Dr. Melanie Morrison to lead clinical imaging for a $9M int'l study with Asa Mackenzie of Lund University on psychiatric & cognitive symptoms in Parkinson's disease, funded by ASAP in partnership with MJFF.

Please join us in welcoming the diagnostic radiology residents who started July 1. Their training spans medical schools in New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, California, Minnesota, Maryland & more. We're excited to have them join the department! #UCSFProud

We're seeking a Program Director for our Diagnostic Radiology Residency, a role focused on mentorship, education and leadership in one of the nation's top programs. Interested? Learn more ➡️ aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF06121

Congratulations to Drs. Miles Conrad & Mark Wilson, honored with the 2026 Award for Interprofessional Collaboration for IR in 60, an effort improving how fast trauma patients reach interventional radiology at @zsfgcare.bsky.social.

Drs. Dan Cooke, Kazim Narsinh & senior author Dr. Ethan Winkler mapped 19 cell types in brain artery walls, showing how fibrosis & immune cells interact to weaken vessels before an aneurysm ruptures. bit.ly/4eUWL8q

Felicia Tang, MD, an incoming @ucsfimaging.bsky.social resident, led a first in human study of 89Zr-DFO-YS5 PET for metastatic prostate cancer, showing strong tumor uptake & detecting more lesions than CT & bone scans.

For some patients with Parkinson's disease or OCD, deep brain stimulation can make a meaningful difference. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Melanie Morrison explains how this "pacemaker for the brain" works in this new video. Watch now:

Congratulations to Dr. Marc Kohli on receiving the SIIM Gold Medal at the society's annual meeting in Pittsburgh, pictured here with UCSF colleagues Dr. John Mongan & Dr. Neil Singh.

Happy Fourth of July from all of us at @ucsfimaging.bsky.social! Wishing our community a safe & fun holiday weekend.

How do you integrate AI into medical education intentionally and ethically? @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Ali Tejani & NYU Grossman's Dr. Marc Triola tackle that question in a new @ajrradiology.bsky.social video. Watch here:

Congratulations to Devin Schoen on receiving an NIH F99/K00 Pre-doc to Post-doc Transition Fellowship from NIBIB. The fellowship will support the end of her PhD at UCSF/UC Berkeley & her postdoctoral research on multimodal predictive models for neurological disease. #UCSFProud

New research from Drs. Maggie Chung, published in Nature Digital Medicine, used the open-source Mirai AI model to cut breast cancer diagnostic wait times from weeks to about an hour for high-risk patients at @zsfgcare.bsky.social.

New research in Nature Aging from Dr. Ashish Raj & Daren Ma predicts Alzheimer's-related cognitive impairment using only a baseline MRI & basic demographics,no PET scans, genetic analysis, or cognitive testing required.

Three people. Three perspectives on HHT. This #HHTAwarenessMonth, read the Visible Together series featuring Dr. Miles Conrad, his patient Carol & her brother David. Dr. Conrad's story: bit.ly/4oTcdqu Carol's story: bit.ly/4eKZS2I David's story: bit.ly/4g29ubK

Congratulations to Ankush Bajaj, MD, this year's ZSFG Krevans Award recipient! The award recognizes first-year UCSF residents who demonstrate excellence in patient care. #UCSFProud

Congratulations to Yifan Cui, PhD, #postdoc scholar in Evans Lab, on winning 1st place in the ERF RPSC Young Investigator Awards Symposium at @snm-mi.bsky.social for "Prolonging the Therapeutic Window with Fe-Reactive Small-Molecule Radioligands."

Join us June 29 for the T32 Trainees Lecture featuring #ChiefResidents Drs. Eric Lopez & Michael Romano. Event details: radiology.ucsf.edu/events/t32-t...

Dr. Joseph Leach sees blood vessels the way he sees music, complex, layered & full of information. The 2026 UCSF Health Exceptional Physician researches how abdominal aortic aneurysms grow & change, mapped in full 3D. Meet Dr. Leach: radiology.ucsf.edu/news/joseph-...

