Cardiovascular Radiology Pediatrics Expert Witness

• Tenured Professor of Radiology, Medicine, and Pediatrics
• Director, Division of Cardiovascular Imaging
• Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
• Director of Computed Tomography Research and Development
• MUSC Department of Radiology and Radiological Science

Education

• 1989-1996         Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, MD, Medicine
• 1992-1993         Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN, Visiting Medical Student
• 1995                  Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, Final Year Internal Medicine Rotations
• 1996                  Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Final Year Radiology Rotations

Residency

1997-2001         Institute of Clinical Radiology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University,Munich, Germany

Faculty Appointments

• 2001 – 2004      Staff Radiologist, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
• 2004 – 2008      Associate Professor of Radiology and Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina,Charleston, SC
• 2008 – 2011      Professor of Radiology and Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina
• Since 2011          Professor of Radiology, Medicine, and Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina

CERTIFICATIONS

• American Board of Radiology (ABR) – Diagnostic Radiology
• Austrian Board of Radiology – valid in all member countries of the European Union
• South Carolina Medical License
• American College of Radiology (ACR) Certification of Advanced Proficiency in Cardiac Computed Tomography
• Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (CBCCT)
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support certifications current

BOARD / COMMITTEE POSITIONS

Current:

• 4th World Congress of Thoracic Imaging – Technical Exhibits Committee (2015-2017)
• ACR Certificate of Advanced Proficiency Examination Committee for CCTA (Committee Chair since 2011)
• International Society for Computed Tomography (ISCT) – Board for the Annual MDCT Symposium and its Derivative Activities (since 2013)
• North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI) – President (2016/2017)
• NASCI – Executive Council of the Board of Directors (since 2012)
• Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) – Education Committee (since 2015)
• Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance (SCBT/MR) – Corporate Relations Committee (since 2012)
• Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR) – Executive Committee
• STR Corporate Relations Committee (Committee Chair since 2009)
• STR Task Force for Cardiac Imaging Education

 

Past:

• ABR Committee on Focused Practice Recognition in Maintenance of Certification (MOC) for Cardiac CT (2011-2015)
• American College of Cardiology (ACC) CT-SAP Committee (2008)
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria Committee for Cardiac Imaging (2005-2011)
• ACR Cardiac CT Guidelines Committee (2006-2011)
• ACR Committee on Cardiac Imaging (2006-2011)
• ACR International Education and Meetings Committee (2011-2014)
• American Heart Association (AHA) Council on Cardiovascular Radiology & Intervention – Leadership Committee (2009-2013)
• AHA Council on Cardiovascular Radiology & Intervention – Communications & Membership Committee (Committee Chair, 2009-2013)
• American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) – Scientific Program Committee (Cardiopulmonary Section 2005-2011)
• CBCCT Section Chair “Non Cardiac Structures” (2007 / 2008)
• CBCCT Section Chair “Reconstruction/Post Processing” (2008 / 2009)
• NASCI – President-Elect (2015/2016)
• NASCI Program Committee (2010-2012)
• NASCI Research Committee (Committee Chair, 2010-2012)
• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) – Scientific Program Committee, Cardiac Subcommittee (2008-2015)
• RSNA Program Committee, Cardiac Case of the Day Program (Chair, 2011 / 2012)
• SCBT/MR Communications Committee (Committee Chair, 2010-2012)
• SCCT – Radiology Committee (2010-2015)
• STR – Research & Education Fund Committee (2004 – 2006)
• STR – Development and Corporate Relations Committee (2006 – 2008)

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

Current:

• Academic Radiology, Deputy Editor, Cardiovascular Imaging (since 2011)
• American Journal of Roentgenology, Assistant Editor, Cardiothoracic Imaging (since 2011)
• Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy (since 2012)
• Current Radiology Reports (since 2012)
• European Radiology, Cardiac Imaging Section Editor (2015-2017)
• Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA – since 2011)
• Journal of Thoracic Imaging, Deputy Editor (since 2016)
• US Radiology (since 2010)

Past:

• European Radiology, Section Cardiac Imaging (2001-2004 and 2009-2014)
• Journal of Thoracic Imaging (2005-2008)
• Journal of Thoracic Imaging, Associate Editor (2009-2015)
• Radiology, Associate Editor, Cardiac Imaging (2005-2010)
• Radiology, Consultant to the Editor (2011-2012)

