Jesse Courtier, MD
Professor
Radiology
School of Medicine

He is responsible for the interpretation of pediatric imaging using multiple modalities including CT, MRI, ultrasound, plain film and fluoroscopy for the thoracic, abdominal/pelvic, and musculoskeletal systems in Pediatric patients.

Dr. Courtier obtained his medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 2003 and completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Kansas, Wichita in 2008, followed by fellowships in Abdominal Imaging and Pediatric Radiology at UCSF.

Dr. Courtier’s primary research interests include the investigation of augmented reality applications in medical imaging for use in training and surgical planning, and technique optimization in pediatric body MR applications including MR urography, MR enterography, and fetal MR.

Dr. Courtier has key interests in medical education and has served as the Diagnostic Radiology Residency Site Director of Training for the Mission Bay Hospital, Director of the Pediatric Radiology Fellowship, and Chair of the Radiology Residency Clinical Competency Committee. He has published 46+ peer-review journal articles as well as several abstracts and educational exhibits. Dr. Courtier is an award-winning educator. He is a past recipient of the Department of Radiology Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award, the Haile T Debas Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Department of Radiology Hideyo Minagi Teaching Award.

Expertise: Pediatric Radiology; Augmented Reality

Specialty: CT, MRI, ultrasound, plain film and fluoroscopy in the thoracic, abdominal/pelvic, and musculoskeletal organ systems of pediatric patients

Professional Interests: Pediatric body MRI, MR enterography, pediatric oncologic imaging, fetal MRI, 3D printing and post-processing, Augmented Reality applications

Education and Training:

• Medical School: University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City
• Internship: University of Hawaii, Honolulu - Preliminary Surgery
• Residency: University of Kansas, Wichita - Diagnostic Radiology
• Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging - Abdominal Imaging
• Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging - Pediatric Radiology
• State of California Medical License
• Diplomate, American Board of Radiology
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support
• Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers
• CAQ (Certificate of Additional Qualification) in Pediatric Radiology

