Dhakshinamoorthy Ganeshan, M.D.
Department of Abdominal Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
About Dr. Ganeshan
Dr. Ganeshan is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He completed his residency at Mersey Deanery Radiology Rotation in Liverpool, United Kingdom in 2010 and his fellowship in Body Imaging at MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2012 after which he joined the staff of Abdominal Imaging. He has published in numerous highly respected, peer reviewed journals including multiple publications in the American Journal of Roentgenology. Dr. Ganeshan has been invited to give presentations and workshops in numerous radiological meetings including the Society of Abdominal Radiolgy and Radiological Society of North America. Dr. Ganeshan is a reviewer for multiple national and international journals and has received commendations form the journal editors for his contributions. He is involved in numerous multi-disciplinary research projects and is the principle investigator or collaborator in numerous research protocols. Dr. Ganeshan has special interests in advancing medical education and has received excellent feedback for his teaching contributions from medical students and radiology residents.
Research Interests
Advanced imaging techniques in diagnosis, staging and evaluation of treatment response in Genitourinary and Gastrointestinal Cancer
Clinical Interests
Genitourinary and Gastrointestinal Cancer
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2003 | Madurai Medical College, Tamil Nadu, IND, MS, Master of Surgery |
2000 | Chengalpattu Medical College, Tamil Nadu, IND, MD, Medicine and Surgery |
Postgraduate Training
2011-2012 | Clinical Fellowship, Body Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
2010-2010 | Clinical Fellowship, Body and Gastrointestinal Imaging, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds |
2005-2010 | Clinical Residency, Clinical radiology, Mersey Deanery Radiology Training Scheme, Liverpool |
2003-2005 | Clinical Residency, General Surgery & Basic Surgical Rotation, National Health Service Hospital North West Wales Trust, North West Wales |
2000-2003 | Clinical Residency, Government Rajaji Hospital and Madurai Medical College, Madurai |
1999-2000 | Clinical Internship, Medicine and Surgery, Chengalpattu Medical College Hospital, Tamil Nadu |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2012 - 2018
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Chetlen AL, Chan TL, Ballard DH, Frigini LA, Hildebrand A, Kim S, Brian JM, Krupinski EA, Ganeshan D. Addressing burnout in radiologists. Acad Radiol 26(4):526-533, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30711406.
- Ganeshan D, Menias CO, Lubner MG, Pickhardt PJ, Sandrasegaran K, Bhalla S. Sarcoidosis from head to toe: What the radiologist needs to know. Radiographics: a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc 38(4):1180-1200, 2018. PMID: 29995619.
- Ganeshan D, Duong PT, Probyn L, Lenchik L, McArthur TA, Retrouvey M, Ghobadi EH, Desouches SL, Pastel D, Francis IR. Structured reporting in radiology. Academic radiology 25(1):66-73, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29030284.
- Gupta S, Kang HC, Ganeshan D, Morani A, Gautam R, Choyke PL, Kundra V. The ABCs of BHD: An in-depth review of birt-hogg-dubé syndrome. AJR Am J Roentgenol 209(6):1-6, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28981362.
- Gray EJ, Darvishzadeh A, Sharma A, Ganeshan D, Faria SC, Lall C. Cancer therapy-related complications in the bowel and mesentery: An imaging perspective. Abdom Radiol 41(10):2031-47, 2017. PMID: 27277528.
- Giardino A, Gupta S, Olson E, Sepulveda K, Lenchik L, Ivanidze J, Rakow-Penner R, Patel MJ, Subramaniam RM, Ganeshan D. Role of imaging in the era of precision medicine. Acad Radiol 24(5):639-649, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28131497.
- Benveniste AP, de Castro Faria S, Broering G, Ganeshan D, Tamm EP, Iyer RB, Bhosale P. Potential application of dual-energy CT in gynecologic cancer: Initial experience. AJR Am J Roentgenol 208(3):695-705, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28075606.
- Ganeshan D, Bhosale P, Wei W, Ramalingam P, Mudasiru-Dawodu E, Geshenson D, Sun C, Iyer R. Increase in post-therapy tumor calcification on CT scan is not an indicator of response to therapy in low-grade serous ovarian cancer. Abdominal Radiology 41(8):1589-95, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26969496.
