informatics. In the latter role, she is actively involved in Yale’s Program for Innovation in Imaging Informatics. She is committed to educating and helping trainees with career development and loves to explore the intersection of technology and healthcare.
    • Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Dr. Joshua Cornman-Homonoff is Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the Yale School of Medicine. He earned his BA from Dartmouth College, where he graduated with High Honors in Biology and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He then spent a year at the National Institutes of Health as part of the NIH Academy. During this time, he conducted research focused on the genetics of neural tube defects, and received additional training on healthcare disparities. He received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed a dedicated research year studying the epigenetic basis of aging. He then completed an internship in general surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, followed by a residency in diagnostic radiology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He then underwent additional fellowship training in interventional radiology at Yale-New Haven Hospital, after which he joined the faculty. Dr. Cornman-Homonoff has a particular interest in treating and studying portal hypertension, diseases of the lymphatic system, and venous thromboembolism, among others. Additionally, his departmental roles include focuses on reporting standardization, clinical efficiency, and cost reduction as they apply to interventional radiology. He has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and lectured at numerous conferences.
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Associate Medical Director for Quality and Safety, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Radiology
      • Radiology, Interventional
      • Radiography, Interventional
      • Quality Improvement
      • Ultrasonography
      • Ultrasonography, Interventional
      • Artificial Intelligence
      Dr. Gunabushanam is an Associate Professor of Radiology/Interventional Radiology. He has a special interest in general interventional radiology and vascular ultrasound and interventions. He has been active in numerous national radiology societies including the RSNA, SRU, AIUM and ABR.
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

      Dr. Fabian M. Laage Gaupp graduated from Medical School at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and completed his surgical internship at Cornell Presbyterian Hospital in New York. He then pursued residency training in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at Yale New Haven Hospital, where he served as Chief Resident of Interventional Radiology. In 2021, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Vascular and Interventional Radiology in Yale's Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. Dr. Laage Gaupp is dedicated to training the next generation of Interventional Radiologists. After serving as Assistant Program Director and Medical Student Clerkship Director for Yale's Interventional Radiology education program for several years, he took over as Interventional Radiology Program Director in 2024. He specializes in minimally invasive treatments for Men’s and Women’s Health, offering innovative solutions for conditions such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and uterine fibroids. Through image-guided procedures like prostate artery embolization and uterine fibroid embolization, Dr. Laage Gaupp provides effective, outpatient-based treatment options that eliminate the need for major surgery, allowing patients to return home the same day. As a co-founder of Road2IR, an international consortium led by Yale, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania, Emory, and other institutions in North America and Europe, Dr. Laage Gaupp has contributed to establishing several Interventional Radiology training programs in East Africa, expanding access to minimally invasive procedures to more patients.
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Igor Latich, MD, is an interventional radiologist focused on helping patients—particularly those with cancer—have less pain, improved mobility, and a better quality of life.Dr. Latich specializes in the treatment of degenerative and tumor-related musculoskeletal and spine disease with a particular focus on pain management.  “My primary focus is clinical care and development of new service lines within interventional radiology, such as orthopaedic interventions, endoscopic-guided interventions and laser-assisted biliary stone management, and improvement to existing pain and palliative service lines,” he says. “I enjoy how my job allows me to interact with patients while providing minimally invasive treatments for complex disease processes. I tell patients I will never give up on them.” His research interests span the world of interventional orthopaedics (development of novel percutaneous methods for acetabular stabilization in metastatic disease), biliary interventions (development of solutions for percutaneous sclerosis of the gallbladder mucosa in non-operative patients with cholecystitis), and quality improvement (development of anti-coagulation guidelines to rationalize the use of reversal agents).  Dr. Latich is actively involved in diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology trainee and medical student education and serves on the medical school admissions committee.
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Dr. Lee is an Assistant Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging at the Yale School of Medicine. She earned her BA at Stanford University and received her MD from Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her diagnostic radiology residency at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, where she also completed her Interventional Radiology fellowship training. Sheis board certified by the American Board of Radiology and is a diplomate in Interventional Radiology/Diagnostic Radiology.Dr. Lee performs a full spectrum of minimally invasive, image-guided procedures with a special interest in prostate interventions including prostate artery embolization (PAE) for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), MR-guided ablation of the prostate via the urethra (TULSA) for prostate cancer, MR-guided prostate biopsies, and uterine fibroid embolization (UFE).Dr. Lee currently serves as the Associate Program Director for Yale's Interventional Radiology Residency programs.
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Dr. Marino is an Assistant Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging at the Yale School of Medicine. He attended medical school at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed both his Diagnostic Radiology residency and Vascular & Interventional Radiology fellowship at Yale-New Haven Hospital.Dr. Marino is a board-certified Interventional Radiologist, who performs minimally invasive, image-guided procedures in almost every part of the body. These procedures utilize X-ray, ultrasound, CT scans and MRI to guide catheters and needles to deliver targeted treatments. Complex conditions can be treated via tiny incisions, affording patients shorter recovery times with less pain and lower risk compared to open surgery. While practicing all aspects of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Dr. Marino’s current clinical interests and expertise focus on venous disease, including treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), inferior venacava filter retrieval, central venous and iliocaval reconstruction, varicose and spider veins, vascular abnormalities, and hemodialysis access maintenance, including percutaneous endovascular fistula creation. To schedule an appointment, please call 203-785-4747.
    • Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Director, Cardiac CT/MR Imaging; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiology); Interim Chair, Department of Radiology, Bridgeport Hospital

