Emily Webb, MD
Professor
Radiology
School of Medicine

She received her medical degree from New York Medical College in 2000, and completed her residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in Abdominal Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco in 2006.

Dr. Webb has a research interest in varied clinical applications of body CT and MRI, particularly in CT evaluation of the bowel and bowel pathology, which has been documented in her most recent publications and lecture topics. She also has an interest in oncologic imaging. Her primary research focus is on CT of the appendicitis. One project examined the utility of CT in adult men with suspected appendicitis, a topic that has been debatable in the existing surgical literature.

Dr. Webb has significant publications related to her primary research interest. Topics include, cystic fibrosis, the equivocal appendix at CT, and acute appendicitis. She has over 30 publications dedicated to her research, clinical trials, and study cases.

Expertise: Abdominal Imaging, Adult

Specialty: CT evaluation of bowel and bowel pathology, CT of appendicitis

Professional Interests: CT evaluation of the appendix, imaging of inflammatory bowel disease, and gastrointestinal manifestations of cystic fibrosis, oncologic imaging

Education and Training:

• Medical School: New York Medical College
• Internship: Kaiser Santa Clara Hospital, California - Internal Medicine
• Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital School of Medicine - Diagnostic Radiology
• Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco - Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and Abdominal Imaging
• United States Medical Licensing Exam Steps I, II, and III (completed 2001)
• Certification, American Board of Radiology (active)
• California State Medical Board, License (active)
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Registration Certificate (active)