Congratulations to Dr. Alexandra Gersing who received a 2026 RSNA Research & Education Foundation Research Seed grant for her work on AI-enabled MR muscle biomarkers and their role in low back pain!

Congratulations to Dr. Anil Bidkar on receiving the 2026 Mars Shot Research Fund – Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award at @snm-mi.bsky.social, presented alongside his mentor, Dr. Rob Flavell. #UCSFProud

Congratulations to #postdoc Tamara Vasilkovska on three honors at #ISMRM26. Magna Cum Laude recognition plus first-place awards in two groups for her research on metabolic changes in Alzheimer's disease models. #UCSFProud

The stria of Gennari is one of the only cortical structures visible in a living brain on MRI. A new study co-authored by Dr. Emil Barkovich finds that 7T MRI detects it more frequently & more clearly than standard 3T. Read the full paper in #JMRI: doi.org/10.1002/jmri...

Congratulations to Michael Romano, MD, PhD, recipient of the 2026 RSNA Roentgen Ray Research Award, recognizing outstanding residents & fellows who have advanced radiologic research. Well deserved!

Brain injury patterns after pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest vary by patient age, imaging timing, and arrest characteristics. New research in @theajnr.bsky.social from Drs. Jonathan Shih & Yi Li describes these patterns and what drives them. ➡️ doi.org/10.3174/ajnr...

Juneteenth is a day of celebration & honest reflection. At @ucsfimaging.bsky.social, we honor Black history & hold ourselves to the work of building a department where equitable care & representation are real, not just stated values. Happy Juneteenth!

Drs. Robert Flavell & Anil Bidkar sat down with @urologytimes.bsky.social to discuss preclinical findings showing that combining CD46-directed alpha radiation with ADC therapy produced superior antitumor activity in prostate cancer models over either treatment alone.

A new UCSF #DeepLearning model predicts Alzheimer's progression and cognitive scores from a single baseline MRI, no PET scans or cognitive testing required. More from @UCSFimaging's Drs. Daren Ma, Abhejit Rajagopal, Yang Yang & Ashish Raj:

A long-held assumption about neuroendocrine tumor progression after a common radionuclide therapy may not hold up. Drs. Moein Moradpour, Thomas Hope & colleagues studied 195 patients & found SSTR-negative disease in only 3.7%. More in @journalofnucmed.bsky.social: bit.ly/4dB8JEW

Dr. Michael Evans helped design drug delivery peptides that physically anchor to cancer cell membranes, improving drug retention & shrinking human tumors in mice more effectively & with fewer side effects than the drug alone.

Make the most of your final hours at #SIIM26. Dr. Ali Tejani is at the SIIM Booth with practical guidance on vendor conversations, then takes the TechTalk Stage to close out the Case of the Day. #SIIMAnnualMeeting @siim.org

Ever used an imaging AI tool & thought "this wasn't built for how I work"? Drs. Ali Tejani & Marc Kohli @shadowdoc.bsky.social are having that conversation at #SIIM26, & bringing some answers along with them. #SIIMAnnualMeeting @siim.org

Pursuing IIP certification? Dr. Ali Tejani is hosting a peer-driven study idea exchange at #SIIM26. Share strategies, surface useful resources & connect with others on the same path. #SIIMAnnualMeeting @siim.org

Vibe coding is changing what clinicians & informaticists can build on their own. Dr. Ali Tejani breaks it down for imaging informaticists at #SIIM26. If you've been curious, this can be your starting point. #SIIMAnnualMeeting @siim.org

At #SIIM26, Dr. Atlas Haddadi Avval will present her #DeepLearning pipeline for generating spatial maps & extracting signal characteristics that could change how we understand Diffuse Midline Glioma. #SIIMAnnualMeeting @siim.org