      Hamid Mojibian, MD, is director of cardiac CT/MR Imaging for Yale Medicine’s Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging.He and a team of radiologists and cardiologists perform cardiac imaging studies to detect heart problems such as coronary artery disease. In his role, Dr. Mojibian also performs minimally invasive interventional cardiac procedures such as thrombectomy to remove pulmonary embolisms. It’s a new procedure in which he inserts a device into the veins to the pulmonary artery that can remove blood clots blocking normal airflow to the lungs that cause the right side of the heart to fail. “Patients come to us in a very dire situation and leave almost normal,” he says. The nonsurgical procedure can be done in an hour or two and is done through a small hole in the groin, leaving no scar. “It feels amazing that we can provide immediate, life-changing care for patients.” Dr. Mojibian also performs a variety of other interventional procedures such as creating AV fistulas for dialysis using a safe, nonsurgical, outpatient technique. He enjoys working with referring cardiologists and nephrologists because providing the highest quality care, he says, requires dedicated teamwork.
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging; Medical Director of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Park Avenue Medical Center, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Arterio-Arterial Fistula
      • Arteriovenous Fistula
      • Embolization, Therapeutic
      • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
      • Hypertension, Portal
      • Prostate
      • Pulmonary Embolism
      • Stents
      • Chemoembolization, Therapeutic
      • Embolism and Thrombosis
      • Venous Thrombosis
      • Venous Thromboembolism
      • Uterine Artery Embolization
      • Upper Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis
      • Endoleak
      Juan Carlos Perez Lozada, MD, is an interventional radiologist who says he enjoys the minimally invasive aspect of his work that allows patients to recover rapidly.“The extensive variety of pathology each day makes this field my passion,” Dr. Perez Lozada says. “My favorite part of interventional radiology is the scope and breadth of clinical conditions and procedures that I can treat and the constant innovation of my field. I love that I still am able to guide and counsel patients in clinic and be part of their treatment team.” He says he always lets his patients know that their well-being is his priority. “I want them to be safe regardless of the procedure. I want the best treatment possible regardless of the specialty that will take care of them,” he says. “The best patient is the one that has knowledge of their options.” Dr. Perez Lozada offers uterine fibroid embolization, spine interventions, pain management and nerve blocks, dialysis interventions, management of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, and interventional oncology.
    • Robert I. White, Jr. Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Director, Yale Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Program; Director, Vascular and Interventional Radiology Fellowship Program

      Research Interests
      • Arteriovenous Fistula
      • Arteriovenous Malformations
      • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
      • Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic
      • Radiography, Interventional
      • Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic
      • Vascular Malformations
      • Ablation Techniques
      Dr. Pollak went to medical school at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and subsequently did his Diagnostic Radiology residency at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. His fellowship in Vascular & Interventional Radiology was at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He then joined the Yale University School of Medicine Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging in the section of V&IR and served as the section chief and director of the fellowship program in this sub-specialty for over two decades. While active in all aspects of vascular & interventional radiology, his current major interests are embolotherapy (embolization), including for acquired and congenital vascular abnormalities and malformations (other than in the brain), fibroids, and malignancies, as well as other minimally invasive treatments for tumors, including local ablation. In addition, he is an expert in vascular procedures in the liver, such as intrahepatic portosystemic shunts and venous procedures, such as inferior vena cava filters. Dr. Pollak is the current director of the multidisciplinary Yale Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Program, which was started as the first of its kind in the world in the early 1990s. As such, he has extensive experience in the evaluation and management of patients with this genetic disorder, with particular expertise in embolization of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, which frequently occur in this population. Dr. Pollak is also the co-director of the Yale Pulmonary Embolism Response Team, a multidisciplinary group of physicians interested in the advancement of the management of patients with this condition, especially those with more severe manifestations.
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Medical co- Director of Pediatric Interventional Radiology , Vascular & Interventional Radiology

      Research Interests
      • Hypertension, Pulmonary
      • Lithotripsy
      • Lithotripsy, Laser
      • Liver Circulation
      • Liver Transplantation
      • Biliary Tract Diseases
      • Pediatrics
      • Portal System
      • Vascular Malformations
      Dr. Schlachter is an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the Yale School of Medicine.Dr. Schlachter's research interests include: Liver Cancer and diseases involving the liver.Dr. Schlachter completed his surgical intern year at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and his Radiology Residency from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. After finishing his Interventional Radiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2012, he was hired as an Attending where he focused on treating a wide range of vascular diseases including liver cancer. Dr. Schlachter is committed to working together to determine the most effective treatments for his patients.
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Program Director IR Residency, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Neoplasms
      • Image-Guided Biopsy
      • Dialysis Solutions
      • Abscess
      • Artificial Intelligence
      Doug Silin, MD is the Interventional Radiology Residency Program Director and responsible for the education of the next generation of interventional radiologists at Yale New Haven Hospital.Dr Silin is a native of greater Boston and a Bruins fan. He graduated from Dartmouth college with a degree in Computer Science. He worked as a consultant t for Digital Equipment Corporation after college and continued consulting while competing is MD at Boston University. After an internship in Baltimore, he completed a residency in Massachusetts and s fellowship at Yale.After completing his training, he moved to Indiana for nine years and developed an interventional radiology practice at Ball Memorial Hospital. However, in 2005 he returned to New Haven with his wife, a hematopathologist, and his three children.Dr Silin has been an innovator in interventional radiology with two patents, many speaking engagements, and several research papers. He has a strong passion for education and global outreach and a clinical interest in complex percutaneous procedures.
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
      • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
      • Pleural Diseases
      • Urinary Tract
      • Urologic Neoplasms
      • Uterine Hemorrhage
      • Varicocele
      Dr. Zuckerman has been in practice for over 30 years, specializing in interventional radiology. Nearly his entire career has been spent in academic medicine participating in the training of residents, fellows, and students as well as clinical research; he is the author or co-author of several dozen peer-reviewed manuscripts and has been site primary investigator in a number of multicenter clinical trials. Active in organized radiology on the national level, he currently chairs the exam development committee of the American Board of Radiology.
  • Medical Physics

    • Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Director, Yale Diagnostic Medical Physics Residency Program, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Chief of Diagnostic Radiology Physics, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Dr. Mustafa, Professor in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, has obtained his Ph.D. in medical physics from Surrey University, England, UK. His past hospital and academic carriers include faculty positions at Kuwait University School of Medicine, New York Medical College, and currently at Yale University School of Medicine. He is Yale New Haven Health System chief of diagnostic radiology physics and program director of Yale Medical Physics residency program. Dr. Mustafa is board certified by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) and the American Board of medical Physics (ABMP) in diagnostic imaging physics. Dr. Mustafa is an elected Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. For many years he served as member, co-chair or chair of several AAPM scientific and professional committees. Dr Mustafa is examiner with the American Board of Radiology in diagnostic imaging physics conducting Part 3 oral examination since 2004. He is Chairman of the Accreditation Committee and the Chief Examiner for the International Medical Physics Certification Board (IMPCB). His current clinical, teaching and research interests include image quality optimization, radiation dose management and quantification of disease conditions using multiple imaging modalities with particular interest in CT imaging. Currently leading a team of medical physicists and collaborating with scientists, radiologists and clinicians in areas of CT detection, quantification and optimization Established Yale Diagnostic Medical Physics Residency under GMEC of Yale New Haven Hospital. He is currently the residency program director.
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Ishtiaq Bercha is a dual board certified medical physicist (Non-ionizing, X-ray and Nuclear Medicine Physics) who holds master of science degrees in electrical engineering from University of Colorado, Denver & in medical & radiation physics from University of Birmingham, UK.  He did his residency training in Diagnostic Medical Physics from Uni. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.  He provides clinical imaging physics support to radiology and biomedical imaging department at Yale New Haven Health & participates in clinical studies.
    • Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Chi Liu received his Ph.D. in 2008 from Johns Hopkins University with emphasis on quantitative SPECT/CT imaging. Following his graduate work, he was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Washington, specializing in oncological PET/CT studies with emphasis on compensation algorithms for respiratory motion. In 2010, he joined Yale University as a faculty member. He is board certified in Nuclear Medicine physics and instrumentation by the American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine. His current research focuses on quantitative cardiac and oncological PET/CT and SPECT/CT imaging, including deep learning algorithms, reconstruction algorithms, data correction, dynamic imaging, and translational imaging. The translational and clinical applications of these projects include early detection of chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity, multimodality imaging of heart failure, and eliminating respiratory motion variability for assessing response to therapy. Many of the imaging technologies developed in his lab has been or is being implemented in clinical PET and SPECT scanners. In 2012, he was awarded with the Bruce Hasegawa Young Investigator Medical Imaging Science Award from the IEEE Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Council for “contributions to the imaging physics of SPECT/CT and PET/CT, with emphasis in quantitative imaging and motion correction”. He was the President of Physics, Instrumentation, and Data Sciences Council (PIDSC) of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) between 2022-2023, is currently the Immediate Past President of PIDSC.
    • Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Director of Cardiac MRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Atrial Fibrillation
      • Diagnostic Imaging
      • Gadolinium
      • Liver
      • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
      • Radiology
      • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
      Dana C. Peters is Professor in Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at Yale and responsible for body and cardiac MR at the Magnetic Resonance Research Center, with a secondary appointment in Biomedical Engineering. Early training and discoveries: She received her undergraduate degree in Physics at the Johns Hopkins University, her PhD in Physics at University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she first demonstrated the utility of undersampled radial imaging. Her postdoc was at NIH, NHLBI, working in the laboratory of cardiac energetics. Following this, she was Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, working at the BIDMC Cardiac MR Center. Her expertise is in cardiovascular MR, obtained during the last decade,  working with cardiologists to improve detection of heart disease. This work has led to new frontiers in the application of MRI to electrophysiology, by demonstrating that scar can be visualized in the left atrium, due to RF ablation, or due to structural remodeling pre-ablation.Recent focus: Continuing in these directions, the cardiac MR group develops new MRI tools for evaluating cardiac function, strain, flow, pressure, and tissue characterizations, with research to investigate the arrhythmic substrate in the left atrium in patients with atrial fibrillation, or who are likely to develop atrial fibrillation.  One focus of research is on diastolic dysfunction (i.e. high pressures in the heart)  that both correlates atrial fibrosis and remodeling on one hand, and possibly results in atrial arrhythmia. Based on this, a new direction is to evaluate and characterize heart chamber pressures based on functional metrics, including strain, MRI-derived E/e', and flow metrics. Her group has also worked to develop new MRI methods to characterize liver cancer, and is currently working on new methods for deuterium metabolic imaging, also applied to cancer imaging. Mentoring:  Peters is also committed to training a new generation of biomedical imaging scientists. She believes in providing an environment with excellent MRI resources, knowledge about state-of-the-art methods, and important questions in collaboration with clinicians and scientists, to generate creative new solutions in medical imaging.
  • Musculoskeletal Imaging