• Müllerian Duct Anomalies: Role in Fertility and Pregnancy.
  Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc 2021 Sugi MD, Penna R, Jha P, Poder L, Behr SC, Courtier J, Mok-Lin E, Rabban JT, Choi HH
• A case of prenatally diagnosed prune belly syndrome variant and congenital pouch colon in the United States: A case report.
  Journal of Neonatal Surgery 2021 Mignote Yilma, Karen Trang, Marisa Schwab, Max Bowman, Mark Sugi, Jesse Courtier, Laurence Baskin, Doruk Ozgediz
• Ureteral injury following anterior thoracolumbar spinal instrumented fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a case report with CT angiography analysis of surgically relevant anatomy.
  Spine deformity 2021 Hung NJ, Theologis AA, Courtier JL, Harmon D, Diab M
• Comparing Computed Tomography-Derived Augmented Reality Holograms to a Standard Picture Archiving and Communication Systems Viewer for Presurgical Planning: Feasibility Study.
  JMIR perioperative medicine 2020 Dallas-Orr D, Penev Y, Schultz R, Courtier J
• Abdominal Applications of Pediatric Body MR Angiography: Tailored Optimization for Successful Outcome.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2020 Edwards EA, Lee MM, Acord MR, Courtier J
• Assessing the Value of a Novel Augmented Reality Application for Presurgical Planning in Adolescent Elbow Fractures.
  Frontiers in Virtual Reality 2020 Benjamin Laguna, Kristin Livingston, Ravinder Brar, Jason Jagodzinski, Nirav Pandya, Coleen Sabatini, Jesse Courtier
• Evaluating the Performance of Augmented Reality in Displaying Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Derived Three-Dimensional Holographic Models.
  Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences 2019 Chang F, Laguna B, Uribe J, Vu L, Zapala MA, Devincent C, Courtier J
• Improved diagnostic confidence and accuracy of pediatric elbow fractures with digital tomosynthesis.
  Pediatric radiology 2019 Zapala MA, Livingston K, Bokhari D, Phelps AS, Courtier JL, Ma C, Seo Y, MacKenzie JD
• Congenital superior mesenteric artery aneurysm in a 6-week-old infant presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2019 Subbaraj L, Beleniski F, Courtier J, Vartanian S, Nijagal A
• Congenital Oral Masses: An Anatomic Approach to Diagnosis.
  Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc 2019 Chapman MC, Soares BP, Li Y, Shum DJ, Glenn OA, Glastonbury CM, Courtier JL
• Implementing Virtual and Augmented Reality Tools for Radiology Education and Training, Communication, and Clinical Care.
  Radiology 2019 Uppot RN, Laguna B, McCarthy CJ, De Novi G, Phelps A, Siegel E, Courtier J
• Visualization of pleural fissures in infants on computed tomography.
  World Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2019 Andrew Phelps, Cynthia Tan, Saveen Ahuja, Dean Kolnick, Jesse Courtier, John D MacKenzie
• Value of dedicated small-field-of-view sacroiliac versus large-field-of-view pelvic magnetic resonance imaging for evaluating pediatric sacroiliitis.
  Pediatric radiology 2019 Wagle S, Gu JT, Courtier JL, Phelps AS, Lin C, MacKenzie JD
• Assessment of quiet T2 weighted PROPELLER sequence in pediatric abdominal imaging.
  Clinical imaging 2018 Zaccagnino E, Devincent C, Leelakanok N, Phelps AS, Zapala M, Worters PW, Courtier J
• Phase II Trial of Alisertib in Combination with Irinotecan and Temozolomide for Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Neuroblastoma.
  Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 2018 DuBois SG, Mosse YP, Fox E, Kudgus RA, Reid JM, McGovern R, Groshen S, Bagatell R, Maris JM, Twist CJ, Goldsmith K, Granger MM, Weiss B, Park JR, Macy ME, Cohn SL, Yanik G, Wagner LM, Hawkins R, …
• Bias in Radiology: The How and Why of Misses and Misinterpretations.
  Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc 2017 Busby LP, Courtier JL, Glastonbury CM
• Intussusception: past, present and future.
  Pediatric radiology 2017 Edwards EA, Pigg N, Courtier J, Zapala MA, MacKenzie JD, Phelps AS
• Assessing 3D T2 FSE sequence for identification of the normal appendix: working toward a single-sequence MR appendicitis protocol.
  Emergency radiology 2017 Leelakanok N, Phelps AS, Zapala MA, Kato K, Ohliger M, Li Y, Courtier J
• Intravoxel incoherent motion analysis of renal allograft diffusion with clinical and histopathological correlation in pediatric kidney transplant patients: A preliminary cross-sectional observational study.
  Pediatric transplantation 2017 Poynton CB, Lee MM, Li Y, Laszik Z, Worters PW, Mackenzie JD, Courtier J
• Pediatric renal transplant biopsy with ultrasound guidance: the 'core' essentials.
  Pediatric radiology 2017 Oates A, Ahuja S, Lee MM, Phelps AS, Mackenzie JD, Courtier JL
• Advanced imaging techniques in pediatric body MRI.
  Pediatric radiology 2017 Courtier J, Rao AG, Anupindi SA
• Pilot Study of Renal Diffusion Tensor Imaging as a Correlate to Histopathology in Pediatric Renal Allografts.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2017 Li Y, Lee MM, Worters PW, MacKenzie JD, Laszik Z, Courtier JL
• Pediatric chest CT at chest radiograph doses: when is the ultralow-dose chest CT clinically appropriate?
