Donald F. Schomer, M.D.
Department of Neuroradiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Neuroradiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Brain tumor imaging Healthcare economics
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2000 | Jones Graduate School of Administration, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, MBA, Business Administration |
| 1987 | The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA, MD, Medicine |
| 1986 | The University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA, MS, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Option |
| 1979 | The University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA, BS, Biophysics |
Postgraduate Training
| 1992-1994 | Clinical Fellowship, Post-Doctoral Scholar Neuroradiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA |
| 1988-1992 | Clinical Residency, Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
| 1987-1988 | Clinical Internship, General Surgery, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
Board Certifications
| 1998 | American College of Radiology, Certificate of Additional Qualifications in Neuroradiology |
| 1992 | American Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2019
Adjunct Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2015
Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2000 - 2002
Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1994 - 2000
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Special Assistant, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2016
Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2016
Section Chief of Neuroradiology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2019
Department Chair, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Banner Medical Group, Banner Health, Gilbert, AZ, 2014 - 2015
Division Head, Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center & Banner Gateway Medical Center, Gilbert, AZ, 2011 - 2015
Board of Directors, Radiology Imaging Associates and Invision, Englewood, CO, 2006 - 2007
Medical Director, Department of The Radiology Outpatient Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2000 - 2002
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Biomechanics Analyst (Affiliate), Biodynamic Research Corporation, San Antonio, TX, 1989 - 1994
Senior Project Engineer, Hamilton Standard Space Systems, NASA/JSC Crew Systems Division, Houston, TX, 1980 - 1983
Engineer, Westinghouse Corporation, Naval Reactors Facility, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL), Refueling and Plant Support, Mechanical Division Naval Reactors, INEL, ID, 1979 - 1980
Research Assistant, Department of Biophysics, The University of Houston, Houston, TX, 1977 - 1979
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Quality and Strategic Initiatives Functional Committee, 2013 - Present
Member, Diagnostic Imaging Executive Committee, 2012 - Present
Military or Other Governmental Service
Adjunct Scientific Advisor, Office of Women's Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, 1997 - 1998
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Weng HH, Noll KR, Johnson JM, Prabhu SS, Tsai YH, Chang SW, Huang YC, Lee JD, Yang JT, Yang CT, Tsai YH, Yang CY, Hazle JD, Schomer DF, Liu HL. Accuracy of presurgical functional MR imaging for language mapping of brain tumors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Radiology 286(2):162971, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28980887.
- Hsu AL, Hou P, Johnson JM, Wu CW, Noll KR, Prabhu SS, Ferguson SD, Kumar VA, Schomer DF, Hazle JD, Chen JH, Liu HL. IClinfMRI Software for Integrating Functional MRI Techniques in Presurgical Mapping and Clinical Studies. Front Neuroinform 12:11, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29593520.
- Ahmed S, Ghazarian MP, Cabanillas ME, Zafereo ME, Williams MD, Vu T, Schomer DF, Debnam JM. Imaging of Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29242360.
- Chen MM, Chen SR, Diaz-Marchan P, Schomer D, Kumar VA. Anterior inferior cerebellar artery strokes based on variant vascular anatomy of the posterior circulation: clinical deficits and imaging territories. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29150242.
- Loving VA, Ellis RL, Rippee R, Steele JR, Schomer DF, Shoemaker S. Time Is not on our side: How radiology practices should manage customer queues. J Am Coll Radiol 14(11):1481-1488, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28760521.
- Shiao JC, Mohamed ASR, Messer JA, Hutcheson KA, Johnson JM, Enderling H, Kamal M, Warren BW, Pham B, Morrison WH, Zafereo ME, Hessel AC, Lai SY, Kies MS, Ferrarotto R, Garden AS, Schomer DF, Gunn GB, Phan J, Frank SJ, Beadle BM, Weber RS, Lewin JS, Rosenthal DI, Fuller CD. Quantitative pretreatment CT volumetry: Association with oncologic outcomes in patients with T4a squamous carcinoma of the larynx. Head Neck 39(8):1609-1620, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28464542.
- Gogia B, Kumar VA, Chavali LS, Ketonen L, Hunter J, Prabhu SS, Schomer D, Hayman LA. MRI venous architecture of the thalamus. J Neurol Sci 370:88-93, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27772794.
