Ernest Ring, MD
Professor Emeritus
Radiology
School of Medicine

415-885-3774

Ernest Ring, MD, is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. He has served in a variety of positions: Chief of Interventional Radiology, Chief of Radiology Service at UCSF Mt. Zion Medical Center, Chief Medical Officer, and Associate Dean at Mt.

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Zion; Chief of San Francisco General Hospital Radiology Service and SFGH Vice-Chair, and Chief Medical Center Officer for UCSF Medical Center. Dr. Ring obtained his medical degree from Wayne State University Medical School, Detroit in 1969, followed by a one-year rotating internship at Detroit Receiving Hospital. He completed a four-year Diagnostic Radiology residency in 1974 at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

From 1974-76 Dr. Ring worked jointly as Chief of Radiology Service at the U.S. Naval Hospital at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Ceiba, Puerto Rico, and as Clinical Instructor in Radiology at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Dr. Ring retired in 2008, returning on recall to work in the Interventional Radiology Section at SFGH and UCSF Parnassus. In July 2012, Dr. Ring returned to the position of Chief of Radiology at UCSF Medical Center at Mt. Zion and the Ambulatory Care Clinic.

Dr. Ring is an active member of the Society of Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology, the San Francisco Radiological Society, and the American College of Radiology. He has served professional publications such as Radiology, the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, and the American Journal of Roentgenology. Dr. Ring has 201 published articles, 32 book chapters, and 1 book.

Expertise: Interventional Radiology

Specialty: Interventional radiology, cardiovascular, transugular portosystemic shunts

Professional Interests: Interventional radiology of the liver, gastroenterology, vascular diseases

Education and Training:

  • Medical School: Wayne State University Medical School, Detroit
  • Internship: Detroit Receiving Hospital
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston - Diagnostic Radiology
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston - Cardiovascular Radiology
  • Chief Resident: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Department of Radiology

Awards

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  • Lifetime Achievement Award, International Symposium on Endovascular Therapies, 2012
  • Tegtmeyer Lecturer, University of Virginia Medical School, 2010
  • Teacher, Leader, and Scholar Award, Vascular and Interventional Society of Radiology, 2010
  • Outstanding Leadership Award, University of California San Francisco, 2008
  • Gold Medal Award, Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 2001
  • Dotter Lecture, Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 1997
  • Fellow, American College of Radiology, 1993
  • Keynote Address, Asian Pacific Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 1993
  • Keynote Address, Radiologic Society of North America, 1992
  • Hickey Memorial Lecturer, American Roentgen Ray Society, 1991
  • John Juhl Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin, 1991
  • Founding President, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Research and Education Foundation, 1990-1991
  • Eugene P. Pendergrass Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, 1983
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, Wayne State University Detroit, 1982

Interests

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  • Interventional radiology of the liver
  • vascular diseases
  • gastroenterology

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Publications (10)

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CytoprotectionSerum Albumin, HumanEmbolization, TherapeuticPortasystemic Shunt, SurgicalGastrointestinal TractHypertension, PortalHepatic ArteryTechnetium Tc 99m Aggregated AlbuminVasopressinsLiver NeoplasmsEsophageal and Gastric VaricesGastrointestinal DiseasesVasoconstrictor AgentsCeliac ArteryLiver

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