Education

Undergraduate School

University of Virginia
1983 Charlottesville VA

Medical School

University of Virginia School of Medicine
1987 Charlottesville VA

Internship

Transitional Internship Roanoke Memorial Hospital
1988 Roanoke VA

Residency

Diagnostic Radiology Massachusetts General Hospital
1992 Boston MA

Fellowship

Neuroradiology Massachusetts General Hospital
1993 Boston MA

Fellowship

Pediatric Interventional Radiology Boston Children's Hospital
1996 Boston MA

Publications

  1. Multi-channel attention-fusion neural network for brain age estimation: Accuracy, generality, and interpretation with 16,705 healthy MRIs across lifespan. Med Image Anal. 2021 08; 72:102091. View Abstract
  2. Success of Nonsedated Neuroradiologic MRI in Children 1-7 Years Old. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2021 05; 216(5):1370-1377. View Abstract
  3. BRAIN AGE ESTIMATION USING LSTM ON CHILDREN'S BRAIN MRI. Proc IEEE Int Symp Biomed Imaging. 2020 Apr; 2020:420-423. View Abstract
  4. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Head Trauma-Child. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 May; 17(5S):S125-S137. View Abstract
  5. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Cerebrovascular Disease-Child. J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 May; 17(5S):S36-S54. View Abstract
  6. Prenatal diagnosis of intraconal lymphatic malformation on fetal magnetic resonance imaging. J AAPOS. 2020 04; 24(2):113-115. View Abstract
  7. Diagnostic equivalency of fast T2 and FLAIR sequences for pediatric brain MRI: a pilot study. Pediatr Radiol. 2020 04; 50(4):550-559. View Abstract
  8. Comparison of CBF Measured with Combined Velocity-Selective Arterial Spin-Labeling and Pulsed Arterial Spin-Labeling to Blood Flow Patterns Assessed by Conventional Angiography in Pediatric Moyamoya. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2019 11; 40(11):1842-1849. View Abstract
  9. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Scoliosis-Child. J Am Coll Radiol. 2019 May; 16(5S):S244-S251. View Abstract
  10. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Suspected Spine Trauma-Child. J Am Coll Radiol. 2019 May; 16(5S):S286-S299. View Abstract
  11. Markerless high-frequency prospective motion correction for neuroanatomical MRI. Magn Reson Med. 2019 07; 82(1):126-144. View Abstract
  12. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Sinusitis-Child. J Am Coll Radiol. 2018 Nov; 15(11S):S403-S412. View Abstract
  13. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Headache-Child. J Am Coll Radiol. 2018 May; 15(5S):S78-S90. View Abstract
  14. Correction to: Ionizing radiation from computed tomography versus anesthesia for magnetic resonance imaging in infants and children: patient safety considerations. Pediatr Radiol. 2018 03; 48(3):454. View Abstract
  15. Imaging Optimization in Children. J Am Coll Radiol. 2018 03; 15(3 Pt A):440-443. View Abstract
  16. Ionizing radiation from computed tomography versus anesthesia for magnetic resonance imaging in infants and children: patient safety considerations. Pediatr Radiol. 2018 01; 48(1):21-30. View Abstract
  17. Complex Trajectories of Brain Development in the Healthy Human Fetus. Cereb Cortex. 2017 11 01; 27(11):5274-5283. View Abstract
  18. Transient Focal Neurologic Symptoms Correspond to Regional Cerebral Hypoperfusion by MRI: A Stroke Mimic in Children. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017 Nov; 38(11):2199-2202. View Abstract
  19. Quality measures and pediatric radiology: suggestions for the transition to value-based payment. Pediatr Radiol. 2017 Jun; 47(7):776-782. View Abstract
  20. Reusable Client-Side JavaScript Modules for Immersive Web-Based Real-Time Collaborative Neuroimage Visualization. Front Neuroinform. 2017; 11:32. View Abstract
  21. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Back Pain-Child. J Am Coll Radiol. 2017 May; 14(5S):S13-S24. View Abstract
  22. Cerebrospinal Fluid and Parenchymal Brain Development and Growth in the Healthy Fetus. Dev Neurosci. 2016; 38(6):420-429. View Abstract
  23. Quality of pediatric abdominal CT scans performed at a dedicated children's hospital and its referring institutions: a multifactorial evaluation. Pediatr Radiol. 2017 Apr; 47(4):391-397. View Abstract
  24. Preoperative transdural collateral vessels in moyamoya as radiographic biomarkers of disease. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2017 Mar; 19(3):289-295. View Abstract