• A Longitudinal Characterization of the Seminal Microbiota and Antibiotic Resistance in Yearling Beef Bulls Subjected to Different Rates of Gain.
  Microbiology spectrum 2023 Webb EM, Holman DB, Schmidt KN, Crouse MS, Dahlen CR, Cushman RA, Snider AP, McCarthy KL, Amat S
• Seminal and vagino-uterine microbiome and their individual and interactive effects on cattle fertility.
  Frontiers in microbiology 2022 Luecke SM, Webb EM, Dahlen CR, Reynolds LP, Amat S
• Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Radiomics may Increase the Role of Imaging in Malignant Risk Assessment.
  Academic radiology 2022 Webb EM, Mongan J
• Bivalent single domain antibody constructs for effective neutralization of Venezuelan equine encephalitis.
  Scientific reports 2022 Liu JL, Zabetakis D, Gardner CL, Burke CW, Glass PJ, Webb EM, Shriver-Lake LC, Anderson GP, Weger-Lucarelli J, Goldman ER
• Noble Metal Organometallic Complexes Display Antiviral Activity against SARS-CoV-2.
  Viruses 2021 Chuong C, DuChane CM, Webb EM, Rai P, Marano JM, Bernier CM, Merola JS, Weger-Lucarelli J
• Stabilization of a Broadly Neutralizing Anti-Chikungunya Virus Single Domain Antibody.
  Frontiers in medicine 2021 Liu JL, Webb EM, Zabetakis D, Burke CW, Gardner CL, Glass PJ, Legler PM, Weger-Lucarelli J, Anderson GP, Goldman ER
• Are Women Disproportionately Represented in Education Compared to Other Roles in Academic Radiology?
  Academic radiology 2020 Webb EM, Kallianos KG, Vella M, Straus CM, Bucknor MD, Galvan J, Scoutt LM
• Effects of Chikungunya virus immunity on Mayaro virus disease and epidemic potential.
  Scientific reports 2019 Webb EM, Azar SR, Haller SL, Langsjoen RM, Cuthbert CE, Ramjag AT, Luo H, Plante K, Wang T, Simmons G, Carrington CVF, Weaver SC, Rossi SL, Auguste AJ
• Practice choices of clinical associates: Policy realisation or practical reality?
  South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 2019 Monareng VL, Wolvaardt JE, Bac M, Webb EM
• How to Navigate Toxic Behaviors at Work.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2019 Webb EM, Kohi MP
• Single institutional experience with initial ultrasound followed by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging for acute appendicitis in adults.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2019 Jha P, Espinoza N, Webb E, Kohli M, Poder L, Morgan T
• Use of the Implicit Association Test to Improve Diversity in Radiology.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2019 Kallianos KG, Webb EM, Hess CP, Talbott J, Bucknor MD
• Effect of gantry rotation speed and scan mode on peristalsis motion artifact frequency and severity at abdominal CT.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2018 Shah R, Khoram R, Lambert JW, Sun Y, Wang ZJ, Webb EM, Yeh BM
• The Stability of Factors Influencing the Choice of Medical Specialty Among Medical Students and Postgraduate Radiology Trainees.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2018 Yen AJ, Webb EM, Jordan EJ, Kallianos K, Naeger DM
• 3:09 PM Abstract No. 293 Guidance on ultrasound: the efficacy of a short, reproducible, interactive course aimed at improving core ultrasound procedural competencies in fourth year medical students.
  Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2018 G. Gadodia, V. Kumar, M. Conrad, D. Naeger, E. Webb
• Diversity and Inclusion: Now Radiology Must Walk the Walk.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2017 Webb EM, Bucknor MD, Naeger DM
• Can Radiologists Learn From Airport Baggage Screening?: A Survey About Using Fictional Patients for Quality Assurance.
  Academic radiology 2017 Phelps A, Callen AL, Marcovici P, Naeger DM, Mongan J, Webb EM
• Interest in Interventional Radiology at Different Stages of Training: Possible Implications for the New Integrated Interventional Radiology Residency.
  Current problems in diagnostic radiology 2017 Kallianos KG, Webb EM, Conrad M, Ahearn B, Naeger DM
• A Near-peer Point-of-care Ultrasound Elective for Medical Students: Impact on Anatomy Knowledge, Perceptions About Ultrasound, and Self-reported Skill Level.
  Academic Radiology 2017 Jacqueline T. DesJardin, Santo K. Ricceri, Stephen D. Brown, Emily M. Webb, David M. Naeger, Nathan A. Teismann
