The Division of Neuroradiology is composed of 14 talented faculty with a variety of areas of special expertise.
Advanced neuroimaging techniques are routinely utilized by the division including functional MRI, MR perfusion, MR spectroscopy, diffusion tensor imaging, time-resolved MR angiography, CT angiography, and CT perfusion. The subdivision of Head and Neck Imaging has expanded under the directorship of Dr. Patricia Hudgins, including a busy image-guided head and neck biopsy service. Specialized faculty support Pediatric Neuroradiology based at the Egleston and Hughes Spalding locations of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. The Grady Memorial Hospital system has provided extensive experience with imaging of stroke and head trauma. More recent endeavors include development of fetal MRI and interventional MRI services. State-of-the-art imaging equipment is present at all sites to support our clinical service. Multiple collaborative efforts for research are in place with various clinical services as well as basic researchers.
Our education focus encompasses 7 to 8 ACGME accredited diagnostic neuroradiology fellows per year. A series of well-designed rotations at the multiple clinical sites provides tremendous experience in all aspects of diagnostic neuroradiology including advanced MRI applications, head and neck imaging, pediatric neuroradiology, neuroangiography, and image guided procedures. The Division of Neuroradiology is a vital constituent of numerous interdisciplinary clinical management and educational conferences with Neurology, Neuro-ophthalmology, Neuro-oncology, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, and Orthopedics.
- Amit Saindane, MD
Director, Division of Neuroradiology
Ashley Aiken, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director, Neuroradiology Fellowship
Dr. Aiken recently acquired the role of Associate Director for the
Neuroradiology fellowship program. The Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences has one of the largest Neuroradiology fellowships in the country. This year the division has eight new fellows. Dr. Aiken will work with Dr. Hudgins, Director of Neuroradiology Fellowhip, to oversee the program.
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Southeastern Neuroradiological Society
Caput Astrum Award
The Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Neuroradiological Society was held October 20-22, 2011 at The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL. Emory Radiology was highly represented at this year's conference.
One of the popular sessions at the meeting is the "Stump the SENRS Stars" session, which is an educational and informative session. This session challenges the expertise of teams of Neuroradiologists competing for the annual "Caput Astrum Award". Drs. Mark Mullins, Jack Fountain, Chad Holder and Arun Krishnan participated on the award winning team that won the "Caput Astrum Award."
Dr. Ashley Aiken was the invited speaker for The State of the Art Annual Lecture. She presented "Acute Comprehensive Stroke Imaging."
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ASNR Foundation Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research
Dr. Dehkharghani has been awarded the 2012 ASNR Foundation Scholar Award in Neuroradiology Research, funding the project "Investigating the Utility of MR Thermometry and Perfusion in the Evaluation of Cerebrovascular Ischemia: Applications to the Ischemic Penumbra Model of Neurovascular Injury"
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Mentor of the Year Award
Dr. Patricia Hudgins was awarded the Mentor of the Year award for 2010-2011 by the faculty in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences.
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Chair of the Research Committee for the RSNA
Dr. Carolyn Meltzer has been appointed Chair of RSNA's Research Development Committee, which has overall responsibility for recommending and developing new and revised grant/award programs to be implemented by the RSNA R+E Foundation. The Committee's activities include oversight of the Radiology Research Study Section, the RSNA Revitalizing the Research Enterprise program, and the NIH grantsmanship courses.
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Top Atlanta Doctors
Atlanta Magazine named Dr. Patricia Hudgins as one of the Atlanta Metro area Top Doctors of Diagnostic Radiology in their June 2011 issue. The doctors were chosen after consulting data gathered by the New York-based research firm Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. The unique selection process allows physicians to nominate other physicians that they feel are clinically outstanding, both regionally and nationally.
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President of The American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)
The ASNR is a professional membership society comprised of nearly 4,500 physicians specializing in the field of neuroradiology. Dr. Carolyn Meltzer was inaugurated as President during the ASNR's annual meeting in May 2011. Dr. Meltzer follows the footsteps of Dr. Patricia Hudgins, who served as 43rd ASNR President in 2005.
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Fellow of The American College of Radiology
Dr. Patricia Hudgins has been selected as a Fellow of the American College of Radiology (ACR). Approximately 10% of all ACR members achieve this distinction. She received this honor at the ACR's annual meeting in Washington D.C. in May 2011.
