Komal Shah, M.D.
Department of Neuroradiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
About Dr. Komal Shah
Dr. Shah joined MD Anderson in 2006. She is the rotation site director for neuroradiology, with shared educational responsibilities for the UT Houston radiology residency, Baylor College of Medicine neuroradiology fellowship and MDA oncological neuroradiology fellowship. Her clinical interests include intra operative imaging, pituitary pathology, gliomas, and spine pathology.
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One of Dr. Shah’s most recent articles was published in May 2015 Radiographics: “Glial Tumors in Brodmann Area 6: Spread Pattern and Relationships to Motor Areas”
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Deputy Chair for Safety, Department of Neuroradiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Professor, Department of Neuroradiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Professor, Department of Neuroradiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Pituitary hypophysitis, adenoma, carcinoma, Intra-operative MRI, Skull base tumors, Thermal ablation for brain pathology
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2000 | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, US, MD |
| 1995 | Rice University, Houston, Texas, US, Biology, BA |
Postgraduate Training
| 2005-2006 | Clinical Fellowship, Neuroradiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina |
| 2001-2005 | Clinical Residency, Radiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas |
| 2000-2001 | Clinical Internship, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, Houston, Texas |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2007 | American Board of Radiology with subspecialty in Neuroradiology |
| 2005 | American Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Department Patient Safety Quality Officer, Department of Neuroradiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Deputy Department Chair, Department of Neuroradiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2024
Fellowship Program Director, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Oncological Neuroradiology Fellowship, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2022
Neuroradiology Rotation Site Director, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2013 - 2020
Other Professional Positions
Member, American Society of Neuroradiology Quality Committee, Chicago, IL, 2023 - Present
Brain Metastasis Clinic liaison, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2022 - Present
Member, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Radiology Residency Selection Committee, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2018
Member, Baylor College of Medicine Clinical Curriculum Committee Neuroradiology Fellowship, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2019
Member, Baylor College of Medicine Neuroradiology Fellow Selection Committee, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2019
Member, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Clinical Curriculum Committee Radiology Residency, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2019
Clinical Specialist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2004 - 2005
Institutional Committee Activities
Internal advisory committee member, Institute for Data Science in Oncology, 2024 - Present
Member, Diagnostic Imaging Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2023 - Present
The Member, Credentials Committee of the Medical Staff, 2022 - Present
Chair, Peer Learning Working Group, 2022 - Present
Member, Pacs RFP committee, 2021 - Present
Member, Diagnostic Imaging Clinical Functional Committee, 2020 - Present
Alternate Delegate, Credentials Committee of the Medical Staff, 2019 - 2022
Member, Clinical Effectiveness for Management of Brain Death, 2018 - Present
Member, Diagnostic Radiology Vice Chair of Education and Faculty Development Search Committee, 2017 - 2018
Member, Clinical Effectiveness & Evidence Based Imaging Committee, 2017 - Present
Track Chair for Neuroradiology, Cancer Imaging and Intervention Conference Planning Committee, 2017 - 2018
Member, Diagnostic Imaging Faculty Leadership Development Program, 2017 - 2018
Member, Neuroradiology Executive Committee, 2016 - Present
Member, Clinical Effectiveness for Management of Thyroid Nodules, 2016 - Present
Member, Oncologic Neuroradiology Fellow Selection Committee, 2015 - 2022
Member, Annual Program Evaluation Committee Oncologic Neuroradiology, 2015 - 2022
Member, Graduate Medical Education Curriculum Subcommittee, 2015 - 2022
Associate Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee, 2013 - 2022
Member, Graduate Medical Education Budget Subcommittee, 2013 - 2022
Member, Clinical Effectiveness for Management of Cord Compression Algorithm, 2013 - Present
Member, Clinical Effectiveness for Management of Brain Lesions: Primary - Glioma Algorithm, 2011
Member, Clinical Effectiveness for Management of Brain Metastasis Algorithm, 2011
Honors & Awards
| 2022 - 2024 | McDougall Foundation STRIDE program support |
| 2020 | Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America 106th Annual Meeting |
| 2014 | Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America 100th Annual Meeting |
| 2014 | Certificate of Merit, Radiological Society of North America 100th Annual Meeting |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2017. Your Radiology Report. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2016. RANO and Other Criteria Used in Imaging of the CNS. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2012. General Principles of CNS Imaging: CT and MR. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2012. Neuroradiology and Patient Safety. Conference. Imaging Nurses. Houston, TX, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2024. RANO and Other Criteria Used in CNS Imaging. Conference. Investigative Cancer Therapeutics fellows, US.
