Research Summary

William P. Dillon, MD, is the Elizabeth A. Guillaumin Professor of Radiology and Executive Vice-Chair in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging where clinically he serves in the section of Neuroradiology. Dr. Dillon received his medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and completed his residency at the University of Utah, followed by a fellowship in Neuroradiology at the University of California, San Francisco in 1982. From 1992 to 2013, he was Chief of the Neuroradiology section UCSF.

Dr. Dillon is past president of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ASHNR) and the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR). Dr. Dillon received the Gold Medal from the ASHNR in 2008 and the Gold Medal from the ASNR in 2015. He was also the recipient of the ASNR Outstanding Researcher Award in 2014. He was a Senior Editor for the American Journal of Neuroradiology from 1998 to 2011, and has been a co-investigator in 25 funded projects and 10 clinical trials. He has published over 300 articles, 23 book chapters, and 3 books.

Dr. Dillon received the Francis A. Sooy, MD teaching award for Clinical Excellence from the Department of Otolaryngology, UCSF in 1993, and the J. Elliott Royer award for contributions to clinical neurology in 2011. He has been elected as one of the Best Doctors of America every year since 1995 and had been nominated several times for the UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award.

His interests are varied and include imaging of the head and neck, spinal pain management, imaging of stroke, vascular diseases of the brain, and imaging of brain tumors.

Education

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

Honors & Awards

  • 1992
    Francis A. Sooy, M.D. Award for clinical excellence, Otolaryngology
  • 1993-1994
    President, American Society of Head and Neck Radiology
  • 1998-2011
    Senior Editor, American Journal of Neuroradiology
  • 2011
    J. Elliott Royer Award

