
Ethan Y. Lin, MD
Department of Interventional Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Interventional Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Interventional Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2007 | National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, TW, Medicine, Doctor of Medicine |
Postgraduate Training
2021-2023 | Clinical Fellowship, Advanced Interventional Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
2020-2021 | Clinical Fellowship, Thoracic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
2019-2020 | Clinical Fellowship, Advanced Interventional Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
2017-2019 | Research Fellowship, Advanced Interventional Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
2015-2015 | Observer, Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center, Tokyo |
2013-2014 | Clinical Fellowship, Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei |
2009-2013 | Clinical Residency, Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei |
2008-2009 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei |
Board Certifications
2023 | Interventional Radiology/Diagnostic Radiology (IR/DR), The American Board of Radiology |
2013 | Diagnostic Radiology, Taiwanese Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Faculty, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, 2014 - 2017
Honors & Awards
2014 | Young Investigator Scholarship, Oceanian Congress of Radiology |
2013 | Invest in the Youth Programme Scholarship, European Congress of Radiology |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Haddad, A, Khavandi, MM, Lendoire, M, Acidi, B, Chiang, YJ, Gupta, S, Tam, AL, Odisio, BC, Mahvash, A, Abdelsalam, ME, Lin, EY, Kuban, JD, Newhook, TE, Tran Cao, HS, Tzeng, CD, Huang, SY, Vauthey, JN, Habibollahi, P. Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of Liver Venous Deprivation and Portal Vein Embolization Before Planned Hepatectomy in Patients with Extensive Colorectal Liver Metastases and High-Risk Factors for Inadequate Regeneration. Annals of surgical oncology 32(3):1752-1761, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39633174.
- Taiji R, Lin YM, Chintalapani G, Lin EY, Huang SY, Mahvash A, Avritscher R, Liu CA, Lee RC, Resende V, Nishiofuku H, Tanaka T, Kichikawa K, Klotz E, Gupta S, Odisio BC. A novel method for predicting hepatocellular carcinoma response to chemoembolization using an intraprocedural CT hepatic arteriography-based enhancement mapping: a proof-of-concept analysis. Eur Radiol Exp 7(1):4, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36717474.
- Lin YM, Lin EY, Tseng HS, Lee RC, Huang HE, Wang SE, Shyr YM, Liu CA. Preventive covered stent placement at the gastroduodenal artery stump in angiogram-negative sentinel hemorrhage after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Abdom Radiol (NY) 46(10):4995-5006, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34037809.
- Anderson BM, Lin YM, Lin EY, Cazoulat G, Gupta S, Kyle Jones A, Odisio BC, Brock KK. A novel use of biomechanical model-based deformable image registration (DIR) for assessing colorectal liver metastases ablation outcomes. Med Phys 48(10):6226-6236, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34342018.
- Anderson BM, Lin EY, Cardenas C, Gress DA, Erwin WD, Odisio BC, Koay EJ, Brock KK. Automated Contouring of Contrast and Noncontrast Computed Tomography Liver Images with Fully Convolutional Networks. Adv Radiat Oncol 6(1), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Anderson BM, Lin EY, Cardenas CE, Gress DA, Erwin WD, Odisio BC, Koay EJ, Brock KK. Automated Contouring of Contrast and Noncontrast Computed Tomography Liver Images With Fully Convolutional Networks. Adv Radiat Oncol 6(1):100464, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33490720.
- Chu WF, Lee HJ, Lin CJ, Chang FC, Guo WY, Chen LW, Lin YY, Luo CB. Fluoroscopic angiography quantifies delay in cerebral circulation time and requires less radiation in carotid stenosis patients: A pilot study. J Chin Med Assoc 82(5):396-400, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Lin EY, Jones AK, Chintalapani G, Jeng ZS, Ensor J, Odisio BC. Comparative Analysis of Intra-arterial Cone-Beam Versus Conventional Computed Tomography During Hepatic Arteriography for Transarterial Chemoembolization Planning. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 42(4):591-600, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30413918.
- Lin EY, Lee RC, Guo WY, Wu FC, Gehrisch S, Kowarschik M. Three-Dimensional Quantitative Color-Coding Analysis of Hepatic Arterial Flow Change during Chemoembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol 29(10):1362-1368, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30170947.