• How Radiologists Think: Understanding Fast and Slow Thought Processing and How It Can Improve Our Teaching.
  Academic radiology 2017 van der Gijp A, Webb EM, Naeger DM
• The Effect of Teaching Search Strategies on Perceptual Performance.
  Academic radiology 2017 van der Gijp A, Vincken KL, Boscardin C, Webb EM, Ten Cate OTJ, Naeger DM
• Assessing the learning potential of an interactive digital game versus an interactive-style didactic lecture: the continued importance of didactic teaching in medical student education.
  Pediatric radiology 2016 Courtier J, Webb EM, Phelps AS, Naeger DM
• Tests, Quizzes, and Self-Assessments: How to Construct a High-Quality Examination.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2016 van der Gijp A, Ravesloot CJ, Ten Cate OT, van Schaik JP, Webb EM, Naeger DM
• Incorporation of Ultrasound Education Into Medical School Curricula: Survey of Directors of Medical Student Education in Radiology.
  Academic radiology 2016 Phelps A, Wan J, Straus C, Naeger DM, Webb EM
• Medical Student Usage of the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria.
  Academic radiology 2015 Kozak B, Webb EM, Khan BK, Orozco NM, Straus CM, Naeger DM
• Lecture Evaluations by Medical Students: Concepts That Correlate With Scores.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2015 Jen A, Webb EM, Ahearn B, Naeger DM
• A Designated "Teaching Resident": A Novel Leadership Position to Promote Educational Skills and an Academic Career.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2015 Webb EM, Ahearn B, Naeger DM
• Reflective Writing: A Potential Tool to Improve Interprofessional Teamwork with Radiologists.
  Academic radiology 2015 Naeger DM, Hua EW, Ahearn B, Webb EM
• Does Educator Training or Experience Affect the Quality of Multiple-Choice Questions?
  Academic radiology 2015 Webb EM, Phuong JS, Naeger DM
• Needs Assessment for Standardized Medical Student Imaging Education: Review of the Literature and a Survey of Deans and Chairs.
  Academic radiology 2015 Webb EM, Naeger DM, McNulty NJ, Straus CM
• Effectively Acquiring and Using Feedback.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2015 Naeger DM, Jen A, Ahearn B, Webb EM
• Interpretive versus noninterpretive content in top-selling radiology textbooks: what are we teaching medical students?
  Academic radiology 2015 Webb EM, Vella M, Straus CM, Phelps A, Naeger DM
• Radiology primer: A novel radiology course for undecided medical students.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2014 Benedetti NJ, Naeger DM, Webb EM
• Computed tomography of iatrogenic complications of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, stenting, and intubation.
  Radiologic clinics of North America 2014 Valenzuela DM, Behr SC, Coakley FV, Wang ZJ, Webb EM, Yeh BM
• Teaching point of care ultrasound skills in medical school: keeping radiology in the driver's seat.
  Academic radiology 2014 Webb EM, Cotton JB, Kane K, Straus CM, Topp KS, Naeger DM
• Can hospital-based cellular phones improve on-call communication?
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2014 Naeger DM, Jafri NF, Webb EM, Avrin D, Qayyum A
• Student-created independent learning modules: An easy high-value addition to radiology clerkships.
  Academic radiology 2014 Naeger DM, Straus CM, Phelps A, Courtier J, Webb EM
• Medical student radiology education: summary and recommendations from a national survey of medical school and radiology department leadership.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2014 Straus CM, Webb EM, Kondo KL, Phillips AW, Naeger DM, Carrico CW, Herring W, Neutze JA, Haines GR, Dodd GD
• Strategies for incorporating radiology into early medical school curricula.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2013 Naeger DM, Webb EM, Zimmerman L, Elicker BM
• CT of acute appendicitis: can diagnostic accuracy serve as a practical performance metric for readers specialized in abdominal imaging?
  Clinical imaging 2013 Chu LL, Webb EM, Stengel JW, Yeh BM, Lu Y, Coakley FV
• Residents teaching medical students: how do they compare with attending educators?
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2013 Naeger DM, Wilcox C, Phelps A, Ordovas KG, Webb EM
