Rishi Agrawal, M.D.
Department of Thoracic Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
About Dr. Rishi Agrawal
Rishi completed his radiology residency in Detroit, Michigan at Henry Ford Hospital and his Cardiothoracic Radiology fellowship in Boston, Massachusetts at Massachusetts General Hospital. He joined as faculty in the Thoracic Imaging Department in Diagnostic Imaging Division at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Thoracic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Pulmonary infection in oncologic patients. Staging of lung cancer
Clinical Interests
Staging of thoracic malignancies, including lung cancer, esophogeal cancer and mesothelioma.
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2006 | The University Of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, US, MD |
| 2002 | The University Of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, US, Microbiology, BS |
Postgraduate Training
| 2011-2012 | Clinical Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital Cardiothoracic Radiology, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 2007-2011 | Clinical Residency, Henry Ford Hospital Diagnostic Radiology, Detroit, Michigan |
| 2006-2007 | Clinical Internship, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2023 | Texas Medical Board |
| 2023 | Texas Medical Board Temporary License |
| 2011 | American Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Chair, Social Media Committee, Society of Thoracic Radiology, 2026 - 2027
Honors & Awards
| 2026 - Present | Citizenship Award, DI Faculty Awards FY 2025, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2025 | Outstanding Educator Award, Extramural, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2023 | Certificate of Merit for Educational Exhibit "Atypical Pulmonary Metastases: Patterns and Clinical Significance, Radiological Society of North America |
| 2023 | Certificate of Merit for Educational Exhibit "Dual Energy Chest Radiography in Oncologic Practice", Radiological Society of North America |
| 2020 | Resident Teaching Award (Selected by 4th Year Class) |
| 2016 | Resident Teaching Award (Selected by 4th Year Class) |
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2025. Chronic Airspace Disease. Conference. UTMB- Anderson Cancer Conference Series. Galveston, Texas, US.
National Presentations
- 2025. Overview of Online Education Platforms. Invited. Society of Thoracic Radiology- Bootcamp. Huntington Beach, Califorina, US.
- 2024. Lung Cancer: Treatment Effects and Complications. Invited. Texas Radiological Society. Arlington, TX, US.
- 2021. The Thymus Revisted: Key Imaging Features and Image Pitfalls on Multimodality Imaging With Pathologic Correlation. Conference. Educational Exhibit (Cum Laude). Chicago, IL, US.
- 2021. Fat-Containing Lesions of the Chest: A Pictoral Review with CT and MRI Findings. Conference. Educational Exhibit. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2020. Demistifying the CT Dose Sheet and Image Headers. Conference. Educational Exhibit. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2019. A Practical Approach to Pulmonary Calcifications. Conference. Educational Exhibit (Certificate of Merit). Chicago, IL, US.
- 2018. Pulmonary Mucormycosis. Conference. Educational Exhibit. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2017. Novel Approaches to ILD Associated Connective Tissue Disease (Panel Speaker). Conference. NM Fourth Annual Advances in Pulmonary Medicine. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2017. Multidisciplinary Interstitial Lung Disease: Audience Interactive Session. Conference. Pulmonary Pathology Society Biennial Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2017. Multidisciplinary ILD Evaluation: Using Clinical and HRCT to Make a Diagnosis, It Takes a Village. Conference. American Thoracic Society Meeting. Washington, DC, US.
- 2016. The Close Relationship Between Kidneys and Lungs: A Systemic Review. Conference. Educational Exhibit. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2016. Don't be Nervous: An Overview of the Anatomy and Pathology of the Nerves in the Thorax. Conference. Educational Exhibit (Certificate of Merit). Chicago, IL, US.
- 2016. What's in a Vein? Comprehensive Cross-sectional Imaging of the Pulmonary Venous System. Conference. Educational Exhibit (Magna Cum Laude). Chicago, IL, US.
- 2015. The Prevalence of Small, Non-Calcified Pulmonary Nodules in Negative Lung Cancer Screens in an Urban Midwestern Healthcare System. Conference. Society of Thoracic Radiology. Carlsbad, CA, US.