- Wang TH, Huang PI, Hu YW, Lin KH, Liu CS, Lin YY, Liu CA, Tseng HS, Liu YM, Lee RC. Combined Yttrium-90 microsphere selective internal radiation therapy and external beam radiotherapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: From clinical aspects to dosimetry. PLoS One 13(1), 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Lin YY, Lee RC, Guo WY, Chu WF, Wu FC, Gehrisch S. Percutaneous transhepatic techniques for retrieving fractured and intrahepatically dislodged percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage catheters. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 23(1):461-464, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Kuo Y, Lin YY, Lee RC, Lin CJ, Chiou YY, Guo WY. Comparison of image quality from filtered back projection, statistical iterative reconstruction, and model-based iterative reconstruction algorithms in abdominal computed tomography. Medicine 12(6), 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Lin YY, Lee RC, Guo WY, Chu WF, Wu FC, Gehrisch S. Quantitative Real-Time Fluoroscopy Analysis on Measurement of the Hepatic Arterial Flow During Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparison with Quantitative Digital Subtraction Angiography Analysis. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 39:1557-63, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Lin YY, Lee RC, Tseng HS, Liu CA, Guo WY, Chang CY. Objective Measurement of Arterial Flow Before and After Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization: A Feasibility Study Using Quantitative Color-Coding Analysis. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 38:1494-501, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Lin YY, Tiu CM, Chen JD, Chou YH, Hsueh HC, Tseng TK, Lee MH, Chang CY. Segmental Pulmonary Artery Transection after Blunt Trauma. J Chin Med Assoc 77(7):389-92, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Lin YY, Lee RC, Tiu CM, Chiang JH, Chang CY. Absence of inferior mesenteric vein: a case report. J Radiol Sci 39:17-20, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Lin YY, Lin CJ, Ho DM, Guo WY, Chang CY. Primary intramedullary spinal cord lymphoma. Spine J 12(6):527-8, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
Invited Articles
- Lin EY. Applications of transcatheter embolotherapy in preparation for liver transplantation and resection. Chin Clin Oncol Dec;8(6)(59), 2019. e-Pub 2019.
Other Articles
- Taiji R, Lin EY, Lin YM, Yevich S, Avritscher R, Sheth RA, Ruiz JR, Jones AK, Chintalapani G, Nishiofuku H, Tanaka T, Kichikawa K, Gupta S, Odisio BC Combined Angio-CT Systems: A Roadmap Tool for Precision Therapy in Interventional Oncology. Radiol Imaging Cancer 3(5):e210039, 2021. PMID: 34559007.
- Lin EY, Cornman-Homonoff J, Odisio BC, Madoff DC Applications of transcatheter embolotherapy in preparation for liver transplantation and resection. Chin Clin Oncol 8(6):59, 2019. PMID: 31865716.
Abstracts
- Lin EY, Baiomy A, Schellingerhout D, Chasen B, Macapinlac H, Ravizzini G. Rate of Reported Orbital Metastases from Neuroendocrine Tumors During 68Gallium-DOTATATE PET/CT Imaging. SNMMI Mid-Winter and ACNM Annual Meeting.
- Lin EY, Awad A, Kuban JD, Metwalli ZA, Habibollahi P, Sheth RA. Mechanical thrombectomy vs pharmacomechanical thrombolysis for deep venous thrombosis in cancer patients. Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Meeting.
- Lin EY, Habibollahi P, Odisio BC, Mahvash A, Metwalli Z, Tzeng CD, Chun YS, Tran Cao HS, Newhook TE, Vauthey JN, Huang SY. Comparison between Right Portal Vein Embolization and Simultaneous Embolization of the Right Portal Vein and Right Hepatic Vein on Future Liver Remnant Hypertrophy and Kinetic Growth Rate. Society of Interventional Oncology Annual Meeting.
- Khavandi M, Bande K, Lin EY, Mahvash A, Odisio BC, Kuban JD, Abdelsalam M, Tzeng CW, Tran Cao H, Vauthey JN, Huang S, Habibollahi P. Enhanced Liver Hypertrophy and Future Liver Remnant Increase through Liver Venous Deprivation Prior to Hepatectomy: A Single-Center Retrospective Experience. Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Meeting.
- Lin EY, Paolucci I, Murthy R, Gupta A, O’Connor C, Castelo A, Brock KK, Odisio BC, Tam A. Software-based Quantitative Measurement of Drained Liver Volume after Percutaneous Biliary Drain Placement: A Personalized 3D Volumetry Model. Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Meeting.
- Lin EY, Lee RC, Chang CY. Image Quality Validation of Iterative Reconstruction with Radiation Dose Reduction in Upper Abdomen. European Congress of Radiology.
- Lin EY, Lee RC, Chang CY. Image Quality Validation of Iterative Reconstruction with Radiation Dose Reduction in Upper Abdomen. Asian Congress of Abdominal Radiology.
- Lin EY, Lee RC, Tseng HS, Liu CA, Guo WY, Chang CY. Quantitative Measurement of the Hepatic Blood Flow before and after Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
- Lin EY, Chiou YY, Liu CA, Chiu NC, Chou YH, Chang CY. Percutaneous Ultrasound-guided Microwave Ablation in the Treatment of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology.
- Lin EY, Lee RC, Chang CY. Objective Measurement of Arterial Flow Before and After Transcatheter Chemoembolization: A Feasibility Study Using Fluoroscopic Quantitative Color-Coding Analysis. Asia-Pacific Conference on Interventional Oncology.