- Javadi S, Ganeshan D, Qayyum A, Iyer RB, Bhosale P.. Ovarian cancer, the revised federation of gynecology and obstretics staging system, and the role of imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol 206(6):1351-60, 2016. PMID: 27042752.
- Maiti A, Brown RE, Corn PG, Murthy R, Ganeshan D, Tsimberidou AM, Subbiah V. Anti-tumor response to combined anti-angiogenic and cytotoxic chemotherapy in recurrent metastatic chromophobe renal cell carcinoma: Response signatures and proteomic correlates. Clin Genitourin Cancer 14(2):e187-e193, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26684814.
- Anand D, Lall C, Bhosale P, Ganeshan D, Qayyum A. Current update on primary pancreatic lymphoma. Abdom Radiol (NY) 41(2):347-55, 2016. PMID: 26830418.
- Morani AC, Smith EA, Ganeshan D, Dillman JR. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. AJR Am J Roentgenol 204(6):1269-77, 2015. PMID: 26001238.
- Gupta S, Kang HC, Ganeshan DM, Bathala TK, Kundra V. Diagnostic approach to hereditary renal cell carcinoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 204(5):1031-41, 2015. PMID: 25905938.
- Amini B, Jessop AC, Ganeshan DM, Tseng WW, Madewell JE. Contemporary imaging of soft tissue sarcomas. J Surg Oncol 111(5):496-503, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25348367.
- Pickhardt PJ, Kitchin D, Lubner MG, Ganeshan D, Bhalla S, Covey AM. Primary hepatic angiosarcoma: multi-institutional comprehensive cancer centre review of multiphasic computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in 35 patients. Eur Radiol 25(2):315-22, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25278246.
- Abramson RG, Burton KR, Yu JP, Scalzetti EM, Yankeelov TE, Rosenkrantz AB, Mendiratta-Lala M, Bartholmai BJ, Ganeshan D, Lenchik L, Subramaniam RM. Methods and challenges in quantitative imaging biomarker development. Acad Radiol 22(1):25-32, 2015. PMID: 25481515.
- Rosenkrantz AB, Mendiratta-Lala M, Bartholmai BJ, Ganeshan D, Abramson RG, Burton KR, Yu JP, Scalzetti EM, Yankeelov TE, Subramaniam RM, Lenchik L. Clinical utility of quantitative imaging. Acad Radiol 22(1):33-49, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25442800.
- Lalwani N, Mannelli L, Ganeshan DM, Shanbhogue AK, Dighe MK, Tiwari HA, Maximin S, Monti S, Ragucci M, Prasad SR. Uncommon pancreatic tumors and pseudotumors. Abdom Imaging 40(1):167-80, 2015. PMID: 25063236.
- Subbiah V, McMahon C, Patel S, Zinner R, Silva EG, Elvin JA, Subbiah IM, Ohaji C, Ganeshan DM, Anand D, Levenback CF, Berry J, Brennan T, Chmielecki J, Chalmers ZR, Mayfield J, Miller VA, Stephens PJ, Ross JS, Ali SM. STUMP un-stumped: anti-tumor response to anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor based targeted therapy in uterine inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with myxoid features harboring DCTN1-ALK fusion. J Hematol Oncol 8:66, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26062823.
- Sanyal R, Zarzour JG, Ganeshan D, Bhargava P, Lall CG, Little MD. Postoperative doppler evaluation of liver transplants. Indian J Radiol Imaging 24(4):360-6, 2014. PMID: 25489129.
- Maximum Suresh, Ganeshan D, Shanbhogue Alampady, Dighe Manjiri, Yeh Matthew, Kolokythas Orpheus, Bhargava Puneet, Lalwani Neeraj. Review current update on combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma. European Journal of Radiology Open 1:40-48, 2014. PMID: 26937426.
- Ganeshan D, Szklaruk J, Kundra V, Kaseb A, Rashid A, Elsayes KM, Elsayes K. Imaging features of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 202(3):544-52, 2014. PMID: 24555590.
- Ganeshan D, Morani A, Ladha H, Bathala T, Kang H, Gupta S, Lalwani N, Kundra V. Staging, surveillance, and evaluation of response to therapy in renal cell carcinoma: role of MDCT. Abdom Imaging 39(1):66-85, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24077815.