- Garber ST, Khoury L, Bell D, Schomer DF, Janku F, McCutcheon IE. Metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma mimicking butterfly glioblastoma: a rare presentation in the splenium of the corpus callosum. World Neurosurg 95:621.e13-621.e19, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27521725.
- Chang J, Schomer D, Dragovich T. Anatomical, physiological, and molecular imaging for pancreatic cancer: current clinical use and future implications. Biomed Res Int 2015:Article ID 269641 (10pages), 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26146615.
- Loving VA, Edwards DB, Roche KT, Steele JR, Sapareto SA, Byrum SC, Schomer DF. Monte Carlo simulation to analyze the cost-benefit of radioactive seed localization versus wire localization for breast-conserving surgery in fee-for-service health care systems compared with accountable care organizations. AJR Am J Roentgenol 202(6):1383-8, 2014. PMID: 24848839.
- Gonzalez M; Oliver C; Schomer DF; Willough B.. Conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy and lacrimal sinus diversion via sinopsys surgical lacrimal stent: Cadaveric proof of concept. Ophthal Plastic Reconstr Surgery 30(3):238-240, 2014. PMID: 24807538.
- Enzmann DR, Schomer DF. Analysis of radiology business models. J Am Coll Radiol 10(3):175-80, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23245438.
- Schomer DF, Solsberg D, Wong W, Chopko BW. Mild(®) lumbar decompression for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis. Neuroradiol J 24(4):620-6, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 24059721.
- Steele JR, Hovsepian DM, Schomer DF. The joint commission practice performance evaluation: a primer for radiologists. J Am Coll Radiol 7(6):425-30, 2010. PMID: 20522395.
- Steele JR, Schomer DF. Continuous quality improvement programs provide new opportunities to drive value innovation initiatives in hospital-based radiology practices. J Am Coll Radiol 6(7):491-9, 2009. PMID: 19560065.
- Papadimitrakopoulou VA; Ginsberg LE; Garden AS; Kies MS; Glisson Bs; Diaz EM; Clayman G; Morrison WH; Lium DD; Blumenschein G; Lippman SM Schomer DF; Gillenwater A; Geopfert H; Hong WK. Intraarterial cisplatin with intravenous paclitaxel and ifosfamide as an organ-preservation approach in patients with paranasal sinur carcinoma. Cancer 98(10):2214-2223, 2003.
- Perkins GH, Schomer DF, Fuller GN, Allen PK, Maor MH. Gliomatosis cerebri: improved outcome with radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 56(4):1137-46, 2003. PMID: 12829152.
- Brown HM; McCutchen IE; Leeds NE; Schomer DF; Luna MA; Fuller GN.. Melanoma metastatic to central neurocytoma:A novel case of tumor to tumor metastasis. Journal of Neuro-Oncology 61:number 3, 2003.
- Radaideh M; Devine C; Schomer DF; Kumar AJ; Cacayorin ED; et al. Correlaitng the basic chonological pathophysiologic neuronal changes in response to ischemia with multisequence MRI imaging. Neurographics 2(2):Article 1, 2003.
- Fourney DR, Schomer DF, Nader R, Chlan-Fourney J, Suki D, Ahrar K, Rhines LD, Gokaslan ZL. Percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for painful vertebral body fractures in cancer patients. J Neurosurg 98(1 Suppl):21-30, 2003. PMID: 12546384.
- Tran TA, Fuller GN, Whitman GJ, Schomer DF. Radiologic-pathologic conferences of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Delayed cerebral radiation necrosis. AJR Am J Roentgenol 180(1):70, 2003. PMID: 12490478.
- Kangasniemi M, Diederich CJ, Price RE, Stafford RJ, Schomer DF, Olsson LE, Tyreus PD, Nau WH, Hazle JD. Multiplanar MR temperature-sensitive imaging of cerebral thermal treatment using interstitial ultrasound applicators in a canine model. J Magn Reson Imaging 16(5):522-31, 2002. PMID: 12412028.
- Ahrar K; Schomer DF; Wallace MJ;. Kyphoplasty for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures. Seminars in Interventional Radiology 19(3):235-244, 2002.
