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HEIKE DALDRUP-LINK, MD, PHD

Associate Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics, Department of Radiology, Pediatric Radiology Section and Contrast Agent Research Group, UCSF

CONTACT

daldrup@radiology.ucsf.edu
(415) 476-4328 (voice)
(415) 476-0616 (fax)

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

additional websites:

Contrast Agent Research Group
Pediatric Radiology Section

EDUCATION

Medical School, University of Münster, Germany, Medicine, 1987-1992 Medical School, University of Münster, Germany, MD Thesis, 1989-1993
Internship in Herford, Zürich and Münster, 1992-1993, Medicine, Surgery, Radiology
Residency, University Hospitals of Münster and the Technical University of Munich, Germany, 1994-1995, 1997-2001, Radiology
Research Fellowship, UCSF Medical Center, 1996, Contrast Media Research
PD Thesis, 2001-2004, Molecular Imaging

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

6/2001 - 6/2003

Fellow, Pediatric Radiology & Molecular Imaging Department of Radiology, Technical University of Munich

7/2003 - 10/2003

Staff Radiologist, Pediatric Radiology & Molecular Imaging Department of Radiology, Technical University of Munich

7/2004 - present

Visiting Professor (Priv.Doz.), Technical University of Munich, Germany

7/2004-present

Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Medical Center

11/2003 - 6/2006

Assistant Professor in Residence, Pediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

7/2006 - present

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

7/2006 - present

Associate Professor of Radiology, Pediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

HONORS & AWARDS

1997

Caffey Award

2000

Coolidge Award

2002

RSNA International Young Academics Stipend

2005

Roentgen Award

2005

UCSF Innovation in Science Award

2006

American Association of University Radiologists New Investigators Award

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Daldrup HE, Shames D, Wendland M, Okuhata Y, Link TM, Rosenau W, Lu Y, Brasch RC: Correlations of Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Histologic Tumor Grade: Comparison of Macromolecular and Small Molecular Contrast Media. Caffey Award Paper: Am J Roentgenol 171 (4): 941-949, 1998 and Pediatr Radiol 28: 67-78, 1998

Daldrup HE, Link TM, Blasius S, Kšnemann S, Jźrgens H, Rummeny EJ: Monitoring Radiation-Induced Changes in Bone Marrow Histopathology with Ultra-Small Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide (USPIO) Enhanced MRI. - J Magn Reson Imaging 9: 643-652, 1999

Daldrup-Link HE, Link TM, Mšller H, Wiedermann D, Bonnemain B, Corot C, Rummeny EJ: Carboxymethyldextran-A2-Gd-DOTA Đ enhancement patterns in the abdomen and pelvis in an animal model. European Radiology 11: 1276-1284, 2001.

Daldrup-Link HE, Franzius C, Link TM, Laukamp D, Sciuk J, Jźrgens H, Schober O, Rummeny EJ: Whole Body MR Imaging for Detection of Bone Metastases in children and young adults: comparison with skeletal scintigraphy and FDG PET. Am J Roentgenol 177: 229-236, 2001

Daldrup-Link HE, Rummeny EJ, Ih§en B, Kienast K, Link TM: Iron oxide enhanced MR imaging of bone marrow in patients with non-Hodgkin`s lymphoma: differentiation of tumor infiltration and hypercellular bone marrow. Europ Radiol 11: 1276-1284, 2001

Daldrup-Link HE, Rydland J, Helbich T, Turetschek K, Haraldseth O, Link TM, Brasch RC, Shames D, Rummeny EJ: Quantitative MRI-Estimates of breast tumor microvascular permeabilities to the macromolecular contrast agent Feruglose (Clariscan) correlate with histologic tumor grade: Initial Phase II Multicenter Trial. Radiology 229(3): 885-92, 2003

Daldrup-Link HE, Rudelius M, Oostendorp RAJ, Settles M, Piontek G, Metz S, Heinzmann U, Rummeny EJ, Schlegel J, Link TM: Targeting of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells with MR Contrast Agents. Radiology 228: 760-767, 2003

Rudelius M*, Daldrup-Link HE, Heinzmann U, Piontek G, Settles M, Link TM, Schlegel J: Highly efficient paramagnetic cellular labeling by standard transfection protocols. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 30: 1038-1044, 2003.

Daldrup-Link HE, Kaiser A, Helbich T, Werner M, Bjornerud A, Link TM, Rummeny EJ: Macromolecular contrast medium (feruglose) versus small molecular contrast medium (gadopentetate) enhanced magnetic resonance imaging: differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesions. Acad Radiol 10(11):1237-46, 2003

Daldrup-Link HE, Rydland J, Helbich T, Turetschek K, Haraldseth O, Link TM, Brasch RC, Shames D, Rummeny EJ: Quantitative MRI-Estimates of breast tumor microvascular permeabilities to the macromolecular contrast agent Feruglose (Clariscan) correlate with histologic tumor grade: Initial Phase II Multicenter Trial. Radiology 229(3): 885-92, 2003

Daldrup-Link HE, Rudelius M, Metz S, Piontek G, Settles M, Pichler B, Heinzmann U, Weinmann HJ, Schlegel J, Link TM, Rummeny EJ, Oostendorp RAJ: Stem cell tracking with Gadophrin-2 Đ a bifunctional contrast agent for MR imaging, optical imaging and fluorescence microscopy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 31(9):1312-21, 2004.