  Emergency radiology 2017 Villanueva-Meyer JE, Naeger DM, Courtier JL, Hope MD, Lambert JW, MacKenzie JD, Phelps AS
• Incidental Findings on Pediatric Abdominal Magnetic Resonance Angiography.
  Academic radiology 2017 Leelakanok N, Zapala MA, Edwards EA, Phelps AS, Mackenzie JD, Courtier J
• Postnatal MRI for CDH: A pictorial review of late-presenting and recurrent diaphragmatic defects.
  Clinical imaging 2017 Kim W, Courtier J, Morin C, Shet N, Strauch E, Kim JS
• Ultrasound elastography: is there a shear wave speed cutoff for pediatric liver fibrosis and inflammation?
  Clinical imaging 2016 Phelps A, Ramachandran R, Courtier J, Perito E, Rosenthal P, MacKenzie JD
• 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
• Detection of bowel inflammation with fused DWI/T2 images versus contrast-enhanced images in pediatric MR enterography with histopathologic correlation.
  Clinical imaging 2016 Ehman EC, Phelps AS, Ohliger MA, Rhee SJ, MacKenzie JD, Courtier JL
• Magnetic resonance imaging of Müllerian duct anomalies in children.
  Pediatric radiology 2016 Li Y, Phelps A, Zapala MA, MacKenzie JD, MacKenzie TC, Courtier J
• Phase II study of alisertib, irinotecan, and temozolomide in children with relapsed and refractory neuroblastoma: A report from the New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy (NANT) consortium.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2016 Steven G. DuBois, Araz Marachelian, Elizabeth Fox, Rachel A. Kudgus, Joel M. Reid, Susan G. Groshen, Jemily Malvar, Rochelle Bagatell, Lars M. Wagner, John M. Maris, Randall Hawkins, Jesse Courtier, …
• The ABCs (Airway, Blood Vessels, and Compartments) of Pediatric Neck Infections and Masses.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2016 Ho ML, Courtier J, Glastonbury CM
• Phase I Study of the Aurora A Kinase Inhibitor Alisertib in Combination With Irinotecan and Temozolomide for Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Neuroblastoma: A NANT (New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy) Trial.
  Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2016 DuBois SG, Marachelian A, Fox E, Kudgus RA, Reid JM, Groshen S, Malvar J, Bagatell R, Wagner L, Maris JM, Hawkins R, Courtier J, Lai H, Goodarzian F, Shimada H, Czarnecki S, Tsao-Wei D, Matthay KK, …
• How Much Does Lead Shielding during Fluoroscopy Reduce Radiation Dose to Out-of-Field Body Parts?
  Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences 2016 Phelps AS, Gould RG, Courtier JL, Marcovici PA, Salani C, MacKenzie JD
• Disodium gadoxetate uptake in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type I: Enhancing our understanding of the cholestatic disease.
  Radiology case reports 2015 Patel MV, Leibowich S, Courtier JL, Rhee S, MacKenzie JD
• Image quality and dose optimisation for infant CT using a paediatric phantom.
  European radiology 2015 Lambert JW, Phelps AS, Courtier JL, Gould RG, MacKenzie JD
• Nonanesthesia magnetic resonance enterography in young children: feasibility, technique, and performance.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2015 Courtier J, Cardenas A, Tan C, Towne M, Rhee SJ, Heyman MB, MacKenzie JD
• Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: imaging issues with targeted solutions.
  Abdominal imaging 2015 Anupindi SA, Podberesky DJ, Towbin AJ, Courtier J, Gee MS, Darge K, Dillman JR
• Metastatic Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma to the Peritoneal Cavity Via Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: Case Report and Literature Review.
  Journal of neurological surgery reports 2015 Barajas RF, Phelps A, Foster HC, Courtier J, Buelow BD, Gupta N, Nicolaides T, Glenn OA, Banerjee A
• Scrotal swelling in the neonate.
  Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2015 Basta AM, Courtier J, Phelps A, Copp HL, MacKenzie JD
• Phase I Study of Vorinostat as a Radiation Sensitizer with 131I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I-MIBG) for Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Neuroblastoma.
  Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 2015 DuBois SG, Groshen S, Park JR, Haas-Kogan DA, Yang X, Geier E, Chen E, Giacomini K, Weiss B, Cohn SL, Granger MM, Yanik GA, Hawkins R, Courtier J, Jackson H, Goodarzian F, Shimada H, Czarnecki S, Tsao…
• 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine with intensive chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation for high-risk neuroblastoma. A new approaches to neuroblastoma therapy (NANT) phase II study.
  Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2015 Yanik GA, Villablanca JG, Maris JM, Weiss B, Groshen S, Marachelian A, Park JR, Tsao-Wei D, Hawkins R, Shulkin BL, Jackson H, Goodarzian F, Shimada H, Courtier J, Hutchinson R, Haas-Koga D, Hasenauer …
• Phase I/II study of (131)I-MIBG with vincristine and 5 days of irinotecan for advanced neuroblastoma.
  British journal of cancer 2015 DuBois SG, Allen S, Bent M, Hilton JF, Hollinger F, Hawkins R, Courtier J, Mosse YP, Matthay KK
• Non-Anesthesia MR Enterography in Very Young Children-Feasibility, Technique and Performance.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2015 Courtier J, Cardenas A, Tan C, Towne M, Rhee SJ, Heyman M, MacKenzie JD
