Jitesh Ahuja, MBBS
Department of Thoracic Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
About Dr. Jitesh Ahuja
Dr. Jitesh Ahuja joined MD Anderson Cancer Center in January 2019 from the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Ahuja lectures in national conferences most recently 2020 Society of Thoracic Radiology Annual Meeting presenting " Approach to Chronic Airspace Disease." His most recent publications include article on "In-situ pulmonary artery thrombosis: unrecognized complication of radiation therapy", for American Journal of Roentgenology. Most recently he has been appointed as a co-chair of the planning committee for the Thoracic Cardiac Imaging Conference at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Thoracic Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2000 | Mysore Medical College, Mysore, IND, MBBS, Medicine |
Postgraduate Training
| 2016-2017 | Clinical Residency, Nuclear Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 2013-2015 | Clinical Fellowship, Senior Fellow, Cardiothoracic imaging, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 2012-2013 | Clinical Fellowship, Senior Fellow, Cardiothoracic Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
| 2007-2009 | Clinical Residency, Senior Resident Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi |
| 2004-2006 | Clinical Residency, Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi |
| 2000-2001 | Clinical Internship, Mysore Medical College, Mysore |
Board Certifications
| 2017 | The American Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Thoracic Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2022
Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2018 - 2018
Instructor, Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2017 - 2018
Instructor, Department of Cardiothoracic Imaging, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2015 - 2016
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Co-Director Thoracic Imaging QI Series, Department of Thoracic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2022 - Present
Co-Director of Radiology Residents Education, Department of Thoracic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2021 - Present
MRI Director, Department of Thoracic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - Present
Co-Director Cardiac Imaging CME Conference, Department of Thoracic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - Present
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Attending Radiologist, Tacoma Radiology Associates - Medical Imaging Northwest, Tacoma, WA, 2017 - 2018
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Academic Review Committee, Division of Education & Training, 2019 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2020 | Certificate of Merit Award, “Current Concepts in Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Care”, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) |
| 2017 | Certificate of Merit Award, "Adding Value: The Utility of PET/CT in the Diagnosis and Work-up of Sarcoidosis, with Focus on Atypical Presentations” Educational Exhibit, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) |
| 2015 | Certificate of Merit Award, “Lung-RADS: A Pictorial Review of the Categorization of Lung Findings on Low-Dose Screening CT” Educational Exhibit, The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) |
| 2013 | Cum Laude Award, “Histiocytic disorders of the Chest: Imaging findings” Educational Exhibit, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) |
| 2011 | Cum Laude Award, “Does Diffusion-weighted MRI Have Advantage over Conventional CT in Predicting Benign versus Malignant Disease in Cases of Pleural Thickening? Pictorial Review Correlating with CT” Educational Exhibit, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Ahuja J, Strange CD, Agrawal R, Erasmus LT, Truong MT. Approach to Imaging of Mediastinal Masses. Diagnostics (Basel) 13(20), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37891992.
- Strange TA, Erasmus LT, Ahuja J, Agrawal R, Shroff GS, Truong MT, Strange CD. Spectrum of Imaging Patterns of Lung Cancer following Radiation Therapy. Diagnostics (Basel) 13(20), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37892105.
- Strange CD, Truong MT, Ahuja J, Strange TA, Patel S, Marom EM. Imaging evaluation of thymic tumors. Mediastinum 7:28, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37701637.
- Dalla Pria H, Agrawal R, Shroff GS, Truong MT, Moran CA, Ahuja J. Case of the Season: Pleural Talcoma Mimicking Metastasis. Seminars in Roentgenology, 2023.
- Shroff GS, Strange CD, Ahuja J, Altan M, Sheshadri A, Unlu E, Truong MT, Vlahos I. Imaging of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Immunotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Radiographics 42(7):1956-1974, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36240075.
- Shroff GS, Ahuja J, Strange CD, Gayer G, Jo N, Archer JM, Truong MT. Pitfalls in Oncologic Imaging of the Pericardium on CT and PET/CT. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 43(3):194-203, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35688531.
