Prof. Avinash Kambadakone
(Chief, Division of Abdominal Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor in Harvard Medical School, Medical Director, Martha's Vineyard Hospital Imaging)
Prof. Avinash Kambadakone, MD is the Chief of Abdominal Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and Medical Director of Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Imaging. Dr. Kambadakone is a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, the Society of Advanced Body Imaging and the Society of Abdominal Radiology. He has authored and co-authored over 170 peer-reviewed research publications, review articles and textbook chapters. Dr. Kambadakone is the recipient of numerous awards and he is the Associate Editor of Abdominal Radiology and Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. He is an accomplished educator and has successfully conducted several regional, national and international educational courses focused on abdominal CT and DECT. He is the chair of the technical working group of LI-RADS and co-chairs the SAR disease focused panel on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Dr. Kambadakone’s main areas of clinical interest are imaging evaluation of diseases of hepatobiliary-pancreatic system and gastrointestinal tract. His research activities are focused on investigating clinical applications of cutting-edge CT innovations in abdominal imaging. Among the advanced CT techniques, his research is focused on exploring novel CT based imaging biomarkers such as CT perfusion and CT texture analysis in abdominal malignancies and implementation/ optimization of Dual Energy CT (DECT) technology in clinical practice.