• Pairwise comparison versus Likert scale for biomedical image assessment.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2015 Phelps AS, Naeger DM, Courtier JL, Lambert JW, Marcovici PA, Villanueva-Meyer JE, MacKenzie JD
• Clinical management of infantile cholelithiasis.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2014 Jeanty C, Derderian SC, Courtier J, Hirose S
• Magnetic resonance imaging findings in juvenile spondyloarthropathy and effects of treatment observed on subsequent imaging.
  Pediatric rheumatology online journal 2014 Lin C, MacKenzie JD, Courtier JL, Gu JT, Milojevic D
• Phase II study of 131 I-MIBG with vincristine and 5 days of irinotecan for patients with relapsed or refractory neuroblastoma.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2014 Steven G. DuBois, M. Shelly Allen, Melissa Bent, Joan Hilton, Fabienne Hollinger, Jesse Courtier, Randall Hawkins, Yael P. Mosse, Katherine K. Matthay
• Congenital pulmonary airway malformation with severe hyperinflation in patient with tetralogy of fallot.
  Research 2014 Andrew S Phelps, Sarah E Umetsu, Tara B Karamlou, Philip C Ursell, Jesse L Courtier
• 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
• Computed tomography depiction of small pediatric vessels with model-based iterative reconstruction.
  Pediatric radiology 2014 Koc G, Courtier JL, Phelps A, Marcovici PA, MacKenzie JD
• Anal duplication in a one-year-old girl.
  Journal of pediatric surgery case reports 2013 Cheng LS, Courtier J, MacKenzie TC
• Shooting a moving target: use of real-time cine magnetic resonance imaging in assessment of the small bowel.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2013 Courtier J, Ohliger M, Rhee SJ, Terreblanche O, Heyman MB, MacKenzie JD
• Magnetic resonance enterography: inflammatory bowel disease and beyond.
  Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America 2013 Anupindi SA, Terreblanche O, Courtier J
• Intra-abdominal inverted umblical cord in gastroschisis: a unique ultrasound finding.
  Pediatric radiology 2013 Koc G, Courtier JL, Kim JS, Miniati DN, MacKenzie JD
• Radiation dose reduction in pediatric CT-guided musculoskeletal procedures.
  Pediatric radiology 2013 Patel AS, Soares B, Courtier J, Mackenzie JD
• Educational Exhibit Abstract No. 337 Blood pool MRI contrast agent use in pediatric patients for vascular imaging.
  Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2013 A.S. Patel, J.S. Kim, J. Courtier, J.D. Mackenzie
• Hepatic portocholecystostomy for biliary atresia: a 25-year follow-up and review.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2013 Schecter SC, Courtier J, Cho SJ, Saadai P, Hirose S, Mackenzie TC, Miniati D
• Primary mixed malignant tumor of bone in an 18-year-old male: Report of a case with radiologic-pathologic correlation.
  Journal of bone oncology 2012 Courtier J, Robbins E, Soares B, Horvai A, Mackenzie JD
• Polymicrogyria in a fetus with human parvovirus B19 infection: a case with radiologic-pathologic correlation.
  Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2012 Courtier J, Schauer GM, Parer JT, Regenstein AC, Callen PW, Glenn OA
• Imaging of müllerian duct anomalies.
  Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc 2012 Behr SC, Courtier JL, Qayyum A
• Type IV intestinal atresia, congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome, and chronic pulmonary hypertension secondary to multiple vascular disruption syndrome in a monochorionic twin.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2012 Shue EH, Soares B, Courtier J, Hogue J, Shimotake T, MacKenzie TC
• 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
• The diagnosis and management of intradiaphragmatic extralobar pulmonary sequestrations: a report of 4 cases.
  Journal of pediatric surgery 2012 Nijagal A, Jelin E, Feldstein VA, Courtier J, Urisman A, Jones KD, Lee H, Hirose S, MacKenzie TC
• Imaging of nontraumatic adrenal hemorrhage.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2012 Jordan E, Poder L, Courtier J, Sai V, Jung A, Coakley FV
• Multimodality imaging of fat-containing adrenal metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma.
  Clinical nuclear medicine 2012 Tariq U, Poder L, Carlson D, Courtier J, Joe BN, Coakley FV
• Targeted MRI contrast agents for pediatric hepatobiliary disease.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2012 Courtier JL, Perito ER, Rhee S, Tsai P, Heyman MB, MacKenzie JD
• CT and MRI of early intrauterine pregnancy.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2011 Shin DS, Poder L, Courtier J, Naeger DM, Westphalen AC, Coakley FV
• Radiological-pathological correlation of pleomorphic liposarcoma of the anterior mediastinum in a 17-year-old girl.
  Pediatric radiology 2010 Saeed M, Plett S, Kim GE, Daldrup-Link H, Courtier J
• Fetal tracheolaryngeal airway obstruction: prenatal evaluation by sonography and MRI.
  Pediatric radiology 2010 Courtier J, Poder L, Wang ZJ, Westphalen AC, Yeh BM, Coakley FV
• Case 151: hereditary angioedema in the duodenum.
  Radiology 2009 Courtier J, Ali K
• Case 151.
  Radiology 2009 Jesse Courtier, Kamran Ali