• Omental infarction preceded by anatomically upturned omentum.
  Clinical imaging 2013 Wang W, Wang ZJ, Webb EM, Westphalen AC, Gross AJ, Yeh BM
• Demographics and frequency of the intermittently upturned omentum at CT.
  European journal of radiology 2013 Penn A, Wang W, Wang ZJ, Yee J, Webb EM, Yeh BM
• Social media for professional purposes: introduction to the JACR "how to" video guide.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2013 Naeger DM, Webb EM
• Students teaching students: evaluation of a "near-peer" teaching experience.
  Academic radiology 2013 Naeger DM, Conrad M, Nguyen J, Kohi MP, Webb EM
• Correctly using sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values in clinical practice: how to avoid three common pitfalls.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2013 Naeger DM, Kohi MP, Webb EM, Phelps A, Ordovas KG, Newman TB
• Determinants of second-order bile duct visualization at CT cholangiography in potential living liver donors.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2013 Keedy AW, Breiman RS, Webb EM, Roberts JP, Coakley FV, Yeh BM
• Reading room electives: say goodbye to the "radi-holiday".
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2013 Naeger DM, Phelps A, Kohi M, Elicker B, Ordovas K, Webb EM
• Learning objectives in radiology education: why you need them and how to write them.
  Academic radiology 2013 Webb EM, Naeger DM, Fulton TB, Straus CM
• Can CT features differentiate between inferior vena cava leiomyosarcomas and primary retroperitoneal masses?
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2013 Webb EM, Wang ZJ, Westphalen AC, Nakakura EK, Coakley FV, Yeh BM
• Diseases of the Appendix.
  Abdominal Imaging 2013 Taylor R. Jordan, Emily M. Webb
• The prevalence and patterns of intraluminal air in acute appendicitis at CT.
  Emergency radiology 2012 Cabarrus M, Sun YL, Courtier JL, Stengel JW, Coakley FV, Webb EM
• Frequency and etiology of unexplained bilateral hydronephrosis in patients with breast cancer: results of a longitudinal CT study.
  Clinical imaging 2012 Kane AJ, Wang ZJ, Qayyum A, Yeh BM, Webb EM, Coakley FV
• The negative appendectomy rate: who benefits from preoperative CT?
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2011 Webb EM, Nguyen A, Wang ZJ, Stengel JW, Westphalen AC, Coakley FV
• Pseudotumor of the distal common bile duct at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
  Clinical imaging 2011 Tan JH, Coakley FV, Wang ZJ, Poder L, Webb E, Yeh BM
• T1 pseudohyperintensity on fat-suppressed magnetic resonance imaging: a potential diagnostic pitfall.
  Journal of computer assisted tomography 2011 Huynh TN, Johnson T, Poder L, Joe BN, Webb EM, Coakley FV
• Performance of the Abbott RealTime CT/NG for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
  Journal of clinical microbiology 2010 Gaydos CA, Cartwright CP, Colaninno P, Welsch J, Holden J, Ho SY, Webb EM, Anderson C, Bertuzis R, Zhang L, Miller T, Leckie G, Abravaya K, Robinson J
• Acute appendicitis: clinical outcome in patients with an initial false-positive CT diagnosis.
  Radiology 2010 Stengel JW, Webb EM, Poder L, Yeh BM, Smith-Bindman R, Coakley FV
• Multi-detector row computed tomographic appearance of celiac ganglia.
  Journal of computer assisted tomography 2010 Wang ZJ, Webb EM, Westphalen AC, Coakley FV, Yeh BM
• Visualization of renal medullary hyperattenuation at unenhanced CT: what is the effect of furosemide administration?
  Radiology 2010 Kumar R, Wang ZJ, Fu Y, Forsythe C, Webb EM, Yeh BM
• Computed tomography findings in pseudothrombosis of the iliofemoral vein.
  Journal of computer assisted tomography 2010 Desai G, Poder L, Wang ZJ, Yeh BM, Webb EM, Coakley FV
• Computed tomography findings mimicking appendicitis as a manifestation of colorectal cancer.
  Clinical imaging 2009 Watchorn RE, Poder L, Wang ZJ, Yeh BM, Webb EM, Coakley FV
• Spectrum of CT findings in patients with atrial fibrillation and nontraumatic acute abdomen.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2009 Barajas RF, Yeh BM, Webb EM, Westphalen AC, Poder L, Coakley FV
• The equivocal appendix at CT: prevalence in a control population.