- 2011. Contemporary Techniques to Reduce Radiation Dose in Thoracic Imaging. Conference. Educational Exhibit. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2011. Spectrum of Findings in 99Tc-MAA SPECT/CT and Significance in Treatment Planning for 90Y- microsphere Radioembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Conference. Educational Exhibit. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2010. Spontaneous Resolution of CPPD in the Ligamentum Flavum. Conference. Educational Exhibit. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2010. Multisource Feedback Strategies for Spine Interventional Trainees. Conference. Educational Exhibit. Las Vegas, NV, US.
International Presentations
- 2014. Evaluation of Subcentimeter Ground-Glass Nodule at Very Low Dose CT: Impact of Different Levels of Iterative Reconstruction. Conference. European Congress of Radiology, AT.
- 2014. Determining the Lowest Radiation Dose Parameters for Virtual CT Bronchoscopy: How Low Can We Go?. Conference. European Congress of Radiology, AT.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Agrawal R. Noninfectious Pulmonary Complications in Hematologic Malignancy. Radiographics, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42623263.
- Awasthi, A, Vu, AM, Le, N, Deng, Z, Maulik, S, Agrawal, R, Wu, CC, Van Nguyen, H. Modeling radiologists’ cognitive processes using a digital gaze twin to enhance radiology training. Scientific reports 15(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40258898.
- Awasthi, A, Chung, B, Vu, AM, Khan, S, Le, N, Deng, Z, Agrawal, R, Wu, CC, Nguyen, HV. Structural chain of thoughts for radiology education. Knowledge-Based Systems 330, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Gilat, EK, Shroff, G, Agrawal, R, Strange, CD, Ahuja, J, Truong, M. Carney Triad. Seminars in Roentgenology 60(2):123-126, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40280653.
- Ho, M, Agrawal, R, Lam, DL, Hartman, J, Sandstrom, CK, Chorath, K, Bhargava, P, Wu, L. Flipping the script. Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology 54(2):238-241, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39019713.
- Awasthi, A, Le, N, Deng, Z, Agrawal, R, Wu, CC, Van Nguyen, H. Bridging human and machine intelligence. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 24:711-723, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39660015.
- Jo, NH, Shroff, G, Ahuja, J, Agrawal, R, Price, M, Wu, CC. Radiation Recall Pneumonitis. Korean Journal of Radiology 25(9):843-850, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39197829.
- Dalla Pria, HR, Agrawal, R, Shroff, G, Truong, M, Moran, C, Ahuja, J. Case of the Season. Seminars in Roentgenology 58(4):387-390, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37973267.
- Yang M, Goh V, Lee J, Espinoza M, Yuan Y, Carns M, Aren K, Chung L, Khanna D, McMahan ZH, Agrawal R, Nelson LB, Shah SJ, Whitfield ML, Hinchcliff M. Clinical Phenotypes of Patients With Systemic Sclerosis With Distinct Molecular Signatures in Skin. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 75(7):1469-1480, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 35997480.
- Soliman MAS, Kelahan LC, Magnetta M, Savas H, Agrawal R, Avery RJ, Aouad P, Liu B, Xue Y, Chae YK, Salem R, Benson AB, Yaghmai V, Velichko YS. A Framework for Harmonization of Radiomics Data for Multicenter Studies and Clinical Trials. JCO Clin Cancer Inform 6:e2200023, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36332157.
- Kelahan LC, Kim D, Soliman M, Avery RJ, Savas H, Agrawal R, Magnetta M, Liu BP, Velichko YS. Role of hepatic metastatic lesion size on inter-reader reproducibility of CT-based radiomics features. Eur Radiol 32(6):4025-4033, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35080646.
- Sodagari F, Wood CG, Agrawal R, Yaghmai V. Feasibility of sub-second CT angiography of the abdomen and pelvis with very low volume of contrast media, low tube voltage, and high-pitch technique, on a third-generation dual-source CT scanner. Clin Imaging 82:15-20, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34768221.
- Zhao A, Fopma S, Agrawal R. Demystifying the CT Radiation Dose Sheet. Radiographics 42(4):1239-1250, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35486546.
