Liina Poder, MD
Professor
Radiology
School of Medicine

She started her medical studies at Tartu University in Estonia but later received her Medical Degree from George Washington University (GWU) School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC. After residency at GWU, she completed an Abdominal Imaging fellowship at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging. She serves as Gynecology and Obstetrics Imaging Panel Chair for American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria and as a Chair of Placental Working Group and Member of Endometriosis Working Group for Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR).

Expertise: Abdominal Imaging, Adult and Ultrasound

Specialty: Gynecologic imaging with the rare perspective of multimodality imaging, including CT, MRI and ultrasound

Professional Interests: CT/MRI/US as complementary modalities and clinical correlation, abdominal/pelvic imaging, gynecologic/obstetrical imaging

Education and Training:

• Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health University, Washington, DC
• Internship: Exempla Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Colorado
• Residency: George Washington University School of Medicine - Radiology
• Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco - Abdominal Imaging
• D.C. Medical License
• DEA
• California State Medical License
• Certification, American Board of Radiology

• Chapter 11 MRI of female infertility*.
  Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Pelvis 2023 Mark D. Sugi, Liina Poder, Margaret Houser, Joanna Riess, Nadia J. Khati
• Imaging Cancer in Pregnancy.
  Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc 2022 Jha P, Poder L, Glanc P, Patel-Lippmann K, McGettigan M, Moshiri M, Nougaret S, Revzin MV, Javitt MC
• Boba sign with a twist - A variant presentation of a mature cystic teratoma complicated by torsion and rupture.
  Clinical imaging 2021 Ye AQ, Reyes MF, Lester F, Ye J, Umetsu S, Poder L, Shum DJ, Choi HH
• Ovarian cancer reporting lexicon for computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging developed by the SAR Uterine and Ovarian Cancer Disease-Focused Panel and the ESUR Female Pelvic Imaging Working Group.
  European radiology 2021 Shinagare AB, Sadowski EA, Park H, Brook OR, Forstner R, Wallace SK, Horowitz JM, Horowitz N, Javitt M, Jha P, Kido A, Lakhman Y, Lee SI, Manganaro L, Maturen KE, Nougaret S, Poder L, Rauch GM, …
• 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
• US-guided Interventions to Diagnose and Treat Gynecologic and First-Trimester Disease.
  Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc 2021 Morgan TA, Jha P, Feldstein VA, Shum DJ, Poder L
• Differentiating complete hydatidiform mole and coexistent fetus and placental mesenchymal dysplasia: A series of 9 cases and review of the literature.
  Gynecologic oncology reports 2021 McNally L, Rabban JT, Poder L, Chetty S, Ueda S, Chen LM
• Transvaginal Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Pelvic Lesions.
  Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2021 Penna R, Poder L, Jha P, Seigel EL, Morgan TA
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Second and Third Trimester Screening for Fetal Anomaly.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2021 Expert Panel on GYN and OB Imaging, Sussman BL, Chopra P, Poder L, Bulas DI, Burger I, Feldstein VA, Laifer-Narin SL, Oliver ER, Strachowski LM, Wang EY, Winter T, Zelop CM, Glanc P
• Ultrasound features help identify patients who can undergo noninvasive management for suspected retained products of conception: a single institutional experience.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2021 Vyas S, Choi HH, Whetstone S, Jha P, Poder L, Shum DJ
• Placental thickness correlates with placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorder in women with placenta previa.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2021 Li Y, Choi HH, Goldstein R, Poder L, Jha P
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Nuchal Translucency Evaluation at 11 to 14 Weeks of Gestation.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2020 Expert Panel on GYN and OB Imaging, Simpson L, Maturen KE, Feldstein VA, Oliver ER, Poder L, Strachowski LM, Sussman BL, Weber TM, Winter T, Zelop CM, Glanc P
