Kim Learned, M.D.
Department of Neuroradiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
About Dr. Kim Learned
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Neuroradiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Professor, Department of Neuroradiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Head & Neck and Skull Base MR, CT, US imaging Multimodality Image-guided Precision Diagnostic Post Treatment Surveillance Diagnostics
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2003 | University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee, US, MD |
| 1999 | University of Memphis, College of Arts and Science, Memphis, Tennessee, US, Biology, BS |
| 1999 | University of Memphis, College of Arts and Science, Memphis, Tennessee, US, Literature, BA |
Postgraduate Training
| 2008-2010 | Clinical Fellowship, Neuroradiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2004-2008 | Clinical Residency, Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2003-2004 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital and Health Services, Indianapolis, Indiana |
Board Certifications
| 2010 | American Board of Radiology |
| 2008 | American Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Diagnostic Imaging Clinical Functional Committee, Department of Neuroradiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - Present
Director of Neurointerventional Ultrasound, Department of Neuroradiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - Present
Neuroradiology Executive Committee, Member, Department of Neuroradiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - 2021
Member, Pennsylvania Hospital Neuroscience Service Line Steering Committee, Philadelphia, PA, 2016 - 2018
Member, Pennsylvania Hospital Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program Education Committee, Philadelphia, PA, 2015 - 2018
Director of Neuroradiology Medical School Student Elective, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, 2015 - 2018
Team Leader, Neuroradiology Patient Care Group, Standardization of Neuroimaging and Contrast Policy Across Penn Health System, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, 2015 - 2018
Member, Clinical Effectiveness and Quality Improvement Committee, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2014 - 2016
Member, Hospital University of Pennsylvania Neuroradiology Fellowship Committee, Philadelphia, PA, 2014 - 2018
Clinical Director Chief, Department of Neuroradiology, Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, 2014 - 2018
Quality Assurance Officer, Department of Neuroradiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, 2011 - 2018
Member, Hospital University of Pennsylvania MRI Governance Committee, Philadelphia, PA, 2011 - 2014
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Clinical Effectiveness for Survivorship-Benign Salivary Algorithm Workgroup, 2023 - Present
Member, Clinical Effectiveness for Thyroid Nodule Evaluation, 2020 - Present
Member, Cancer Network Integration, 2020 - Present
Member, Endocrine Center Steering Committee, 2019 - Present
Member, Junior Faculty Work Group Committee, 2019 - 2019
Medical Reviewer, Scientific Review Committee, 2019 - 2019
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Eldaya RW, Calle S, Wong FC, Learned KO, Wintermark M. Parathyroid carcinoma: Imaging features of initial presentation and recurrence. A single center experience. Neuroradiol J 37(1):19714009231212361, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37934201.
- Ucisik FE, Huell D, Choi J, Gidley PW, DeMonte F, Hanna EY, Learned KO. Post-Treatment Imaging Evaluation of the Skull Base. Semin Roentgenol 58(3):217-236, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37507165.
- Zhao X, Wang JR, Dadu R, Busaidy NL, Xu L, Learned KO, Chasen NN, Vu T, Maniakas A, Eguia AA, Diersing J, Gross ND, Goepfert R, Lai SY, Hofmann MC, Ferrarotto R, Lu C, Gunn GB, Spiotto MT, Subbiah V, Williams MD, Cabanillas ME, Zafereo ME. Surgery After BRAF-Directed Therapy Is Associated with Improved Survival in BRAFV600E Mutant Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Thyroid 33(4):484-491, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36762947.
- ENE Group MO, Sahin O, Wahid KA, Taku N, He R, Naser MA, Mohamed ASR, Mäkitie A, Kann BH, Kaski K, Sahlsten J, Jaskari J, Amit M, Chen MM, Chronowski GM, Diaz EM, Garden AS, Goepfert RP, Guenette JP, Gunn GB, Hirvonen J, Hoebers F, Guha-Thakurta N, Johnson J, Kaya D, Khanpara SD, Nyman K, Lai SY, Lango M, Learned KO, Lee A, Lewis CM, Maniakas A, Moreno AC, Myers JN, Phan J, Pytynia KB, Rosenthal DI, Sandulache V, Schellingerhout D, Shah SJ, Sikora AG, Wintermark M, Fuller CD. Multi-Specialty Expert Physician Identification of Extranodal Extension in Computed Tomography Scans of Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients: Prospective Blinded Human Inter-Observer Performance Evaluation. medRxiv, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36865096.