- 2019. Your Radiology Report. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
National Presentations
- 2020. Understanding Tumor Metrics in Neuro-Oncology. Conference. Radiological Society of North America 106th annual meeting, US.
- 2020. An Imaging Primer of CAR T-Cell Therapy for Radiologists. Conference. Radiological Society of North America 106th annual meeting, US.
- 2019. MR Imaging of Mass Lesions of the 3rd Ventricle: A Picture Paints a Thousand Words. Conference. Radiological Society of North America 105th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2019. Virtual Reality (VR) Improves Analysis of Complex Brain and Skull Base Tumors (Hands-on). Conference. Radiological Society of North America 105th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2018. Educational Course - 3D/VR/AR Imaging: Staying on the Cutting Edge of Brain Anatomy/Pathology. Conference. Radiological Society of North America 104th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2017. Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for the Treatment of Intracranial Metastasis: An Evaluation of Pretreatment Tumor Features and Posttreatment Outcomes. Conference. American Society of Neuroradiology 55th Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA, US.
- 2017. Osteoblastoma of the Temporal Bone in a Young Child. Conference. The Triological Society 120th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2014. Outlaws in the Saddle: What the Sherriff Needs to Know - Tumors and Cancer Related Disease of the Pituitary. Conference. Radiological Society of North America 100th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2014. Understanding the spread of glial tumors: 4 Approaches to the Anterior Prefrontal cortex (BA10). Conference. Radiological Society of North America 100th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2014. Venous anatomy of the skull base reconstructed for the pterional and the subtemporal/transpetrosal surgical approaches: What the surgeon needs to know. Conference. American Society of Head and Neck Radiology 48th Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA, US.
- 2014. 3D MR Imaging Based Tutorial of Surgical Approaches to Tumors of the Anterior Foramen Magnum: The Radiologist's Role in Identifying Anatomic Pitfalls. Conference. American Society of Head and Neck Radiology 48th Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA, US.
- 2013. Predicting the spread of glial tumors: Lessons from the subcentral gyrus. Conference. Radiological Society of North America 99th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2013. Predicting the spread of glial tumors: Insights from the posterior and retrosplenial cingulate cortex. Conference. Radiological Society of North America 99th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2013. Imaging appearance and spread pattern of glial tumors in the supplementary motor area. Conference. Radiological Society of North America 99th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2013. Anatomic considerations for somatotopic organization of the descending motor fibers: a pictorial essay. Conference. Intraoperative Imaging Society 4th Annual Meeting. St. Louis, MO, US.
- 2012. Perineural Spread along the Nasociliary Nerve: Imaging Findings. Conference. American Society of Head and Neck Radiology 46th Annual Meeting. Miami, FL, US.
- 2012. Anatomical Considerations for Somatotopic Organization of the Descending Motor Fibers: A Pictorial Essay. Conference. American Society of Neuroradiology 50th Annual Meeting. New York, NY, US.
- 2012. 3D Curvilinear Confocally Annotated Brain Reconstructions Improve Visualization of Anatomical Relationships of Insular Gliomas Diagnosed by 3.0 T MR Imaging. Conference. American Society of Neuroradiology 50th Annual Meeting. New York, NY, US.
- 2012. CT Imaging Correlates to Genomic Expression of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity. Conference. American Society of Neuroradiology 50th Annual Meeting. New York, NY, US.