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Second and Third Trimester Vaginal Bleeding.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2020 Expert Panel on GYN and OB Imaging, Shipp TD, Poder L, Feldstein VA, Oliver ER, Promes SB, Strachowski LM, Sussman BL, Wang EY, Weber TM, Winter T, Glanc P
• Size threshold for follow-up of postmenopausal adnexal cysts: 1 cm versus 3 cm.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2020 Jha P, Shekhar M, Goldstein R, Morgan T, Poder L
• VP35.07: Cervical varices as a cause of obstetric hemorrhage: a case series.
  Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020 M.D. Sugi, D. Robles, P. Jha, J. Gonzalez, F. Rocha, L. Poder
• VP46.27: Placenta accreta spectrum disorder in monochorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancy.
  Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020 M.D. Sugi, L. Poder, N. Farooqi, J.T. Rabban, P. Jha
• VP46.30: Placental thickness as a screening tool for placenta accreta spectrum disorder in women with placenta previa.
  Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020 P. Jha, Y. Li, H.H. Choi, M.D. Sugi, R. Goldstein, L. Poder
• VP62.25: Endometriomas on routine pelvic ultrasound predict need for magnetic resonance imaging for deep infiltrating endometriosis.
  Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020 P. Jha, C. Huang, H.H. Choi, M.D. Sugi, L. Poder
• NTRK fusion cervical sarcoma: a report of three cases, emphasising morphological and immunohistochemical distinction from other uterine sarcomas, including adenosarcoma.
  Histopathology 2020 Rabban JT, Devine WP, Sangoi AR, Poder L, Alvarez E, Davis JL, Rudzinski E, Garg K, Bean GR
• Endometriosis MRI lexicon: consensus statement from the society of abdominal radiology endometriosis disease-focused panel.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2020 Jha P, Sakala M, Chamie LP, Feldman M, Hindman N, Huang C, Kilcoyne A, Laifer-Narin S, Nicola R, Poder L, Shenoy-Bhangle A, Tong A, VanBuren W, Taffel MT
• Endometriosis in pregnancy.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2020 Navarro R, Poder L, Sun D, Jha P
• Recommendations for MRI technique in the evaluation of pelvic endometriosis: consensus statement from the Society of Abdominal Radiology endometriosis disease-focused panel.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2020 Tong A, VanBuren WM, Chamié L, Feldman M, Hindman N, Huang C, Jha P, Kilcoyne A, Laifer-Narin S, Nicola R, Poder L, Sakala M, Shenoy-Bhangle AS, Taffel MT
• Classification and reporting guidelines for the pathology diagnosis of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorders: recommendations from an expert panel.
  Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc 2020 Hecht JL, Baergen R, Ernst LM, Katzman PJ, Jacques SM, Jauniaux E, Khong TY, Metlay LA, Poder L, Qureshi F, Rabban JT, Roberts DJ, Shainker S, Heller DS
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Assessment of Gravid Cervix.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2020 Expert Panel on Gyn and OB Imaging, Oliver ER, Maturen KE, Feldstein VA, Poder L, Shipp TD, Simpson L, Strachowski LM, Sussman BL, Weber TM, Winter T, Glanc P
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorder.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2020 Expert Panel on Women’s Imaging, Poder L, Weinstein S, Maturen KE, Feldstein VA, Mackenzie DC, Oliver ER, Shipp TD, Strachowski LM, Sussman BL, Wang EY, Weber TM, Whitcomb BP, Glanc P
• Imaging of the Reproductive Age Female.
  Radiologic Clinics of North America 2020 Liina Poder
• Modern Imaging of Reproductive Age Women: Image Soundly and Wisely.
  Radiologic clinics of North America 2020 Poder L
• Nonfetal Imaging During Pregnancy: Placental Disease.
  Radiologic clinics of North America 2020 Jha P, Masselli G, Ohliger MA, Poder L
• The development of a comprehensive multidisciplinary endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain center.
  Journal of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Disorders 2020 Jessica Opoku-Anane, Megan S Orlando, Jeannette Lager, Felicia Lester, Judith Cuneo, Lauri Pasch, Liina Poder, Brooke Peterson, Lee Hullender Rubin, Linda C Giudice
• Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR) and European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) joint consensus statement for MR imaging of placenta accreta spectrum disorders.
  European radiology 2020 Jha P, Poder L, Bourgioti C, Bharwani N, Lewis S, Kamath A, Nougaret S, Soyer P, Weston M, Castillo RP, Kido A, Forstner R, Masselli G
• Management of Incidental Adnexal Findings on CT and MRI: A White Paper of the ACR Incidental Findings Committee.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2019 Patel MD, Ascher SM, Horrow MM, Pickhardt PJ, Poder L, Goldman M, Berland LL, Pandharipande PV, Maturen KE
• Placenta accreta spectrum: value of placental bulge as a sign of myometrial invasion on MR imaging.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2019 Jha P, Rabban J, Chen LM, Goldstein RB, Weinstein S, Morgan TA, Shum D, Hills N, Ohliger MA, Poder L
• 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
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Growth Disturbances-Risk of Fetal Growth Restriction.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2019 Expert Panel on Women’s Imaging:, Shipp TD, Zelop CM, Maturen KE, Deshmukh SP, Dudiak KM, Henrichsen TL, Oliver ER, Poder L, Sadowski EA, Simpson L, Weber TM, Winter T, Glanc P
• 03:18 PM Abstract No. 133 Go Direct!: ultrasound-guided puncture of uterine arteriovenous fistulas for obliteration with ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer in women with life-threatening hemorrhage.
  Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2019 K. Garcia-Reyes, E. Lehrman, L. Poder, M. Kohi
• Abdominal and pelvic imaging findings associated with sex hormone abnormalities.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2019 Kurzbard-Roach N, Jha P, Poder L, Menias C
• Risk of Malignant Ovarian Cancer Based on Ultrasonography Findings in a Large Unselected Population.
  JAMA internal medicine 2019 Smith-Bindman R, Poder L, Johnson E, Miglioretti DL
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Postmenopausal Subacute or Chronic Pelvic Pain.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2018 Expert Panel on Women’s Imaging:, Maturen KE, Akin EA, Dassel M, Deshmukh SP, Dudiak KM, Henrichsen TL, Learman LA, Oliver ER, Poder L, Sadowski EA, Vargas HA, Weber TM, Winter T, Glanc P
• Advanced ultrasound applications in the assessment of renal transplants: contrast-enhanced ultrasound, elastography, and B-flow.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2018 Morgan TA, Jha P, Poder L, Weinstein S
• Imaging findings of concealed intra-amniotic hemorrhage in the setting of placenta previa and placenta accreta spectrum disorder.
  Emergency radiology 2018 Jha P, Behr S, Morgan T, Washburn E, Lucero J, Chen LM, Poder L
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria® First Trimester Vaginal Bleeding.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2018 Expert Panel on Women’s Imaging:, Brown DL, Packard A, Maturen KE, Deshmukh SP, Dudiak KM, Henrichsen TL, Meyer BJ, Poder L, Sadowski EA, Shipp TD, Simpson L, Weber TM, Zelop CM, Glanc P
• Abstract No. 587 Technical success and diagnostic yield of image-guided percutaneous pancreas transplant biopsy.
  Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2018 J. Wan, T. Morgan, L. Truong, L. Poder, S. Weinstein, M. Kohi, V. Feldstein
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Multiple Gestations.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2017 Expert Panel on Women’s Imaging:, Glanc P, Nyberg DA, Khati NJ, Deshmukh SP, Dudiak KM, Henrichsen TL, Poder L, Shipp TD, Simpson L, Weber TM, Zelop CM
• Uterine artery pseudoaneurysm in the setting of deep endometriosis: an uncommon cause of hemoperitoneum in pregnancy.
  Emergency radiology 2017 Feld Z, Rowen T, Callen A, Goldstein R, Poder L
• Uterine Artery Embolization prior to Gravid Hysterectomy in the Setting of Invasive Placenta.
  Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2017 Kohi MP, Poder L, Thiet MP, Kerlan RK
• Transvaginal Obliteration of a Complex Uterine Arteriovenous Fistula Using Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer.
  Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2017 Lehrman ED, Heller M, Poder L, Kerlan R, Huddleston HG, Kohi MP
• PET/MR Imaging in Gynecologic Oncology.
  Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America 2017 Ohliger MA, Hope TA, Chapman JS, Chen LM, Behr SC, Poder L
