Profile Detail
Amir Borhani, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology; Chief of Body CTE-Mail:
Interest (in 3 to 10 words): Academics, Research
Education | |
Medical / Graduate School | Tehran University of Medical Sciences |
Residency | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (diagnostic radiology) |
Clinical / Post-doctoral Fellowship | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (abdominal imaging and abdominal interventions) |
Current | Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Society of Abdominal Radiologists (SAR) American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) American College of Radiologists (ACR) Association of University Radiologists (AUR) |
Specialties & Programs |
MR CT Ultrasound Interventional Clinical Pre-clinical Translational |
Clinical Interest | Liver and Pancreaticobiliary Imaging Prostate mpMRI Imaging of Crohn's disase Abdominal and H&N nonvascular interventions |
Research Interest | Imaging of NAFLD. Imaging and noninvasive diagnosis of diffuse and focal liver lesions. Pancreatic cancer. Abdominal applications of dual energy spectral CT. |
Selected Publications | 1: Kim Y, Furlan A, Borhani AA, Bae KT. Computer-aided diagnosis program for classifying the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma on MR images following liver imaging reporting and data system (LI-RADS). J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 May 26. 2: Borhani AA, Kulzer M, Iranpour N, Ghodadra A, Sparrow M, Furlan A, Tublin ME. Comparison of true unenhanced and virtual unenhanced (VUE) attenuation values in abdominopelvic single-source rapid kilovoltage-switching spectral CT. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2017 Mar;42(3):710-717. 3. Patel BN, Alexander L, Allen B, Berland L, Borhani A, Mileto A, Moreno C, Morgan D, Sahani D, Shuman W, Tamm E, Tublin M, Yeh B, Marin D. Dual-energy CT workflow: multi-institutional consensus on standardization of abdominopelvic MDCT protocols. Abdom Radiol (NY). 4: Borhani AA, Fasanella KE, Iranpour N, Zureikat AH, Singhi AD, Furlan A, Dasyam AK. Lymphoepithelial cyst of pancreas: spectrum of radiological findings with pathologic correlation. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2017 Mar;42(3):877-883. 5: Furlan A, Minervini MI, Borhani AA, Dioguardi Burgio M, Tublin ME, Brancatelli G. Hepatic Sinusoidal Dilatation: A Review of Causes With Imaging-Pathologic Correlation. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2016 Dec;37(6):525-532. 6: Rachakonda V, Borhani AA, Dunn MA, Andrzejewski M, Martin K, Behari J. Serum Leptin Is a Biomarker of Malnutrition in Decompensated Cirrhosis. PLoS One. 2016 Sep 1;11(9). 7: Borhani AA, Hosseinzadeh K. Quantitative Versus Qualitative Methods in Evaluation of T2 Signal Intensity to Improve Accuracy in Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Aug;205(2):302-10. |
Honors and Awards |
Divisional Teacher of the Year Award, UPMC (2015 & 2017) Division of the Year Award, UPMC (2013-2017) Distinguished Reviewer, Abdominal Radiology (2015 & 2016) Fellow of the Year Award, UPMC (2013-2014) Sandra Hamdani Memorial Radiology Resident Award, UPMC (2012-2013) Top Gun Award, UPMC (2011-2012) RSNA Cum Laude Award (2007 & 2011) |
PubMed Publications | See a listing of publications on PubMed, a service of the National Library of medicine. |