Welcome

Michael J. McCarthy, M.D. - Professor and Interim Chair

Dear Guests,

Welcome to our website.  The Department of Radiology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a dynamic academic enterprise with robust clinical, educational, and research initiatives. Our major strengths include our radiology residency and fellowship training programs, the second largest Radiological Sciences Graduate Degree Program and the only defined Radiology Resident-PhD Program in the United States, one of the best organized Nuclear Radiology Residency Programs, and outstanding research laboratories that include the Bioprosthetic Surface Laboratory of Dr. Julio Palmaz, the inventor of the intravascular stent.  Our primary clinical partners are the University Health Systems and the South Texas Veterans Hospital, Audie Murphy Division.  Together they provide 1000 hospital beds for the care of the citizens of south Texas.  The partnership between our medical school and these hospitals has created a highly fertile environment for the development of our academic programs.  I invite you to peruse the many pages of our website to learn more about these programs.  I have included our mission statement below.

 

Sincerely,


Michael J. McCarthy, M.D.
Professor and Interim Chair

 

Mission Statement

 

The Mission of the Department of Radiology is to promote, develop, and integrate advances in imaging technology and imaging-based therapeutic procedures into the clinical, education and research missions of UTHSCSA. The fundamental principles of each of the missions are as follows:

 

CLINICAL SERVICE:

  • Place the welfare of patients above all other concerns.
  • Provide the highest possible quality diagnostic and interventional radiological service for the detection and treatment of disease.
  • Practice at the leading edge of radiology.
  • Deliver all services in a professional, timely, and efficient manner.
  • Establish ourselves as valuable colleagues and consultants to referring physicians.
  • Ensure safe and appropriate utilization of diagnostic and interventional radiological services.

EDUCATION:

  • Provide an excellent, well-rounded educational experience in imaging, image guided therapy, radiological science, and radiological research for medical students, residents, fellows, and graduate students.
  • Educate our colleagues about the availability, proper use, and associated risks of diagnostic and interventional radiological services.
  • Contribute to the education of the medical community and public through presentation and publication of original research and educational materials.

RESEARCH:

  • Perform well-designed, high quality research in imaging, image guided therapy, and radiological science that will broaden the understanding of disease processes, expand our diagnostic and interventional armamentarium, and have significant impact on patient care.
  • Present and publish scientific research that will receive national recognition and make a lasting contribution to the medical literature.
  • Educate and train residents and graduate students in the scientific methods of medical imaging research to promote future progress and improved patient care.

 

Organization

 

 

Department of Radiology
Administrative Positions

Interim Chairman – Michael J. McCarthy, M.D.
Administrator – Lowell S. Glassburn
Director of Education & Research Development: Vacant

 

Directors of Clinical Services:
Director of Radiology, UHS - Pamela Otto, M.D.
Director of Radiology, Pavilion - Michael McCarthy, M.D.
Director of Breast Health - Pamela Otto, M.D.
Director of Radiology, Audie Murphy VA Hospital - Calvin Leuschen, M.D.
Director of Nuclear Medicine, Audie Murphy VA Hospital - Tuhin Chaudhuri, M.D.

 

Division of Clinical Radiology
Vice Chairman: Ralph Blumhardt, M.D.

Section Chiefs:
Abdominal Imaging – Srinivasa Prasad, M.D.
General/Chest Radiology – Carlos Restrepo, M.D.
Mammography- Pamela Otto, M.D.
Musculoskeletal- Rebecca Loredo, M.D.
Neuroradiology – Carlos Bazan III, M.D.
Nuclear Radiology – Ralph Blumhardt, M.D.
Pediatric Radiology – Ewell Clarke, M.D.
Vascular Interventional – Jorge Lopera, M.D.
Clinical Medical Physics – Mustapha Hatab, Ph.D.

 

Division of Education
Vice Chairman, Clinical Radiology Educational Programs: Darlene Metter, M.D.
Directors, Clinical Programs:
Director, Medical Student Education: Constanza Gutierrez, MD
Director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency: Rajeev Suri, M.D.
Associate Director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency: Glenn Garcia, M.D.
Director, Nuclear Radiology Residency: Darlene Metter, M.D.
Co-Directors, Resident/Ph.D. Program: Gary Fullerton, Ph.D. & Andres Rahal , M.D.
Director, Abdominal Imaging Fellowship: Srinivasa Prasad, M.D.
Director General, Chest Fellowship – Carlos Restrepo, M.D.
Director, MR Fellowship – Fadi El-Merhi, M.D.
Director, Mammography Fellowship - Pamela Otto, M.D.
Director, Musculoskeletal Fellowship – Rebecca Loredo, M.D.
Director, Vascular Interventional Radiology Fellowship-Rajeev Suri, M.D.
Vice Chairman, Radiological Sciences: Geoffrey Clarke, Ph.D.
Radiological Sciences Graduate Program
Director & COGS Chair: Geoffrey Clarke, Ph.D.

 

Section Chiefs:
Human Imaging – Gary D. Fullerton, Ph.D.
Imaging Physics – Jack Lancaster, Ph.D.
Medical Health Physics – Michael Charlton, Ph.D
Neuro Imaging – Peter Fox, M.D.
Radiation Biophysics – Mohan Natarajan, Ph.D.
Therapy Physics – Nikos Papanikolaou, Ph.D.

Division of Research
Vice Chairman: Gary D. Fullerton, Ph.D.

Mentorship Cores Directors:
Vascular Stent and Endothelial Cell Research – Eugene Sprague, Ph.D.
Biomolecular and Nanoparticle Imaging/Therapeutic Systems – William Phillips, M.D.
Human Imaging – Gary D. Fullerton, Ph.D.
Oncological Imaging and Interventions – Gary D. Fullerton, Ph.D.

Research Facilities Directors:
Small Animal Imaging Facility (SPECT/CT/PET) – Beth Goins, Ph.D.
Image Analysis Facility – Qi Peng, Ph.D.

Research Imaging Center
Director: Peter Fox, M.D.

Division Heads:
Biomedical Image Analysis Division– Jack Lancaster, Ph.D.
Electrophysiological Imaging – James Bower, M.D.
Magnetic Resonance Division– Jia Hong Gao, Ph.D.
PET Division – Paul Jerabek, Ph.D.
Technical Services – John Li, M.D.
TMS Division – Shalini Narayana, Ph.D.
Small Animal Imaging – Duff Davis, Ph.D