Membership in Professional/Scientific Societies

National:

• American College of Radiology (ACR)
• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
• American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
• American Heart Association (AHA) (Fellow)
• Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance – (SCBT/MR) (Fellow)
• Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR)
• North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI) (Fellow)
• Association of University Radiologists (AUR)
• Society of Cardiovascular CT (SCCT) (Fellow)
• South Carolina Medical Association

International:

• European Society of Radiology (ESR)
• European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI)
• European Society of Cardiac Radiology (ESCR)
• Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASCI)
• Hungarian Society of Radiology (Honorary Member)
• Société Canadienne-Française de Radiologie (Honorary Member)
• Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft (DRG)
• Bayerische Landesärztekammer

Scientific Reviewer for

• Academic Radiology (Journal)
• Acta Radiologica (Journal)
• American Heart Journal (Journal)
• American Journal of Roentgenology – AJR (Journal)
• Archives of Internal Medicine (Journal)
• Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (Journal)
• Chest (Journal)
• Circulation (Journal)
• Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging (Journal)
• Echocardiography (Journal)
• European Heart Journal (Journal)
• European Journal of Clinical Investigation (Journal)
• European Journal of Radiology (Journal)
• European Radiology (Journal)
• Expert Reviews in Cardiovascular Therapy (Journal)
• Fortschritte Roentgenstrahlen – RoeFo (Journal)
• IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (Journal)
• International Journal of the Kuwait University Health Sciences Center (Journal)
• Investigative Radiology (Journal)
• Journal of the American Heart Association (Open Access Journal)
• Journal of the American Medical Association – JAMA (Journal)
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology – JACC (Journal)
• JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging (Journal)
• Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (Journal)
• Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development (Journal)
• Journal of the Saudi Heart Association (Journal)
• Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis – JTH (Journal)
• Journal of Thoracic Imaging – JTI (Journal)
• Nature Reviews of Cardiology (Journal)
• Neuroradiology (Journal)
• New England Journal of Medicine (Journal)
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Biomedicine (Journal)
• Obesity (Journal)
• PLoS ONE (Open Access Journal)
• Radiologe (Journal)
• Radiology (Journal)
• Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal (Journal)
• American Heart Association Scientific Sessions (Scientific Conference)
• American Roentgen Ray Society (Scientific Conference)
• EuroRad (Internet Database)
• IEEE Visualization (Scientific Conference)
• NASCI (Scientific Conference)
• Radiological Society of North America (Scientific Conference)

External consultant / reviewer for academic POSITIONS / promotions

• Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer-Sheva, Israel
• Cornell University School of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
• Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
• Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
• Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
• Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN
• New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
• Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
• Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
• Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• University of Pittsburgh Faculty of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
• University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
• Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