If enterprise imaging platform decisions are part of your world, Dr. Marc Kohli @shadowdoc.bsky.social's #SIIM26 Industry Connect session is for you. A fresh framework for moving beyond the monolith and building something better. #SIIMAnnualMeeting @siim.org

How well do LLMs actually handle numbers in radiology? At #SIIM26, Dr. Ali Nowroozi presents a detailed evaluation & error analysis at #SIIM2026 that moves past the hype and into the evidence #SIIMAnnualMeeting @siim.org

In @nataging.nature.com, @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Drs. Daren Ma, Abhejit Rajagopal, Yang Yang & Ashish Raj built a #DeepLearning model that predicts Alzheimer's diagnosis & future cognitive scores from a single baseline MRI, outperforming all existing AI methods. bit.ly/3Qb3CSZ

You are invited to the inaugural NTRC Seminar on June 11. Dr. Qiyong Gong, one of the world's leading voices in psychoradiology, will present his work on MR imaging & psychiatric disorders. More info: neuroimagingtechnology.ucsf.edu/events/our-i...

Small classes. World-class faculty. Research in AI, theranostics, computational modeling, and more. The UCSF MS in Biomedical Imaging is accepting Fall 2026 applications through July 16. Learn more: radiology.ucsf.edu/education/ma...

@ucsfimaging.bsky.social & @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Adam Yala & Dr. Maggie Chung co-founded Voio, a startup building #AI models to help radiologists interpret images faster & predict patient risk for conditions like cancer & heart failure years in advance.

In 77% of patients, CSF-venous fistulas arose at or adjacent to the largest meningeal diverticulum on spine MRI. A 100-patient study led by @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Mark Mamlouk establishes MRI-based predictors to help guide myelography. More in @theajnr.bsky.social: bit.ly/431Suut

We're in Boston for #SPR26! Dr. Elizabeth George covers what clinicians need to know about arterial & venous vascular anatomy of the head & neck, including key variants to recognize. Catch her during the Categorical Neuroradiology session.

CT-like bone fracture images from MRI alone, no extra radiation, no second machine. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's MQIR team is studying how zero echo time MRI can replace CT across trauma, bone tumors & more. Read more: bit.ly/3PD670b

Pediatric radiology opening at @ucsfimaging.bsky.social — two Benioff Children's Hospital campuses, protected time to build a research program, & a trainee program that will keep you sharp. Fellowship training & ABR certification or eligibility required. Learn more: bit.ly/4uNXgYC

Poor cardiac MR image quality means repeat scans and delayed decisions. New research in #JMRI from @ucsfimaging.bsky.social's Dr. Jae Ho Sohn & collaborators used LLMs to identify which patients are most at risk before they ever enter the scanner. doi.org/10.1002/jmri...

Faculty opening in pediatric radiology: a role that brings together dedicated clinical work across two Benioff Children's Hospital campuses in SF & Oakland, mentorship of residents & fellows, & the research resources to build a meaningful academic program. aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05641

Meningiomas are slow-growing — which makes subtle changes easy to miss. A new AI tool from @ucsfimaging.bsky.social & @ucsfci2.bsky.social provides one-click, volumetric tumor tracking across time, giving radiologists a clearer picture of progression. bit.ly/4f32JWC

Post-thrombotic syndrome affects quality of life for many DVT patients. The C-TRACT trial found endovascular therapy significantly reduced severity & improved quality of life vs. standard care alone. @ucsfimaging.bsky.social recently presented at #SIR26TOR. bit.ly/4uaxAoh @nejm.org

We are looking for a Pediatric Radiologist ready to practice at the highest level, mentor trainees & build a research program at one of the country's leading academic imaging departments. Learn more about this opportunity: aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05641

The May cover of #IASPpain features new research by @ucsfimaging.bsky.social fellowship alum Dr. Joe Baal & Dr. Daehyun Yoon on using [18F]FTC-146 PET/MRI to identify focal peripheral pain generators in complex regional pain syndrome. www.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003913