  • Neuroradiology

    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Associate Program Director of the Neuroradiology fellowship, Neuroradiology

      Research Interests
      • Central Nervous System
      • Brain
      • Head
      • Neck
      • Nervous System Neoplasms
      • Pituitary Gland
      • Parathyroid Glands
      I am currently an assistant professor of Neuroradiology at Yale University. I also serve as the Associate Program Director of the Neuroradiology fellowship at Yale New Haven Hospital. I did my diagnostic radiology residency training at the American University of Beirut, followed by a fellowship in Neuroradiology at Yale New Haven Hospital where I served as chief fellow.
    • Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Director for Faculty Affairs

      Research Interests
      • Epilepsy
      • Encephalocele
      • Radiology
      • Stroke
      • Seizures
      • Pituitary Diseases
      • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
      • Neoplasms by Site
      • Neurosurgery
      • Vascular Malformations
      As a Board Certified Neuroradiologist, I have expertise and interpret X-ray, CT, MR, and vascular imaging studies of the brain, face, neck, and spine. My specific area of research has been in imaging of epilepsy and pituitary disorders and I serve as the imaging specialist for the Yale Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and Yale Pituitary Service, as part of these multidisciplinary groups.  My research on brain anatomy, seizures and epilepsy has impacted the fields of imaging of epilepsy, congenital developmental disorders (such as focal cortical dysplasia), and hippocampal & temporal lobe anatomy.  As Director of Faculty Affairs, I oversee faculty career development for the Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging; past administrative positions include Section Chief and Vice Chair during my career at Yale School of Medicine.
    • Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Dr. Kirsch is Professor of Neuroradiology in the Yale Department of Radiology and Biomedical Ima and Fellow in the American College of Radiology, and American Society of Functional Radiology, specializing in skull base and head and neck imaging and currently doing a PhD with School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield using 7 Tesla MRI and artificial intelligence analyzing head, neck and skull base pathology from SARs-CoV-2, HPV and EBV viruses with thesis advisors Dr Ali Khurram PhD. FRC Pathologist, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Honorary Consultant Pathologist, and founder https://www.neopath.org.uk/our-team, utilizing artificial intelligence analyzing oral cavity pathology, and Professor Daniel Lambert Ph.D. School of Clinical Dentistry, Chair in Molecular Cell Biology, Harpreet Hyaare MD, PhD at UCL, and working under Dr. Priti Balchandani, PhD, utilizing 7T MRI, under Professor of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Director Advanced Neuroimaging Research Program (ANRP) and Associate Director BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (BMEII) at Mount Sinai Medical Center. She received the American Society of Neuroimaging Oldendorf award, with awards for MRI techniques in spinal cord trauma, teaching and international accolades for educational interactive 3-D head and neck anatomy software, primal pictures anatomy.tv former Vice-Chair of the Expert Panel on Neuroimaging for American College of Radiology Appropriateness Use Criteria Committee, and American Society of Neuroradiology Collaborative Committee for Practice Parameters in Computed Tomography of the Head and Neck. She has served and continues to serve on committees including Current Chair of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology Research Committee, Educational, Program and Research Committees of the American Society of Head and Neck Imaging, Radiological Society of North America, North American Skull Base Society, American Society of Functional Imaging, American Association of Woman Radiologists, Association of University Radiologists, and is Past President of the Eastern Neuroradiological Society and is an invited speaker nationally and internationally on skull base and head and neck imaging and pathology. Her PhD research and publications are focused on skull base pathology including in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, Human Papilloma virus (HPV), Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) and more recently SARs-CoV-2 COVID19 pathology. She was co-investigator on a Foundation Government Clinical Trial assessing the imaging in Phase III trials, and a Primary Investigator Grant recipient, analyzing radiographic features of Pseudotumor Cerebri. Prior grants and research led to national and international presentations, including a TEDx talk on imaging how cancer “hitchhikes” via perineural invasion through the skull base. As a PhD researcher she believes in fostering collaborative and inspiring environments, especially in AI and head and neck pathology, that leads to innovative research, scientific advancement, and ideally improved patient outcomes.
    • Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Neurosurgery

      Research Interests
      • Health Care Economics and Organizations
      • Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
      • Intracranial Aneurysm
      • Nervous System Diseases
      • Stroke
      Avid interest in comparative-effectiveness and the practice of medicine. Love to explore the evidence behind everyday clinical decision-making, and its impact on the society both in terms of outcomes and costs.
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Costs and Cost Analysis
      • Data Science
      • Education, Medical
      • Education, Medical, Graduate
      • Efficiency
      • Diagnostic Errors
      • Health Care Economics and Organizations
      • Ischemic Stroke
      • Machine Learning
      • Quality Improvement
      • Stroke
      Long Tu is a health services researcher, emergency radiologist, and neuroradiologist at Yale School of Medicine. He is a graduate of Yale's Diagnostic Radiology residency and Neuroradiology fellowship, where he served as chief resident and chief fellow respectively. He subsequently completed clinical and research fellowships at Yale in Emergency/Trauma Radiology. Long's research interests include diagnostic error, imaging utilization, and healthcare economics. His research leverages techniques in data science, machine learning, and decision analysis to improve the diagnosis of patients with acute neurological disorders. His most recent work has focused on improving the detection and management of acute ischemic stroke. Long also directs a research group that develops clinical decision support, reporting, and workflow optimization tools. Long is the author of three leading texts in diagnostic imaging. His first book, Search Pattern: A Systematic Approach to Diagnostic Imaging, is an internationally best-seller in radiology. His second book, A Brief Guide to the Neuroradiology Fellowship, is one of the most widely used by neuroradiology fellows in the US. Long's latest book, How to be a More Efficient Radiologist: A Guide to Practice, Reporting, and Workflow Optimization, examines skills critical to modern clinical practice.
  • Nuclear Medicine