- 2011. Deformable Anatomical Atlas Expands Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Imaging Analysis of Eloquent Area Gliomas. Conference. American Society of Neuroradiology 49th Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA, US.
- 2011. Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy is useful in the evaluation of post-radiated lymph nodes in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Conference. American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2009. Postoperative Diffusion Abnormalities in the Follow-up of Glioblastoma: Final Intraoperative MRI versus 24-hour Postoperative Study. Conference. Radiological Society of North America 95th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2009. Diagnostic Quality of Contrast-enhanced T1 FLAIR vs Contrast-enhanced T1 Spin Echo Sagittal Imaging in the Spine at 3T. Conference. Radiological Society of North America 95th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2009. Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy is useful in the evaluation of post-radiated lymph nodes in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Conference. American Society of Head and Neck Radiology 43rd Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2007. Early Experience Using a High-Field Strength Intra-Operative MRI System for Neurosurgical Guidance in Tumor Resection. Conference. American Society of Neuroradiology 45th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2007. Systematic review of CT and MR perfusion imaging for brain tumor and stroke. Conference. American Society of Neuroradiology 45th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2007. Early experience with intraoperative MRI (BrainSUITE) guided brain tumor resections. Conference. Richard Lende Winter Neurosurgery Conference, US.
International Presentations
- 2018. 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. Invited. American Society of Neuroradiology 56th Annual Meeting Proceedings. Vancouver, CA.
- 2018. Volumetric Analysis of Brain Metastases Treated with Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) and Correlation with Clinical Outcome. Invited. American Society of Neuroradiology 56th Annual Meeting Proceedings. Vancouver, CA.
- 2018. Sonographic Features of Melanoma Nodal Metastasis in the Head and Neck. Invited. American Society of Neuroradiology 56th Annual Meeting Proceedings. Vancouver, CA.
- 2013. Efficacy and tolerability of vemurafenib in BRAF positive papillary thyroid cancer. Conference. American Thyroid Association 83rd Annual Meeting, PR.
- 2007. Roundtable Discussion Leader: Scan protocols, radiology, and imaging physics. Invited. International Symposium of Intra-Operative MRI in Neurosurgery. Houston, US.
- 2007. The impact of intra-operative high field magnetic resonance imaging on clinical decision making during oncological neurosurgical procedures. Conference. American Society of Clinical Oncology Meeting. Chicago, US.
- 2003. Acute non-traumatic maternal illnesses in pregnancy. Conference. European Society of Urogenital Radiology Annual Meeting, SE.
Formal Peers
- 2016. Brain Tumor Imaging and Functional MRI. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2011. Brain Tumor Imaging and Functional MRI. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2010. Brain Tumor Imaging and Functional MRI. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2009. Brain Tumor Imaging and Functional MRI. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Dagher SA, Liu HL, Ozkara BB, Calle S, Kaya D, Gule-Monroe MK, Chasen NN, Schellingerhout D, Learned KO, Shah KB, Johnson JM, Sun J, Schomer DF, Kumar VA, Wintermark M, Majd NK, Nam JY, Chen MM. The Impact of MRI-Based Advanced Neuroimaging on Neurooncologists' Clinical Decision-Making in Patients With Posttreatment High-Grade Glioma: A Prospective Survey-Based Study. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39140632.
- Mani, K, Shah, K, Kadom, N, Seidenwurm, D, Nemeth, AJ. Peer Learning in Neuroradiology. American Journal of Neuroradiology 44(10):1109-1115, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37793783.
- Gibson M, Michalowicz M, Chrisinger JSA, Bell D, Shah K, Demonte F, Gidley PW. Osteoblastoma of the Temporal Bone in a Child. Otol Neurotol 43(2):e276-e278, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35015753.
- 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. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34990326.
- Nguyen H, Shah K, Waguespack SG, Hu MI, Habra MA, Cabanillas ME, Busaidy NL, Bassett R, Zhou S, Iyer PC, Simmons G, Kaya D, Pitteloud M, Subudhi SK, Diab A, Dadu R. Immune checkpoint inhibitor related hypophysitis: diagnostic criteria and recovery patterns. Endocr Relat Cancer 28(7):419-431, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33890870.
