Melissa Price, MD
Department of Thoracic Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Thoracic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Lung cancer staging, post-treatment imaging in intrathoracic malignancies, imaging of oncologic emergencies, mediastinal masses, and pulmonary infections.
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2009 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, US, MD |
| 2004 | Johns Hopkins University, US, Pre-Medicine |
| 2003 | University of Notre Dame, US, Psychology, Bachelor of Arts |
Postgraduate Training
| 2015-2016 | Fellow, Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Thoracic Imaging and Intervention |
| 2014-2015 | Fellow, Diagnostic Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 2010-2014 | Resident, Diagnostic Radiology, UCLA School of Medicine |
| 2009-2010 | Intern, Internal Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2024 | Texas Medical License |
| 2015 | Board Certified – Diagnostic Radiology, |
| 2015 | New York Medical License |
| 2014 | California Medical License |
| 2014 | Massachusetts Medical License |
Experience & Service
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Development Committee, Society of Thoracic Radiology, 2025 - 2027
Editorial Activities
Ad hoc Reviewer, Radiographics, 2023 - Present
Ad hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Roentgenology, 2017 - Present
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Medicine, 2017 - Present
Honors & Awards
| Outstanding Nighthawk Radiology Resident Award, Santa Monica – UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital | |
| Outstanding Nighthawk Radiology Resident Award, Santa Monica – UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital | |
| McGovern Award Nominee, Massachusetts General Hospital | |
| McGovern Award Nominee, Massachusetts General Hospital | |
| Education Exhibit: CT-Guided Fiducial Placement for Preoperative Localization of Small Pulmonary Nodules: How We Do it, RSNA Annual Meeting | |
| Certificate of Merit, Cryoablation of Chest Wall Tumors: Scientific Exhibit, ARRS Annual Meeting |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2024. Lung Cancer Mimics. Conference. Galveston, Texas, US.
- 2018. Normal Anatomy CXR/CT. MGH/BWH Chest Imaging Course. Boston, MA, US.
- 2018. Unknown Chest Cases. Invited. MGH/BWH Chest Imaging Course. Boston, MA, US.
- 2017. Must Know Chest Cases. Conference. MGH/BWH Radiology Update 2017:. Boston, MA, US.
- 2016. Normal Anatomy in the Thorax. Invited. Harvard Chest Imaging Course 2016. Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2022. Lung Transplant: Imaging Features and Complications. Invited. Los Angeles Radiological Society 74th Annual Meeting; Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2022. Mediastinal Masses. Invited. Los Angeles Radiological Society 74th Annual Meeting; Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2022. Pulmonary Infections and Vasculitis. Invited. New England Roentgen Ray Society 5th Annual Core Exam Review; Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2021. Anatomy, Radiographic Signs and Collapse. Invited. New England Roentgen Ray Society 5th Annual Core Exam Review; Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2020. Pulmonary Infections and Vasculitis;. Invited. New England Roentgen Ray Society 4th Annual Core Exam Review; Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2020. Anatomy, Radiographic Signs and Collapse. Invited. New England Roentgen Ray Society 4th Annual Core Exam Review; Virtual Meeting, US.
- 2019. Pulmonary Infections and Vasculitis. Invited. New England Roentgen Ray Society. Somerville, MA, US.
- 2019. Anatomy, Radiographic Signs and Collapse. Invited. New England Roentgen Ray Society 3rd Annual Core Exam Review. Somerville, MA, US.
- 2018. Anatomy, Radiographic Signs and Collapse. Invited. New England Roentgen Ray Society 2nd Annual NERRS Core Exam Review. Somerville, MA, US.
- 2018. Pulmonary Infections and Vasculitis;. Invited. New England Roentgen Ray Society 2nd Annual Core Exam Review;. Somerville, MA, US.
National Presentations
- 2024. Mediastinal Masses; Radiology Review Track – Chest Imaging. Invited. ARRS Annual Meeting. Boston, MA, US.
- 2023. Cystic Lung Disease; Radiology Review Track – Chest Imaging. Invited. ARRS Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HI, US.
- 2023. Lung Nodules and Lung Screening; Categorical Course on Pitfalls and Challenging Cases: How to Triumph and Make the Diagnosis. Invited. ARRS Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HI, US.
- 2022. Normal Anatomy: Lines and Stripes on Chest Radiograph with CT Correlation; Radiology Review Track – Chest Imaging. Invited. ARRS Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2022. Imaging of Mediastinal Masses; Radiology Review Track – Chest Imaging. Invited. ARRS Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2022. Tumor Board Discussion. Invited. Thoracic Pathology Course; Live Virtual. Boston, MA, US.
- 2021. Thoracic Imaging for the Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician: Lung Transplant – Complications and Patterns of Rejection. Invited. American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting; Virtual meeting due to COVID-19 pandemic, US.
