Professor Emeritus, Departments of Radiology, Surgery, and Obstetrics/Gynecology/Reproductive Sciences, UCSF
Education
Ohio University; Athens, Ohio, B.A., 1963-1966, Chemistry, Biology
Ohio State University College of Medicine; Columbus, Ohio, M.D., 1966-1970, Medicine
Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, Ohio, 1970-1971, Internal Medicine, Internship
Stanford University Medical Center; Palo Alto, California, 1971-1974, Radiology, Residency
Professional Experience
- March 1976-present
Chief, Section of Diagnostic Ultrasound , University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
- March 1976-June 1978
Assistant Professor of Radiology (in Residence), University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
- July 1978-June 1980
Associate Professor of Radiology (in Residence) , University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
- July 1980-July 1991
Professor of Radiology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences (in Residence), University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
- July 1981-July 1994
Co-Director, Fetal Treatment Program, University of California, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
- November 1988-2001
Clinical Professor of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
- July 1991-September 2004
Professor of Radiology and of Obstetrics Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
- September 2004 - present
Emeritus Professor of Radiology, of Surgery, and of Obstetrics Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California
Honors & Awards
- 1970
M. D. Summa Cum Laude; Ohio State University - 1970
Alpha Omega Alpha; Honor Medical Fraternity; Ohio State University - 1968, 1970
Maurice B. Russoff Award; Ohio State University - 1970
Paul D. Meyer Award,; Radiology; Ohio State University - 1970
Academic Achievement Award, Medical Microbiology; Ohio State University - 1970
Highest Score; Ohio State Medical Board Examination - 1974
Robert Reid Newel Award in Radiology; Stanford University - Picker Scholar; James Pi
ker Foundation , 1976-1980 - 1978
Teacher of the Year Award; Dept of Radiology; University of California, San Francisco - 1980
Alumni Achievement Award; Ohio State University - 1981
Chief Residents Teaching Award; Dept of Obstetrics, Gynecology; and Reproductive Medicine; University of California, School of Medicine - 1982
Oliphant Lecturer; Adelaide, Australia - 1982
Felix Fleischner Guest Professor; Harvard Medical School; Beth Israel Hospital - 1982
Chief Residents Obstetrics and Gynecology Award:; Special Commendation for Excellence in Teaching; University of California, School of Medicine - 1982
Frederick W. Sample Memorial Lecture; International Body Imaging Conference; Waikoloa, Hawaii - 1982
Special Commendation for Teaching; Residents in Diagnostic Radiology; University of California, School of Medicine - 1982
Fellow; American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) - 1983
49th Annual Carmen Lecturer; Minnesota Radiologic Society - 1984
American Roentgen Ray Society; Executive Council Award - 1986
David M. Gould Memorial, Lecturer; The John Hopkins School of Medicine - 1986
Honorary Member; Venezuela Association of Ultrasound; for contributions to the literature in Diagnostic Sonography - 1987
President; Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound - 1988
Barry B. Goldberg Annual Lecturer; Tel Aviv, Israel - 1988
Joseph H. Holmes Clinical Pioneer Award; Presented by the World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology and the AIUM - 1988
Honorary Member; La Societe Canadienne-Francaise de Radiologie - 1989
Honorary Member; Chicago Radiological Society - 1990
First Honorary Member; Florida West Coast Radiologic Society - 1990
The Walter W. Herbert Memorial Lecturer; University of California, San Francisco - 1991
Catherine Cole-Beuglet Memorial Lecturer; University California, Irvine - 1991
The Gray-Hartley Memorial Lecturer; University of Manchester; Manchester England - 1992
Fellow; Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound - 1994
Original Paper on Fetal Surgery featured as landmark; Research in the Journal of NIH Research 1997, 6:76 - 1995
W. Edwards Chameberlain Memorial Lecturer; Temple University Hospital - 1997
William J. Fry Memorial Lecture and Award; AIUM; (Highest award for an American Ultrasonologist) - 1998
Edward Neuhauser Lecturer (Keynote Address); Society for Pediatric Radiology; Tucson, Arizona - 1998
Keynote Speaker; Ultrasound Society of the Philippines; Annual Convention; Makati City, Philippines - 1999
25th Eli and Edith Friedman Memorial Lecturer; Harvard Medical School; Harvard Club; Boston, Massachusetts - 1999
Kurt Benirshke Memorial Lecturer; Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics; University of California, San Diego - 1999
Leo G. Rigler Lecture; (Oldest named radiology lectureship in the USA); University of Minnesota - 2001
Howard Steinbach Memorial Lecture; Radiology Grand Rounds; University of California, San Francisco - 2004
Pioneer Award, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
Selected Publications
- Burger IM, Filly RA, Bowie J, Barkovich AJ. The grand unifying theory of bright echoes in the fetal and neonatal brain. J Ultrasound Med. 2012 Oct; 31(10):1665-73.