Metz S, Bonaterra G, Rudelius M, Settles M, Rummeny EJ, Daldrup-Link HE: Capacity of Human Monocytes to phagocytose approved iron oxide MR contrast agents. Eur Radiol 14(10):1851-8, 2004

Daldrup-Link HE, Okuhata Y, Wolfe A, Srivastav S, Oie S, Ferrara N, Cohen RL, Shames DM, Brasch RC: Decrease in tumor apparent permeability surface area product to a MRI macromolecular contrast medium following angiogenesis inhibition with correlations to cytotoxic drug accumulation. Microcirculation 11(5):387-96, 2004

Daldrup-Link HE, Okuhata Y, Wolfe A, Srivastav S, Oie S, Ferrara N, Cohen RL, Shames DM, Brasch RC: Decrease in tumor apparent permeability surface area product to a MRI macromolecular contrast medium following angiogenesis inhibition with correlations to cytotoxic drug accumulation. Microcirculation 11(5):387-96, 2004

Daldrup-Link HE, Rudelius M, Piontek G, Metz S, BrŠuer R, Debus G, Corot C, Schlegel J, Link TM, Peschel C, Rummeny EJ, Oostendorp RAJ: Migration of iron oxide labeled human hematopoietic progenitor cells in a xenotransplant model: in vivo monitoring using clinical magnetic resonance imaging equipment. Radiology 234(1): 197-205, 2005

Daldrup-Link HE, Meier R, Rudelius M, Piontek G, Piert M, Metz S, Settles S, Uherek C, Schlegel J, Rummeny EJ: In-vivo Tracking of genetically engineered anti-HER2/neu directed Natural Killer to HER2/neu positive Mammary Tumors with Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Eur Radiol 15(1): 4-13, 2005

Daldrup-Link HE, Rudelius M, Oostendorp RA, Jacobs VR, Simon GH, Gooding C, Rummeny EJ: Comparison of iron oxide labeling properties of hematopoietic progenitor cells from umbilical cord blood and from peripheral blood for subsequent in vivo tracking in a xenotransplant mouse model. Acad Radiol. 12(4):502-10, 2005

Preda A, Turetschek K, Daldrup H, Floyd E, Novikov V, Shames DM, Roberts TPL, Carter WO, Brasch RC: The Choice of Region of Interest Measures in Contrast-Enhanced MRI Characterization of Experimental Breast Tumors. Invest Radiol 40(6): 349-354, 2005

Simon GH, von Vopelius-Feldt J, Wendland M, Schlegel J, Mei-Hsiu C, Daldrup-Link HE: Ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide enhanced MR imaging of normal bone marrow in rodents. Academic Radiology 12(9):1190-7, 2005

Simon GH, Daldrup-Link HE, von Vopelius-Feldt J, Fu Y, Berejnoi K, Schlegel J, Mei-Hsiu C, Wendland M: Comparison of Ferumoxtran-10, Ferumoxytol and SHU555C for MR Imaging of Experimental Arthritis. Investigative Radiology 41(1):45-51, 2006

Metz S, Lohr S, Settles S, Beer A, Woertler M, Rummeny EJ, Daldrup-Link HE: Ferumoxtran-10 enhanced MR imaging of the bone marrow before and after conditioning therapy in patients with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma. Eur Radiol. 16(3):598-607, 2006

Simon GH*, von Vopelius-Feldt J, Wendland M, Fu Y, Piontek G, Schlegel J, Chen, MH, Daldrup-Link HE: MRI of arthritis: Comparison of ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide vs. Gd-DTPA. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 23(5):720-7, 2006

Daldrup-Link HE, Simon G, Brasch RC: Imaging of Tumor Angiogenesis. Current Approaches and Future Prospects. Current Pharmaceutical Design 12(21):2661-72, 2006

Simon GH, Bauer J, Wendland M, Saborowski O, Fu Y, Corot C, Daldrup-Link HE: T1 and T2 relaxivity of intracellular and extracellular USPIO at 1.5T and 3T clinical MR scanning. Eur Radiol 16(3):738-45, 2006

Daldrup-Link HE, Henning T, Link TM: MR Imaging of Therapy induced Changes of the Bone Marrow. Invited article for Eur Radiol 17(3):743-61, 2007

Saborowski O, Simon G, Raatschen H, Wendland M, Fu Y, Knudsen M, Baehner R, Corot C, Chen MH, Daldrup-Link HE: MR imaging of arthritis with the new, folate-receptor targeted contrast agent P866. Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging Mar 27, 2007 [Epub ahead of print]

Henning T, Saborowski O, Golovko D, Boddington S, Bauer J, Fy Y, Meier R, Pietsch H, Sennino B, Daldrup-Link HE: Cell labeling with the positive MR contrast agent Gadofluorine M. Eur Radiol Jan 6, 2007 [Epub ahead of print]

4/6/07

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