- Showalter K, Hoffmann A, Richardson C, Aaby D, Lee J, Dematte J, Agrawal R, Savas H, Wu X, Chang RW, Hinchcliff M. Esophageal Dilation and Other Clinical Factors Associated With Pulmonary Function Decline in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis. J Rheumatol 48(12):1830-1838, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34266985.
- Wehbe RM, Sheng J, Dutta S, Chai S, Dravid A, Barutcu S, Wu Y, Cantrell DR, Xiao N, Allen BD, MacNealy GA, Savas H, Agrawal R, Parekh N, Katsaggelos AK. DeepCOVID-XR: An Artificial Intelligence Algorithm to Detect COVID-19 on Chest Radiographs Trained and Tested on a Large U.S. Clinical Data Set. Radiology 299(1):E167-E176, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33231531.
- Mozaffary A, Trabzonlu TA, Lombardi P, Seyal AR, Agrawal R, Yaghmai V. Integration of fully automated computer-aided pulmonary nodule detection into CT pulmonary angiography studies in the emergency department: effect on workflow and diagnostic accuracy. Emerg Radiol 26(6):609-614, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31352639.
- Morales-Nebreda L, Chung CS, Agrawal R, Yeldandi AV, Singer BD, Bharat A, McCrimmon DR, Walter JM. Headed in the Wrong Direction: Chronic and Acute Derangements in Pulmonary Blood Flow Distribution in a Patient with Severe Pulmonary Vein Stenosis. Ann Am Thorac Soc 16(10):1321-1326, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31573342.
- Lakota K, Hanumanthu VS, Agrawal R, Carns M, Armanios M, Varga J. Short lymphocyte, but not granulocyte, telomere length in a subset of patients with systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis 78(8):1142-1144, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30679155.
- Showalter K, Hoffmann A, Rouleau G, Aaby D, Lee J, Richardson C, Dematte J, Agrawal R, Chang RW, Hinchcliff M. Performance of Forced Vital Capacity and Lung Diffusion Cutpoints for Associated Radiographic Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis. J Rheumatol 45(11):1572-1576, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30275265.
- Korman B, Alejo R, Sudhakar D, Hinchcliff M, Agrawal R, Varga J, Marangoni RG. The novel adipokine C1q-TNF related protein 9 (CTRP9) is elevated in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease. Clin Exp Rheumatol 36 Suppl 113(4):184-185, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30183591.
- Richardson C, Agrawal R, Lee J, Almagor O, Nelson R, Varga J, Cuttica MJ, Dematte JD, Chang RW, Hinchcliff ME. Esophageal dilatation and interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis: A cross-sectional study. Semin Arthritis Rheum 46(1):109-14, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27033049.
- Katzen JB, Raparia K, Agrawal R, Patel JD, Rademaker A, Varga J, Dematte JE. Early stage lung cancer detection in systemic sclerosis does not portend survival benefit: a cross sectional study. PLoS One 10(2):e0117829, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25689302.
- Botelho MP, Agrawal R, Gonzalez-Guindalini FD, Hart EM, Patel SK, Töre HG, Yaghmai V. Effect of radiation dose and iterative reconstruction on lung lesion conspicuity at MDCT: does one size fit all?. Eur J Radiol 82(11):e726-33, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23928232.
- Erasmus LT, Strange CD, Ahuja J, Agrawal R, Shroff GS, Marom EM, Truong MT. Imaging of Lung Cancer Staging: TNM 9 Updates. Seminars of Ultrasound, CT and MRI.
- Sartin SL, Shetty DR, Strange CD, Gayer G, Ahuja J, Agrawal R, Truong MT. Pitfalls in PET/CT in the Thorax and Abdomen. Seminars of Ultrasound, CT and MRI.
- Pria D, HRF, Agrawal R, Shroff, GS, Truong MT, Moran CA, Ahuja J. Pleural Talcoma Mimicking Metastasis. Seminars of Roentgenology.
Review Articles
- 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, M, Shroff, G, Truong, M. Radiographic Manifestations of Lung Cancer. Radiologic Clinics of North America 63(4):491-505, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40409931.
