Sanjaya Viswamitra, MD

Director, Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Director, Cardiac Imaging and Research

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 

Consultant, Veterans Administration Medical Center

 

Training and Education

 

Fellowship:

Body Imaging (CT, MRI, US), Diagnostic Radiology
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (1999-2000)

Nuclear Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (1994-1995)

Residency:
Diagnostic Radiology
St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY (1995-1999)
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
 

 

Internship
Internal Medicine
St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY (1993-1994)
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Residency:
Anesthesiology, First year resident
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India (1992-1993)

Medical School:
Medical student and internee
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India (1985-1991)

Awards and Honors

RAD award for excellence in teaching, Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2004

Advanced course in grant writing, Radiologic Society of North America, 2001

Fellow of the year, Teaching, Department of Ultrasound, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, 2000

Chief Resident, Department of Radiology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, NY, 1998

‘Introduction to research’ award. Awarded by the RSNA, ARRS, and AUR. 1997

Research Interests
Cardiac MRI, Cardiac CTA coronary vessels

Reviewer

American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) 2004 to present

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 2003 to present

Viswamitra S, Higgins C, Meacham D, Mehta JL, MR imaging of myocardial ischemia. Current Opinions in Cardiology 2004;19(5): 510-6

Susann Szmania, Michele Cottler-Fox, Nancy Rosen, Sanjaya Viswamitra, Amberly    Moreno, Mindy Pomtree, Bart Barlogie, Guido Tricot, Frits van Rhee. A Novel Strategy for Combining Immunotherapy with High Dose Chemotherapy and Auto-Transplantation in High Risk Multiple Myeloma.  Blood, Vol 104, Issue 11, Nov. 16, 2004 pg 798.

Young RJ, Ghesani M. Kagetsu NJ, Viswamitra S, et al. Lesion size determines accuracy of Thallium-201 Brain SPECT in differentiating between malignancy and infection in AIDS patients Radiology (accepted for publication)

Viswamitra S. MRI of the kidneys, review. Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology

Midathada M, Safar A, Shaeder R, Viswamitra S, Kohli M, Ocular Melanoma versus ocular metastasis: A diagnostic dilemma. Clinical Advances in Hematology and Oncology 2005; 3(accepted for publication)

Challagundla S, Viswamitra S, Gokden M, Kohli M, Orbital metastasis from prostate cancer: An atypical case of neuro-endocrine de-differentiation during progression from hormonal sensitive to refractory stage. Clinical Prostate Cancer (accepted for publication)