Megha Madhukar Kapoor, MD
Department of Breast Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Breast Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Associate Professor, Breast Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2009 | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, US, MD |
| 2005 | Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US, Psychology, BA |
Postgraduate Training
| 2015-2016 | Clinical Fellowship, Breast Imaging Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
| 2011-2015 | Clinical Residency, Diagnostic Radiology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania |
| 2009-2010 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine Preliminary Internship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2019 | American Board of Medical Quality |
| 2016 | American Board of Radiology |
| 2015 | Texas Medical Board |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Breast Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2022
Assistant Professor, Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2019
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Assistant Program Director, Breast Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2026 - Present
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Reviewer, RSNA Breast Imaging Educational Content Reviewer, Radiological Society of North America, 2025 - Present
Breast Imaging Representative, Diagnostic Imaging Clinical Research Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - 2022
Breast Imaging Representative, Department of Radiology Professionalism Workgroup, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - 2019
Honors & Awards
| 2026 - Present | FY26 BrICE Educator of the Year, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2024 | Magna Cum Laude Award, Breast Imaging of Patients With Li-Fraumeni Syndrome With Updated Review of Breast Screening Guidelines, Radiological Society of North America |
| 2024 | Certificate of Merit, Beyond Metastatic Lymphadenopathy in Breast Cancer: An Approach to axillary masses, Radiological Society of North America |
| 2023 | Certificate of Merit, Management of Bleeding Complications After Image Guided Breast Biopsy: A Case-Based Review, American Roentgen Ray Society |
| 2023 | Cum Laude Award, The Many Faces of Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, Radiological Society of North America |
| 2023 | Cum Laude Award, Swipe Left or Right? The Multimodality Imaging Detection and Assessment of the Single Dilated Duct, Radiological Society of North America |
| 2022 | Certificate of Merit, All Roads Lead to Rome: Multi-Modality Imaging of Benign and Malignant Pathologies of the Nipple Areolar Complex, Radiological Society of North America |
| 2022 | Certificate of Merit, Multimodality Imaging of Breast Cancer Recurrence, Radiological Society of North America |
| 2022 | Cum Laude Award, The Many Faces of Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Radiological Society of North America |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2018. Board review: imaging findings. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2018. Upright tomosynthesis-guided biopsy workshop. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2024. Breast Imaging Evaluation of Young, Pregnant or Male Patients. Invited. Regional Caribbean Training Course on Breast Imaging, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)-Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), City Cancer Challenge. The Woodlands, TX, US.
- 2020. Breast localization techniques. Conference. Texas Radiological Society 107th Annual meeting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2013. Multimodality imaging of benign and malignant adult male breast disease. Conference. Pennsylvania Radiological Society. Philadelphia, PA, US.
- 2013. Evaluation and implementation of the AAPM position statement on the use of bismuth shielding for the purpose of dose reduction in CT scanning. Conference. Pennsylvania Radilogical Society. Philadelphia, PA, US.
- 2013. Evaluation and implementation of the AAPM position statement on the use of bismuth shielding for the purpose of dose reduction in CT scanning. Conference. Pennsylvania State University. Hershey, PA, US.
National Presentations
- 2025. Horses and Zebras: Benign and Malignant Causes of Regional Lymphadenopathy in Breast Imaging Patients. Conference. 111th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2024. Breast Imaging of Patients With Li-Fraumeni Syndrome With Updated Review of Breast Screening Guidelines. Conference. 110th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2024. Beyond Metastatic Lymphadenopathy in Breast Cancer: An Approach to axillary masses. Conference. 110th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Sanguis (cruor) pollicetur gloriam: Hematologic Diseases of the Breast. Conference. American Roengten Ray Society. Boston, MA, US.
- 2023. Swipe Left or Right? The Multimodality Imaging Detection and Assessment of the Solitary Dilated Duct. 109th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2023. The Many Faces of Invasive Lobular Carcinoma. Conference. Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2023. Pectoralis Muscle Invasion by Breast Cancer: Can a Combination of Contrast-enhanced mammography and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Improve our Confidence?. Conference. Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2023. More Than Just Gynecomastia: The Spectrum of Male Breast Pathologies. Conference. Society of Breast Imaging. National Harbor, MD, US.
- 2023. Gadgets and Gizmos a-Plenty: Foreign Bodies Encountered in Breast Imaging. Conference. Society of Breast Imaging. National Harbor, MD, US.
- 2023. Management of Bleeding Complications After Image Guided Breast Biopsy: A Case-Based Review. Conference. American Roentgen Ray Society. Honolulu, HI, US.
- 2022. Multimodality imaging of breast cancer recurrence. Conference. Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2022. The many faces of triple negative breast cancer. Conference. Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2022. A comprehensive look at disparities in breast cancer in the Non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, and Transgender community in the United States and what policy changes should be considered. Conference. Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2022. Comparing the performance of full-field digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis in the post-treatment surveillance of patients with a history of breast cancer: a retrospective study. Conference. Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2022. All roads lead to Rome: multi-modality imaging of benign and malignant pathologies of the nipple areolar complex. Conference. Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2022. Moving beyond alphabet soup using root cause analysis and failure mode and effects analysis to learn from errors in the breast imaging clinic. Conference. Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2022. A case of mistaken identity: differentiating benign and malignant lymph nodes in breast cancer patients in the setting of COVID-19. Conference. 31st Annual Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2020. Imaging findings of three-dimensional bioabsorbable breast implant device. Conference. American Roentgen Ray Society. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2019. Reduction of false positive markings on mammograms: a retrospective comparison study using an artificial intelligence-based CAD. Conference. Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. Denver, CO, US.
- 2019. Head to head comparison of artificial intelligence and conventional computer aided detection for evaluation of screening mammograms. Conference. American Roentgen Ray Society. Honolulu, HI, US.