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ACR Board of Chancellors
Dr. Meltzer has been appointed to the Board of Chancellors for the American College of Radiology (ACR). The mission of the ACR is to serve patients and society by maximizing the value of radiology, radiation oncology, nuclear medicine and medical physics by advancing the science of radiology, improving the quality of patient care, positively influencing the socio-economics of our practice, and providing support for research and continuing education programming. The Board of Chancellors is the ACR's executive body, overseeing all of its business and affairs toward furthering the priorities of our field in government relations, education, and quality and safety.
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Teacher of the year Award
Dr. Amit Saindane was awarded the Teacher of the Year award by the residents in the department of radiology for 2009-2010.
Lubarsky M, Kalb B, Sharma P, Keim SM, Martin DR. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Acute Non-Traumatic Abdominal-Pelvic Pain: Practical, methodological and interpretive considerations. Radiographics. 2013 March-April 33:2 313-337
Hudgins A, Saindane A. Head and Neck Cancer. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, 2013. 23(1).
Moses-Kolko El, Price JC, Shah N, Berga S, Sereika SM, Fisher PM, Coleman R, Becker CB, Mason NS, Loucks T, Meltzer CC. Age, Sex, and Reproductive Hormone Effects on Brain Serotonin-1A and Serotonin-2A Receptor Binding in a Healthy Population. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2011 August 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Webber GR, Mullins ME, Chen Z, Meltzer CC. What's in a Name? U.S. Academic Radiology Departments: Investigation of the Frequency of and Associated Factors in Non-Traditional Department Titles. Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR). 201;81:186-190.
Wang L, Goldstein FC, Levey AI, Lah JJ, Meltzer CC, Holder CA, Mao H. White matter hyperintensities and changes in white matter integrity in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Neuroradiology. 2010 Dec 9. [Epub ahead of print]
Dehkharghani S, Dillon WP, Bryant SO, Fischbein NJ. Unilateral Calcification of the Caudate and Putamen: Association with Underlying Developmental Venous Anomaly. American Journal of Neuroradiology. Nov.-Dec. 2010. [Epub ahead of print] 31:1848- 1852.
The American Journal of Neuroradiology is pleased to introduce its sixth Special Collection entitled Brain Tumor Imaging, Volume 2: Posttherapy. This volume is the second edited by Dr. Soonmee Cha on brain tumor imaging. Dr. Mark Mullins, Associate Professor of Radiology, Neurology and Neurological Surgery at Emory University, had his work on Radiation necrosis versus glioma recurrence: conventional MR imaging clues to diagnosis included in this collection of papers. Dr. Mullins has also had some of his other research on head Computed Tomography scans published in the previous editions of these collections of works.
Fisher PM, Meltzer CC, Price JC, Coleman, RL, Ziolko SK, Becker C, Moses-Kolko EL, Berga SL, Hariri AR. Medial prefrontal cortex 5-HT2A density is correlated with amygdala reactivity, response habituation and functional coupling. Cerebral Cortex 2009;19(11):2499-2507.
Butters MA, Klunk WE, Mathis CA, Price JC, Lopresti BJ, Ziolko SK, Hoge JA, Tsopelas ND, Reynolds CF, DeKosky ST, Meltzer CC. Imaging Alzheimer's pathology in late-life depression with Pittsburgh Compound-B. Alzheimers and Related Disorders. 2008;2(3):261-268
Jennings JR, Muldoon MF, Price J, Christie IC, Meltzer CC. Cerebrovascular support for cognitive processing in hypertensive patients is altered by blood pressure treatment. Hypertension 2008 52(1):65-71
Moses-Kolko EL, Meltzer CC, Berga SL, Wisner KL. Postpartum Depression: The Clinical Disorder and Application of PET Imaging and Research Methods. In: R. Bridges, ed. Neurobiology of the Parental Brain. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia 2008, pp. 175-199.
Moses-Kolko EL, Wisner KL, Price JC, Berga SL, Mathis CE, Drevets WC, Hanusa BH, Loucks T, Meltzer CC. Serotonin 1A receptor reductions in postpartum depression: a PET study. Fertility and Sterility. 2008 Mar;89(3):685-692
Meltzer CC (Guest Editor). Imaging of the Mind: Neuroimaging Clinics of North America. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia December 2007; vol. 17, no. 4.
Lloyd KM, DelGaudio JM, Hudgins PA. Imaging of CSF Leaks: Review of the Literature and Current Recommendations. Accepted for publication in RADIOLOGY, 2007.
Tumialan LM, Lin FJ, Fountain J. CT Venography used in the preoperative planning of penetrating craniocerebral trauma: technical case report. Journal of Trauma, in press, October 2006.