- Hamza A, Gidley PW, Learned KO, Hanna EY, Bell D. Uncommon Tumors of Temporomandibular Joint: An Institutional Experience and Review. Head Neck 42(8):1859-1873, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32040228.
- Lee JYK, Cho SS, Zeh R, Pierce JT, Martinez-Lage M, Adappa ND, Palmer JN, Newman JG, Learned KO, White C, Kharlip J, Snyder P, Low PS, Singhal S, Grady MS. Folate receptor overexpression can be visualized in real time during pituitary adenoma endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery with near-infrared imaging. J Neurosurg 129(2):390-403, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28841122.
- Tuan A, Chen YJ, Cottrill E, Kearney J, Nointin DC, Huang J, Loevner LA, Learned KO. Zebra Lymphoepithelial Cysts: Mimicker of Diffuse Bilateral Thyroid Gland Colloid Cysts. Neurographics - American Society of Neuroradiology 8(1):52-55, 2018. PMID: None.
- Workman AD, Glicksman JT, Parasher AK, Carey RM, Brooks SG, Kennedy DW, Nabavizadeh SA, Learned KO, Palmer JN, Adappa ND. 18FDG PET/CT in Routine Surveillance of Asymptomatic Patients following Treatment of Sinonasal Neoplasms. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 157(6):1068-1074, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28809123.
- Chen YJ, Tuan AS, Cottrill E, Nointin DC, Huang JH, Kearney J, Learned KO. Zebra lymphoepithelial cysts: mimicker of diffuse bilateral thyroid gland Colloid cysts. Neurographics, 2017. PMID: None.
- Lee JY, Thawani JP, Pierce J, Zeh R, Martinez-Lage M, Chanin M, Venegas O, Nims S, Learned KO, Keating J, Singhal S. Intraoperative Near-Infrared Optical Imaging Can Localize Gadolinium-Enhancing Gliomas During Surgery. Neurosurgery 79(6):856-871, 2016. PMID: 27741220.
- Schwartz JS, Brooks SG, Stubbs V, Ghosh A, Tajudeen BA, Khalili S, Palmer JN, Lee JY, Nabavizadeh SA, Learned KO, Adappa ND. Temporal patterns of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography sinonasal uptake after treatment of sinonasal malignancy. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 6(12):1301-1307, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27383662.
- Khalili S, Worrall DM, Brooks S, Morris SM, Farquhar D, Newman JG, Learned KO, Ahn PH, Craig J, Kennedy DW, O'Malley BW, Palmer JN, Adappa ND. Endoscopy versus imaging: Analysis of surveillance methods in sinonasal malignancy. Head Neck 38(8):1229-33, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27142811.
- Ghosh A, Hatten K, Learned KO, Rizzi MD, Lee JY, Storm PB, Palmer JN, Adappa ND. Pediatric nasoseptal flap reconstruction for suprasellar approaches. Laryngoscope 125(11):2451-6, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26016422.
- Jabehdar Maralani P, Melhem ER, Wang S, Herskovits EH, Voluck MR, Kim SJ, Learned KO, O'Rourke DM, Mohan S. Association of dynamic susceptibility contrast enhanced MR Perfusion parameters with prognosis in elderly patients with glioblastomas. Eur Radiol 25(9):2738-44, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25680731.
- Learned KO, Lee JY, Palmer JN, Newman JG, Mohan S, Loevner LA, Bagley LJ. Radiologic Evaluation for Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery Candidates. Neurographics 5(2):41-55, 2015. PMID: None.