- Ahuja J, Palacio D, Jo N, Strange CD, Shroff GS, Truong MT, Wu CC. Pitfalls in the imaging of pulmonary embolism. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 43(3):221-229, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35688533.
- Archer JM, Ahuja J, Strange CD, Shroff GS, Gladish GW, Sabloff BS, Truong MT. Pearls and pitfalls in imaging of mediastinal masses. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 43(3):257-266, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35688536.
- Archer JM, Ahuja J, Strange CD, Shroff GS, Unlu E, Truong MT. Pericardial Recesses Mimicking Mediastinal Adenopathy on CT. J. Respir(2):87–100, 2022.
- Jo N, Shroff GS, Wu CC,Ahuja J, Strange CD, Marom EM, Truong MT. Imaging of the Mediastinum: Mimics of Malignancy. Semin Diagn Pathol 39(2):92-98, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34167848.
- Strange CD, Ahuja J, Shroff GS, Truong MT, Marom EM. Imaging Evaluation of Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma. Front Oncol 3(11):810419, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 35047412.
- de Groot PM, Arevalo O, Shah K, Strange CD, Shroff GS, Ahuja J, Truong MT, de Groot JF, Vlahos I. Imaging Primer on Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy for Radiologists. Radiographics 42(1):176-194, 2022. PMID: 34990326.
- Ahuja J, de Groot PM, Shroff GS, Strange CD, Vlahos I, Rajaram R, Truong MT, Wu CC. The postoperative chest in lung cancer. Clin Radiol 77(1):6-18, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34154835.
- Shroff GS, Strange CD, Altan M, Carter BW, Ahuja J, Godoy MCB, Truong MT, Vlahos I. Post-immunotherapy imaging in lung cancer. Clin Radiol 77(1):44-57, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34103147.
- Ahuja J, Shroff GS, Strange CD, Vlahos I, Benveniste MFK, Truong MT. Pearls and Pitfalls in the Imaging of Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 42(6):552-562, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34895611.
- Benveniste MF, Cuellar SLB, Szarf G, Benveniste APA, Ahuja J, Marom EM. Imaging of the Chest After Radiotherapy and Potential Pitfalls. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 42(6):574-587, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34895613.
- Strange CD, Shroff GS, Ahuja J, Vlahos I, Benveniste MFK, Truong MT. Imaging of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Pearls and Pitfalls. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 42(6):542-551, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34895610.
- Strange CD, Vlahos I, Truong MT, Shroff GS, Ahuja J, Wu CC, Ko JP. Pearls and Pitfalls in Postsurgical Imaging of the Chest. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 42(6):563-573, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34895612.
- Shroff GS, Shroff S, Ahuja J, Truong MT, Vlahos I. Imaging spectrum of adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors. Clin Radiol. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33375984.
- Ahuja J, Shroff GS, Benveniste MF, Marom EM, Truong MT, Wu CC. In-situ pulmonary artery thrombosis: unrecognized complication of radiation therapy. AJR Am J Roentgenol 215(6):1329-1334, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33021830.
- Singh S, Collins BF, Sharma BB, Joshi JM, Talwar D, Katiyar S, Singh N, Ho L, Samaria JK, Bhattacharya P, Chaudhari S, Singh T, Pilania K, Pipavath S, Ahuja J, Chetambath R, Ghoshal AG, Jain NK, Gayathri Devi HJ, Kant S, Koul P, Dhar R, Swarnakar R, Katiyar SK, Jindal A, Mangal DK, Singh V, Raghu G. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: Clinical manifestations - Prospective data from the interstitial lung disease-India registry. Lung India 36(6):476-482, 2019. PMID: 31670294.
- Ahuja J, Shroff GS, Mawlawi Y, Truong MT. Chronic Airspace Diseases. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 40(3):175-186, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 31200867.
- Reddy GP, Ahuja J. Thoracic Sarcoidosis: Imaging Patterns. Semin Roentgenol 54(1):59-65, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30684999.