    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Anne Marie Boustani, MD, is a nuclear radiologist. She grew up in Toledo, Ohio where she completed medical school in 2009 at The University of Toledo College of Medicine. She studiedphilosophy at Ohio State University and Art at The University of Toledo before completing a master’s degree in Medical and Biological Illustration at Johns Hopkins University. Since then, she has worked as an illustrator and designer at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, translating traditional educational content into an online format, as well as taking on freelance illustration and design projects. Currently, she is a nuclear radiologist in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. She joined the department after completing a nuclear radiology fellowship at Yale following radiology residency at Norwalk Hospital. As a nuclear radiologist, Boustani interprets nuclear medicine images and treats patients with neuroendocrine tumors, thyroid and prostate cancers, as well hyperthyroidism. She lives in Woodbridge with her husband, Marcus (also a radiologist) and their two children.
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging; Program Director, Nuclear Radiology Fellowship, Nuclear Radiology

      Research Interests
      • Informatics
      • Radiology
      • Pharmacokinetics
      • Medical Informatics
      • Nuclear Medicine
      I interpret a variety of nuclear medicine scans, such as PET-CT for oncologic staging, bone scans, octreotide, MIBG, MAG-3, Ga68-DOTATATE scans, Axumin (fluciclovine), F-18 DCFPyL, PET-CT, and SPECT-CT brain scans for seizure localization, evaluation of Alzheimer's Disease and other indications. I also perform radioiodine, radium, and Lutathera therapies ( Lu 177 DOTATATE).  My research interests include informatics, natural language processing, and machine vision.
    • Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Director, Theranostics and Clinical Trials for the Section of Nuclear Medicine, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Gabriela Spilberg, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and cares for patients as part of the Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center. Dr. Spilberg is also Co-Director of Theranostics and Clinical Trials for the Section of Nuclear Medicine in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Nuclear Medicine Section. She joined Yale from Hartford Hospital where she was Section Chief of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging. She cares for patients with gastrointestinal malignancies with a focus on neuroendocrine tumors.  Dr. Spilberg is the Connecticut Councilor for the New England Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and a scientific reviewer for their annual meeting. Dr. Spilberg received her medical degree from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and completed her research fellowship at the University of Massachusetts in addition to a Neuroradiology fellowship.  She then went on to complete fellowships in Interventional Radiology, Emergency Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging, and PET/CT Cancer Imaging.  She completed the Harvard Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
  • Pediatric Radiology

    • Section Chief

      Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Chief, Pediatric Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Abdomen
      • Neoplasms by Histologic Type
      • Pediatrics
      • Radiology
      Cicero earned his Medical degree from the State University of Londrina, in Brazil, and completed his Radiology residency training in Sao Paulo, Brazil, at the Santa Marcelina Hospital. He undertook a 2-year fellowship in Pediatric Radiology at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, followed by another 2-year fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. He spent one year as a consultant Pediatric Radiologist at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and joined Yale School of Medicine in 2008, where he is currently a Professor in the department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and the section chief for Pediatric Radiology. His appointment also includes a full-time position at the Yale New Haven Hospital, where he is an Attending Pediatric Radiologist and provides clinical services to children from New Haven County and beyond. His research interests are broad, and he has won three Walter E. Berdon awards for best papers published in the Journal Pediatric Radiology, with pieces on ultrasound (2008), magnetic resonance imaging (2009) and computed tomography (2010). Cicero loves teaching, and has won an award for excellence in teaching from the Yale Radiology graduating class of 2012.
  • West Haven Veterans Administration

  • Emeritus Faculty

    • Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; NIOSH Certified B Reader

      Research Interests
      • Radiology
      In Memoriam 1942-2025 Dr. Curtis was recognized for her expertise in diagnostic imaging, her skilled teaching, and her advocacy for—and mentoring of—women at YSM. After her internship and residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, Dr Curtis joined the faculty in 1975 as an assistant professor of diagnostic radiology, becoming a full professor in 1985. Dr. Curtis had long championed the cause of women at the school. She had worked to recruit female faculty and students since the late 1970s as director of the Office for Women in Medicine, and then as chair of the Committee on the Status of Women in the School of Medicine. In 1990, she received the Leah Lowenstein Award for promoting humane and egalitarian medical education. Dr. Curtis had lent her talents to numerous panels, including the Dean’s Ad Hoc Grievance Committee, the Senior Appointment and Promotions Committee, and the Medical Students Thesis Awards Committee. She had also sat on numerous committees at YNNH and is past president of its medical board. Her skills in diagnostic imaging have had her deliver lectures and courses in such places as Kentucky, Venezuela, and Utah. Dr. Curtis’s professional services included being a reviewer for the American Journal of Radiology. In the community, she had been a longtime member of the board of directors of the Neighborhood Music School.
    • Professor Emeritus of Diagnostic Radiology