- Learned KO, Maralani P, Malloy KM, Loevner LA. Skull Base Reconstruction: Demystifying Postoperative Imaging Evaluation. Neurographics 5(2):56-63, 2015. PMID: None.
- Guarav J, Learned KO, Mohan S, Alonso-Basanta M. Cerebral Hemodynamics and Metabolism in the Normal Post Radiation Brain. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol, 2015. PMID: None.
- Learned KO, Adappa ND, Lee JY, Newman JG, Palmer JN, Loevner LA. MR imaging evolution of endoscopic cranial defect reconstructions using nasoseptal flaps and their distinction from neoplasm. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 35(6):1182-9, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24457820.
- Learned KO, Mohan S, Hyder IZ, Bagley LJ, Wang S, Lee JY. Imaging features of a gelatin-thrombin matrix hemostatic agent in the intracranial surgical bed: a unique space-occupying pseudomass. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 35(4):686-90, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24184522.
- Learned KO, Adappa ND, Loevner LA, Palmer JN, Newman JG, Lee JY. MR imaging evaluation of endoscopic cranial base reconstruction with pedicled nasoseptal flap following endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery. Eur J Radiol 82(3):544-51, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23219190.
- Learned KO, Malloy KM, Langer J, Loevner LA. Adults with palpable neck mass: Evidence-Based Neuroimaging. (Peer-Reviewed) In: Medina LS, Sanelli PC, Jarvik JG, eds. Evidence-Based Neuroimaging in Diagnosis and Treatment: Improving Patient Care Quality. Springer, 2013. PMID: None.
- Adappa ND, Learned KO, Palmer JN, Newman JG, Lee JY. Radiographic enhancement of the nasoseptal flap does not predict postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leaks in endoscopic skull base reconstruction. Laryngoscope 122(6):1226-34, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22566127.
Other Articles
- Dagher, R., Calle, S., Learned K Imaging approach for fungal sinusitis. None None(None):None, 2024. PMID: 39382179.
- Dagher, S., Liu, H., Ozkara, B., Calle, S., Kaya, D., Gule-Monroe, M., Chasen, N., Schellingerhout, D., Learned, K., Shah, K., Johnson, J., Sun, J., Schomer, D., Kumar, V., Wintermark, M., Majd, N., Nam, J., Chen, M. The Impact of MRI-Based Advanced Neuroimaging on Neurooncologists' Clinical Decision-Making in Patients With Posttreatment High-Grade Glioma: A Prospective Survey-Based Study. None None(None):38, 2024. PMID: 39140632.
- Hamidi, S., Dadu, R., Zafereo, M., Ferrarotto, R., Wang, J., Maniakas, A., Gunn, G., Lee, A., Spiotto, M., Iyer, P., Sousa, L., Akhave, N., Ahmed, S., Learned, K., Lu,C., Lai, S., Williams, M., Hosseini, S., Busaidy, N., Cabanillas, M. Initial Management of BRAF V600E-Variant Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: The FAST Multidisciplinary Group Consensus Statement. JAMA Oncology None(None):1264-1271, 2024. PMID: 38990526.
- Hsieh KJ, Addae-Mensah K, Alrohaibani Y, Goad A, Learned K Perineural Spread of Tumor in the Skull Base and Head and Neck. Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am 35(3):399-412, 2023. PMID: 37005170.
- Choi J, Huell D, Ucisik FE, Learned K Malignant and Nonmalignant Lesions of the Oral Cavity. Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am 35(3):311-325, 2023. PMID: 37032182.
- Jain, V, de Godoy, LL, Mohan, S, Chawla, S, Learned, KO, Jain, G, Wehrli, FW, Alonso-Basanta, M Cerebral hemodynamic and metabolic dysregulation in the postradiation brain. Journal of Neuroimaging 32(6):1027-1043, 2022. PMID: 36156829.
- Calle S, Choi J, Ahmed S, Bell D, Learned KO Imaging of the Thyroid: Practical Approach. Neuroimaging Clin N Am 31(3):265-284, 2021. PMID: 34243863.
