David M. Yousem Research Fellow Award Recipients 2025

Dominic LaBella, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Co-Authors: Alejandro Aristizabal, Raymond Huang, Hasan Kassem, Brandon Edwards, Sarthak Pati,Ujjwal Baid, Micah Sheller, Alexandros Karargyris, Spyridon Bakas, Evan Calabrese  
Abstract Title: FeTS 2.0 Initiative: Federated Learning for Postoperative Segmentation of Treated Glioblastoma

Nghi C. D. Truong, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Co-Authors: Chandan Ganesh Bangalore Yogananda, Benjamin Wagner, Niloufar Saadat, James Holcomb, Divya Reddy, Jason Bowerman, Sadeem Lohdi, Kimmo Hatanpaa, Toral Patel, Baowei Fei, Matthew Lee, Rajan Jain, Richard Bruce, Marco Pinho, Joseph Maldjian
Abstract Title: From Data Sharing to Synthetic Generation: Diffusion Models as an Alternative to Federated Learning for IDH Mutation Classification

Hamza Adel Salim, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Co-Authors: Benjamin Pulli, Dhairya Lakhani, Tobias Faizy, Jeremy Heit, Basel Musmar, Adam Dmytriw, Adrien Guenego, Max Wintermark, Vivek Yedavalli
Abstract Title: Endovascular Therapy vs. Medical Management in Isolated Anterior Cerebral Artery Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Multinational Multicenter Propensity Score-Weighted Study

Nazanin Maleki, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Co-Authors: Behnaz Khazai, Marta Baro, Takuya Toyonaga, Matthew Sala, Divya Ramakrishnan, Anasthasia Janas, Borna Roohani, David Weiss, Evan Morris, Jason Cai, Veronica Chiang, Anita Huttner, Michael Hollander, Joseph Contessa, Richard Carson, Mariam Aboian
Abstract Title: Early PET Biomarker for detecting Post-Radiation Changes in Central Nervous System

Yin-Chen Hsu, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Co-Authors: Sreekanth Madhusoodhanan Nair, Elaina Luskin, Diana Ayrapetyan, Angel Liu, Nader Binesh, Marcel Maya, Yibin Xie, Debiao Li, Marwa Kaisey, Omar Al-Louzi, Daniel Ontaneda, Nancy Sicotte, Pascal Sati
Abstract Title: Improved Detection of Central Vein Sign in Multiple Sclerosis Using Optimized Susceptibility Weighted Imaging at 3 Tesla

Yongkai Liu, PhD
Stanford University
Co-Authors: Bin Jiang, Henk van Voorst, Yannan Yu, Greg Zaharchuk
Abstract Title: Predicting 90-Day Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke from Baseline Non-Contrast CT: A Deep Learning Approach vs. ASPECTS