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
2024
Hye Hyeon Moon, MD, PhD
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Co-Authors: Ji Eun Park, Jae Ho Lee, Ho Sung Kim
Abstract Title: Prospective Longitudinal Analysis of Imaging-based Spatiotemporal Tumor Habitats in Glioblastoma, IDH-wild type: Implication in Patient Outcome using Multiparametric Physiologic MRI
Yongkai Liu, PhD
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Co-Authors: Jiahong Ouyang, Yannan Yu, Bin Jiang, Sophie Ostmeier, Jia Wang, Sarah lu-liang, Yirong Yang, Guang Yang, Patrik Michel, David Liebeskind, Maarten Lansberg, Michael Moseley, Jeremy Heit, Max Wintermark, Gregory Albers, Greg Zaharchuk
Abstract Title: Predicting Functional Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke from Non-Contrast CT and Clinical Information
2023
Razia Sultana, DVM, MS, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Co-Authors: Darren Monivann Imphean, Akshay Parchure, and Bhavya Ramesh Shah
Abstract Title: Nitrous Oxide Enhances MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound Mediated Blood Brain Barrier Opening
Inka Berglar, Dipl-Math
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Co-Authors: Rajiv Gupta , Levin Michael Moser, Justin Vranic
Abstract Title: Accuracy, Variability and Spatial Overlap of Infarct Core from Three CT Perfusion Packages vis-à-vis Diffusion Weighted Images: A Comparative Study
2022
Rosalie McDonough, MD, Msc
University of Calgary
Abstract title: Clinical Outcome of Patients with Mild Pre-Stroke Morbidity Following Endovascular Treatment – a HERMES Substudy.
Luca Pasquini, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Abstract Title: Longitudinal evaluation of brain plasticity in glioma: graph-theory provides biomarkers of language reorganization on post-surgical fMRI.
