Department of Radiological Sciences | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
I am a Professor of Radiology and Bioengineering with subspecialty expertise in cardiothoracic imaging. For roughly three decades, my research has centered on the early detection of lung cancer. I served as National PI for the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN), with oversight over 23 participating institutions. The NLST found a 20% lung cancer mortality reduction with CT screening relative to chest radiography, and provided the evidence-base for CT lung cancer screening as a covered benefit in eligible current and former smokers by both third-party payers and Medicare. My role in shaping screening policy has continued, as an inaugural member of the American College of Radiology (ACR) National Lung Cancer Screening Registry, a founding member of the ACR LungRADS Screening Management Guideline; and founder and Co-Director of the UCLA Lung Screening Program, which offers comprehensive services for patients and clinicians (shared decision making, screening, results and communications, smoking cessation counseling and treatment services). My current NIH-supported research involves the use of semantic and radiomic image features of indeterminate nodules on CT for lung cancer diagnosis and characterization, machine learning techniques for image-based cancer characterization, and the development of predictive models of lung cancer by integrating clinical, imaging and molecular biomarkers in lung cancer characterization.
Friday, December 1, 2023
10:15 AM – 10:50 AM ET
Friday, December 1, 2023
10:50 AM – 11:00 AM ET