- Nasrullah A, Fadl S, Ahuja J, Xu H, Kicska G. Radiographic Signs and Patterns in Interstitial Lung Disease. Semin Roentgenol 54(1):66-72, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30685001.
- Akaike G, Itani M, Shah H, Ahuja J, Yilmaz Gunes B, Assaker R, Behnia F. PET/CT in the Diagnosis and Workup of Sarcoidosis: Focus on Atypical Manifestations. Radiographics 38(5):1536-1549, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30118393.
- Itani M, Matesan M, Ahuja J, Bermo M, Habib AS, Goiney C, Krieger EV, Vesselle H. The Role of Pulmonary Scintigraphy in the Evaluation of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. Semin Nucl Med 47(6):660-670, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28969764.
- Singh S, Collins BF, Sharma BB, Joshi JM, Talwar D, Katiyar S, Singh N, Ho L, Samaria JK, Bhattacharya P, Gupta R, Chaudhari S, Singh T, Moond V, Pipavath S, Ahuja J, Chetambath R, Ghoshal AG, Jain NK, Devi HJ, Kant S, Koul P, Dhar R, Swarnakar R, Sharma SK, Roy DJ, Sarmah KR, Jankharia B, Schmidt R, Katiyar SK, Jindal A, Mangal DK, Singh V, Raghu G. Interstitial Lung Disease in India. Results of a Prospective Registry. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 195(6):801-813, 2017. PMID: 27684041.
- Ahuja J, Arora D, Kanne JP, Henry TS, Godwin JD. Imaging of Pulmonary Manifestations of Connective Tissue Diseases. Radiol Clin North Am 54(6):1015-1031, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27719973.
- Singh S, Collins B, Sharma BB, Ahuja J. Environmental exposures in 513 patients of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: Prospective ILD India registry. European Respiratory Journal 48(suppl 60):PA3882, 2016. PMID: 27684041.
- Schiebler ML, Ahuja J, Repplinger MD, François CJ, Vigen KK, Grist TM, Hamedani AG, Reeder SB, Nagle SK. Incidence of actionable findings on contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography ordered for pulmonary embolism evaluation. Eur J Radiol 85(8):1383-9, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27423676.
- Shukla PA, Ahuja J, Kurli V, Patel RI, Kozuch PS. Gastric Perforation Following Prophylactic Embolization of Right Gastric and Gastroduodenal Arteries Prior to Selective Internal Radiation Therapy. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 38(6):1645-8, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26071106.
- Ahuja J, Kanne JP, Meyer CA, Pipavath SN, Schmidt RA, Swanson JO, Godwin JD. Histiocytic disorders of the chest: imaging findings. Radiographics 35(2):357-70, 2015. PMID: 25763722.
- Ahuja J, Kanne JP, Meyer CA. Radiographic Manifestations of Occupational Lung Disease. Clinical Pulmonary Medicine 22(1):15-24, 2015.
- Ahuja J, Kanne JP, Meyer CA. Occupational lung disease. Semin Roentgenol 50(1):40-51, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25498402.
- Ahuja J, Kanne JP.. Thoracic Infections in Immunocompromised Patients. Radiol Clin North Am 52(1):121-36, 2014. PMID: 24267714.
- Ahuja J, Fasih N, Elkeilani A. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the colon. Radiol Case Rep 6(4):515, 2011. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 27307927.
- Goenka AH, Mukund A, Ahuja J, Kumar A. Reversible lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum in a child with influenza-associated encephalitis-encephalopathy (IAEE). J Clin Neurosci 17(5):607, 678, 2010. PMID: 20358640.
- Madhusudhan KS, Kandpal H, Ahuja J. Cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis causing reversible narrowing of internal carotid artery. Neurol India 57(1):102-3, 2009. PMID: 19305099.