- Consul N, Amini B, Ibarra-Rovira JJ, Blair KJ, Moseley TW, Taher A, Shah KB, Elsayes KM. Li-Fraumeni Syndrome and Whole-Body MRI Screening: Screening Guidelines, Imaging Features, and Impact on Patient Management. AJR Am J Roentgenol 216(1):252-263, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33151095.
- Santos-Pinheiro F, Penas-Prado M, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Waguespack SG, Mahajan A, Brown PD, Shah KB, Fuller GN, McCutcheon IE. Treatment and long-term outcomes in pituitary carcinoma: a cohort study. Eur J Endocrinol 181(4):397-407, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31349217.
- Bastos DCA, Rao G, Oliva ICG, Loree JM, Fuentes DT, Stafford RJ, Beechar VB, Weinberg JS, Shah K, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS. Predictors of Local Control of Brain Metastasis Treated With Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy. Neurosurgery. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31539421.
- Javadi S, Menias CO, Karbasian N, Shaaban A, Shah K, Osman A, Jensen CT, Lubner MG, Gaballah AH, Elsayes KM. HIV-related Malignancies and Mimics: Imaging Findings and Management. Radiographics 38(7):2051-2068, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30339518.
- Cabanillas ME, de Souza JA, Geyer S, Wirth LJ, Menefee ME, Liu SV, Shah K, Wright J, Shah MH. Cabozantinib as salvage therapy for patients with tyrosine kinase inhibitor-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer: results of a multicenter phase II international thyroid oncology group trial. J Clin Oncol 35(29):JCO2017730226, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28817373.
- Alsarraf L, Shah K, Hessel A, Williams M, Ginsberg LE. Perineural spread along the intermediate branch of the supraclavicular nerve- A case report. Neurographics, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Wangaryattawanich P, Chavali LS, Shah K, Gogia B, Valenzuela RF, DeMonte F, Kumar AJ, Hayman LA. Contrast-enhanced reformatted MR images for preoperative assessment of the bridging veins of the skull base. Radiographics 36(1):244-57, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26761539.
- Rich T, Jackson M, Roman-Gonzalez A, Shah K, Cote GJ, Jimenez C. Metastatic sympathetic paraganglioma in a patient with loss of the SDHC gene. Fam Cancer 14(4):615-9, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26162468.
- Strickland BA, Cachia D, Jalali A, Cykowski MD, Penas-Prado M, Langford LA, Li J, Shah K, Weinberg JS. Spinal anaplastic oligodendroglioma with oligodendrogliomatosis: molecular markers and management: case report. Neurosurgery. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26352098.
- Dadu R, Shah K, Busaidy NL, Waguespack SG, Habra MA, Ying AK, Hu MI, Bassett R, Jimenez C, Sherman SI, Cabanillas ME. Efficacy and tolerability of vemurafenib in patients with BRAFV600E - positive papillary thyroid cancer: MD Anderson Cancer Center off label experience. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 100(1):E77-81, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25353071.
- Trinh VT, Fahim DK, Maldaun MV, Shah K, McCutcheon IE, Rao G, Lang F, Weinberg J, Sawaya R, Suki D, Prabhu SS. Impact of preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging during awake craniotomy procedures for intraoperative guidance and complication avoidance. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 92(5):315-322, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25247627.
- Pickering CR, Shah K, Ahmed S, Rao A, Frederick MJ, Zhang J, Unruh AK, Wang J, Ginsberg LE, Kumar AJ, Myers JN, Hamilton JD. CT Imaging correlates of genomic expression for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 34(9):1818-22, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23764725.
- Kumar VA, Shah K, Ginsberg LE. Perineural tumor spread to the oculomotor (CN III) nerve. J Comput Assist Tomogr 37(4):525-7, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23863527.
- Shah K, Esmaeli B, Ginsberg LE. Perineural tumor spread along the nasociliary branch of the ophthalmic nerve: imaging findings. J Comput Assist Tomogr 37(2):282-285, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23493220.