  25. Neuroimaging of Children With Surgically Treated Hydrocephalus: A Practical Approach. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017 Feb; 208(2):413-419. View Abstract
  26. Third Trimester Brain Growth in Preterm Infants Compared With In Utero Healthy Fetuses. Pediatrics. 2016 11; 138(5). View Abstract
  27. Congenital Brain Abnormalities and Zika Virus: What the Radiologist Can Expect to See Prenatally and Postnatally. Radiology. 2016 10; 281(1):203-18. View Abstract
  28. Neuropsychological Status and Structural Brain Imaging in Adolescents With Single Ventricle Who Underwent the Fontan Procedure. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015 Dec 14; 4(12). View Abstract
  29. Altered Gray Matter in Adolescents with d-Transposition of the Great Arteries. J Pediatr. 2016 Feb; 169:36-43.e1. View Abstract
  30. Fetal magnetic resonance imaging: exposure times and functional outcomes at preschool age. Pediatr Radiol. 2015 Nov; 45(12):1823-30. View Abstract
  31. Down syndrome and moyamoya: clinical presentation and surgical management. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2015 Jul; 16(1):58-63. View Abstract
  32. Fetal MRI: A Technical Update with Educational Aspirations. Concepts Magn Reson Part A Bridg Educ Res. 2014 Nov; 43(6):237-266. View Abstract
  33. White matter microstructure and cognition in adolescents with congenital heart disease. J Pediatr. 2014 Nov; 165(5):936-44.e1-2. View Abstract
  34. Adolescents with tetralogy of Fallot: neuropsychological assessment and structural brain imaging. Cardiol Young. 2015 Feb; 25(2):338-47. View Abstract
  35. Long-term developmental outcome of children with a fetal diagnosis of isolated inferior vermian hypoplasia. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2014 Jan; 99(1):F54-8. View Abstract
  36. Ruptured temporal lobe arachnoid cyst presenting with severe back pain. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 Sep; 12(3):281-3. View Abstract
  37. Imaging after direct and indirect extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013 Jul; 201(1):W124-32. View Abstract
  38. School-age effects of the newborn individualized developmental care and assessment program for preterm infants with intrauterine growth restriction: preliminary findings. BMC Pediatr. 2013 Feb 19; 13:25. View Abstract
  39. Adolescents with D-transposition of the great arteries repaired in early infancy demonstrate reduced white matter microstructure associated with clinical risk factors. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Sep; 146(3):543-9.e1. View Abstract
  40. Chorea in the clinical presentation of moyamoya disease: results of surgical revascularization and a proposed clinicopathological correlation. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 Mar; 11(3):313-9. View Abstract
  41. Injury to the premature cerebellum: outcome is related to remote cortical development. Cereb Cortex. 2014 Mar; 24(3):728-36. View Abstract
  42. Delayed cortical development in fetuses with complex congenital heart disease. Cereb Cortex. 2013 Dec; 23(12):2932-43. View Abstract
  43. Regional cerebellar volumes predict functional outcome in children with cerebellar malformations. Cerebellum. 2012 Jun; 11(2):531-42. View Abstract
  44. NIDCAP improves brain function and structure in preterm infants with severe intrauterine growth restriction. J Perinatol. 2012 Oct; 32(10):797-803. View Abstract
  45. Cerebellar malformations alter regional cerebral development. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2011 Dec; 53(12):1128-34. View Abstract
  46. Brain perfusion in asphyxiated newborns treated with therapeutic hypothermia. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011 Dec; 32(11):2023-9. View Abstract
  47. Adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries corrected with the arterial switch procedure: neuropsychological assessment and structural brain imaging. Circulation. 2011 Sep 20; 124(12):1361-9. View Abstract
  48. Ultrasound and MRI of fetuses with ventriculomegaly: can cortical development be used to predict postnatal outcome? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jun; 196(6):1457-67. View Abstract
  49. Spectrum of neurodevelopmental disabilities in children with cerebellar malformations. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2011 May; 53(5):409-16. View Abstract
