About Dr Dogra

Vikram S. Dogra, MD Founder and President of the Board of Trustees Medical Imaging Partnership Dr. Dogra is Director, Division of Ultrasound and Associate Chair of Education and Research for the Department of Imaging Sciences at the University of Rochester Medical Center. His faculty appointments include Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, Urology and Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Certified by the American Board of Radiology and American Registry, ARDMS (Ultrasound Physics, and Abdomen, OB/GYN, Neurosonography) he also serves as a board examiner in Ultrasound for the American Board of Radiology. Dr. Dogra teaches Ultrasound and Radiology in developing nations around the globe and is founder of www.Imagingsciencetoday.com a free educational site dedicated to the promotion of imaging and ultrasound education. Dr. Dogra organizes research in the UR Department of Imaging Sciences for residents, fellows, and PhDs and is deeply involved with education programs for radiology residents and sonographers. Dr. Dogra served as president of the 3,000-member American Association of Radiologists of Indian Origin. Honors and Awards Dr. Dogra received First Place in Scientific Poster Session with Bhatt S and Rubens DJ for Color flow Doppler evaluation of testicular torsion and its pitfalls, presented at the AIUM 51st annual convention in Washington DC, March 23rd-26th, 2006. Other recent awards include: o

Third Place in Scientific Poster Session with Hannah C; Bhatt S; Rubens, Deborah J; and Patrick F for Tricks and pitfalls of ovarian torsion imaging, presented at the AIUM 51st annual convention.

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2009, Gold Medal, Indian Radiology and Imaging Association with the Dewan Chand Agarwal award.

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Fellow of the Society of Uroradiology (USA)

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Fellow of European Society of Uroradiology (ESUR)

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Fellow of American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)

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Fellow Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound

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Distinguished Committee Service Award (Ultrasound) given by the American College of Radiology (ACR)

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Finalist in the New Investigator Award Competition for The value of high intensity focused ultrasound to control post biopsy hemorrhage: feasibility study in a porcine model, at 2005 AIUM Annual Convention, June 19-22, in Orlando, Florida.

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2008 Shu-Ren-Lin award for excellence in Radiology Resident Teaching, University of Rochester, NY

Editorial Leadership Dr. Dogra has published hundreds of significant articles related to radiology and is the author of several textbooks and book chapters. He frequently presents at national and international conferences and is on the editorial board and a reviewer for several major journals. Recent editorial achievements include: o

Editor in Chief: Ultrasound Secrets, published by Elsevier Science, 2004. ISBN 1-56053-594-6.

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Co-Editor: CT Secrets, to be published in June 2006 by Elsevier Publishers.

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Guest Editor: Emergency Ultrasound, Radiol Clin North Am. 2004 Mar; 42(2): XI.

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Guest Editor: Ultrasound Clinics - GU Ultrasound, (Vol)1:1 January 2006. W.B Saunders Company, Philadelphia, USA. (ISSN 1556-858X, ISBN 1-4160-34369 2)

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Co-Editor: Atlas of Genitourinary Radiology: The Pathologic Basis, to be published in February 2007 by Springer-Verlag, London, Limited.

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Associate Editor GU radiology, in Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Body, Haaga JR, Lanzieri, CF, (eds), 5th edition.

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Guest Editor- Ultrasound Clinics- Genito-urinary Ultrasound, January 2007 (Vol 2, Issue 1).

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Guest Editor-Radiologic Clinics of North America - Emergency- Cross Sectional Imaging, March 2007 (Vol 45, Issue 2).

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Co-Editor- An atlas of Ultrasound Guided Procedures. Thieme Publishers, NY, USA ( to be released in 2009).

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Guest Editor- Ultrasound Clinics- Emergency Ultrasound, May 2008.

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Guest Editor- Ultrasound Clinics- Women’s Imaging, Oct 2008

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Consulting Editor- Ultrasound Clinics published by Elsevier science.

Dr. Dogra served at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, as ViceChairman of Education and Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology & Biomedical Engineering prior to the University of Rochester. He was the Radiology Residency Program Director, the Director, Division of Ultrasound, and the Section Head, GU Radiology.