- Ganeshan D, Paulson E, Tamm EP, Taggart MW, Balachandran A, Bhosale P. Solid pseudo-papillary tumors of the pancreas: Current update. Abdom Imaging 38(6):1373-82, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23775388.
- Ganeshan D, Paulson E, Duran C, Cabanillas ME, Busaidy NL, Charnsangavej C. Current update on medullary thyroid carcinoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 201(6):W867-76, 2013. PMID: 24261394.
- Ganeshan D, Iyer R, Devine C, Bhosale P, Paulson E. Imaging of primary and secondary renal lymphoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 201(5):W712-W719, 2013. PMID: 24147501.
- Ganeshan D, Notohamiprodjo M, Nikolaidis P, Sanyal R, Bhosale P. Recent advances in cross-sectional renal imaging-an oncologic perspective: the current concepts and the future challenges. J Comput Assist Tomogr 37(6):962-70, 2013. PMID: 24270120.
- Ganeshan D, Correa AM, Bhosale P, Vaporciyan AA, Rice D, Mehran RJ, Walsh GL, Iyer R, Roth JA, Swisher SG, Hofstetter WL. Diaphragmatic hernia after esophagectomy in 440 patients with long-term follow-up. Ann Thorac Surg 96(4):1138-45, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23810174.
- Ganeshan D, Bhosale P, Yang T, Kundra V. Imaging features of carcinoid tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. AJR Am J Roentgenol 201(4):773-86, 2013. PMID: 24059366.
- Prowse SJ, Shaw R, Ganeshan D, Prowse PM, Hanlon R, Lewis-Jones H, Wieshmann H. The added value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography in patients with neck lymph node metastases from an unknown primary malignancy. J Laryngol Otol 127(8):780-7, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23919968.
- Ganeshan D, Salem U, Viswanathan C, Balachandran A, Garg N, Silverman P, Bhosale P. Complications of oncologic therapy in the abdomen and pelvis: a review. Abdom Imaging 38(1):1-21, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22644726.
- Ganeshan D, Szklaruk J. Portal vein embolization: cross sectional imaging of normal features and complications. AJR Am J Roentgenol 199(6):1275-82, 2012. PMID: 23169719.
- Ganeshan D, Bhosale P, Munden RF, Hofstetter WL, Correa AM, Iyer R. Diaphragmatic hernia after esophagectomy for esophageal malignancy. J Thorac Imaging. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23222201.
- Ganeshan D, Bhosale P, Kundra V. Current update on cytogenetics, taxonomy, diagnosis, and management of adrenocortical carcinoma: what radiologists should know. AJR Am J Roentgenol 199(6):1283-93, 2012. PMID: 23169720.
- Ganeshan D, Moron FE, Szklaruk J. Extrahepatic biliary cancer: new staging classification. World J Radiol 4(8):345-52, 2012. PMID: 22937214.
- Viswanathan C, Bhosale P, Ganeshan D, Truong MT, Silverman P, Balachandran A. Imaging of complications of oncological therapy in the gastrointestinal system. Cancer Imaging 12:163-72, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22571819.
- Ganeshan D, Anand D. Radiological reasoning: cerebellopontine mass causing hemifacial spasm. AJR Am J Roentgenol 195(3 Suppl):S12-4 (Quiz S15-21), 2010. PMID: 20729405.
- Ganeshan D, Narlawar R, McCann C, Jones HL, Curtis J. Cerebral venous thrombosis-a pictorial review. Eur J Radiol 74(1):110-6, 2010.
- Ganeshan D. Computed tomography before lumbar puncture in meningitis--what every radiology trainee should know. Clin Radiol 64(8):845, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19589424.
- Ganeshan D. Re: Liver abscess after inadvertent transhepatic transgression during percutaneous fluoroscopy-guided gastrostomy. Clin Radiol 64(1):105, 2009. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 19070705.
- Ganeshan D, Das K. Congenital malformations of the brain. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 69(11):640-6, 2008. PMID: 19069270.
- Ganeshan D, Curtis J, Warburton C. Endobronchial carcinoid: an unusual cause of wheezing and chest pain. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 69(11):655, 2008. PMID: 19069278.
- Ganeshan D. The impact of defensive medicine on patients, doctors and radiologists. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 69(8):481, 2008. PMID: 18783106.
