Jack Porrino
Professor of Radiology and Biomedical ImagingCards
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Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Biography
Dr. Jack Porrino is an associate professor of diagnostic radiology with the Yale School of Medicine. He specializes in musculoskeletal imaging, providing image interpretation and specialty-specific procedures.
Dr. Porrino earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and his medical degree from the University of Nevada School of Medicine. Following his radiology residency training at the University of Arizona, Dr. Porrino performed specialty training in musculoskeletal imaging at the University of Washington.
While Dr. Porrino's research interests are varied, he has a particular affinity for pathology of the wrist, as well as the multi-ligament knee injury (MLKI), with numerous related publications.
Appointments
Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Musculoskeletal Imaging
- Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
- Yale Medicine
Research
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Andrew Haims, MD
Dominick Tuason, MD
Lee Katz, MD
Michael Medvecky, MD
Publications
2024
Lipohemarthrosis in the detection of intraarticular fractures: Looking beyond the tibial plateau
Porrino J, Shreve C, Marten E, Lee H, Haims A. Lipohemarthrosis in the detection of intraarticular fractures: Looking beyond the tibial plateau. PM&R 2024, 16: 1041-1048. PMID: 38984513, DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTotal spine MRI for the preoperative evaluation of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Part 2 – spinal cord tumors, dysraphisms, diastematomyelia, and vertebral anomalies
Lee H, Janjua F, Ragab A, Moran J, Haims A, Rubio D, Tuason D, Porrino J. Total spine MRI for the preoperative evaluation of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Part 2 – spinal cord tumors, dysraphisms, diastematomyelia, and vertebral anomalies. Current Problems In Diagnostic Radiology 2024, 53: 415-421. PMID: 38262798, DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2024.01.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal spine MRISpinal cord tumorsAdolescent idiopathic scoliosisCord tumorsSpine MRIIdiopathic scoliosisEvaluation of adolescent idiopathic scoliosisVertebral anomaliesNeural axis abnormalitiesArnold-Chiari malformationTime of diagnosisTethered cordAxis abnormalitiesChiari malformationPreoperative evaluationScreening examinationDiastematomyeliaDysraphismTumorScoliosisAbnormalitiesMRIMalformationsSyringomyeliaCordTotal spine MRI for the preoperative evaluation of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: part 1
Lee H, Janjua F, Ragab A, Moran J, Haims A, Rubio D, Tuason D, Porrino J. Total spine MRI for the preoperative evaluation of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: part 1. Current Problems In Diagnostic Radiology 2024, 53: 405-414. PMID: 38246795, DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2024.01.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal spine MRIAdolescent idiopathic scoliosisSpine MRIIdiopathic scoliosisEvaluation of adolescent idiopathic scoliosisNeural axis abnormalitiesSpinal cord tumorsTime of diagnosisArnold-Chiari malformationCord tumorsTethered cordAxis abnormalitiesChiari malformationPreoperative evaluationScreening examinationVertebral anomaliesScoliosisAbnormalitiesMRIDiastematomyeliaDysraphismSyringomyeliaMalformationsTumor
2023
Magnetic resonance imaging quality in the context of a knee-spanning external fixator placed inside the MR bore: a literature review
Marcel A, Green J, Porrino J, Katz L, Medvecky M. Magnetic resonance imaging quality in the context of a knee-spanning external fixator placed inside the MR bore: a literature review. Skeletal Radiology 2023, 53: 629-636. PMID: 37955679, DOI: 10.1007/s00256-023-04505-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsKnee-spanning external fixatorExternal fixatorNoise ratioMR boreSoft tissue repairDevice compositionKnee injury patientsLimb-threatening injuriesSoft tissue injuriesUtility of MRIMagnetic resonance imagingMagnetic field strengthImage qualityField strengthKnee dislocationInjury patientsTissue injuryAnatomical assessmentUseful diagnostic informationResonance imagingLigamentous structuresFixatorMRIEmergent assessmentMRI sequences
Clinical Care
Overview
Clinical Specialties
Board Certifications
Diagnostic Radiology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Radiology
- Latest Certification Date
- 2021
- Original Certification Date
- 2010
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