  50. MRI as a central component of clinical trials analysis in brainstem glioma: a report from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC). Neuro Oncol. 2011 Apr; 13(4):417-27. View Abstract
  51. Outcome of fetuses with cerebral ventriculomegaly and septum pellucidum leaflet abnormalities. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jan; 196(1):W83-92. View Abstract
  52. Frequency and cause of disagreements in imaging diagnosis in children with ventriculomegaly diagnosed prenatally. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Nov; 36(5):582-95. View Abstract
  53. Early versus late MRI in asphyxiated newborns treated with hypothermia. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2011 Jan; 96(1):F36-44. View Abstract
  54. Cerebellar injury in the premature infant is associated with impaired growth of specific cerebral regions. Pediatr Res. 2010 Aug; 68(2):145-50. View Abstract
  55. Relationship of intraoperative cerebral oxygen saturation to neurodevelopmental outcome and brain magnetic resonance imaging at 1 year of age in infants undergoing biventricular repair. Circulation. 2010 Jul 20; 122(3):245-54. View Abstract
  56. Neurodevelopmental outcome of fetuses referred for ventriculomegaly. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Apr; 35(4):405-16. View Abstract
  57. Human TUBB3 mutations perturb microtubule dynamics, kinesin interactions, and axon guidance. Cell. 2010 Jan 08; 140(1):74-87. View Abstract
  58. Brain volume and metabolism in fetuses with congenital heart disease: evaluation with quantitative magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy. Circulation. 2010 Jan 05; 121(1):26-33. View Abstract
  59. Fetal placental thrombosis and neonatal implications. Am J Perinatol. 2010 Mar; 27(3):251-6. View Abstract
  60. Cerebellar injury in term infants: clinical characteristics, magnetic resonance imaging findings, and outcome. Pediatr Neurol. 2009 Jul; 41(1):1-8. View Abstract
  61. NR2F1 deletion in a patient with a de novo paracentric inversion, inv(5)(q15q33.2), and syndromic deafness. Am J Med Genet A. 2009 May; 149A(5):931-8. View Abstract
  62. Subtle hemorrhagic brain injury is associated with neurodevelopmental impairment in infants with repaired congenital heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Aug; 138(2):374-81. View Abstract
  63. Methylmalonic acidemia: brain imaging findings in 52 children and a review of the literature. Pediatr Radiol. 2008 Oct; 38(10):1054-61. View Abstract
  64. How accurately does current fetal imaging identify posterior fossa anomalies? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Jun; 190(6):1637-43. View Abstract
  65. Frequency and cause of disagreements in diagnoses for fetuses referred for ventriculomegaly. Radiology. 2008 May; 247(2):516-27. View Abstract
  66. Positive screening for autism in ex-preterm infants: prevalence and risk factors. Pediatrics. 2008 Apr; 121(4):758-65. View Abstract
  67. Randomized trial of hematocrit 25% versus 35% during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in infant heart surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Feb; 135(2):347-54, 354.e1-4. View Abstract
  68. Does cerebellar injury in premature infants contribute to the high prevalence of long-term cognitive, learning, and behavioral disability in survivors? Pediatrics. 2007 Sep; 120(3):584-93. View Abstract
  69. Diffusion-weighted imaging of the brain in infants and children. Pediatr Radiol. 2007 Aug; 37(8):749-68. View Abstract
  70. The Neuroimaging Center of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium-collaborative neuroimaging in pediatric brain tumor research: a work in progress. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Apr; 28(4):603-7. View Abstract
  71. Moyamoya following cranial irradiation for primary brain tumors in children. Neurology. 2007 Mar 20; 68(12):932-8. View Abstract
  72. Intracranial vascular anomalies in patients with periorbital lymphatic and lymphaticovenous malformations. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Feb; 28(2):335-41. View Abstract
  73. Evaluation of real-time single-shot fast spin-echo MRI for visualization of the fetal midline corpus callosum and secondary palate. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2006 Dec; 187(6):1505-11. View Abstract
  74. A fuzzy system for helping medical diagnosis of malformations of cortical development. J Biomed Inform. 2007 Jun; 40(3):221-35. View Abstract