      Research Interests
      • Radiology
      • Women's Health
      • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
      • Gynecology
      Dr. McCarthy graduated from YSM in 1979 after completing a PhD in mammalian physiology at Cornell University. Following her graduation from medical school, she completed a residency in diagnostic radiology, and a fellowship in cross sectional imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. She returned to Yale in 1984 as an assistant professor in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, with a secondary appointment in obstetrics and gynecology.As vice chair for academic affairs in her department, Dr. McCarthy promoted mentoring and helped junior faculty understand what it takes to be promoted. She has been awarded multiple Best Doctor awards, elected as a fellow in the International Society of Magnetic Resonance, and the Society of Body Computed Tomography.She has been a long-time advocate for gender equity, co-organizing the senior women on the faculty in 1999 to produce the “Bill of Rights,” focusing on how to achieve gender equity. She served on the Committee on the Status of Women in Medicine for decades, co-chaired The Yale Women Faculty Forum. Under her watch, a University-wide committee was established to review cases of sexual harassment. She chaired the Medical School Council for years and has mentored numerous students, trainees and junior faculty. Dr. McCarthy became professor emeritus in 2016.
    • Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      A native of Spain, Dr. Tocino received her medical degree from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and completed her residency at the University of Cincinnati. She held faculty positions at the University of Utah and Intermountain Health Care where she was chief of Thoracic Imaging and Breast Imaging. As founder and Chairwoman of the Utah Breast Cancer Task Force she led a state wide coalition promoting breast cancer screening initiatives that culminated on pioneer legislation on quality standards and mandatory coverage of screening mammography; she continued this work under the auspices of the American College of Radiology through the creation of BiRads, Appropriateness of Services Criteria and Technical Standards. In 1992, Dr.Tocino was invited to join the Department of Radiology at Yale as Chief of Breast Imaging introducing Stereotactic Breast biopsy technology and other novel diagnostic and interventional breast imaging procedures. Dr.Tocino also specializes in Thoracic Imaging with an interest on Lung Cancer screening and ICU radiology. She has served as the first Vice Chair for Imaging Informatics charged with the implementation of PACS solutions, Clinical Decision Support , Process reengineering and Patient friendly portals for retrieval of reports and radiology information. As founder of the Program for Innovation in Imaging informatics, P(i)3, she has directed the evaluation, selection and implementation of AI algorithms in Radiology, with more than 20 algorithms currently embedded within the clinical workflow.
    • Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Frans J. Th. Wackers, MD, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Diagnostic Radiology and Medicine (Cardiology), He served as Director of the Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging Laboratory at Yale University School of Medicine for 22 years. Born in Echt, The Netherlands, Dr Wackers received both his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees (both 1970)from the University of Amsterdam School of Medicine in 1970. He completed training in InternalMedicine and Cardiology in the former Wilhelmina Gasthuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1977. Dr Wackers moved to the USA in 1977 where he was on the faculty of the Section ofCardiovascular Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine (1977-1981), theUniversity of Vermont College of Medicine(1981-1984) and, since 1984 at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Wackers is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology; a Fellow of theAmerican Heart Association, Council on Clinical Cardiology; a member of theSociety of Nuclear Medicine; a Fellow of the American Society of NuclearCardiology. He is also a Diploma European Cardiologist of European Society ofCardiology. He was on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, theAmerican Journal of Cardiology, and Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. He was President of the Cardiovascular Council of The Society of Nuclear Medicine (1992-1993), President of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (1994-1995), President of the Certification Council of Nuclear Cardiology (1996 - 1997), President of the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Nuclear Laboratories (1997-2005). He is the recipient of the Rescar Award of the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands (1988), the Herrman Blumgart Award of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, New England Chapter (1995), the Homi Baba Award of the Indian Nuclear Cardiological Society (1997), the Eugene Drake Award of the American Heart Association, New England Affiliate (1999), the Distinguished Service Award ofthe Society of Nuclear Cardiology (1999), the third Mario Verani Memorial Lecturer of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (2004), the Wenckebach Lecturer of the Dutch Society ofCardiology (2005) and the Mario Verani Lecturer of Methodist Hospital, Houston,Texas. Dr. Wackers is considered a pioneer in Nuclear Cardiology. He is the founder of the AmericanSociety of Nuclear Cardiology (1993), the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (1996) and the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (1997). He was Co-Chair of the 6th and 7th International Conference of Nuclear Cardiology (2003, 2005). Dr. Wackers published more than 350 articles on Nuclear Cardiology and Clinical Cardiology. Dr. Wackers was the Principal Investigator and Chairman of the multicenter (n=14)"Detection of Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetics" (DIAD) study. The study started in September 2000, recruitment was completed in August 2002 and follow-up was completed in September 2007. Dr. Wackers was also the director of the Yale University Radionuclide Core Laboratory. The laboratory has been involved in numerous multicenter clinicalstudies utilizing cardiac nuclear imaging since its inception in 1984.
    • Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Liver
      • Prostate
      • Chemicals and Drugs
      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).
  • Secondary Faculty

    • Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine); Vice Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty Life, Cardiovascular Medicine; Cardiology Director of Cardiac MR/CT, Advanced Cardiovascular CT/MR Program; Director, Cardio-Oncology, Cardiovascular Medicine; Director, Cardio-Oncology Advanced Training Fellowship Program, Cardiovascular Medicine; Vice Chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Cardiovascular Medicine

