Esther Yuh, MD, PhD
Professor
Radiology
School of Medicine

415-514-8991

Esther Yuh, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. She obtained her M.D. at Stanford University in 2002, and completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Stanford University Hospitals and Clinics in 2007, Radiology residency at UCSF in 2007, and advanced fellowship training in Neuroradiology at UCSF in 2009.

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In 2009, she was honored as UCSF Department of Radiology's Outstanding Teaching Fellow of the Year. In 2010, Dr Yuh was a nominee for UCSF Medical Center's Exceptional Physician Award.

Expertise: Neuroradiology

Specialty: Brain, head and neck, spine CT and MRI

Professional Interests: Head trauma, image-guided spine interventions, neuroradiology

Education and Training:

  • Medical School: Stanford University, California - Medicine
  • Internship: Stanford University Hospitals and Clinics, California - Internal Medicine
  • Residency: University of California, San Francisco - Diagnostic Radiology
  • Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco - Neuroradiology
  • California Medical License
  • American Board of Radiology Certificate
  • Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in Neuroradiology, American Board of Radiology

Awards

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  • Head Health Challenge, GE-NFL (General Electric - National Football League), 2014
  • Magna Cum Laude Award, Radiological Society of North American, 2012
  • Nominee Exceptional Physician Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2010
  • Outstanding Teaching Fellow of the Year, University of California, San Francisco Department of Radiology, 2009
  • Research Academic Fellowship, General Electric--Association of University Radiologists, 2008
  • President's Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, 1995
  • Invited Speaker, Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, American Physical Society, 1994

Education & Training

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  • M.D. School of Medicine Stanford University 2002
  • Residency Radiology University of California, San Francisco

Interests

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  • CT
  • computer-aided detection
  • neuroradiology
  • Head trauma
  • medical physics
  • image-guided spine interventions
  • MRI
  • stroke
  • computer vision

Websites

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Publications (106)

Top publication keywords:
Tomography, X-Ray ComputedGlasgow Coma ScaleBrain ConcussionDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingGlasgow Outcome ScaleGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinIntracranial HemorrhagesRecovery of FunctionBrain Injuries, TraumaticIntracranial HypotensionNerve Sheath NeoplasmsNeuroimagingBrain InjuriesCerebrospinal Fluid PressurePeripheral Nervous System Diseases

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