- Trinh VT, Fahim DK, Shah K, Tummala S, McCutcheon IE, Sawaya R, Suki D, Prabhu SS. Subcortical injury is an independent predictor of worsening neurological deficits following awake craniotomy procedures. Neurosurgery 72(2):160-9, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23147778.
- Hightower E, Cabanillas ME, Fuller GN, McCutcheon IE, Hess KR, Shah K, Waguespack SG, Corley LJ, Devin JK. Phospho-histone H3 (pHH3) immuno-reactivity as a prognostic marker in non-functioning pituitary adenomas. Pituitary 15(4):556-61, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22120760.
- Shah K, Guha-Thakurta N, Schellingerhout D, Madewell JE, Kumar AJ, Costelloe CM. Comparison of gadolinium-enhanced fat-saturated T1-weighted FLAIR and fast spin-echo MRI of the spine at 3 T for evaluation of extradural lesions. AJR Am J Roentgenol 197(3):697-703, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21862814.
- Amhaz HH, Chamoun RB, Waguespack SG, Shah K, McCutcheon IE. Spontaneous involution of Rathke cleft cysts: is it rare or just underreported?. J Neurosurg 112(6):1327-1332, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 19929199.
- Hatipoglu MA, Prabhu S, Weinberg J, Shah K, Sawaya R. Surgical treatment of supplementary motor area lesions. Turk Neurosurg 19(3):306-7, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19621301.
- Hatiboglu MA, Weinberg JS, Suki D, Rao G, Prabhu SS, Shah K, Jackson E, Sawaya R. Impact of intraoperative high-field magnetic resonance imaging guidance on glioma surgery: a prospective volumetric analysis. Neurosurgery 64(6):1073-81; discussion 1081, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19487886.
- Debnam JM, Schellingerhout D, Kumar AJ, Ketonen L, Shah K, Hamberg LM, Hunter GJ. Multidetector CT-Guided Lumbar Puncture in Patients with Cancer. Interv Neuroradiol 15(1):61-6, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 20465930.
- Prabhu SS, Levine NB, Rao G, Shah K, Weinberg J. Report of negative diffusion-weighted MR imaging during tumor resections using intraoperative MRI. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 87(5):304-8, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19641341.
- Yang GF, Wu SY, Zhang LJ, Lu GM, Tian W, Shah K. Imaging findings of extraventricular neurocytoma: report of 3 cases and review of the literature. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18842767.
- Provenzale JM, Shah K, Patel U, McCrory DC. Systematic review of CT and MR perfusion imaging for assessment of acute cerebrovascular disease. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 29:1476-1482, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18583410.
- Shah K, Levin VA. Neuroradiology in neuro-oncology. Continuum 14(4):77-93, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
Review Articles
- Yadav D, Shah K, Naidoo K, Sudha Surasi DS. PET/Computed Tomography in Thyroid Cancer. Neuroimaging Clinics : Imaging of the Thyroid and Parathyroid 31(3):345-357, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34243869.
- Humphreys TR, Shah K, Wysong A, Lexa F, MacFarlane D. The role of imaging in the management of patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer: When is imaging necessary?. J Am Acad Dermatol 76(4):591-607, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28325389.
- MacFarlane D, Shah K, Wysong A, Wortsman X, Humphreys TR. The role of imaging in the management of patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer: Diagnostic modalities and applications. J Am Acad Dermatol 76(4):579-588, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28325388.
- Shah K, Hayman LA, Chavali LS, Hamilton JD, Prabhu SS, Wangaryattawanich P, Kumar VA, Kumar AJ. Glial tumors in brodmann area 6: spread pattern and relationships to motor areas. Radiographics 35(3):793-803, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25969935.
- Thompson SK, Goldman SM, Shah K, Chen PC, Wagner LK, Corl FM, Raval BK, Sheth S, Fishman EK, Sandler CM. Acute non-traumatic maternal illnesses in pregnancy: imaging approaches. Emerg Radiol 11(4):199-212, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16133605.