- 2019. Managing the male breast: from horses to zebras. Conference. American Roentgen Ray Society. Honolulu, HI, US.
- 2018. The wire and beyond: a review of recent advances in breast imaging pre-operative needle localization technology. Conference. Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2013. Multimodality imaging of benign and malignant adult male breast disease. Conference. Radiological Society of North America. Chicago, IL, US.
International Presentations
- 2025. The effects of inter-vendor image display variations and same-vendor dose adjustments on short-term follow up of probably benign findings on contrast-enhanced mammography. Conference. EUSOBI Annual Scientific Meeting 2025. Aberdeen, GB.
Formal Peers
- 2023. Department of Radiology Noon Lecture: Breast Localization Basics, US.
- 2022. Breast Localization Basics. Visiting, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Weaver OO, Contreras A, Cohen EO, Guirguis MS, Kapoor MM, Scoggins ME, Hwang RF, Candelaria RP, Yang WT, Dennison JB, Sun J, Whitman GJ. Assessment of Pectoralis muscle invasion using combined DBT and contrast-enhanced mammography: Retrospective multi-reader study. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40288929.
- Adrada BE, Moseley TW, Kapoor MM, Scoggins ME, Patel MM, Perez F, Nia ES, Khazai L, Arribas E, Rauch GM, Guirguis MS. Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Histopathologic Features, Genomics, and Treatment. Radiographics 43(10):e230034, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37792593.
- Nia E, Patel M, Kapoor M, Guirguis M, Perez F, Bassett R, Candelaria R. Comparing the performance of full-field digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis in the post-treatment surveillance of patients with a history of breast cancer: A retrospective study. Radiography (Lond) 29(6):975-979, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37572571.
- Nia E, Patel M, Kapoor M, Guirguis M, Perez F, Bassett R, Candelaria R. Comparing the performance of full-field digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis in the post-treatment surveillance of patients with a history of breast cancer: A retrospective study. Radiography, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Kapoor MM, Yoon E, Yang WT, Patel MM. Breast angiosarcoma: Imaging features with histopathologic correlation. J Breast Imaging, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Omofoye TS, Leong LCH, Kalambo M, Teo SY, Lim WEH, Chew DCY, Lee SYS, Lane D, Kapoor MM, Martaindale S, Teichgraeber D, Moseley T, Phalak K, Srinivasan A, Sun J, Whitman G, Leung JWT, Tan BS, Yang WT. Responsive Web-based Breast Imaging Core Curriculum for International Radiology Residents with Self-Assessment: A Pilot Study. Acad Radiol 29(6):919-927, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34389260.
- Patel MM, Kapoor MM, Whitman GJ. Transitioning to Practice: Getting up to Speed in Efficiency and Accuracy. J Breast Imaging 3(5):607-611, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34545352.
- Teichgraeber DC, Perez F, Guirguis MS, Kapoor MM, Whitman GJ. Ultrasound evaluation of the axilla in the breast imaging setting. Ultrasound Q 37(1):43-51, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33464028.
- Patel MM, Moseley TW, Nia ES, Perez F, Kapoor MM, Whitman GJ. Team science: A practical approach to starting collaborative projects. J Breast Imaging 3(6):721-726, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34805982.
Invited Articles
- Kapoor MM, Whitman GJ. JAOCR at the viewbox: breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma. J Am Osteopath Coll Radiol, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
Review Articles
- Moseley TW, Adrada BE, Arribas EM, Chung HL, Kapoor MM, Patel MM, Ghannam S, Guirguis MS. Solitary Dilated Ducts 2.0 - Multimodality Imaging Detection, Assessment, and Management. J Breast Imaging 7(5):606-618, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40884407.
- Le-Petross HT, Salem S, Kapoor MM, Sun S, MD Anderson Inflammatory Breast Cancer Team, Woodward WA. Comprehensive Review of Clinical Presentation, Multimodality Imaging, and therapeutic Strategies for Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Applied Radiology, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Patel, MM, Le-Petross, H, Kapoor, MM, Farag, JA, Whitman, GJ, Guirguis, MS. Current Imaging Approaches in Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Current Breast Cancer Reports 16(2):142-149, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Guirguis MS, Arribas EM, Kapoor MM, Patel MM, Perez F, Nia ES, Ding Q, Moseley TW, Adrada BE. Multimodality Imaging of Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Nipple-Areolar Complex. Radiographics 44(4):e230113, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38483829.
- Patel, MM, Adrada, BE, Nia, ES, Kapoor, MM, Khazai, L, Guirguis, MS, Perez, F, Moseley, T, Arribas, E. Multimodality Imaging of Breast Cancer Recurrence Post Breast Conservation Therapy. Current Radiology Reports 12(2):9-18, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Kapoor MM, Yoon EC, Yang WT, Patel MM. Breast Angiosarcoma: Imaging Features With Histopathologic Correlation. J Breast Imaging 5(3):329-338, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38416884.
- Shin J, Kapoor M, Patel M, Krishnamurthy S, Whitman GJ. Comparing Breast Hemangiomas to Breast Angiosarcomas: An Imaging Based Review. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 52(3):212-219, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36804401.
Other Articles
- Nia ES, Patel MM, Chang EI, Legha RS, Kapoor MM The Post-Operative Mammographic Appearance of Lymphovenous Bypass and Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer. Radiol Case Rep 17(10):3760-3762, 2022. PMID: 35965918.
- Kapoor MM, Moseley TW Fluid-filled breast: a unique clinical presentation of invasive micropapillary carcinoma. Radiol Case Rep 16(9):2731-2735, 2021. PMID: 34336079.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified August 18, 2026