      My research interests include the integration of multimodality cardiovascular imaging into clinical and translational research, with a focus on cardiovascular magnetic resonance and cardiovascular computed tomography. This includes the application of cardiovascular imaging to cardiovascular disease prevention, acute myocardial infarction, cardio-oncology, valve disease and cardiovascular disease in women. Watch a video with Dr. Lauren Baldassarre>>
    • Associate Professor Adjunct; Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery; Assistant Professor of Psychology; Assistant Professor, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

      Research Interests
      • Neurosurgery
      • Neurology
      • Vision, Ocular
      • Language
      • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
      • Memory
      • Epilepsy
      Dr. Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology. He completed his PhD training in neuropsychology at the University of Melbourne, Australia; research fellowship training at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston; and his clinical fellowship at the Semel Institute, University of California Los Angeles where he was the epilepsy fellow and Chief Fellow in neuropsychology. As a clinician he is a member of Yale's Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and he also sees adults with a range of neurological disorders. As a researcher his work focuses on how we can improve surgical planning to treat epilepsy and brain tumors.
    • John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience and Professor of Psychiatry, and in the Child Study Center and of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Director, Mood Disorders Research Program

      Research Interests
      • Suicide
      • Depression
      • Diffusion Tensor Imaging
      • Adolescent Psychiatry
      • Bipolar Disorder
      • Mood Disorders
      • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
      • Psychiatry
      • Neuropsychiatry
      Dr. Hilary Patricia Blumberg is the John and Hope Furth Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience, Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and in the Child Center, and Director of the Mood Disorders Research Program, at the Yale School of Medicine. She graduated summa cum laude in neuroscience from Harvard University and completed her medical degree, psychiatry training and specialty training in brain scanning research at Cornell University Medical College. Dr. Blumberg’s research is devoted to understanding the brain circuitry differences that underlie mood disorders across the lifespan, with a focus on bipolar disorder and on suicide prevention. She directs the Mood Disorders Research Program at Yale that brings together a multi-disciplinary group of scientists to study the genetic, developmental and environmental factors that cause mood disorders to develop new methods for early detection, more effective interventions, and prevention of the disorders and their associated high risk for suicide. This research includes the use of new state-of-the-art brain scanning methods. The program is also known for training young scientists to be new leaders in the field. Dr. Blumberg has served as principal investigator on awards from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Department of Veterans Affairs, BD2, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, International Bipolar Disorder Foundation, For the Love of Travis Foundation, MQ Foundation, Stanley Medical Research Institute and Women’s Health Research at Yale. She has received numerous awards including the 2021 International Society of Bipolar Disorders Mogens Schou Award for Research in Bipolar Disorder, 2021 Sethi Award, 2018 American Psychiatric Association Blanche F. Ittleson Award for outstanding and published research in child and adolescent psychiatry and 2017 Brain and Behavior Foundation Colvin Prize for Research Achievement in Mood Disorders. She is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and a member of the Society of Biological Psychiatry.
    • Professor of Psychiatry and of Neuroscience and of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Co-Director of the T32 Translational Alcohol Research Program, Psychiatry and Public Health

      Research Interests
      • Alcohol Drinking
      • Brain
      • Opioid-Related Disorders
      • Neurobiology
      • Nicotine
      • Radiology
      • Positron-Emission Tomography
      • Neuroimaging
      • alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
      • Diseases
      • Chemicals and Drugs
      • Psychiatry and Psychology
      Dr. Cosgrove uses neuroreceptor imaging techniques such as PET to gain insights into the brains of people with substance use and other stress-related disorders. Trained as a clinical psychologist who worked with individuals managing alcohol and drug use disorders, Dr. Cosgrove transitioned to conducting research in order to inform the treatment of substance use disorders. Her laboratory develops and applies innovative brain imaging paradigms to track changes in critical neurochemicals over time, to identify treatment targets for psychiatric disorders, and to examine individual and sex and gender differences.
    • Research Interests
      • Psychopharmacology
      • Depressive Disorder
      • Adolescent Psychiatry
      • Affect
      • Adolescent Development
      • Biological Psychiatry
      • Child Psychiatry
      Dr. Dwyer completed her MD and PhD (Pharmacology) at the Univ. of California, Irvine, where she studied the development of the dopamine system in adolescence. She works clinically with children and adults, with a broad interest in how the brain and mind develop over time. She studies treatment-refractory adolescent depression, and hopes to better predict who will respond to different types of treatments, ranging from intensive psychotherapies to novel pharmacotherapeutics (e.g. ketamine).
    • Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Molecular Imaging Program, NCPTSD, VA; Director, Mood, Anxiety, and Cognitive Sciences Division

      Research Interests
      • Psychiatry
      • Radiology
      • Tobacco
      • Molecular Imaging
      • Chemicals and Drugs
      • Mood Disorders
      Irina Esterlis is a clinical neuropsychologist and neuroreceptor imager with extensive training in the application of SPECT and PET to the study of mood, trauma, suicide, and comorbid disorders. Dr. Esterlis has developed two novel paradigms to interrogate both the acetylcholine and glutamatergic systems in vivo in human. Her lab was also the first to show ketamine-induced changes in human volunteers in vivo. She has received awards from Society of Nuclear Medicine, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Society for Biological Psychiatry, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Esterlis' current work includes the study of the metabotropic glutamatergic receptor involvement in bipolar depression and suicide, and synaptic alterations associated with depression, aging, and suicidality. The lab has expanded to add in vivo preclinical work to elucidate human findings.
    • Professor of Neurosurgery; Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Neurosurgery; Chief, Neurovascular Surgery; Director, Neurovascular/Endovascular Fellowship