- Ganeshan D, Mohsin N, Tripathi S, Anand D. PUJ obstruction with crossing aberrant vein. European Radiology (Eurorad Online), 2007.
- Ganeshan D, Anand D. Rathke's cleft cyst. European Radiology (Eurorad Online), 2007.
- Tripathi S, Vasireddy N, Ganeshan D, Gupta S, AW Yeang H. Trevor's disease. European Radiology (Eurorad Online), 2007.
- Ganeshan D, Anand D. Achilles tendon abscess with focal osteomyelitis of calcaneum. European Radiology (Eurorad Online), 2007.
- Ganeshan D, Anand D. Thornwaldts cyst. European Radiology (Eurorad Online), 2007.
Invited Articles
- Ganeshan D, Elsayes K, Vining D. Current update on CT colonoscopy. World Journal of Radiology 5(3):61-67. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23671742.
Abstracts
- Ganeshan D, Menias C, Sandrasegaran, Lubner M, Pickhardt P, Bhalla S. Sarcoidosis from head to toe: What the radiologist needs to know. Proceedings of the 102nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL, 2016.
- Ganeshan D, Menias C, Sandrasegaran K, Lubner M, Pickhardt P, Bhalla S. Tumors in Von Hippel Lindau Syndrome from Head to Toe: A comprehensive state-of-the-art review. Proceedings of the 102nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL, 2016.
- Maximin S, Ganeshan D, Bhargava et al. Cholangiocarcinoma: recent advances in genetics, molecular biology and imaging. Proceedings of 99th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2013.
- Gupta S, Kang HC, Ganeshan D, Bathala T, Kundra V. Diagnostic approach to hereditary renal cell carcinoma. Proceedings of 99th Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2013.
- Bhosale P, Ganeshan D, Tamm E, Iyer R. Dual energy computed tomography of ovarian cancer: What information can be obtained?. Proceedings of 99th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of America, 2013.
- Bathala T, Morani A, Kang HC, Gupta S, Ganeshan D, Kundra V. Oncogenetics of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) in the era of personalized medicine: What radiologist needs to know?. Proceedings of the 99th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2013.
- Anderson M, Ganeshan D, Iyer R. Common and uncommon complications following esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: review of clinical experience over 450 patients. Proceedings of the 2013 American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting, 2013.
- Ganeshan D, Szklaruk J, Kundra V, Kaseb A, Rashid A, Elsayes K. Cytogenetic, histologic and imaging features of fibrolamellar heptacellular carcinoma: implications for staging diagnosis and treatment based on review of clinical experience with over 150 cases. Proceedings of the 98th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2012.
- Duran C, Ganeshan D, Yao J, Phan A, Ng C, Loyer E. Spectrum of hepatic metastases from neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) and pitfalls of the detection and measurements of the lesions. Proceedings of the 98th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2012.
- Ganeshan D, Menias C, Kundra V, Lubner M, Bhosale P, Elsayes K. Imagaing of end-stage kidney disease: principles, precautions, and findings. American Journal of Roentgenology 198(5), 2012.
- Ganeshan D, Vikram R, Prasad SR, Sandler CM. Hereditary and sporadic chromophobe renal cell carcinoma: spectrum of disease and radiologic-pathologic correlation. Program of the 97th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2011.
- Ganeshan D, Katti A, Sturgess R, Elsayes K. Cholangiocarcinoma: disease spectrum, role of imaging, spy glass endoscopy and radiologic-pathologic correlation. Program of the 97th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2011.
- Ganeshan D, Menias C, Elsayes K. Hepatobiliary complications of pregnancy: spectrum of imaging findings with clinical/pathologic correlation. Program of the 97th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2011.
- Ganeshan D, Menias C, Kundra V, Bhosale P, Elsayes K. Imaging of end-stage kidney disease: principles, precautions, and findings. Program of the 97th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2011.
- Ganeshan D, Prowse S j B, Smethurst A, White D, Katti A. Use of gadoxetate disodium (Eovist) in characterizing liver lesions in a tertiary referral centre: our experience. British Journal of Radiology:57, 2010.