Other Articles
- Mani K, Shah K, Kadom N, Seidenwurm D, Nameth AJ Peer Learning in Neuroradiology: Not as Easy as It Sounds. AJNR American Jornal of Neuroradiology 44(10):1109-1115, 2023.
Abstracts
- Franco R, Andrade de Almeida Romulo A, Komal S, Raza Shaan M, Franco D. Long-term Prognostk Impact of the Dural Tail in the Local Control of lntraicranial Meningiomas, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Ferreira Dalla HR, Pokhylevych H, Hassan A, Tahon NH, Saleh M, Shah K, Carter BW, Bhosale PR. Tumor Response Metrics in Neuro-Oncology: A Review. American Society of Neuroradiology 13(3):142-165, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- McCullum L, Wood J, Gule-Monroe M, Liu A, Chen M, Shah K, Chasen NN, Kumar V, Hou P, Stafford J, Chung C, Ahmad M, Walker C, Yung J. The Use of Quantitative Metrics and Machine Learning to Predict Radiologist Interpretations of Image Quality and Artifacts. ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition Proceedings. e-Pub 2023.
- Pria F, Pokhylevych H, Hassan AA, Saleh MM, Tonso VM, Shah K. Understanding Tumor Metrics in Neuro-Oncology: It's Easy Until It's Not!. Radiological Society of North America 106th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Ahmed S, Chen B, Vu TH, Stewart J, Schomer D, Shah K. Sonographic Features of Melanoma Nodal Metastasis in the Head and Neck. American Society of Neuroradiology 56th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Shah K. Imaging findings of cancer immunotherapy induced hypophysitis: An Update. American Society of Neuroradiology 56th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Bastos D, Prabhu S, Rao G, Weinberg J, Colen R, Calle S, Schomer D, Shah K, Kumar VA. 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. American Society of Neuroradiology 56th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Bastos, Loree J, Kumar V, Shah K, Rao G, Weinberg J, Prabhu S. Volumetric Analysis of Brain Metastases Treated with Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) and Correlation with Clinical Outcome. American Society of Neuroradiology 56th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Shah K. Sellar and Suprasellar Imaging: Anatomy and Pathology. Cancer Imaging and Intervention Conference Proceedings, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Shah K. Neuroradiology Review. Cancer Imaging and Intervention Conference Proceedings, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Shah K. Skull Base Imaging: Anatomy and Pathology. Cancer Imaging and Intervention Conference Proceedings, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Calle S, Bastos D, Prabhu S, Shah K, Kumar V. Laser interstitial thermal therapy for the treatment of intracranial metastasis: an evaluation of pretreatment tumor features and posttreatment outcomes. American Society of Neuroradiology 55th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Shah K, Ahmed S, Cabanillas M, Dadu R, Pitteloud M, Waguespack S. Imaging findings of cancer immunotherapy induced hypophysitis. American Society of Neuroradiology 53rd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Shah K Ginsberg LE. Parotid region tumor recurrence associated with greater auricular perineural tumor spread and intraspinal extension along multiple cervical nerve roots. American Society of Neuroradiology 53rd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Pitteloud MJ, Dadu R, Cabanillas ME, Shah K, Waguespack SG. Hypophysitis in the age of cancer immunotherapy: experience in a large cancer center, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Kim CH, Shah K, Chi TL, McCutcheon I, Waguespack S. Outlaws in the saddle: what the sherriff needs to know - tumors and cancer related disease of the pituitary. Radiological Society of North America 100th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Lakshmi SC, Wangaryattawanich P, Kaleel M, Kumar AJ, Prabhu S, Shah K, Hayman LA. Understanding the spread of glial tumors: 4 approaches to the anterior prefrontal cortex (BA10). Radiological Society of North America 100th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Kumar VA, Shah K, Ahmed S, Chavali L, Bezerra R, Wang B, Kumar AJ, DeMonte F. 3D MR imaging based tutorial of surgical approaches to tumors of the anterior foramen magnum: the