  Emergency radiology 2009 Webb EM, Wang ZJ, Coakley FV, Poder L, Westphalen AC, Yeh BM
• Appendiceal wall thickening at CT in asymptomatic patients with extraintestinal malignancy may mimic appendicitis.
  Clinical imaging 2009 Webb EM, Joe BN, Coakley FV, Qayyum A, Westphalen AC, Yeh BM
• Computed tomography of the acute abdomen in patients with atrial fibrillation.
  Journal of computer assisted tomography 2009 Hunt SJ, Coakley FV, Webb EM, Westphalen AC, Poder L, Yeh BM
• Frequency and etiology of solitary hot spots in the pelvis at whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging.
  Clinical imaging 2009 Khademi S, Westphalen AC, Webb EM, Joe BN, Badiee S, Hawkins RA, Coakley FV
• Evaluation of the biliary intestinal limb of a Roux-en-Y choledochojejunostomy using computed tomographic cholangiography.
  Journal of computer assisted tomography 2008 Yeh BM, Coakley FV, Webb EM, Qayyum A, Westphalen AC, Way LW
• Role of IV iodinated contrast material in 18F-FDG PET/CT of liver metastases.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2008 Badiee S, Franc BL, Webb EM, Chu B, Hawkins RA, Coakley F, Singer L
• Colonic wall redundancy at CT in patients with cystic fibrosis.
  Radiology 2008 Webb EM, Kleinhenz ME, Coakley FV, Chang CI, Westphalen AC, Yeh BM
• CT cholangiography in potential liver donors: effect of premedication with intravenous morphine on biliary caliber and visualization.
  Radiology 2008 Breiman RS, Coakley FV, Webb EM, Ellingson JJ, Roberts JP, Kohr J, Lutz J, Knoess N, Yeh BM
• Vascular contact with soft tissue: a sign of mesenteric masses at computed tomography.
  Journal of computer assisted tomography 2008 Yeh BM, Joe BN, Sirlin CB, Webb EM, Westphalen AC, Qayyum A, Coakley FV
• Prostate cancer: role of pretreatment MR in predicting outcome after external-beam radiation therapy--initial experience.
  Radiology 2008 McKenna DA, Coakley FV, Westphalen AC, Zhao S, Lu Y, Webb EM, Pickett B, Roach M, Kurhanewicz J
• CMR 2007: 13.04: Determinants of bile duct visualization at CT cholangiography for living potential liver donors.
  Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging 2007 A. Keedy, R. S. Breiman, F. V. Coakley, E. M. Webb, Z. J. Wang, B. M. Yeh
• Patient-specific time to peak abdominal organ enhancement varies with time to peak aortic enhancement at MR imaging.
  Radiology 2007 Chu LL, Joe BN, Westphalen AC, Webb EM, Coakley FV, Yeh BM
• Bowel transition points: multiplicity and posterior location at CT are associated with small-bowel volvulus.
  Radiology 2007 Sandhu PS, Joe BN, Coakley FV, Qayyum A, Webb EM, Yeh BM
• Polymorphisms in the cytochrome P450 genes CYP1A2, CYP1B1, CYP3A4, CYP3A5, CYP11A1, CYP17A1, CYP19A1 and colorectal cancer risk.
  BMC cancer 2007 Bethke L, Webb E, Sellick G, Rudd M, Penegar S, Withey L, Qureshi M, Houlston R
• CT and MRI of congenital anomalies of the seminal vesicles.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2007 Arora SS, Breiman RS, Webb EM, Westphalen AC, Yeh BM, Coakley FV
• 1785: Role of pre-treatment MR Imaging in the Prediction of Patient Outcome after External Beam Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer.
  The Journal of Urology 2007 David A. McKenna, Fergus V. Coakley, Antonio C. Westphalen, Shoujun Zhao, Ying Lu, Emily M. Webb, Barby Pickett, Mack Roach, John Kurhanewicz
• Adnexal mass with pelvic pain.
  Radiologic clinics of North America 2004 Webb EM, Green GE, Scoutt LM
• Using CT to diagnose nonneoplastic tracheal abnormalities: appearance of the tracheal wall.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2000 Webb EM, Elicker BM, Webb WR
• A comparison of fatal with non-fatal knife injuries in Edinburgh.
  Forensic science international 1999 Webb E, Wyatt JP, Henry J, Busuttil A
• Multicentric Castleman's disease and POEMS syndrome: CT findings.
  Journal of thoracic imaging 1997 Kirsch CF, Webb EM, Webb WR
• Serotonergic and noradrenergic dysregulation in alcoholism: m-chlorophenylpiperazine and yohimbine effects in recently detoxified alcoholics and healthy comparison subjects.
  The American journal of psychiatry 1996 Krystal JH, Webb E, Cooney NL, Kranzler HR, Southwick SW, Heninger GR, Charney DS