Ronnie Sebro, MD
Department of Musculoskeletal Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Musculoskeletal Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2008 | University of California, San Francisco, California, US, Doctor of Medicine |
| 2007 | Stanford University School of Medicine Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, US, Biostatistics, PhD |
| 2002 | Harvard School for Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, US, Biostatistics, MS |
| 2000 | Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, US, Biology, BS summa cum laude |
Postgraduate Training
| null-2014 | Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts |
| null-2013 | Postgraduate Fellow, UCSF Statistical Genetics, San Francisco, California |
| null-2013 | Radiology, UCSF Diagnostic Radiology, San Francisco, California |
| null-2008 | Medicine, Stanford University Hospitals and Clinics, Stanford,, California |
Experience & Service
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Quality Committee, 2024 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2024 | Clinical Research Internship Study Program (CRISP) Outstanding Mentor Award |
| 2023 | Researcher of the Year, Mayo Clinic Florida Department of Radiology |
| 2019 | Mentor, Dean’s Best Medical Student Paper University of Pennsylvania |
| 2017 | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program semifinalist |
| 2017 | Dr. Edward S. Cooper Leadership Training Program, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania |
| 2017 | Radiology Society of North America (RSNA) Research Scholar |
| 2014 | American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) Epstein Award Semifinalist |
| 2014 | Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)/Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Travel Award |
| 2014 | Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Introduction to Research for Young Academics (IRIYA) |
| 2013 | American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Residents in Radiology Research Executive Council Award |
| 2013 | Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Imaging Schlaeger Research Fellowship Award |
| 2013 | University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Margulis Society Outstanding Resident in Research Award |
| 2012 | Human Genome Meeting (HGM) Postdoctoral Poster Finalist |
| 2012 | American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) Epstein Post-doctoral Fellow Award Semifinalist |
| 2012 | Association for University Radiologists (AUR) Research Trainee Award |
| 2012 | UCSF Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI), Resident Research Travel Award |
| 2012 | Society for Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (SCBT-MR) Poster Finalist |
| 2005 | Kaplan Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Scholarship |
| 2005 | Stanford University (SNMA) Member of the Year |
| 2003 | Stanford University Medical Scholar Grant |
| 2000 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Pre-doctoral Fellow |
| 2000 | National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Torch Bearer |
| 2000 | AUC Most Outstanding Aspiring Biomedical Engineering Student |
| 2000 | Most Outstanding Pre-engineering Student (AUC) |
| 2000 | Summa Cum Laude, Morehouse College |
| 2000 | Pfizer Academic Scholarship |
| 1999 | National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Torch Bearer |
| 1999 | Certificate of Excellence – Morehouse College Department of Mathematics |
| 1999 | Pi Delta Phi – National French Honor Society |
| 1999 | Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC)/ United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Health and Medical Scholarship recipient |
| 1999 | AUC Most Outstanding Aspiring Biomedical Engineering Student |
| 1999 | Most Outstanding Sophomore Engineering Student (AUC) |
| 1999 | National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Torch Bearer |
| 1999 | Beta Kappa Chi – National Scientific Honor Society |
| 1999 | Alpha Epsilon Delta – Georgia Premedical Students’ Honor Society |
| 1999 | Imhotep Award –AUC Dual Degree Engineering Program |
| 1999 | Atlanta University Center (AUC) Digest Scholarship |
| 1999 | NALCO Scholarship Recipient |
| 1998 | AUC Most Outstanding Aspiring Biomedical Engineering Student |
| 1998 | National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Torch Bearer |
| 1998 | Certificate of Excellence – Morehouse College Department of Mathematics |
| 1997 | Morehouse College Academic Scholarship |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Zhang, J, Weissenkampen, JD, Kember, RL, Hougaard, DM, Bybjerg-Grauholm, J, Werge, T, Als, TD, Rosengren, A, Grove, J, Børglum, AD, Robinson, EB, Brodkin, ES, Almasy, L, Bucan, M, Sebro, R. Phenotypic and ancestry-related assortative mating in autism. Molecular Autism 15(1), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38877467.