  75. Regional brain development in serial magnetic resonance imaging of low-risk preterm infants. Pediatrics. 2006 Jul; 118(1):23-33. View Abstract
  76. Neurological features of congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 2 with mutations in PHOX2A. Brain. 2006 Sep; 129(Pt 9):2363-74. View Abstract
  77. Diagnosis of inferior vermian hypoplasia by fetal magnetic resonance imaging: potential pitfalls and neurodevelopmental outcome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Apr; 194(4):1070-6. View Abstract
  78. The current etiologic profile and neurodevelopmental outcome of seizures in term newborn infants. Pediatrics. 2006 Apr; 117(4):1270-80. View Abstract
  79. Magnetic resonance imaging of the kinked fetal brain stem: a sign of severe dysgenesis. J Ultrasound Med. 2005 Dec; 24(12):1697-709. View Abstract
  80. Moyamoya syndrome associated with Down syndrome: outcome after surgical revascularization. Pediatrics. 2005 Nov; 116(5):e694-701. View Abstract
  81. Impaired trophic interactions between the cerebellum and the cerebrum among preterm infants. Pediatrics. 2005 Oct; 116(4):844-50. View Abstract
  82. 913 Moyamoya Associated with Down Syndrome: Outcome after Surgical Revascularization. Neurosurgery. 2005 Aug 01; 57(2):434-435. View Abstract
  83. Late gestation cerebellar growth is rapid and impeded by premature birth. Pediatrics. 2005 Mar; 115(3):688-95. View Abstract
  84. In vivo visualization of white matter fiber tracts of preterm- and term-infant brains with diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging. Invest Radiol. 2005 Feb; 40(2):110-5. View Abstract
  85. Prolonged T*2 values in newborn versus adult brain: Implications for fMRI studies of newborns. Magn Reson Med. 2004 Jun; 51(6):1287-91. View Abstract
  86. Fetal imaging of central nervous system abnormalities. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2004 May; 14(2):293-306, viii. View Abstract
  87. Spontaneous superficial parenchymal and leptomeningeal hemorrhage in term neonates. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2004 Mar; 25(3):469-75. View Abstract
  88. Long-term outcome in children with moyamoya syndrome after cranial revascularization by pial synangiosis. J Neurosurg. 2004 Feb; 100(2 Suppl Pediatrics):142-9. View Abstract
  89. Normal and ischemic epiphysis of the femur: diffusion MR imaging study in piglets. Radiology. 2003 Jun; 227(3):825-32. View Abstract
  90. CT versus MR in neonatal brain imaging at term. Pediatr Radiol. 2003 Jul; 33(7):442-9. View Abstract
  91. Diffusion imaging in neonates. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2002 Feb; 12(1):55-70. View Abstract
  92. Time course of changes in diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in a case of neonatal encephalopathy with defined onset and duration of hypoxic-ischemic insult. Pediatrics. 2001 Nov; 108(5):1211-4. View Abstract
  93. Fast three-point Dixon MR imaging of the retrobulbar space with low-resolution images for phase correction: comparison with fast spin-echo inversion recovery imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2001 Oct; 22(9):1798-802. View Abstract
  94. Volumetric brain differences in children with periventricular T2-signal hyperintensities: a grouping by gestational age at birth. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2001 Sep; 177(3):695-702. View Abstract
  95. Biexponential apparent diffusion coefficient parametrization in adult vs newborn brain. Magn Reson Imaging. 2001 Jun; 19(5):659-68. View Abstract
  96. Cerebral infarction in Menkes' disease. Pediatr Neurol. 2000 Nov; 23(5):425-8. View Abstract
  97. Prominent basal emissary foramina in syndromic craniosynostosis: correlation with phenotypic and molecular diagnoses. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2000 Oct; 21(9):1707-17. View Abstract
  98. Optimized single-slab three-dimensional spin-echo MR imaging of the brain. Radiology. 2000 Sep; 216(3):891-9. View Abstract
  99. Multi-component apparent diffusion coefficients in human brain: relationship to spin-lattice relaxation. Magn Reson Med. 2000 Aug; 44(2):292-300. View Abstract
  100. MR line-scan diffusion imaging of the spinal cord in children. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2000 Aug; 21(7):1344-8. View Abstract
  101. Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection of the head and neck in immunocompetent children: CT and MR findings. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1999 Nov-Dec; 20(10):1829-35. View Abstract