- Lin EY, Lee RC, Guo WY, Chang CY. Quantitative Real-time Fluoroscopy Analysis on Measurement of the Hepatic Arterial Flow During Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparison with Quantitative Digital Subtraction Angiography Analysis. Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
- Lin EY, Lee RC, Guo WY, Wu FC, Gehrisch S, Kowarschik M. Three-dimensional Quantitative Color-coding Analysis on Measurement of the Hepatic Arterial Flow During Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Feasibility Study. World Conference on Interventional Oncology.
- Anderson BM, Lin EY, Cardenas CE, Koay EJ, Odisio BC, Brock KK. Automated contouring of contrast and non-contrast CT liver images with fully convolutional neural networks. American Society for Radiation Oncology.
- Anderson BM, Lin EY, Cazoulat G, Gupta S, Odisio BC, Brock KK. Improvement of liver ablation treatment for colorectal liver metastases. SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium.
- Anderson BM, Lin EY, Cazoulat G, Gupta S, Odisio BC, Brock KK. Improvement of Liver Ablation Treatment for Colorectal Liver Metastases. SPIE Medical Imaging.
- Odisio E, Szvalb A, Simon N, Lin EY, Gupta S, Huang S, Sheth R, Mulanovich V, Odisio BC. Role of percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy for evaluation of lung infection in patients with hematological malignancies: A single-center 8-year analysis. Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Meeting.
- Nagaraj A, Chintalapani G, Lin EY, Giraldo J, Sheth R, Tam A, Yevich S. Utility of metal artifact reduction to improve visualization of therapeutic ice ball in CT-guided cryoablation of musculoskeletal metastases. Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Meeting.
- Lin EY, Chintalapani G, Ensor J, Jones AK, Odisio BC. Comparison of Cone-beam CT versus Computed Tomography intra-arterial angiography for intra-procedural TACE planning. Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Meeting.
- Smuclovisky E, Lin EY, Chintalapani G, Sheth R, Huang S, Sabir S, Tam A, Yevich S. Utility of dual-energy CT to improve visualization of the therapeutic iceball during CT-guided cryoablation of musculoskeletal metastases. European Conference on Interventional Oncology.
- Anderson B, Lin EY, Cazoulat G, Gupta S, Koay E, Odisio B, Brock K. Deep Learning and Biomechanical Models for Improving Treatment of Colorectal Liver Metastases. SWAAPM Annual Conference.
- Anderson B, Lin EY, Cazoulat G, Gupta S, Koay E, Odisio B, Brock K. Improving Colorectal Metastases Treatment: Neural Networks and Biomechanical Models. AAPM Annual Conference.
- Lin EY, Anderson BM, Cazoulat G, Brock K, Odisio BC. Application of a biomechanical deformable registration image method for assessing ablation margins in colorectal liver metastases. Cardiovascular and interventional radiology society of Europe annual meeting.
- Odisio BC, Lin EY, Chintalapani G, Klotz E. Intra-arterial computed tomography-enhancement mapping for response assessment of transarterial chemoembolization. Cardiovascular and interventional radiology society of Europe annual meeting.
- Lin EY, Chintalapani G, Sheth RA, Huang SY, Yevich S. Advanced Image Optimization Using Metal Artifact Reduction and Dual-Energy Processing to Improve Visualization of Therapeutic Ice Ball Margins During Cryoablation of Musculoskeletal Metastases. Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
- Lin EY, Lee RC, Odisio BC, Gupta S. Understanding Real-Time Arterial Flow Change During DEB-TACE of HCC Using Intravascular Doppler Wire. Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
- Anderson BM, Brock KK, Koay EJ, Lin EY, Odisio BC. Improving Colorectal Liver Metastasis Treatments with Biomechanical Modeling and Deep Learning. Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Meeting.
- Alhalawani RH, Lin EY, Kuban JD, Sheth RA, Yevich S. CT to Angiography Correlation as a guide in decision-to-treat algorithms fro embolization of metastatic osseous tumors. Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Meeting.
- Vega E, Velasco J, Lin EY, Gupta S, Vauthey J, Odisio B. Fast-track two-stage hepatectomy using a hybrid IR/OR suite: A safe and effective alternative to ALPPS procedure. CIRSE Annual Congress.
- Lin EY, Chintalapani G, Brock K, Avritscher R, Odisio BC. Intra-arterial CT hepatic angiography for tumor detection and ablation endpoint assessment: A proof-of-concept analysis. Cardiovascular and interventional radiology society of Europe annual meeting.
- Lin Y, Lin EY, Lee RC. The Clinical Outcome of Utilizing Prophylactic Covered Stent in Patients with Sentinel Hemorrhage after Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
Grant & Contract Support
Date: | 2025 - 2030 |
Title: | Delivery optimization of a transarterial ablative therapy |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Collaborator |
ID: | R01 |
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