Clinical Focus

• Diagnostic Radiology
• Radiology

Administrative Appointments

• Associate Chair for Clinical Technology, Department of Radiology, Stanford University (2005 - present)
• Director of MRI, Department of Radiology, Stanford University (1990 - present)
• Director of Destination Digital (PACS–digital imaging transfer), Department of Radiology, Stanford University (2001 - present)
• Co-director of PET/CT, Department of Radiology, Stanford University (2002 - 2004)

Honors and Awards

• Lauterbur Award, Society of Computed Body Tomography and MR ('01,02,03,04, 2005,2009)
• Fellow, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2001)
• President, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (1998-1999)
• Chair, Safety Committee, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (1996-1997)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Radiology

Community and International Work

• Multiple Committees 

Current Research Interests

Imaging of cardiovascular diseases with CT, magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy

Clinical Trials

• MRI of Breast Cancer using BOLD Recruiting
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Breast Cancer Recruiting
• Cervical Nodal Mets in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of H&N - MRI, FDG-PET, & Histopathologic Correlation No longer recruiting
• Evaluating Sunitinib Therapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma Using F-18 FDG PET/CT and DCE MRI Active, not recruiting
• PET/CT and Whole-Body MRI for Detection of Skeletal and Soft Tissue Metastases Suspended

Publications

• Comparison of MR and contrast venography of the cervical venous system in multiple sclerosis. Zaharchuk G, Fischbein NJ, Rosenberg J, Herfkens RJ, Dake MD. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011; 32 (8): 1482-9
• Hemodynamic changes quantified in abdominal aortic aneurysms with increasing exercise intensity using mr exercise imaging and image-based computational fluid dynamics. Suh GY, Les AS, Tenforde AS, Shadden SC, Spilker RL, Yeung JJ, Cheng CP, Herfkens RJ, Dalman RL, Taylor CA. Ann Biomed Eng. 2011; 39 (8): 2186-202
• Improved cardiovascular flow quantification with time-resolved volumetric phase-contrast MRI. Hsiao A, Alley MT, Massaband P, Herfkens RJ, Chan FP, Vasanawala SS. Pediatr Radiol. 2011; 41 (6): 711-20
• In-vivo imaging of femoral artery nitinol stents for deformation analysis. Ganguly A, Simons J, Schneider A, Keck B, Bennett NR, Herfkens RJ, Coogan SM, Fahrig R. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2011; 22 (2): 244-9
• Intraprocedure visualization of the esophagus using interventional C-arm CT as guidance for left atrial radiofrequency ablation. Tognolini A, Al-Ahmad A, Wang PJ, Hsia HH, Herfkens RJ, Girard E, Moore T, Fahrig R. Acad Radiol. 2011; 18 (7): 850-7