- Sebro, R, De la Garza Ramos, C. Can we screen opportunistically for low bone mineral density using CT scans of the shoulder and artificial intelligence?. The British journal of radiology 97(1160):1450-1460, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38837337.
- Sebro, R. Advancing Diagnostics and Patient Care. Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology 28(1):3-13, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38330966.
- Haupt, ET, Sebro, R, Iturregui, JM, Stanborough, R, Siddiqui, A, Shi, GG. Measuring Deltoid Insufficiency After Supination-External Rotation Ankle Fracture With Lateral Talar Subluxation on Gravity Stress View. Foot and Ankle International 43(12):1525-1531, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36082428.
Other Articles
- Mohammadi, FG, Sebro, R Artificial Intelligence Impact on Burnout in Radiologists-Alleviation or Exacerbation?. JAMA Network Open 7(11), 2024. PMID: 39576648.
- Ghareh MF, Ronnie S Opportunistic screening for osteoporosis using hand radiographs - a feature augmentation study technique (FAST). Stud Health Technol Inform 316:332-333, 2024. PMID: 39176740.
- Sebro R, Elmahdy Utilizing generalized linear mixed effects models for prediction of bone mineral decrease after lung transplant - a preliminary study. Stud Health Technol Inform 316:1790-1794, 2024. PMID: 39176838.
- Sebro R, Klontzas ME, Gatti AA, Mongan JT, Moy L, Park SH, Jr KC, Panel CU Checklist for artificial intelligence in medical imaging (CLAIM): 2024 update. Radiol Artif Intell 6(4), 2024. PMID: 38809149.
- Zhang J, Weissenkampen JD, Kember RL, Consortium I, Grove J, Børglum AD, Robinson EB, Brodkin ES, Almasy L, Bucan M, Sebro R Phenotypic and ancestry-related assortative mating in autism. Mol Autism 15(1):27, 2024. PMID: 11177537.
- Perez-Downes, DO, Tseng, M.D., McConn, B.A., Elattar, M.D., Sokumbi, M.D., Sebro, M.D., Ph.D, Allyse, Ph.D, Dangott, M.D., Carter Ph.D, Adedinsewo M.D., MPH Mitigating Bias in clinical machine learning models. Curr Treat Options Cardio Med 26:29-45, 2024.
- Sebro, R Individual Radiologist Productivity Metrics. American Journal of Roentgenology 222(2), 2024. PMID: 37703194.
- Ghareh Mohammadi F, Sebro R Deep-RSIv2: an efficient content-free deep learning approach for radiographs' manufacturer and model identification. 2024 18th international conference on ubiquitous information management and communication (IMCOM),. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:1-8, 2024.
- Ghareh Mohammadi F, Sebro R DeepMammo: deep learning algorithm for digital mammogram source identification. Electronic Imaging:342-345, 2024.
- Ghareh Mohammadi F, Sebro R Deep-RSIv2: an efficient content-free deep learning approach for radiographs' manufacturer and model identification. 18th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication (IMCOM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:1-8, 2024.
- Sebro R, De la Garza-Ramos C, Peterson JJ Detecting whether L1 or other lumbar levels would be excluded from DXA bone mineral density analysis during opportunistic CT screening for osteoporosis using machine learning. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg 18(12):2261-2272, 2023. PMID: 37219803.
- Sebro RA, Elmahdy M Machine learning for opportunistic screening for osteoporosis and osteopenia using knee CT scans. Can Assoc Radiol J 74(4):676-687, 2023. PMID: 36960893.
- Iturregui JM, Sebro RA, Baranek M, Garner HW, Stanborough RO, Goulding RA, Ledford CK, Wilke BK Direct anterior approach associated with lower dislocation risk after primary total hip arthroplasty in patients with prior lumbar spine fusion. Hip Int 33(6):1043-1048, 2023. PMID: 36891586.
- Elmahdy M, Sebro R Sex, ethnicity, and race data are often unreported in artificial intelligence and machine learning studies in medicine 8, 2023.
- Foster D, Sebro R, Garner H, Stanborough R, Spaulding AC, Goulding K, Houdek M, Wilke B Intravenous tranexamic acid is associated with an increased risk of pulmonary embolism following sarcoma resection. J Surg Oncol 128(5):869-876, 2023. PMID: 37428014.