Other Articles
- Collins BF, Singh S, Joshi JM, Talwar D, Katiyar S, Singh N, Ho L, Samaria JK, Bhattacharya P, Gupta R, Chaudhari S, Singh T, Moond V, Pipavath S, Ahuja J, Chetambath R, Ghoshal AG, Jain NK, Joshy G, Kant S, Koul P, Dhar R, Swarnakar R, Sharma SK, Roy DJ, Sarmah KR, Jankharia B, Schmidt R, Singh V, Raghu G ILD-India registry: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and connective tissue disease (CTD) associated interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD). European Respiratory Journal 48(suppl 60):PA812, 2016.
Abstracts
- Ahuja J, Shroff G, Strange C, de Groot P, Truong M, Vlahos I. Current Concepts in Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Care. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2020.
- Jo N, Wu CC, Ahuja J, Truong MT, Shroff GS, Vlahos I, Gladish GW. Evaluation of Thoracic AI Application for Clinical Implementation: Using pulmonary embolism software as an example. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2020.
- Ahuja J, Shroff GS, Truong MT. Beyond Chronic Pneumonia: A Review of the Non-Infectious Causes of Chronic Airspace Disease. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2018.
- Shah HU, Sannananja B, Matesan MC, Zacharias C, Soine LA, Ahuja J. Nuclear Medicine Myocardial Perfusion Studies: A Glance Beyond Coronary Abnormalities. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2018.
- Akaike G, Itani M, Gunes BY, Assaker RB, Ahuja J, Behnia F. Adding Value: The Utility of PET/CT in the Diagnosis and Work-up of Sarcoidosis, with Focus on Atypical Presentations. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2017.
- Akaike G, Ahuja J, Matesan MC. Multimodality Imaging of Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura (SFTP). Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2017.
- Schiebler ML, Ahuja J, Francois C, Reeder S, Grist T et al.. Prevalence and Significance of Non-Thrombotic findings found on pulmonary embolism negative contrast enhanced Magnetic Resonance angiography exams: Results from 514 consecutive symptomatic patients. The European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB), 2017.
- Kruamak T, Cheng S, Ahuja J, Kicska G, Pipavath SN, Godwin JD, Stern EJ. Incidence of Dendriform Pulmonary Ossification (DPO) in Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP) on Chest Computed Tomography (CT). Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2016.
- Coleman BB, Ahuja J, Godwin JD, Pipavath SN, Reddy GP. Extraosseous Multiple Myeloma in the Chest. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2016.
- Ahuja J, Pipavath SN, Godwin JD, Kicska G, Reddy GP. Approach to Diffuse Pulmonary Lung Disease. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2016.
- Ahuja J, Pipavath S, Kicska G, Reddy G, Godwin J, Schmidt R, Damani S. Imaging of Cardiopulmonary Amyloidosis With Histopathologic Correlation. American Roentgen Ray Society, 2015.
- Tailor T, Ahuja J, Kicska G, Reddy G, Stern E, Pipavath S.. Lung-RADS: A Pictorial Review of the Categorization of Lung Findings on Low-Dose Screening CT. American Roentgen Ray Society, 2015.
- S Parsian, Bai XS, Kicska G, Ahuja J, Pipavath SNJ, Godwin J. Clinical Decision Making in Radiology- An Algorithmic Approach to Diagnose Lung Disease and Demonstrate its Function Using Venn Diagrams. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2014.
- Ahuja J, Kanne JP, Meyer C, Pipavath SNJ, Schmidt RA, Godwin JD. Histiocytic disorders of the chest: Imaging findings. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2013.
- Ahuja J, Kanne JP. Aspiration induced lung diseases. American Roentgen Ray Society, 2013.
Book Chapters
- Ahuja J, Kapnadak SG, Pipavath S. “Imaging of Lung Transplantation”. In: Lung Transplantation. Evolving Knowledge and New Horizons. Springer, Cham, 313-26, 2018.
- Ahuja J, Strange C, Chang JY, Mehran R, Truong MT. Pleural tumors. In: Oncologic Imaging: A Multidisciplinary Approach: Expert Consult. 3rd. Elsevier.
- Strange CD, Ahuja J, de Groot PM, Truong MT. Benign and malignant pleural diseases. In: The Thorax-Medical, Radiological, and Pathological Assessment. Springer: Switzerland.