- Strange, T, Agrawal, R, Ahuja, J, Price, M, Truong, M, Strange, CD. Imaging Manifestations Following Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer. Radiologic Clinics of North America 63(4):583-593, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40409937.
- Agrawal, R, Ahuja, J, Strange, CD, Price, M, Shroff, G, Godoy, M, Truong, M. Lung-RADS v2022 Update. Radiologic Clinics of North America 63(4):507-516, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40409932.
- Jain, V, Ahuja, J, Strange, CD, Agrawal, R, Palacio, D, Truong, M, Marom, EM. Imaging of Mediastinal Masses. Radiologic Clinics of North America 63(4):609-631, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40409939.
- Ahuja, J, Agrawal, R, Strange, CD, Price, M, Shroff, G, Truong, M, Vlahos, I. Postoperative Complications in Lung Cancer. Radiologic Clinics of North America 63(4):565-581, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40409936.
- Ferreira Dalla Pria, HR, Ferreira Dalla Pria, OA, Ahuja, J, Agrawal, R, Strange, CD, Price, M, Truong, M. PET/CT. Radiologic Clinics of North America 63(4):553-563, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40409935.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Agrawal, R, Mishra, S, Strange, CD, Ahuja, J, Shroff, G, Wu, CC, Truong, M. The Role of Chest Radiography in Lung Cancer. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI 45(6):430-439, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39067623.
- Erasmus, LT, Strange, CD, Ahuja, J, Agrawal, R, Shroff, G, Marom, EM, Truong, M. Imaging of Lung Cancer Staging. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI 45(6):410-419, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39069273.
- Sartin, SL, Shetty, DR, Strange, CD, Gayer, G, Ahuja, J, Agrawal, R, Truong, M. Pitfalls in Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in the Thorax and Abdomen. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI 45(6):488-495, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39069275.
- Ferreira Dalla Pria, HR, Erasmus, LT, Strange, T, Ahuja, J, Agrawal, R, Shroff, G, Patel, S, Truong, M. Pericardial Recesses on Computed Tomography. Clinics in Chest Medicine 45(2):237-248, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38816085.
- Strange CD, Strange TA, Erasmus LT, Patel S, Ahuja J, Shroff GS, Agrawal R, Truong MT. Imaging in Lung Cancer Staging. Clin Chest Med 45(2):295-305, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38816089.
- Erasmus, LT, Strange, T, Agrawal, R, Strange, CD, Ahuja, J, Shroff, G, Truong, M. Lung Cancer Staging. Diagnostics 13(21), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37958255.
- Strange, T, Erasmus, LT, Ahuja, J, Agrawal, R, Shroff, G, Truong, M, Strange, CD. Spectrum of Imaging Patterns of Lung Cancer following Radiation Therapy. Diagnostics 13(20), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37892105.
- Ahuja, J, Strange, CD, Agrawal, R, Erasmus, LT, Truong, M. Approach to Imaging of Mediastinal Masses. Diagnostics 13(20), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37891992.
- Agrawal R, Yeldandi A, Savas H, Parekh ND, Lombardi PJ, Hart EM. Pulmonary Mucormycosis: Risk Factors, Radiologic Findings, and Pathologic Correlation. Radiographics 40(3):656-666, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32196429.
Other Articles
- Shroff, G, Agrawal, R, Sartin, SL, Erasmus, JJ, Truong, M, Strange, CD, Vlahos, I Atypical Pulmonary Metastases. Radiographics 45(11), 2025. PMID: 41129329.
- Klug, M, Kirshenboim, Z, Truong, M, Sorin, V, Ofek, E, Agrawal, R, Marom, EM Proposed Ninth Edition TNM Staging System for Lung Cancer. Radiographics 44(12), 2024. PMID: 39541244.
Book Chapters
- Schoepf JU, Bamberg F, Ruzsics B. CT Assessment of Global and Regional Cardiac Function: State of the Art. In: CT Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion and Viability: Beyond Structure and Function. Springer, 2013.
- Levin GN, FAHA MD. Cardiac CT Angiography. In: Cardiology Secrets. Elsevier, 2013.
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