Radiologist's role in identifying anatomic pitfalls. American Society of Head and Neck Radiology 48th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Wangaryattawanich P, Chavali L, Kumar AJ, Shah, K, DeMonte F, Bezerra R, Ketonen L, Leeds NE, Hunter JV, Hayman LA. Venous anatomy of the skull base reconstructed for the pterional and the subtemporal/transpetrosal surgical approaches: what the surgeon needs to know. American Society of Head and Neck Radiology 48th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Vu T, Kwon M, Shah K, Clayman G, Perrier N, Fornage B, Edieken B. The role of intra-operative ultrasound in head and neck oncology. American Society of Head and Neck Radiology 48th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Hamilton JD, Guillory S, Chavali L, Kumar V, Ison C, Shah K, Schellingerhout D, Prabhu S, Chi L, Colen RR, Wefel J, Hayman L, Kumar AJ. Insights from the ventral premotor cortex (BA 44): glial tumor spread pattern important for survival and functional outcomes. American Society of Neuroradiology 52nd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Alsarraf L, Shah K, Hessel A, Williams M, Ginsberg LE. Imaging of supraclavicular nerve perineural spread with operative correlation. American Society of Neuroradiology 52nd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Hamilton JD, Hunter J, Chavali L, Kumar V, Shah K, Schellingerhout D, Fuller G, Guillory S, Ison C, Matuschek C, Boelke E, Colen RR, Chi L, Prabhu S, Hayman L, Kumar AJ. Predicting the spread of glial tumors: insights from “Gliography” of the cingulate. American Society of Neuroradiology 52nd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Shah K, Hamilton JD, Chavali L, Hayman L, Wangaryattawanich P, Hunter J, Colen R, Schellingerhout D, Prabhu S, Kumar A. Imaging appearance and spread pattern of glial tumors in the supplementary motor area (Brodmann Area 6). Radiological Society of North America 99th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Hamilton JD, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS, Shah K, Peiffer A, Hayman LA, Kumar AJ. Anatomic considerations for somatotopic organization of the descending motor fibers: a pictorial essay. Intraoperative Imaging Society 4th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Colen RR, Chavali L, Kumar VA, Hamilton JD, Lang FF, Fuller GN, Ison C, Shah K, Ketonen L, Kumar AJ, Hayman LA. Predicting the spread of glial tumors: lessons from the subcentral gyrus. Radiological Society of North America 99th Annual Meeting Proceedings:375, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Dadu R, Shah K, Waguespack SG, Sherman SI, Habra MA, Busaidy N, Jimenez C, Ying A, Hu MI, Cabanillas ME. Efficacy and tolerability of vemurafenib in BRAF positive papillary thyroid cancer. American Thyroid Association 83rd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Hamilton JD, Hunter JV, Chavali L, Kumar VA, Ison C, Prabhu S, Shah K, Matuschek C, Boelke E, Colen RR, Chi TL, Schellingerhout D, Fuller G, Hayman LA, Kumar AJ. Predicting the spread of glial tumors: insights from the posterior and retrosplenial cingulate cortex. Radiological Society of North America 99th Annual Meeting Proceedings:372, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Shah K, Esmaeli B, Ginsberg LE. Perineural spread along the nasociliary nerve: imaging findings. American Society of Head and Neck Radiology 46th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Hamilton JD, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS, Shah K, Peiffer A, Hayman LA, Kumar AJ. Anatomical considerations for somatotopic organization of the descending motor fibers: a pictorial essay. American Society of Neuroradiology 50th Annual Meeting Proceedings:681, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Pickering CR, Shah K, Ahmed S, Frederick MJ, Ginsberg LE, Kumar AJ, Myers JN, Hamilton JD. CT imaging correlates to genomic expression of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity. American Society of Neuroradiology 50th Annual Meeting Proceedings:175-176, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Kumar VA, Vabulas M, Hamilton J, Shah K, Lang FE, Hayman L, Jackson EF, Kumar AJ. 3D curvilinear confocally annotated brain reconstructions improve visualization of anatomical relationships of insular gliomas diagnosed by 3.0 T MR imaging. American Society of Neuroradiology 50th Annual Meeting Proceedings:748, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Kumar VA, Prabhu S, Shah K, Weinberg J, Rao G, Fuller G, Aj K. Deformable anatomical atlas expands preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative imaging analysis of eloquent area gliomas. American Society of Neuroradiology 49th Annual Meeting Proceedings:306, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Ahmed S, Khwaja S, Vu T, Shah K, Liu P, Sturgis E, Stewart J, Ginsberg LE. Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy is useful in the evaluation of post-radiated lymph nodes in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Ahmed S, Khawja S, Vu T, Shah K, Liu P, Sturgis E, Stewart J, Ginsberg LE. Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration biopsy is useful in the evaluation of post-radiated lymph nodes in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. American Society of Head and Neck Radiology 43rd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Shah K, Costelloe CM, Guha-Thakurta N, Madewell JE, Kumar AJ, Schellingerhout D. Diagnostic quality of contrast-enhanced T1 FLAIR vs contrast-enhanced T1 spin echo sagittal imaging in the spine at 3T. Radiological Society of North America 95th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Shah K, Schellingerhout D, Weinberg JS, Rao G, Prabhu S, Kumar AJ. Postoperative diffusion abnormalities in the follow-up of glioblastoma: final intraoperative MRI versus 24-hour postoperative study. Radiological Society of North America 95th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Provenzale J, McCrory D, Shah K. 3D curvilinear confocally annotated brain reconstructions improve visualization of anatomical relationships of insular gliomas diagnosed by 3.0 T MR imaging. American Society of Neuroradiology 45th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Rao G, Suki D, Weinberg J, Shah K, Jackson E, Schellingerhout D. Early experience with intraoperative MRI (BrainSUITE) guided brain tumor resections. Richard Lende Winter Neurosurgery Conference Proceedings, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Weinberg J, Shah K, Rao G, Jackson E, Suki D, Sawaya, Schellingerhout D. The impact of intra-operative high field magnetic resonance imaging on clinical decision making during oncological neurosurgical procedures. American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting Proceedings Part 1, 25(185), 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Shah K, Schellingerhout D, Debnam JM, Jackson E, Hunter GJ, Weinberg J. Early experience using a high-field strength intra-operative MRI system for neurosurgical guidance in tumor resection. American Society of Neuroradiology 45th Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Shah K, Thompson S, Goldman S. A typical Imaging presentation of spinal cord ependymoma. European Society of Urogenital Radiology Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Nguyen H, Shah K, Waguespack S, Habra M, Cabanillas M, Hu M, Iyer P, Kaya D, Pitteloud M, Subudhi S, Diab A, Dadu R. Immune-related hypophysitis (irH) associated with checkpoint inhibitor therapy: diagnosis, characteristics and long term follow up. Endocrine Society Proceedings.
- Gule-Monroe M, Chasen N, Long J, Kumar V, Shah K, Chen M, Stafford J, Chung C, Wintermark M, Hou P, Wang C, Weinberg J, Liu H. How confident are You; Contrast-Enhanced T1-weighted SPACE Versus 3D FLASH sequences for the Detection of Brain Metastases. Radiological Society of North America 108th Annual Meeting Proceedings.
Book Chapters
- Shah K, Ginsberg LE. Imaging of Skull Base Neoplasms. In: Comprehensive Management of Skull Base Tumors. 2. Thieme, 2021.
- Gule-Monroe MK, Kwon M, Johnson JM, Shah K, Edeiken-Monroe BS. Ultrasound characteristics and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of lymph nodes in the cervical soft tissues: A radiology perspective. In: Advanced Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound. Springer, 227-239, 2017.
- Shah K, Onufer J, MacFarlane D. Imaging of Head and Neck Skin Cancer. In: Skin Cancer Management A Practical Approach. Springer, 239-58, 2010.
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