Lowery RS, Atkinson D, Lambert SR. Cryptic cerebral visual inmpairment in children. Br J Ophthalmol 90(8):960-963, 2006.
Namasivayam S, Kalra MK, Pottala KM, Waldrop SM, Hudgins PA. Optimization of Z-Axis Automatic Exposure Control for Multidetector Row CT Evaluation of Neck and Comparison with Fixed Tube Current Technique for Image Quality and Radiation Dose. AJNR Nov-Dec 2006; 27:1-5.
Tumialan LM, Brat DJ, Fountain AJ, Barrow DL. An astroblastoma mimicking a cavernous malformation: case report. Neurosurgery 2006; 60(3):E569-70; discussion E570.
Krishnan, D.E. Mattox, Fountain AJ, and P.A. Hudgins. CT Arteriography and Venography in Pulsatile Tinnitus: Preliminary Results. AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol 2006; 27(8): 1635-1638.
Chen AY, Vilaseca I, Hudgins PA, Schuster D, Halkar R. Pet-CT bs. Contrast-Enhanced CT: What is the Role for Each After Chemoradiation for Advanced Oropharyngeal Cancer? Head & Neck. Apr 2006;28: 487-495.
Nguyen B-T and Mullins ME. Computed tomography follow-up imaging of stroke. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI. Jun. 2006; 27(3): 168-177 (requested manuscript).
Jones S, McLoud T and Mullins ME. Radiologic-Pathologic Conferences of the Massachusetts General Hospital: Rheumatoid Meningitis. Am. J. Roentgenol. AJR 2006; 186(4): 1181
Gaviani P, Mullins ME, Braga TA, Hedley-Whyte ET, Halpern EF, Schaefer PW and Henson JW. Improved detection of metastatic melanoma by T2*-weighted imaging. Am. J. Neuroradiol. AJNR 2006; 27: 605-608.
Mullins ME. The hyperdense cerebral artery sign on head CT scan. Semin. Ultrasound CT MRI. 2005 Dec; 26(6): 394-403 (requested manuscript).
Mullins ME. Modern emergent stroke imaging: Pearls, protocols and pitfalls. Radiologic Clinics of North America 2006; 44(1): 41-62 (requested manuscript).
Tumialan LM, Hudgins PA, Biousee, V. Isolated Painful Third Nerve Palsy. Rev in Neurol Dis 2006; 3(1):1-4
Mullins ME. MR Spectroscopy: Truly Molecular Imaging; Past, Present and Future. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America 2006; 16: 605-18 (requested manuscript).
Harnsberger HR, Wiggins RH III, Hudgins PA, et al. Diagnostic Imaging: Head and Neck. Ed. By HR Harnsberger MD, Editor-in-Chief, Amirsys Inc. 2005. (One of 5 authors of this 300 page text; 2 chapters authored). (This book is a best-seller, and has sold over 7500 copies).
Mullins ME and Saini S. Imaging of incidental Bochdalek hernia. Semin Ultrasound CT MRI 2005; 26 (1): 28-36 (requested manuscript).
Amit Saindane, MD- Director of Neuroradiology, Director of Neuro MRI
Ashley Aiken, MD- Assistant Residency Program Director
Kristen Baugnon, MD
Falgun Chokshi, MD- Director of Neuroradiology Services at Emory University Hospital Midtown
Amanda Corey, MD
Seena Dehkharghani, MD
Nilesh Desai, MD- Director of Pediatric Neuroradiology
Jack Fountain, MD - Chief of Radiology at Grady Memorial Hospital
Chad Holder, MD
John Holbrook, MD
Pat Hudgins, MD - Fellowship Program Director, Director of Head and Neck Imaging
Gamialiel Lorenzo, MD
Carolyn Meltzer, MD - Chair of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Mark Mullins, MD - Vice Chair for Education
Fellows
Abdul- Rahman Albeiruti, MD
Vivek Bansal, MD
Srikanth Boddu, MBBS
Raymond Higginbotham, MD
Michael Lubarsky, MD
Bradford Mitchell, MD
Julio Sepulveda, MD
Carlo Biamonte, MD
Neuroradiology Division
Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Emory University Hospital, BG20
1364 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Directions and Map to Neuroradiology Division Offices
Mary Davis
Administrative Assistant
Phone: (404) 712-4519
Fax: (404) 712-7957
Email: mary.davis@emory.edu
Francine L. Hollowell
Fellowship Coordinator
Phone: (404) 712-4583
Fax: (404) 712-7957
Email: fhollow@emory.edu