AWARDS AND HONORS

• 1992 – 1996          Scholar of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)
• 1993 – 1994          Scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• 1995 – 1996          Scholar of the Krueger-Foundation
• 2000                         Best Scientific Paper, Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Imaging
• 2001                         Felix Fleischner Memorial Award, Fleischner Society
• 2002                         Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Special Distinction
• 2003                         Best Scientific Chest Paper, European Congress of Radiology
• 2003                         Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction
• 2004                         Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Special Distinction
• 2005                         Elected Fellow of the Society of Computed Body Tomography & Magnetic Resonance
• 2006                         Named among “The Best of the Best”, Top 10 Cardiovascular Imagers, Medical Imaging Magazine
• 2006                         Dr. Jean A. Vezina Award in Innovation and Excellence (Prix d’Innovation et d’Excellence de la Fondation Dr. Jean A. Vezina), Société Canadienne-Française de Radiologie
• 2006                         Honorary Membership, Société Canadienne-Française de Radiologie
• 2006                         Semifinal Candidate “Most Influential Radiology Researcher”. Aunt Minnie
• 2007                         Named among “The Best of the Best”, Top 10 Cardiovascular Imagers, Medical Imaging Magazine
• 2007                         European Journal of Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing
• 2007                         Inclusion in “Best Doctors in America®” 2007-2008
• 2008                         Distinguished Reviewer, American Journal of Radiology 2007-2008
• 2008                         Ranked 2nd among the “Most Influential in Radiology” by RT Image Magazine
• 2008                         Semifinal Candidate “Most Effective Radiology Educator”, Aunt Minnie
• 2008                         Elected Fellow of the American Heart Association
• 2008                         Named Business Partner of the Year by Medrad Inc., Indianola, PA
• 2009                         Distinguished Reviewer, American Journal of Roentgenology 2008-2009
• 2009                         Teacher of the Month – February, MUSC College of Medicine
• 2009                         MUSC designation as Siemens “Center of Excellence”
• 2009                         Applause Award, MUSC Department of Radiology and Radiological Science
• 2009                         Inclusion in “Best Doctors in America®” 2009-2010
• 2009                         Semifinal Candidate “Most Influential Radiology Researcher”, Aunt Minnie
• 2009                         Teacher of the Month – September, MUSC College of Medicine
• 2009                         Honor Tree Planted in the Galilee by the Israel Radiological Association
• 2010                         Elected Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
• 2010                         Finalist “Most Influential Radiology Researcher”, Aunt Minnie
• 2010                         Teacher of the Month – September, MUSC College of Medicine
• 2010                         Distinguished Reviewer, American Journal of Roentgenology 2009-2010
• 2011                         Inclusion in “Best Doctors in America®” 2011-2012
• 2012                         Semifinal Candidate “Most Influential Radiology Researcher”, Aunt Minnie
• 2012                         Honorary Membership, Hungarian Society of Radiology
• 2012                         Elected Fellow of the North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging
• 2012                         Honorary Professorship, Nanjing University, China
• 2013                         Inclusion in “Best Doctors in America®” 2013-2014
• 2013                         Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing, Academic Radiology
• 2013                         Named “Most Influential Radiology Researcher”, Aunt Minnie
• 2014                         Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction
• 2014                         European Radiology – Most Cited Paper Award 2011
• 2015                         Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Special Distinction
• 2015                         Inclusion in “Best Doctors in America®” 2015-2016
• 2016                         Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction
• 2016                         Awarded Tenure, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
• 2016                         Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing, Academic Radiology
• 2017                         Elected Fellow of the American College of Radiology
• 2017                         Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Special Distinction

NAMED LECTURES

• 2001                         Felix Fleischner Memorial Lecture, Fleischner Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 2004                         Henry M. Selby Lecture, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
• 2013                         M. Pinson Neal, Jr., M.D. Memorial Lecture, Richmond Radiological Society, Richmond, VA
• 2013                         Atis K. Freimanis Visiting Professorship, Michigan State University Radiology, Lansing, MI
• 2013                         Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Lecture, Annual Meeting of the German Roentgen Society, Hamburg, Germany
• 2016                         Sandler Lecture, Vanderbilt University Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Cardiology, Nashville, TN

OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Current:

• Director, Division of Cardiovascular Imaging
• Director of CT Research and Development
• Member, Research Oversight Committee
• 2016-17 Diagnostic Radiology Resident Selection Committee

Past:

• Cardiovascular Imaging Director, University Designated Center for Biomedical Imaging 2013-2016
• Member, MUSC Strategic Plan President’s Committee on Entrepreneurialism 2010-2015
• Team Captain – Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, 2016 AHA Lowcountry Heart Walk

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

Undergraduate Medical Education:

• Monthly one hour lecture to 3rd year medical students
• Supervise medical student summer research clerkship (2 per summer)

Graduate Medical Education:

• Monthly one hour lecture to radiology residents
• Monthly one hour lecture to cardiology fellows
• Organizer of the monthly departmental journal club

Graduate Studies Education:

• Faculty member, College of Graduate Studies, Medical University of South Carolina
• Co-director, graduate course in cardiovascular imaging, College of Graduate Studies,
• Medical University of South Carolina

Continuing Medical Education:

• “The Charleston Hands on Course: 64-Slice and Dual Source Cardiac CT”
• “The Charleston Course at the Sanctuary” 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
•  MUSC winter meetings 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

MAJOR CLINICAL / RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cardio-thoracic imaging, especially the use of CT and MRI for imaging coronary heart disease and pulmonary thrombo-embolism.

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

• INVITED LECTURES: Numerous (>400) invited lectures nationally and internationally
• ABSTRACTS: Author or coauthor of numerous (>500) abstracts presented at scientific conferences