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Madhavi Patnana, M.D.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

2000 St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies, MD, Medicine
1994 The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, BS, with Distinction, Bacteriology

Postgraduate Training

7/2005-6/2006 Clinical Fellowship, Body Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Ronelle DuBrow, M.D.

Board Certifications

6/2005 American Board of Radiology

Experience/Service

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 12/2006-8/2012

Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities

Resident Site Director for Diagnostic Radiology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 3/2010-present

Other Appointments/Responsibilities

Member, Clinical Ultrasound Advisory Group, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1/2013-present

Institutional Committee Activities

Senator, Faculty Senate, 9/2010-present
Member, Diagnostic Imaging Quality Assurance Committee, 1/2010-12/2010

Honors and Awards

2006 Certificate of Merit for "The inguinal canal: anatomy and imaging features of common and uncommon masses", Radiological Society of North America
1993 George Washington Carver Award in Chemistry, The University of Wisconsin

Professional Memberships

American College of Radiology, Atlanta, GA
Member, 2007-2012
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, Laurel, MD
Member, 2008
American Roentgen Ray Society, Leesburg, VA
Member, 2006-present
Harris County Medical Society, Houston, TX
Member, 2006-present
Houston Radiological Society, Houston, TX
Member, 2006-present
Texas Medical Association, Austin, TX
Member, 2006-present

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Gerard PS, Gerczuk PZ, Idupuganti R, Patnana M, Geller MD. Compartment syndrome caused by computed tomography contrast infiltration seen on a Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate bone scan. Clin Nucl Med 33(1):36-37, 2008. PMID: 18097256.
2. Bhosale PR, Patnana M, Viswanathan C, Szklaruk J. The inguinal canal: anatomy and imaging features of common and uncommon masses. Radiographics 28(3):819-835, May-Jun, 2008. PMID: 18480486.
3. Gerard PS, Gerczuk PZ, Idupuganti R, Patnana M. Massive gastrointestinal bleeding due to an aorto-enteric fistula seen by technetium-99m-labeled red blood cell scintigraphy. Clin Nucl Med 32(7):551-552, 2007. PMID: 17581344.
4. Schneider RF, Ntimba FD, Houizadeh A, Schwartz JB, Eber CD, Patnana M, Goldfarb R. Massive pulmonary embolism: a comparison of radiological and clinical characteristics and outcomes. Emerg Radiol 9(2):79-81, 2002. PMID: 15290582.
5. Beltran J, Patnana M, Beltran L, Ozkarahan G. MRI of the hip. Appl Radiol 31(11):33-41, 2002.
6. Manahan CL, Patnana M, Blumer KJ, Linder ME. Dual lipid modification motifs in G (alpha) and G (gamma) subunits are required for full activity of the pheromone response pathway in saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Biol Cell 11(3):957-968, 2000. PMCID: PMC14823.

Abstracts
1. Patnana M, Macapinlac H, Iyer R. Correlation of endometrial FDG uptake in patients with breast cancer treated with tamoxifen. 107th Annual Meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, AJR Am J Roentenol 188(5 Suppl) (#271), 2007.
2. Patnana M, Gonzalez MA, Tamm EP, Szklaruk J. What to do with that coronal MR "scout" view? FIESTA and SSFSE sequence optimization and MR appearance of normal anatomy and common and uncommon abdominal masses. 106th Annual Meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, AJR Am J Roentgenol 186(4 Suppl) (#E145), 2006.

Book Chapters
1. Patnana M, Gershenwald JE, Hwu, W-J, Ng CS. Part IX: Miscellaneous, Melanoma. In: Oncologic Imaging: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 1st. Ed(s) Paul M. Silverman, M.D. Elsevier: Philadelphia, PA, 633-652, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-4377-2232-1.

Last updated: 3/13/2013