- 2018. Case of the Day: Right Middle Lobe Torsion Following Right Upper Lobectomy. Invited. Society of Thoracic Radiology Annual Meeting. Austin, TX, US.
International Presentations
- 2024. Normal Anatomy in the Chest: Chest Radiograph Interpretation with CT Correlation. Invited. Live Virtual. Hyderabad, IN.
- 2021. Interesting Cases in Thoracic Imaging. Invited. Virtual Meeting. Mumbai, IN.
- 2018. Imaging of Mediastinal Masses and Diagnostic Strategies. Invited. 70th Annual Convention Oncologic Imaging. Manila, PH.
- 2018. Lung Cancer Mimics. Invited. 70th Annual Convention Oncologic Imaging. Manila, PH.
- 2018. CT-Guided Thoracic Biopsies: Techniques, Challenges, and Pitfalls. Invited. 70th Annual Convention Oncologic Imaging. Manila, PH.
- 2018. Interesting PET-CT Cases in Body Imaging. Invited. 70th Annual Convention Oncologic Imaging. Manila, PH.
- 2018. Body Applications of PET-CT: Not Everything You See is Malignant. Invited. 70th Annual Convention Oncologic Imaging. Manila, PH.
- 2018. Lung Cancer Staging. Invited. 70th Annual Convention Oncologic Imaging. Manila, PH.
Formal Peers
- 2024. CPC: A 47-Year-Old Man with Confusion and Renal Failure. Boston, MA, US.
- 2018. Chest CT Essentials with Plain Film Correlation; MGH Hospitalists Pulse Education Series. Boston, MA, US.
- 2018. CPC: A 57-Year-Old Man with Confusion, Fever, Malaise, and Weight Loss. Boston, MA, US.
- 2017. Advanced Harvard Medical Students in Radiology Clerkship, US.
- 2016. Massachusetts General Hospital Physician Assistant Grand Rounds: Normal Chest Anatomy. Boston, MA, US.
- 2016. CPC: A 63-Year-Old Woman with Fever, Hypotension, and Hypoxia. Cambridge, MA, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Linden PA, Martin LW, Stiles B, Opitz I, Chen H, Spicer J, Lanuti M, Tong BC, Liberman M, Bestvina CM, Sands J, Huang J, Price M, Samson P, Boutros CS, Rabinovich EP, Park B, D'Amico TA. The 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Expert Consensus Document: Evaluation and management of N2+ non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 172(2):450-466.e2, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42081972.
- Anandaiah, AM, Price, M, Alladina, JW, Ankomah, PO, Klontz, EH. Case 21-2025. New England Journal of Medicine 393(4):390-399, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40700692.
- Shah SJ, Price MC, Kanjilal S. Case 29-2024: A 47-Year-Old Man with Confusion and Kidney Failure. N Engl J Med 391(11):1039-1048, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39292931.
- Reddy KP, Price MC, Barnes JA, Rigotti NA, Crotty RK. Case 26-2022: A 48-Year-Old Woman with Cystic Lung Disease. N Engl J Med 387(8):738-747, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36001715.
- Neilan TG, Price MC, Sanborn DY, Gainor JF, Chen A. Case 33-2018: A 57-Year-Old Man with Confusion, Fever, Malaise, and Weight Loss. N Engl J Med 379(17):1658-1669, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30354952.
- Letourneau AR, Price MC, Azar MM. Case 26-2017. N Engl J Med 377(8):770-778, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28834480.
- Clavijo-Alvarez JA, Price M, Stofman GM. Preserved neurologic function following intraneural fascicular dissection and nerve graft for digital and median nerve lipofibromatous hamartoma. Plast Reconstr Surg 125(3):120e-2e, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20195096.
Review Articles
- Shroff GS, Price MC, Agrawal R, Jen WY, Truong MT, Erasmus JJ, Vlahos I. Noninfectious Pulmonary Complications in Hematologic Malignancy. Radiographics 46(9):e250202, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42623263.
- Strange, CD, Ahuja, J, Agrawal, R, Price, M, Truong, M, Gill, RR. Pleural Mesothelioma. Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging 7(5), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41165441.
- Agrawal R, Ahuja J, Strange CD, Price MC, Shroff GS, Truong MT. Radiographic Manifestations of Lung Cancer. Radiol Clin North Am 63(4):491-505, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40409931.
- Agrawal R, Ahuja J, Strange CD, Price MC, Shroff GS, Godoy MCB, Truong MT. Lung-RADS v2022 Update. Radiol Clin North Am 63(4):507-516, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40409932.