- Sebro RA, Kahn CE Automated detection of causal relationships among diseases and imaging findings in textual radiology reports. J Am Med Inform Assoc 30(10):1701-1706, 2023. PMID: 37381076.
- Sebro R Individual radiologist productivity metrics: counterpoint-no individual metrics should be shared. AJR Am J Roentgenol 222(2):e2330145, 2023. PMID: 37703194.
- Elmahdy M, Sebro R A snapshot of artificial intelligence research 2019-2021: is it replacing or assisting physicians?. J Am Med Inform Assoc 30(9):1552-1557, 2023. PMID: 37279884.
- Sebro R, De la Garza-Ramos C Statistically based nomograms for the minimal needle length required to achieve intra-articular fluoroscopic-guided injections of the shoulder, hip, and knee. PM R 15(7):853-864, 2023. PMID: 35706365.
- Choudhury P, Billings SJ, Bestic JM, Peterson JJ, Stanborough RO, Garner HW, Sebro R Radiologists should use the hip-knee-ankle angle rather than the mechanical axis deviation to describe knee alignment. Skeletal Radiol 52(6):1159-1167, 2023. PMID: 36374317.
- Goodman MS, Bather JR, Chu X, Pagano M, Plepys CM, Sebro RA Racial and ethnic diversity among students, graduates, and faculty in biostatistics and epidemiology, 2010-2020. Public Health Rep 138(3):546-554, 2023. PMID: 35674282.
- Elmahdy M, Sebro R Opportunistic screening for osteoporosis using CT scans of the knee: a pilot study. Stud Health Technol Inform 302:909-910, 2023. PMID: 37203533.
- Sebro R, De la Garza-Ramos C Utilizing machine learning for opportunistic screening for low BMD using CT scans of the cervical spine. J Neuroradiol 50(3):293-301, 2023. PMID: 36030924.
- Wilke BK, Guier C, Applewhite A, Garner HW, Stanborough RO, Spaulding A, Sebro RA Is heterotopic ossification associated with surgical approach in total hip arthroplasty?. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 31(7):e385-e393, 2023. PMID: 36749886.
- Elmahdy M, Sebro R Beyond the AJR: comparison of artificial intelligence candidate and radiologists on mock examinations for the fellow of royal college of radiology part b. AJR Am J Roentgenol 221(4):555, 2023.
- Elmahdy M, Sebro R Radiomics analysis in medical imaging research. J Med Radiat Sci 70(1):3-7, 2023. PMID: 36762402.
- Sebro R, De la Garza-Ramos C Opportunistic screening for osteoporosis and osteopenia from CT scans of the abdomen and pelvis using machine learning. Eur Radiol 33(3):1812-1823, 2023. PMID: 36166085.
- Jo SY, Sebro RA In vivo intra-articular contrast enhanced μCT imaging of mouse knee cartilage. Bone 167:116632, 2023. PMID: 36436817.
- Schlafly A, Sebro R Does NIH funding differ between medical specialties? A longitudinal analysis of NIH grant data by specialty and type of grant, 2011-2020. BMJ Open 12(12):e058191, 2022. PMID: 36585146.
- Haupt ET, Sebro R, Iturregui JM, Stanborough R, Siddiqui A, Shi GG Measuring deltoid insufficiency after supination-external rotation ankle fracture with lateral talar subluxation on gravity stress view. Foot Ankle Int 43(12):1525-1531, 2022. PMID: 36082428.
- Sebro R, De la Garza-Ramos C Machine learning for the prediction of osteopenia/osteoporosis using the CT attenuation of multiple osseous sites from chest CT. Eur J Radiol 155(110474), 2022. PMID: 35988394.
- Sebro R, Sebro R Deep-RSI: deep learning for radiographs source identification. 2022 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI):1491-1496, 2022.
Abstracts
- Ghareh Mohammadi F, Sebro R. Radiograph manufacturer and model identification using deep-RSI. European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, 2023 22(1):199-206.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified April 02, 2025