Selected Publications

  1. Marcus GM, Tung R, Gerstenfeld EP, Hue TF, Lin F, Cheng J, Weiss JP, Tzou WS, Hsia H, Ehdaie A, Cooper DH, Bunch TJ, Arkles J, Nazer B, Lee A, Hadjis A, Nguyen DT, Chelu MG, Moss J, Hsu JC, Valderrábano M, Bhave PD, Beaser AD, Kanagasundram A, Wazni O, Bradfield J, Wall G, Chang K, Yang M, Montenegro G, Jarrott S, Kramer JH, Kim AS, Morris YM, Dillon WP. Left Ventricular Entry to Reduce Brain Lesions During Catheter Ablation: A Randomized Trial. Circulation. 2025 Feb 24.  View on PubMed
  2. Mamlouk MD, Gutierrez A, Dillon WP. Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Associated with Vascular Malformations. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Feb 03; 46(2):426-432.  View on PubMed
  3. Mamlouk MD, Callen AL, Madhavan AA, Lützen N, Jones LC, Mark IT, Brinjikji W, Benson JC, Verdoorn JT, Kim DK, Amrhein TJ, Gray L, Dillon WP, Maya MM, Huynh TJ, Shah VN, Dobrocky T, Piechowiak EI, Chazen JL, Malinzak MD, Houk JL, Kranz PG. Spinal CSF Leaks: The Neuroradiologist Transforming Care. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Nov 07; 45(11):1613-1620.  View on PubMed
  4. Daher GS, Kocharyan A, Carlson ML, Dillon WP, Fischbein NJ, Jackler R, Rassner U, Gurgel RK. MRI Safety of Stapes Prostheses: A Systematic Review. Otol Neurotol. 2024 Jun 01; 45(5):469-474.  View on PubMed
  5. Callen AL, Fakhri M, Timpone VM, Thaker AA, Dillon WP, Shah VN. Temporal Characteristics of CSF-Venous Fistulas on Dynamic Decubitus CT Myelography: A Retrospective Multi-Institution Cohort Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2023 12 29; 45(1):100-104.  View on PubMed
  6. Dillon WP. Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Localization with Dynamic Computed Tomography Myelography: Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls. Radiol Clin North Am. 2024 Mar; 62(2):311-319.  View on PubMed
  7. Callander JK, Clark AJ, Dillon W, Ryan WR. Spondylodiscitis and Spinal Epidural Abscess After Transoral Robotic Surgery Radical Tonsillectomy. OTO Open. 2023 Apr-Jun; 7(2):e61.  View on PubMed
  8. Callen AL, Dillon WP, Shah VN. Correction to: Unusual neuroimaging findings in spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Neuroradiology. 2023 May; 65(5):883.  View on PubMed
  9. Callen AL, Dillon WP, Shah VN. Unusual neuroimaging findings in spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Neuroradiology. 2023 May; 65(5):875-882.  View on PubMed
  10. Lee AC, Voskoboinik A, Cheung CC, Yogi S, Tseng ZH, Moss JD, Dewland TA, Lee BK, Lee RJ, Hsia HH, Marcus GM, Vedantham V, Chieng D, Kistler PM, Dillon W, Vittinghoff E, Gerstenfeld EP. A Randomized Trial of High vs Standard Power Radiofrequency Ablation for Pulmonary Vein Isolation: SHORT-AF. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2023 07; 9(7 Pt 2):1038-1047.  View on PubMed
  11. Dillon WP, Acosta TP, Failla A, Corrales J, Alangaden G, Ramesh M. Utility of microbiologic testing in surveillance bronchoscopy following lung transplantation: A retrospective cohort study. Transpl Infect Dis. 2022 Dec; 24(6):e13989.  View on PubMed
  12. Mark IT, Amans MR, Shah VN, Narsinh KH, Caton MT, Teixeira S, Dillon WP. Resisted Inspiration: A New Technique to Aid in the Detection of CSF-Venous Fistulas. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2022 10; 43(10):1544-1547.  View on PubMed
  13. Karandikar A, Solberg A, Fung A, Lee AY, Farooq A, Taylor AC, Oliveira A, Narayan A, Senter A, Majid A, Tong A, McGrath AL, Malik A, Brown AL, Roberts A, Fleischer A, Vettiyil B, Zigmund B, Park B, Curran B, Henry C, Jaimes C, Connolly C, Robson C, Meltzer CC, Phillips CH, Dove C, Glastonbury C, Pomeranz C, Kirsch CFE, Burgan CM, Scher C, Tomblinson C, Fuss C, Santillan C, Daye D, Brown DB, Young DJ, Kopans D, Vargas D, Martin D, Thompson D, Jordan DW, Shatzkes D, Sun D, Mastrodicasa D, Smith E, Korngold E, Dibble EH, Arleo EK, Hecht EM, Morris E, Maltin EP, Cooke EA, Schwartz ES, Lehrman E, Sodagari F, Shah F, Doo FX, Rigiroli F, Vilanilam GK, Landinez G, Kim GG, Rahbar H, Choi H, Bandesha H, Ojeda-Fournier H, Ikuta I, Dragojevic I, Schroeder JLT, Ivanidze J, Katzen JT, Chiang J, Nguyen J, Robinson JD, Broder JC, Kemp J, Weaver JS, Conyers JM, Robbins JB, Leschied JR, Wen J, Park J, Mongan J, Perchik J, Barbero JPM, Jacob J, Ledbetter K, Macura KJ, Maturen KE, Frederick-Dyer K, Dodelzon K, Cort K, Kisling K, Babagbemi K, McGill KC, Chang KJ, Feigin K, Winsor KS, Seifert K, Patel K, Porter KK, Foley KM, Patel-Lippmann K, McIntosh LJ, Padilla L, Groner L, Harry LM, Ladd LM, Wang L, Spalluto LB, Mahesh M, Marx MV, Sugi MD, Sammer MBK, Sun M, Barkovich MJ, Miller MJ, Vella M, Davis MA, Englander MJ, Durst M, Oumano M, Wood MJ, McBee MP, Fischbein NJ, Kovalchuk N, Lall N, Eclov N, Madhuripan N, Ariaratnam NS, Vincoff NS, Kothary N, Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi N, Brook OR, Glenn OA, Woodard PK, Mazaheri P, Rhyner P, Eby PR, Raghu P, Gerson RF, Patel R, Gutierrez RL, Gebhard R, Andreotti RF, Masum R, Woods R, Mandava S, Harrington SG, Parikh S, Chu S, Arora SS, Meyers SM, Prabhu S, Shams S, Pittman S, Patel SN, Payne S, Hetts SW, Hijaz TA, Chapman T, Loehfelm TW, Juang T, Clark TJ, Potigailo V, Shah V, Planz V, Kalia V, DeMartini W, Dillon WP, Gupta Y, Koethe Y, Hartley-Blossom Z, Wang ZJ, McGinty G, Haramati A, Allen LM, Germaine P. Radiologists staunchly support patient safety and autonomy, in opposition to the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v Wade. Clin Imaging. 2023 01; 93:117-121.  View on PubMed
  14. Idowu OO, Soderlund KA, Laguna B, Ashraf DC, Arnold BF, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Russell MS, Kersten RC, Dillon WP, Vagefi MR. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Prognostic Findings for Visual and Mortality Outcomes in Acute Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis. Ophthalmology. 2022 11; 129(11):1313-1322.  View on PubMed
  15. Mark IT, Dillon WP, Richie MB, Villanueva-Meyer JE. MRI Findings after Recent Image-Guided Lumbar Puncture: The Rate of Dural Enhancement and Subdural Collections. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2022 05; 43(5):784-788.  View on PubMed
  16. Franco-Palacios DJ, Allenspach L, Stagner L, Pinto J, Olexsey K, Sherbin E, Dillon W, Sternberg D, Bryce K, Simanovski J, Apostolou D, Tanaka D, Nemeh H, Wang Z, Alangaden G. A center experience with lung transplantation for COVID-19 ARDS. Respir Med Case Rep. 2022; 36:101597.  View on PubMed
  17. Dillon WP. 50th anniversary of computed tomography: past and future applications in clinical neuroscience. J Med Imaging (Bellingham). 2021 Sep; 8(5):052112.  View on PubMed
  18. Soderlund KA, Mamlouk MD, Shah VN, Roland JL, Dillon WP. Cerebrospinal fluid-lymphatic fistula causing spontaneous intracranial hypotension in a child with kaposiform lymphangiomatosis. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 Oct; 51(11):2093-2097.  View on PubMed
  19. Davogustto GE, Salazar RL, Vasquez HG, Karlstaedt A, Dillon WP, Guthrie PH, Martin JR, Vitrac H, De La Guardia G, Vela D, Ribas-Latre A, Baumgartner C, Eckel-Mahan K, Taegtmeyer H. Metabolic remodeling precedes mTORC1-mediated cardiac hypertrophy. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2021 09; 158:115-127.  View on PubMed
  20. Amans MR, Smith E, Narsinh KH, Dowd CF, Higashida RT, Halbach VV, Hetts SW, Cooke DL, Nelson J, Mccoy D, Ciano M, Dillon WP, Copelan AZ, Drocton GT, Khangura RS, Murph D, Hartley ZJ, Abla AA. Reply. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2021 08; 42(8):E58-E59.  View on PubMed

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