View on PubMed - Burger IM, Filly RA. Value of "minimum menstrual age" in determining early pregnancy failure. J Ultrasound Med. 2011 Nov; 30(11):1553-9.
View on PubMed - Filly RA, Baskin LS. Multifocal nephrogenic adenoma of the bladder in a pediatric patient. J Ultrasound Med. 2010 Aug; 29(8):1239-41.
View on PubMed - Yegul NT, Filly RA. Further observations on the empty "amnion sign". J Clin Ultrasound. 2010 Mar-Apr; 38(3):113-7.
View on PubMed - Filly MR, Callen PW, Yegul NT, Filly RA. The yolk stalk sign: evidence of death in small embryos without heartbeats. J Ultrasound Med. 2010 Feb; 29(2):237-41.
View on PubMed - Wax JR, Pinette MG, Filly RA. The expanded amnion sign: evidence of early embryonic death. J Ultrasound Med. 2010 Feb; 29(2):323-4; author reply 323-4.
View on PubMed - Filly MR, Filly RA, Barkovich AJ, Goldstein RB. Supratentorial abnormalities in the Chiari II malformation, IV: the too-far-back ventricle. J Ultrasound Med. 2010 Feb; 29(2):243-8.
View on PubMed - Desai G, Filly RA. Sonographic anatomy of the gastrohepatic ligament. J Ultrasound Med. 2010 Jan; 29(1):87-93.
View on PubMed - Yegul NT, Filly RA. The expanded amnion sign: evidence of early embryonic death. J Ultrasound Med. 2009 Oct; 28(10):1331-5.
View on PubMed - Sy ED, Filly RA, Cheong ML, Clifton MS, Cortes RA, Ohashi S, Takifuji K, Ventura DE, Grethel EJ, Wagner AJ, Gress EA, Ball RH, Lee H, Harrison MR. Prognostic role of tumor-head volume ratio in fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2009; 26(2):75-80.
View on PubMed - Desai G, Filly RA, Rand L. Prenatal detection of an extra-adrenal neuroblastoma with hepatic metastases. J Ultrasound Med. 2009 Aug; 28(8):1085-90.
View on PubMed - Wong SK, Barkovich AJ, Callen AL, Filly RA. Supratentorial abnormalities in the Chiari II malformation, III: The interhemispheric cyst. J Ultrasound Med. 2009 Aug; 28(8):999-1006.
View on PubMed - Aziz S, Cho RC, Baker DB, Chhor C, Filly RA. "Empty" sac in pregnant women with bleeding: are measurements answering the right question? J Clin Ultrasound. 2009 Jun; 37(5):249-52.
View on PubMed - Stein JC, River G, Kalika I, Hebig A, Price D, Jacoby VL, Filly R. A survey of bedside ultrasound use by emergency physicians in California. J Ultrasound Med. 2009 Jun; 28(6):757-63.
View on PubMed - Sista AK, Filly RA. Type 1 congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt. J Ultrasound Med. 2009 May; 28(5):703-5.
View on PubMed - Callen AL, Stengel JW, Filly RA. Supratentorial abnormalities in the Chiari II malformation, II: tectal morphologic changes. J Ultrasound Med. 2009 Jan; 28(1):29-35.
View on PubMed - Aziz S, Cho RC, Baker DB, Chhor C, Filly RA. Five-millimeter and smaller embryos without embryonic cardiac activity: outcomes in women with vaginal bleeding. J Ultrasound Med. 2008 Nov; 27(11):1559-61.
View on PubMed - Reddy UM, Filly RA, Copel JA. Prenatal imaging: ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging. Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Jul; 112(1):145-57.
View on PubMed - Sista AK, Filly RA. Paradoxical movements of abdominal contents indicating a congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Ultrasound Med. 2008 Mar; 27(3):497.
View on PubMed - Sista AK, Filly RA. The falling snow sign in an ovarian dermoid. J Ultrasound Med. 2008 Mar; 27(3):496.
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