William P. Dillon, MD

University of Santa Clara, CA, B.S., 1970-74, Biology
University of CA at Los Angeles, CA, M.D., 1974-78, Medicine
Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, WA, Intern, 1978-79, Internal Medicine
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, Resident, 1979-82, Diagnostic Radiology
University of California, San Francisco, Fellow, 1/82-6/82, Neuroradiology

• 1982-1983
  University of California, San Francisco-- Clinical Instructor in Neuroradiology
• 1983-1987
  San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center -- Chief, Neuroradiology Service
• 1983-1987
  University of California, San Francisco -- Assistant Professor of Radiology in Residence
• 1987-1993
  University of California, San Francisco -- Associate Professor of Radiology, Neurology and Neurological Surgery in Residence
• 1993-present
  University of California, San Francisco -- Professor of Radiology, Neurology and Neurological Surgery
• 1992 -- present
  Chief, Neuroradiology Section, Vice Chairman, UCSF Department of Radiology

• 1992
  Francis A. Sooy, M.D. Award for clinical excellence, Otolaryngology
• 1993-1994
  President, American Society of Head and Neck Radiology
• 1998-present
  Senior Editor, American Journal of Neuroradiology

• Dillon WP: The use of contrast agents in MRI of the central Nervous System. Perspectives in Radiology 2:95-108, 1989.
• Dillon WP, Som PM, Fullerton GD: Hypointense MR signal in chronically inspissated sinonasal secretions. Radiology 174:73-77, 1989.
• Harnsberger HR, Dillon WP: The Radiologic Role in Diagnosis, Staging, and Follow-up of Neoplasia of the Brain, Spine, and Head and Neck. Seminars in Ultrasound, CT, and MR, 10:6:431-452, 1989.
• Jackler R, Shapiro M, Dillon WP, Pitts L, Lanser M J. Gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in acoustic tumor diagnosis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surgery 102(6):670-677, 1990.
• Valk PE, Dillon WP: Radiation injury of the brain: a review. AJNR , 12(1):45-62, 1991
• Dillon WP and Harnsberger HR: The impact of radiologic imaging on staging of cancer of the head and neck. Seminars in Oncology 18:2:64-79, 1991
• Barakos J and Dillon WP, Chew WM: Orbit, Skull Base, and Pharynx: Contrast -enhanced fat saturated MR imaging. Radiology 179:191-198, 1991
• Dowd CF, Dillon WP, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM: Magnetic resonance imaging of intractable complex partial seizures: Pathological and electroencephalographic correlation. Epilepsia 32(4):454-459, 1991
• Marinier DS, Deicken R, Fein G, Hubesch B, Van Dyke C, Dillon WP, Davenport L, Meyerhoff D, Weiner M: Alterations of brain phosphorus metabolites associated with MRI white matter signal hyperintensities. Radiology, 1992, 183:247-256.
• Meyerhofff DJ, MacKay S, Bachman L, Poole N, Dillon WP, Weiner MW, Fein G.: Reduced brain N-acetylaspartate suggests neuronal loss in cognitively impaired human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive individuals: In vivo 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging. Neurology 1993;43:509-515.
• Fein G, Meyerhoff DJ, Di Schlafani V, Ezekiel F, Poole N, MacKay S, Dillon WP, Constans JM, Weiner MW: 1H MRSI separates neuronal from glial changes in alcohol related brain atrophy. Alcohol and glial cells. NIH Research Monograph - 27, 1994.
• Garcia PA, Laxer KD, Barbaro NM, Dillon WP: Prognostic value of qualitative magnetic resonance imaging hippocampal abnormalities in patients undergoing temporal lobectomy for medically refractory seizures. Epilepsia 1994, 35(3): 520-524
• Ciricillo SF, Dillon WP, Edwards MSB: Progression of multiple cryptic vascular malformations associated with anomalous venous drainage. Journal of Neurosurgery 1994, 81:477-481
• Gaensler E, Dillon WP, Edwards MSB, Larson, D., Rosenau, W, Wilson, CB: Radiation-induced telangiectasias in the brain simulates cryptic vascular malformations at MRI imaging. Radiology 1994, 193:629-636
• Huang HK; Arenson RL; Dillon WP; Lou SL; Bazzill T; Wong AW. Asynchronous transfer mode technology for radiologic image communication. American Journal of Roentgenology, 1995 Jun, 164(6):1533-6.
• Di Scalfani V, Ezekiel F, Meyerhoff D, McKay S, Poole N, Dillon WP, Weiner M, Fein G: Brain atrophy and cognitive function in older abstinent alcoholic men. Alcoholism, 19(5):1121-1126, 1995.
• Barr P, Dillon WP, Wilson CB: Slow-flow vascular malformations of the Pons: Capillary Telangiectasias? AJNR January 1996, 17:71-78.
• Nelson, SJ; Day, MR; Buffone, PJ; Wald, LL; Budinger, TF; Hawkins, R; Dillon, WP; Huhn, S; Prados, MD; Chang, S; Vigneron, DB. Alignment of volume MR images and high resolution [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose PET images for the evaluation of patients with brain tumors. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 1997 Mar-Apr, 21(2):183-91.