  102. MR line-scan diffusion-weighted imaging of term neonates with perinatal brain ischemia. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1999 Oct; 20(9):1658-70. View Abstract
  103. MRI signal changes in the white matter after corpus callosotomy. Pediatr Neurol. 1999 Oct; 21(4):691-5. View Abstract
  104. The postmigrational development of polymicrogyria documented by magnetic resonance imaging from 31 weeks' postconceptional age. Ann Neurol. 1999 Jun; 45(6):798-801. View Abstract
  105. Early detection of periventricular leukomalacia by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging techniques. J Pediatr. 1999 May; 134(5):631-4. View Abstract
  106. Basal ganglia germinoma with progressive cerebral hemiatrophy. Pediatr Neurol. 1999 Apr; 20(4):312-4. View Abstract
  107. MR line scan diffusion imaging of the brain in children. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1999 Mar; 20(3):419-25. View Abstract
  108. Head and neck vascular anomalies of childhood. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 1999 Feb; 9(1):115-32. View Abstract
  109. Imaging of pediatric temporal bone abnormalities. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 1999 Feb; 9(1):133-55. View Abstract
  110. Helical CT angiography: dynamic cerebrovascular imaging in children. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1999 Feb; 20(2):328-34. View Abstract
  111. Multi-component apparent diffusion coefficients in human brain. NMR Biomed. 1999 Feb; 12(1):51-62. View Abstract
  112. Neurologic complications of cerebral angiography in childhood moyamoya syndrome. Pediatr Radiol. 1998 Nov; 28(11):824-9. View Abstract
  113. Familial intracranial arteriovenous malformations. Case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Neurosurg. 1998 Oct; 29(4):208-13. View Abstract
  114. Diagnostic imaging in the evaluation of vascular birthmarks. Dermatol Clin. 1998 Jul; 16(3):455-88. View Abstract
  115. Cerebral vasculopathy and neurologic sequelae in infants with cervicofacial hemangioma: report of eight patients. Radiology. 1998 Jun; 207(3):601-7. View Abstract
  116. Efficacy of fast screening MR in children and adolescents with suspected intracranial tumors. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1998 Mar; 19(3):529-34. View Abstract
  117. Surgical management of cutis aplasia with high-flow sinus pericranii. Pediatr Neurosurg. 1998 Feb; 28(2):79-83. View Abstract
  118. Neonatal central nervous system vascular disorders. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 1998 Jan; 9(1):155-80. View Abstract
  119. Thrombocytopenic coagulopathy (Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon) is associated with Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma and not with common infantile hemangioma. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1997 Nov; 100(6):1377-86. View Abstract
  120. Elevation of cerebrospinal fluid levels of basic fibroblast growth factor in moyamoya and central nervous system disorders. Pediatr Neurosurg. 1997 Oct; 27(4):182-9. View Abstract
  121. Childhood moyamoya disease: hemodynamic MRI. Pediatr Radiol. 1997 Sep; 27(9):727-35. View Abstract
  122. Angiographic changes after pial synangiosis in childhood moyamoya disease. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1997 May; 18(5):837-45. View Abstract
  123. Pediatric case of the day. Myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis (MDS) (Schilder disease). Radiographics. 1996 Nov; 16(6):1509-11. View Abstract
  124. Moyamoya and Down syndrome. Clinical and radiological features. Stroke. 1996 Nov; 27(11):2131-5. View Abstract
  125. Angiography and the evaluation of cerebrovascular disease in childhood. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 1996 Aug; 6(3):561-88. View Abstract
  126. Pediatric orbital and visual pathway lesions. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 1996 Feb; 6(1):179-98. View Abstract
  127. Lupus-related myelitis: serial MR findings. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1994 Nov; 15(10):1911-7. View Abstract
  128. Normal anatomy of the skull base. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 1994 Aug; 4(3):465-78. View Abstract
  129. Cost-effectiveness of immunization in The Gambia. J Trop Med Hyg. 1985 Oct; 88(5):343-51. View Abstract

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