      Research Interests
      • Endothelium, Vascular
      • Cerebrovascular Disorders
      • Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological
      • Clinical Trial
      • Neurosurgery
      • Radiology
      Dr. Charles Matouk, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, is a cerebrovascular neurosurgeon with expertise in the open and endovascular treatment of vascular disorders of the brain and spinal cord. He completed his certification examination in neurosurgery from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2009. He completed a 2-year clinical fellowship in Endovascular Neurosurgery / Interventional Neuroradiology as well as a Vascular Biology Research Fellowship studying human vascular endothelial cells in health and disease at the University of Toronto. He has special interest in treating brain aneurysms, vascular malformations of the brain and spinal cord, carotid occlusive disease, and acute stroke syndromes. He also has an interest in general neurosurgery including adult-onset hydrocephalus.
    • Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine); Vice Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine (Education), Cardiovascular Medicine; Director, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine; Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program, Cardiovascular Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

      Research Interests
      • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
      • Sarcoidosis
      • Radiology
      • Radionuclide Imaging
      • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography
      • Amyloid
      • Amyloidosis
      • Cardiology
      Dr. Edward J. Miller, MD, PhD is the Vice Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine (Education) and a Professor of Medicine and Radiology in the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine. Dr. Miller directs the clinical nuclear cardiology laboratory at Yale-New Haven Hospital as well as the Cardiology Fellowship Program for the Yale School of Medicine. His clinical and research interests center on the evaluation and treatment of infiltrative cardiomyopathies, particularly cardiac sarcoidosis and amyloidosis, and are focused on the role of nuclear cardiac imaging in diagnosing and defining treatment response in these disorders. Dr. Miller received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, majoring in Preprofessional Studies with a concentration in Science, Technology and Values. He completed medical school at the Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago where he was awarded an American Heart Association Student Research Fellowship. Dr. Miller completed his internal medicine residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, as well as research and clinical cardiology fellowships at Yale. He also completed a PhD in Investigative Medicine from the Yale School of Medicine, working in the laboratory of Dr. Lawrence Young focused on "The Cardioprotective Effects of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase." Dr. Miller is a recipient of an NIH/NLHBI K08 award, mentored by Dr. Wilson Colucci at Boston University School of Medicine on "The Role and Regulation of the LKB1-AMPK Axis in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy." Dr. Miller was recruited back to Yale in 2015 to direct the nuclear cardiology lab and the cardiology fellowship program. He was named Vice Chief (Education) for Yale Cardiovascular Medicine in 2021.
    • Professor of Medicine (Cardiology); Chairman, Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC), Internal Med/Cardiology; Director, Animal Research Laboratories, Internal Med/Cardiology; Chairman, Yale Radioactive Safety Committee (RSC), Internal Med/Cardiology; Chairman, Yale Radioactive Investigation Drug Committee (RIDC), Internal Med/Cardiology; Director, Yale Translational Research Imaging Center (Y-TRIC), Internal Med/Cardiology; Director, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging, Internal Med/Cardiology; Board of Directors, Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) -Nuclear/PET, Internal Med/Cardiology, Yale School of Medicine

      Research Interests
      • Cardiovascular System
      • Cardiology
      • Echocardiography
      • Positron-Emission Tomography
      • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
      • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
      • Translational Research, Biomedical
      • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
      Albert J. Sinusas, M.D., FACC, FAHA, FASNC is Professor of Medicine (Section of Cardiovascular Medicine) and Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, and Director of the Yale Translational Research Imaging Center (Y-TRIC), and Director of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging at Yale New Haven Hospital. He received a BS degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MD degree at University of Vermont, College of Medicine, and completed training in internal medicine at the University of Oklahoma, and training in cardiology and nuclear cardiology at the University of Virginia. He joined the faculty at Yale University School of Medicine in 1990 where he has remained. Dr. Sinusas has served as a standing member of the Clinical and Integrated Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS), and standing member and chair of Medical Imaging (MEDI), and Clinical Translational Imaging Sciences (CTIS) study sections of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Sinusas has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Cardiovascular Council (CVC), Molecular Imaging Center of Excellence (MICoE), and Center for Molecular Imaging Innovation and Translation (CMIIT) of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), and Board of Directors of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. He was the 2008 recipient of the SNMMI Hermann Blumgart Award. His research is directed at development, validation and application of non-invasive cardiovascular imaging approaches for the assessment of cardiovascular pathophysiology, including the targeted molecular assessment of myocardial ischemic injury, angiogenesis, arteriogenesis, and post–infarction atrial and ventricular remodeling, and peripheral artery disease. The investigation of these biological processes involves, ex vivo and in vivo imaging in animal models of cardiovascular disease and humans. This translational research employs the 3–D modalities of X-ray computed tomography (CT) and fluoroscopy, SPECT/CT, PET/CT, echocardiography, and MR imaging in an animal physiology laboratory and clinical environment. Dr. Sinusas is the principal investigator of several NIH grants involving multi-modality cardiovascular imaging, and directs a NIH funded T32 grant providing training in multi-modality molecular and translational cardiovascular imaging. He is the author of over 250 peer reviewed publications and invited reviews related to cardiovascular imaging, and co-edited a textbook entitled Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging published in 2007 and Hybrid Imaging in Cardiovascular Medicine in 2018.