- Ferreira Dalla Pria HR, Ferreira Dalla Pria OA, Ahuja J, Agrawal R, Strange CD, Price MC, Truong MT. PET/CT: Interpretative Pitfalls in the Thorax. Radiol Clin North Am 63(4):553-563, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40409935.
- Ahuja J, Agrawal R, Strange CD, Price MC, Shroff GS, Truong MT, Vlahos I. Postoperative Complications in Lung Cancer. Radiol Clin North Am 63(4):565-581, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40409936.
- Strange TA, Agrawal R, Ahuja J, Price MC, Truong MT, Strange CD. Imaging Manifestations Following Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer. Radiol Clin North Am 63(4):583-593, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40409937.
- Savage TE, Geenen KR, Price MC, El-Chemaly SY, Henske EP, Sharma A, Thiele EA. A Comparison of Clinical and Radiological Presentations of Sporadic and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex-Associated Lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Am J Med Genet A 197(1):e63871, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39243170.
- Jo NC, Shroff GS, Ahuja J, Agrawal R, Price MC, Wu CC. Radiation Recall Pneumonitis: Imaging Appearance and Differential Considerations. Korean J Radiol 25(9):843-850, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39197829.
- Graur A, Saenger JA, Mercaldo ND, Simon J, Abston ED, Price MC, Lanciotti K, Swisher LA, Colson YL, Willers H, Lanuti M, Fintelmann FJ. Multimodality Management of Thoracic Tumors: Initial Experience With a Multidisciplinary Thoracic Ablation Conference. Ann Surg Oncol 31(5):3426-3436, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38270827.
- Dagogo-Jack I, Manoogian A, Jessop N, Georgantas NZ, Fintelmann FJ, Farahani A, Digumarthy SR, Price MC, Folch EE, Keyes CM, Do A, Peterson JL, Mino-Kenudson M, Pitman M, Rivera M, Nardi V, Dias-Santagata D, Le LP, Iafrate AJ, Heist RS, Ritterhouse LR, Lennerz JK. Integrated Radiology, Pathology, and Pharmacy Program to Accelerate Access to Osimertinib. JCO Oncol Pract 19(9):786-792, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37437226.
- Zippi ZD, Cortopassi IO, Johnson EM, McDermott S, Mergo PJ, Petranovic M, Price MC, Stowell JT, Little BP. U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Lung Cancer Screening From 2010 to 2022. AJR Am J Roentgenol 221(2):258-271, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36919884.
- Sanger JA, Graur A, Tahir I, Price MC, Keane FK, Lanuti M, Sharma A, Fintelmann FJ. Outcomes following cryoablation of stage IA non-small cell lung cancer in patients with and without interstitial lung disease: A retrospective single-center cohort study. Lung Cancer 181:107231, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37172368.
- Villalba JA, Hilburn CF, Garlin MA, Elliott GA, Li Y, Kunitoki K, Poli S, Alba GA, Madrigal E, Taso M, Price MC, Aviles AJ, Araujo-Medina M, Bonanno L, Boyraz B, Champion SN, Harris CK, Helland TL, Hutchison B, Jobbagy S, Marshall MS, Shepherd DJ, Barth JL, Hung YP, Ly A, Hariri LP, Turbett SE, Pierce VM, Branda JA, Rosenberg ES, Mendez-Pena J, Chebib I, Rosales IA, Smith RN, Miller MA, Rosas IO, Hardin CC, Baden LR, Medoff BD, Colvin RB, Little BP, Stone JR, Mino-Kenudson M, Shih AR. Vasculopathy and Increased Vascular Congestion in Fatal COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 206(7):857-873, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35671465.
- Little BP, Gagne SM, Fintelmann FJ, McDermott S, Mendoza DP, Petranovic M, Price MC, Stowell JT, Narayan AK, Flores EJ. United States lung cancer screening program websites: radiology representation, multimedia and multilingual content. Clin Imaging 86:83-88, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35367867.
- Snyder A, Lanuti M, Muniappan A, Price MC, Som A, Little BP. Assessing Public Interest in Elective Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Google Trends Analysis. Ann Surg Open 3(1):e142, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 37600105.
- McDermott S, Frenk NE, Fintelmann FJ, Price M, Ott HC, Muniappan A, Shepard JO, Sharma A. Preoperative CT-guided Fiducial Marker Placement for Surgical Localization of Pulmonary Nodules 10(4):e210194, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- McDermott S, Frenk NE, Fintelmann FJ, Price MC, Ott HC, Muniappan A, Shepard JO, Sharma A. Preoperative CT-guided Fiducial Marker Placement for Surgical Localization of Pulmonary Nodules. Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging 4(1):e210194, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35782764.
- Delijani K, Price MC, Little BP. Community and Hospital Acquired Pneumonia. Semin Roentgenol 57(1):3-17, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35090707.
