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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
SOONMEE CHA, MD

Assistant Professor, Radiology, UCSF

CONTACT

(415) 353-1537 (appts)
(415) 353-8593 (fax)

Box 0628, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0628

additional websites:

UCSF Physician Referral Directory

EDUCATION

Georgetown University, Washington, DC, B.S., 1983-1987, Chemistry
Georgetown University, Washington, DC, M.D., 1987-1991, Medicine
Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, Internship, 1991-1992, Transitional Internship
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, Residency, 1992-1996, Diagnostic Radiology
New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, Fellowship, 1996-1998, Neuroradiology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997-1998

Clinical Instructor of Neuroradiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

1998-2000

Assistant Professor of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine

2001-present

Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

HONORS & AWARDS

April 2000

ASNR Outstanding Presentation Award in General Neuroradiology at the 38th Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA.

1995

Certificate of Merit Award, Scientific exhibit at RSNA

1994

Certificate of Merit Award, Scientific exhibit at RSNA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Cha S, Lu S, Johnson G, Knopp EA. Dynamic susceptibility contrast MR imaging: Correlation of signal intensity changes with cerebral blood volume measurements. J of Mag Res 2000;11:114-119

Cha S, Knopp EA, Johnson G, et al. Dynamic, contrast-enhanced T2*-weighted MR imaging of recurrent malignant gliomas treated with thalidomide and carboplatin. Amer J of Neuroradiology 2000;21:881-890

Knopp E, Cha S, Johnson G, et al. Dynamic, contrast-enhanced T2*-weighted MR imaging of glial neoplasms. Radiology 1999; 211:791-798

George AE, Cha S. Applying functional MR to brain Behavior research. Can we do better than simple clinical measures. Editorial for Capizzano et al Subcortical ischemic vascular dementia: Assessment with quantitative MRI and 1HMRSI. Amer J of Neuroradiology 2000:21;619-620

Cha S, Schultz E, Atkinson B, Sherr D. Malignant lymphoma of the patella. Skeletal Radiology 1996; 25: 783 785

Cha S, Pierce S, Knopp EA, et al. Dynamic contrast-enhanced T2*-weighted MR imaging of tumefactive demyelinating lesions. Amer J of Neuroradiology 2001;22:1109-1116.

Cha S. Relative recirculation: What does it mean? AJNR Amer J of Neuroradiol 2002.

Cha S. T2*-weighted Cerebral Perfusion Maps of Gliomas. American Society of Neuroradiology Symposium 2001: Advances in Neuroimaging. Syllabus pp.21-26.

George AE, Cha S. What role does functional MR imaging play in the diagnosis or prediction of future-onset AlzheimerÍs disease? AJNR Amer J of Neuroradiol 2001;22:1017-1018.

George AE, Cha S. Applying functional MR to brain Behavior research. Can we do better than simple clinical measures. AJNR Amer J of Neuroradiol 2000:21;619-620.

Cha S, Knopp EA, Johnson G, et al. Dynamic contrast-enhanced Susceptibility-weighted Echo-planar Perfusion MR imaging of Intracranial Mass Lesions. Radiology (In press).

Wetzel, Cha S, Johnson G, et al. Relative cerebral blood volume measurements of intracranial mass lesions: An inter-observer and intra-observer reproducibility study. Radiology (In press).

Law M, Cha S, Knopp EA, et al. Differentiation between primary high-grade gliomas and solitary metastasis using cerebral blood volume maps and proton MR spectroscopic imaging. Radiology (In press).

Yang S, Wetzel S, Cha S. Dynamic contrast-enhanced T2*-weighted MR imaging of gliomatosis cerebri. AJNR American Journal of Neuroradiology (In press).

3/14/02

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