- Ganeshan D, Prowse SJ, Hunlon R, Lewis Jones H, Wieshmann H. The added value of 18f-FDG-PET for diagnosing occult primary tumours in head and neck cancer. Nuclear Medicine Communications 31(5):454, 2010.
- Ganeshan D, Prowse S, Weishmann H. The added value of 18F-FDG-PET CT for diagnosing occult primary tumors in head and neck cancer. 38th Annual Meeting Program of British Nuclear Medicine Society, 2010.
- Kulkarni T, Ganeshan D, Healey P. Concept of the radiology clinic as a point of clinician contact: a satisfaction survey. European Congress of Radiology, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Ganeshan D, Curtis J, Hanlon R. Mind of a clinician and eyes of a radiologist: key to success in (neuro) radiology. European Congress of Radiology, Book of Abstracts Suppl 1:482 (C-704), 2009.
- Ganeshan D, Das K. Failed back syndrome: what every radiology trainee needs to know. European Congress of Radiology Book of abstracts Suppl 1:488 (#C-733), 2009.
- Gurajala R, Ganeshan D, Dunn A, Aniq H. Pictorial review of common abnormalities of long head of biceps tendon of shoulder. Proceedings of the 94th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, 2008.
- Ganeshan D, Hanlon R. Performing flexible sigmoidoscopy and barium enema on same day: an audit of patients perspectives. Proceedings of the 2008 United Kingdom Radiological Congress, Book of Abstracts:149, 2008.
- Ganeshan D, Jones HL. Para pharyngeal space: a pictorial review of anatomy and pathology. Proceedings of the 2008 United Kingdom Radiological Congress Book of Abstracts:120, 2008.
- Ganeshan D, Concepcion L. Magnetic resonance imaging claustrophobia: an audit of good medical practice. Proceedings of the United Kingdom Radiological Congress 2008, Book of Abstracts:139, 2008.
- Ganeshan D, Mohsin N, Barwick C. Preventing FESS from turning into a MESS - role of the radiologist. European Congress of Radiology, Book of Abstracts(Suppl 1):482 (#C-473), 2007.
- Ganeshan D, Hughes M. No ifs or buts, you simply need to know this if you are a radiologist or radiographer. Proceedings in UK Radiological Congress 2007, 2007.
- Ganeshan D, Desmond S, Wide J, Massey G. Computed tomography urography: just how good is it for bladder pathologies?. British Journal of Radiology:86, 2007.
- Ganeshan D, Howes A, Herbert J. Clinical applications of single-photon emission computerized tomography: beginning of an exciting new era. British Journal of Radiology:109, 2007.
- Ganeshan D, Godfrey H. Correlation of magnetic resonance imaging knee and arthroscopy in detecting meniscal and cruciate ligament tears. British Journal of Radiology:98, 2007.
Book Chapters
- Ganeshan D, Wagner NB, Vicens R, Kent S, Lalwani N, Bhosale P. Imaging gallbladder pathologies. In: Magnetic Resonance Imaging. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2016.
- Sachin K, Manjiri KD, Ganeshan D, and Neeraj L. Magnetic resonance imaging of biliary tract. In: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Handbook. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2016.
- Ganeshan D, Elsayes K and Vining D. Overview of CT Colonography. In: Cross Sectional Imaging of the Abdomen and Pelvis: Practical Algorithmic Pattern Recognition Approach to Differential Diagnosis. Springer: New York, 359 - 368, 2015.
- Ganeshan D, Kaur, H, Ernst R and Elsayes K. MRI evaluation of rectal carcinomas. In: Cross Sectional Imaging of the Abdomen and Pelvis; Practical Algorithmic Pattern Recognition Approach to Differential Diagnosis. Springer: New York, 2015.
Letters to the Editor
- Ganeshan D. Interpreting computed tomography of the abdomen. AJR Am J Roentgenol 198: W104, 2012.
- Ganeshan D. Keep it simple...a dummy's guide for taking informed consent. British Medical Journal, 2008.
- Ganeshan D. Probing into retinal detachment: ultrasound is eminently useful as a diagnostic tool. British Medical Journal, 2008.
- Ganeshan D. Role of radiology in the assessment and management of medically unexplained symptoms. British Medical Journal, 2008.
- Ganeshan D. Delivering patient care without radiologists: You must be joking. British Medical Journal Career Focus, 2007.
Patient Reviews
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