- Learned KO, Vu TH, Choi JM, Gule-Monroe MK, Pytynia KB, Ginsberg LE Purulent chondritis of thyroid cartilage. BJR Case Rep 6(3):20200013, 2020. PMID: 32922843.
- Jurkiewicz MT, Stein JM, Learned KO, Nasrallah IM, Loevner LA Hypoglossal nerve palsy due to carotid artery dissection: an uncommon presentation of a common problem. Neuroradiol J 32(2):123-126, 2019. PMID: 30648931.
- Tuan AS, Nabavizadeh SA, Pukenas B, Mohan S, Learned KO Reversible dilatation of lumbar epidural venous plexus secondary to pelvic venous compression: mimicker of pathology. BJR Case Rep 3(1):20150287, 2017. PMID: 30363285.
- Chang BH, Shruti M, Learned KO Radiation-induced sinonasal osteosarcoma. AuntMinnie CME Case of the Day, 2016. PMID: None.
- Skolnik AD, Loevner LA, Sampathu DM, Newman JG, Lee JY, Bagley LJ, Learned KO Cranial Nerve Schwannomas: Diagnostic Imaging Approach. Radiographics 36(5):1463-77, 2016. PMID: 27541436.
- Phillips HW, Abdullah KG, Learned KO, Nayak N, McLaughlin E, Lee JY Acute postoperative sialadenitis after retrosigmoid craniotomies. J Neurosurg Sci 60(3):403-4, 2016. PMID: 27402408.
- Learned KO, Lev-Toaff AS, Brake BJ, Wu RI, Langer JE, Loevner LA US-guided Biopsy of Neck Lesions: The Head and Neck Neuroradiologist's Perspective. Radiographics 36(1):226-43, 2016. PMID: 26761538.
- Learned KO, Nasseri F, Mohan S Imaging of the Postoperative Orbit. Neuroimaging Clin N Am 25(3):457-76, 2015. PMID: 26208420.
- Loevner LA, Learned KO, Mohan S, O'Malley BW, Scanlon MH, Rassekh CH, Weinstein GS Transoral robotic surgery in head and neck cancer: what radiologists need to know about the cutting edge. Radiographics 33(6):1759-79, 2013. PMID: 24108561.
- Learned KO, Thaler ER, O'Malley BW, Grady MS, Loevner LA Hypoglossal nerve palsy missed and misinterpreted: the hidden skull base. J Comput Assist Tomogr 36(6):718-24, 2012. PMID: 23192210.
- Learned KO, Malloy KM, Loevner LA Myocutaneous flaps and other vascularized grafts in head and neck reconstruction for cancer treatment. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 20(3):495-513, 2012. PMID: 22877953.
Book Chapters
- Learned KO, Sampathu D, Mohan S, Loevner LA. Cystic Lesions in the Head & Neck. In: Neuroimaging: The Essentials. 1. Wolters Kluwer, 364-378, 2015.
- Learned KO, Malloy KM, Langer J, Loevner LA. Adults with palpable neck mass: Evidence-Based Neuroimaging. In: Evidence-Based Neuroimaging Diagnosis and Treatment. None. Springer, 641-677, 2013.
Grant & Contract Support
| Title: | A Randomized Phase 2b Trial of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Therapy with the IRX-2 Regimen in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Stage II, III, or IVa Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity |
| Funding Source: | INSPIRE |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| Title: | Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of Dexpramipexole in Patients with Chronic Sinusitis with Nasal Polyps and Eosinophilia (CSNP-E) |
| Funding Source: | Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| Title: | RadDx |
| Funding Source: | Neuroradiology Division, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA |
| Role: | Collaborator |
| Title: | Intercontinental registry database for immune-mediated thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP). Prospective, double-blind, randomized, actively-controlled, parallel group study on the efficacy and safety of liquid immune globulin intravenous (human) CE1160 10% compared to immune globulin intravenous (human) gamimune N 10%, in subjects with ITP |
| Funding Source: | St. Jude Children’s research hospital, Department of Hematology, Memphis, Tennessee |
| Role: | Summer Research Intern |
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified November 22, 2024