- Wang ML, Yung WK, Royce ME, Schomer DF, Theriault RL. Capecitabine for 5-fluorouracil-resistant brain metastases from breast cancer. Am J Clin Oncol 24(4):421-4, 2001. PMID: 11474279.
- Schomer DF, Schomer BG, Chang PJ. Value innovation in the radiology practice. Radiographics 21(4):1019-24, 2001. PMID: 11452077.
- Thompson SK, Hazle JD, Schomer DF, Elekes AA, Johnston DA, Huffman J, Chui CK. Performance analysis of a new semiorthogonal spline wavelet compression algorithm for tonal medical images. Med Phys 27(2):276-88, 2000. PMID: 10718131.
- Saad ED,Thomas DA, O'Brien S, Fuller GN ,Medeiros LJ, Forman A, Albitar M, Schomer DF, Kantarjian Hm, Keating MJ. Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy with Concurrent Richter's Syndrome. Leuk Lymphoma 38(1-2):183-90, 2000.
- Taber KH, Herrick RC, Weathers SW, Kumar AJ, Schomer DF, Hayman LA. Pitfalls and artifacts encountered in clinical MR imaging of the spine. Radiographics 18(6):1499-521, 1998. PMID: 9821197.
- Ginsberg LE, Fuller GN, Hashmi M, Leeds NE, Schomer DF. The significance of lack of MR contrast enhancement of supratentorial brain tumors in adults: histopathological evaluation of a series. Surg Neurol 49(4):436-40, 1998. PMID: 9537664.
- Schomer DF, Elekes AA, Hazle JD, Huffman JC, Thompson SK, Chui CK, Murphy WA. Introduction to wavelet-based compression of medical images. Radiographics 18(2):469-81, 1998. PMID: 9536490.
- Wong ET, Jackson EF, Hess KR, Schomer DF, Hazle JD, Kyritsis AP, Jaeckle KA, Yung WK, Levin VA, Leeds NE. Correlation between dynamic MRI and outcome in patients with malignant gliomas. Neurology 50(3):777-81, 1998. PMID: 9521274.
- Blumentan SJ; Ascher S; Shtern F; Winfield D; Carson P; Clarke L; Freedman M; Harms S; Hawkins R; Huang HK;Joelsz F; Nishikawa R; Pisano E; Plewes D; Schnall M; Schomer DF; Yaffe M.. Final report of the technology transfer workshop on breast cancer detection diagnosis and treatment: Federal multi-agency consortium on imaging techonologies to improve women's health. Acad Radiol 5 Suppl 3:S465-501, 1998.
- Hazle JD, Jackson EF, Schomer DF, Leeds NE. Dynamic Imaging of Intracranial Lesions Using Fast Spin-Echo Imaging: Differentiation of Brain Tumors and Treatment Effects. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 7(6):1084-93, 1997. PMID: 9400853.
- Tucker DM, Suitor CT, Shepard SJ, Schomer DF. A Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Print Service for Chest Imaging. Journal of Digital Imaging 10(3):120-5, 1997. PMID: 9268907.
- Jackson EF, Ginsberg LE, Schomer DF, Leeds NE. A Review of MRI Pulse Sequences and Techniques in Neuroimaging. Surgical Neurology 47(2):185-99, 1997. PMID: 9040824.
- Piamsomboon S, Kudelka AP, Termrungruanglert W, Van Besien K, Edwards CL, Lifshitz S, Schomer DF, Champlin R, Mante RP, Kavanagh JJ, Verschraegen CF. Remission of Refractory Gestational Trophoblastic Disease in the Brain with Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, and Etoposide (ICE): First Report and Review of Literature. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology 18(6):453-6, 1997. PMID: 9443008.
- Hammoud MA, Ligon BL, elSouki R, Shi WM, Schomer DF, Sawaya R. Use of Intraoperative Ultrasound for Localizing Tumors and Determining the Extent of Resection: a Comparative Study with Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal of Neurosurgery 84(5):737-41, 1996. PMID: 8622145.
- Moore BD; Slopis JM; Schomer DF;Jackson EF; Levy B.. Neuropsychological Significance of Areas of High Signal Intensity on Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans of Children with Neurofibromatosis. Neuroradiology 46:1660-1668, 1996.