• Nelson SJ, Huhn S, Vigneron DB, Day MR, Lawrence LW, Prados M, Chang S, Gutin P, Sneed PK, Hawkins RA, Dillon WP: Volume MRI and MRSI techniques for the quantitation of treatment response in brain tumors. JMRI 1997, Vol. 7:1146-1152.
• Wald, LL; Nelson, SJ; Day, MR; Noworolski, SE; Henry, RG; Huhn, SL; Chang, S; Prados, MD; Sneed, PK; Larson, DA; Wara, WM; McDermott, M; Dillon, WP; Gutin, PH; Vigneron, DB. Serial proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging of glioblastoma multiforme after brachytherapy. Journal of Neurosurgery, 1997 Oct, 87(4):525-34.
• Nelson SJ, Vigneron DB, Day MR, Wald LL, Henry RG, Moyher SE, Larson D, Sneed PK, Wara W, Verhey L, Prados M, Chang S, McDermott M, Gutin P, Dillon WP: Serial MRI and proton MRSI for the assessment of response to radiosurgery in patients with metastatic brain tumors. (submitted AJNR)
• Henry RG, Day MR, Wald LL, Noworolski SM, Star-Lack JM, Vigneron DB, Dillon WP, Fischbein NJ, Grant PE, Chang S, Nelson SJ: Comparison of relative rCBV and proton spectroscopy in the evaluation of brain tumors. (ISMRM, Vancouver BC)
• Chang S, Henry R, Vigneron D, Fischbein N, McDermott M, Barbaro N, Wilson C, Aldape K, Dillon WP, Dowling C, Nelson S: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and cerebral blood volume (CBV) characteristics of newly diagnosed brain lesions. (The Society for Neuro-Oncology; Congress of Neurologic Surgery).
• Dowling C, Vigneron DB, Day MR, Noworolski SM, Henry R, Carvajal L, McDermott M, Dillon WP, Nelson SJ: Correlation of Preoperative MR spectroscopy imaging with subsequent histologic examination in brain tumor patients with a mass lesion. (In preparation, abstract presented at ASNR)
• Dillon WP, et al. Noninvasive Surgery for Epilepsy; the Era of Image Guidance. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 1999 Feb, 20(2):185
• Fischbein NJ, Dillon WP, Cobb C, and Weinstein P.: The 'Pre-syrinx' state: A reversible myelopathic condition that may precede syringomyelia. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 1999 Jan, 20(1):7-20
• Dillon WP, Nelson SJ: What is the Role of MR Spectroscopy in the Evaluation and Treatment of Brain Neoplasms? American Journal of Neuroradiology. 1999 Jan, 20(1): 2-3
• Aassar OS, Dillon WP: Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer: Role and Usefulness of FDG PET in Locating Occult Primary Tumors. Radiology. 1999 Jan, 210 (1): 177-81.
• Nelson SJ, Vigneron DB, Dillon WP: Serial evaluation of patients with brain tumors using volume MRI and 3D 1H MRSI (Review article). NMR in Biomedicine 1999; 12:123-138.
• Manley G, and Dillon WP: Acute posterior fossa syndrome following lumbar drainage for treatment of suboccipital pseudomeningocele. Journal of Neurosurgery 92:469-474, 2000.
• Burnside ES, Andriole KP, Dillon WP: Double-exposure artifact mimicking a cervical spine fracture on computed radiography. American Journal of Roentgenology, 2000 Jan, 174(1):264.
• Dillon WP: Head and Neck Imaging. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2000 Jan, 21(1):25-8.
• Roberts HC, Dillon WP, Smith WS. Dynamic CT perfusion to assess the effect of carotid revascularization in chronic cerebral ischemia. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2000 Feb, 21(2):421-5.
• Fischbein NJ, Kaplan MJ, Holliday RA, Dillon WP. Recurrence of clival chordoma along the surgical pathway. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2000 Mar, 21(3):578-83.
• CHAPTERS
• Dillon WP: MRI of the nasopharynx. In: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Central Nervous System. Brant-Zawadzki M and Norman D, eds. Clavadel Press, 1987.
• Dillon WP, Miller E, Mancuso AA: CT of the cervical soft tissues. In: Modern Neuroradiology: CT of the extracranial head and neck. Newton TH, Dillon WP and Hasso A, eds. Clavadel Press, 1988.
• Dillon WP and Mancuso AA: The oropharynx and nasopharynx. In: Modern Neuroradiology: CT of the extracranial head and neck. Newton TH, Dillon WP, and Hasso, eds. Clavadel Press, 1988.
• Dillon WP: Imaging the Oral Cavity in Oral Cancer. Sol Silverman, Jr, ed., American Cancer Society, New York
• Dillon WP, Gold RG: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, in Textbook of Gliomas. Berger MS, Wilson CB, eds., W.B. Saunders Company, 1996.
• BOOKS
• 1988 Modern Neuroradiology: CT of the head and neck. Newton TH, Hasso A, Dillon WP, eds. Clavadel Press, San Anselmo, CA, 1988.
• 1989 MRI and CT of the Head and Neck, workbook. Mancuso AA, Harnsberger HR, Dillon, WP. ed. Williams and Wilkens, St. Louis, MO, 1989.
• 1999 Teaching Atlas of Brain Imaging. Fischbein N, Dillon W, Barkovich AJ. Eds. Thieme, New York, 1999.