- Ackman JB, Chintanapakdee W, Mendoza DP, Price MC, Lanuti M, Shepard JO. Longitudinal CT and MRI Characteristics of Unilocular Thymic Cysts. Radiology 301(2):443-454, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34427460.
- Gagne SM, Fintelmann FJ, Flores EJ, McDermott S, Mendoza DP, Petranovic M, Price MC, Stowell JT, Little BP. Evaluation of the Informational Content and Readability of US Lung Cancer Screening Program Websites. JAMA Netw Open 3(1):e1920431, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32003825.
- Fintelmann FJ, Troschel FM, Kuklinski MW, McDermott S, Petranovic M, Digumarthy SR, Sharma A, Troschel AS, Price MC, Hariri LP, Gilman MD, Shepard JO, Sequist LV, Piotrowska Z. Safety and Success of Repeat Lung Needle Biopsies in Patients with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Mutant Lung Cancer. Oncologist 24(12):1570-1576, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31152082.
- McDermott S, Fintelmann FJ, Bierhals AJ, Silin DD, Price MC, Ott HC, Shepard JO, Mayo JR, Sharma A. Image-guided Preoperative Localization of Pulmonary Nodules for Video-assisted and Robotically Assisted Surgery. Radiographics 39(5):1264-1279, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31419188.
- Digumarthy SR, Padole AM, Rastogi S, Price M, Mooradian MJ, Sequist LV, Kalra MK. Predicting malignant potential of subsolid nodules: can radiomics preempt longitudinal follow up CT?. Cancer Imaging 19(1):36, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31182167.
- Tongbai T, McDermott S, Fintelmann FJ, Price MC, Sharma A, Gilman MD. Complications and Accuracy of Computed Tomography-guided Transthoracic Needle Biopsy in Patients Over 80 Years of Age. J Thorac Imaging 34(3):187-191, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30817502.
- Kiranantawat N, McDermott S, Fintelmann FJ, Montesi SB, Price MC, Digumarthy SR, Sharma A. Clinical role, safety and diagnostic accuracy of percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy in the evaluation of pulmonary consolidation. Respir Res 20(1):23, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30704502.
- Price M, Wu CC, Genshaft S, Sadow PM, Xie L, Shepard JO, McDermott S. Imaging and Management of Intrathoracic Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastases. AJR Am J Roentgenol 210(6):1181-1191, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29629809.
- Canellas R, Ackman JB, Digumarthy SR, Price M, Otrakji A, McDermott SS, Sharma A, Kalra MK. Submillisievert chest dual energy computed tomography: a pilot study. Br J Radiol 91(1082), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29125334.
- Oliveira IS, Kilcoyne A, Price MC, Harisinghani M. MRI features of perianal fistulas: is there a difference between Crohn's and non-Crohn's patients?. Abdom Radiol (NY) 42(4):1162-1168, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27885389.
- Kilcoyne A, Price MC, McDermott S, Harisinghani MG. Imaging on nodal staging of prostate cancer. Future Oncol 13(6):551-565, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27785926.
- Price M, Gilman MD, Carter BW, Sabloff BS, Truong MT, Wu CC. Imaging of Eosinophilic Lung Diseases. Radiol Clin North Am 54(6):1151-1164, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27719981.
- Price M, Patino M, Sahani D. Computed Tomography Angiography of the Hepatic, Pancreatic, and Splenic Circulation. Radiol Clin North Am 54(1):55-70, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26654391.
- Dumur CI, Lyons-Weiler M, Sciulli C, Garrett CT, Schrijver I, Holley TK, Rodriguez-Paris J, Pollack JR, Zehnder JL, Price M, Hagenkord JM, Rigl CT, Buturovic LJ, Anderson GG, Monzon FA. Interlaboratory performance of a microarray-based gene expression test to determine tissue of origin in poorly differentiated and undifferentiated cancers. J Mol Diagn 10(1):67-77, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18083688.
- Delijani K, Price M, Little B. Community and Hospital Acquired Pneumonia. Semi in Roen 57(1):3-17.
Abstracts
- Price M, Shepard JO. Chest Radiograph Interpretation: Pitfalls and Pseudolesions. ARRS 2019 Categorical Course.
- Price M, Petranovic M, Flores EJ, McDermott S. Lung Nodules and Lung Screening. ARRS 2023 Categorical Course.
Book Chapters
- Price M, Shepard JO, Abbott GF. Normal Anatomy and Atelectasis. In: The Requisites: Thoracic Imaging. 3rd. Elsevier, 2019.
- Price M, Gilman MG, Wu CC. Eosinophilic Lung Diseases. In: Müller’s Imaging of the Chest. Elsevier, 2019.
Patient Reviews
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