- Penn AA, Schomer DF, Steinberg GK. Imaging Studies of Cerebral Hyperperfusion after Carotid Endarterectomy. Case Report. Journal of Neurosurgery 83(1):133-7, 1995. PMID: 7782830.
- Ross MR, Schomer DF, Chappell P, Enzmann DR. MR Imaging of Head and Neck Tumors: Comparison of T1-Weighted Contrast-Enhanced Fat-suppressed Images with Conventional T2-Weighted and Fast Spin-Echo T2-Weighted Images. American Journal of Roentgenology 163(1):173-8, 1994. PMID: 8010208.
- Schomer DF, Marks MP, Steinberg GK, Johnstone IM, Boothroyd DB, Ross MR, Pelc NJ, Enzmann DR. The Anatomy of the Posterior Communicating Artery as a Risk Factor for Ischemic Cerebral Infarction. The New England Journal of Medicine 330(22):1565-70, 1994. PMID: 8177246.
- Dajee B, Bem JF, Schomer DF, Stackebrandt E, Fox GE. Computer Assisted Aalysis of RNA Fingerprints. Binary 5:14-17, 1985.
- Schomer DF; Winkler DG; Taylor GR; Marquina NE; fox GE.. The application of digital image processing for the automation of 16S RNA Oligonucleotide fingerprint analysis. Analytical and Quant Cytol 5:219, 1983.
- Hecht RM, Wall SM, Schomer DF, Oró JA, Bartel AH. DNA Replication May be Uncoupled from Nuclear and Cellular division in temperature-sensitive Embryonic Lethal Mutants of Caenorhabditis Elegans. Journal of Developmental Biology 94(1):183-91, 1982. PMID: 7152102.
- Hecht RM, Schomer DF, Oró JA, Bartel AH, Hungerford EV. Simple Adaptations to Extend the Range of Flow Cytometry Five Orders of Magnitude for the DNA Analysis of Uni-and Multicellular Systems. The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 29(6):771-4, 1981. PMID: 7019314.
Editorials
- Schomer DF, Enzmann DR. Posterior Communicating Artery and Ischemic Stroke. N. Eng. J. Med, 1994.
Abstracts
- Bastos D; Prabhu S; Rao G; Weinberg J; Colen R; Calle S; Schomer DF; Shah K; Kumar V. Imaging of laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) for the treatment of Brain Metastasis and radiation necrosis: A review of 82 treated lesions at our institution, 2017.
Book Chapters
- Schomer DF. In: Proceedings of the Colorado Neurological Institute, 2009.
- Fourney DR, Schomer DF, Gokaslan ZL. In: Spinal Cord and Spinal Column Tumors: Principles and Practice, 2006.
- Hazel JD, Tucker DM, Schomer DF. In: Proceedings of the ATM Year 96 Conference, 1996.
- Schomer DF, Thompson SK, Hazle JD, Elekes AA, Huffman JC, Zhong L, Chue CK.. Application of Wavelets for High Level High Quality Compression of Medical Image Data. In: Computer Applications to Assist Radiology, 119-124, 1996.
- Hazle JD, Thompson SK,Schomer DF, Elekes AA, Liu SJ, Huffman JD, Chui CK.. A new spline wavelet based medical image compression algorithm. In: Proceedings of the Symposium for Compt. Assust. Radiol, 119-124, 1996.
- Schomer DF, Elekes AA, Thompson SK, Hazle JD, Huffman JC, Zhong L, Chui CK.. In: Application of B-Spine Wavelets for High-Level, High-Quality Compression of Medical Image Data, 417-421, 1996.
- Schomer DF, Hazle JD, Elekes A, Schmidt W, Ginsberg LE, Kumar AJ, Leeds NE, Murphy WA. Ultra-High-Ratio Wavelet Compression of Brain MRI: A Pilot Study. In: Computer Assisted Radiologic Proceedings of International Symposium on Computer & Communication System for Image Guided Diagnosis and Therapy, 383-388, 1995.
- Willis CE,Schomer DF. Distributed acquisition of digital images in a rural setting. In: Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) in Medicine, 427-429, 1991.
Letters to the Editor
- Schomer, D. F., and Enzmann, D. R.. Posterior communicating artery and ischemic stroke: 020-1021, 1994.