• Multimodality imaging of placental masses: a pictorial review.
  Abdominal radiology (New York) 2016 Jha P, Paroder V, Mar W, Horowtiz JM, Poder L
• ACR Appropriateness Criteria Assessment of Fetal Well-Being.
  Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2016 Simpson L, Khati NJ, Deshmukh SP, Dudiak KM, Harisinghani MG, Henrichsen TL, Meyer BJ, Nyberg DA, Poder L, Shipp TD, Zelop CM, Glanc P
• Massive ovarian edema, due to adjacent appendicitis.
  Emergency radiology 2016 Callen AL, Illangasekare T, Poder L
• Transvaginal Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy of Deep Pelvic Masses: How We Do It.
  Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2016 Plett SK, Poder L, Brooks RA, Morgan TA
• PROMISe trial: a pilot, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound for uterine fibroids.
  Fertility and sterility 2015 Jacoby VL, Kohi MP, Poder L, Jacoby A, Lager J, Schembri M, Rieke V, Grady D, Vittinghoff E, Coakley FV
• State-of-the-Art Imaging of the Placenta.
  Current Radiology Reports 2015 Shital Gandhi, Michael Ohliger, Liina Poder
• Value of Intraoperative Sonography in Pancreatic Surgery.
  Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2015 Weinstein S, Morgan T, Poder L, Shin L, Jeffrey RB, Aslam R, Yee J
• Impact of new society of radiologists in ultrasound early first-trimester diagnostic criteria for nonviable pregnancy.
  Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2014 Hu M, Poder L, Filly RA
• Sonographic evaluation of abdominal transplants: A practical approach.
  Applied Radiology 2013 Dorothy J. Shum, Trisha Kim, Liina Poder
• 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
• Magnetic resonance imaging of cervical ectopic pregnancy in the second trimester.
  Journal of computer assisted tomography 2012 Le T, Poder L, Deans A, Joe BN, Laros RK, Coakley FV
• Abdominal complications of chemotherapy: findings at computed tomography.
  Clinical imaging 2012 Liu YI, Jha P, Wang ZJ, Yeh BM, Poder L, Westphalen AC, Coakley FV
• Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging of benign prostatic tissue: findings at 3.0 T compared to 1.5 T-initial experience.
  Clinical imaging 2011 Chitkara M, Westphalen A, Kurhanewicz J, Qayyum A, Poder L, Reed G, 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
• 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
• Magnetic resonance imaging of massive ovarian edema in pregnancy.
  Journal of computer assisted tomography 2010 Coakley FV, Anwar M, Poder L, Wang ZJ, Yeh BM, Joe BN
• Imaging malignant and apparent malignant transformation of benign gynaecological disease.
  Clinical radiology 2010 Lee AY, Poder L, Qayyum A, Wang ZJ, Yeh BM, Coakley FV
• 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
• 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
• Radiologic mimics of cirrhosis.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2010 Jha P, Poder L, Wang ZJ, Westphalen AC, Yeh BM, Coakley FV
• 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
• The characterization of small hypoattenuating renal masses on contrast-enhanced CT.
  Clinical imaging 2009 Patel NS, Poder L, Wang ZJ, Yeh BM, Qayyum A, Jin H, Coakley FV
• Case report: Imaging of Mullerian adenosarcoma arising in adenomyosis.
  Clinical radiology 2009 Jha P, Ansari C, Coakley FV, Wang ZJ, Yeh BM, Rabban J, Poder L
• 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
• Localization of recurrent thyroid cancer using intraoperative ultrasound-guided dye injection.
  World journal of surgery 2009 Sippel RS, Elaraj DM, Poder L, Duh QY, Kebebew E, Clark OH
• 660: How good are ultrasound and MRI for the diagnosis of placenta accreta?.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2008 Tania Esakoff, Teresa Sparks, Liina Poder, Anjali Kaimal, Lena Kim, Ruth Goldstein, Yvonne Cheng, Vickie Feldstein, Aaron Caughey
• Intrauterine umbilical cord hemorrhage with associated jejunal atresia captured by real-time ultrasound.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2008 Nijagal A, Rand L, Goldstein R, Poder L, Miniati D
• MRI of adnexal masses in pregnancy.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2008 Telischak NA, Yeh BM, Joe BN, Westphalen AC, Poder L, Coakley FV
• Decidualized endometrioma during pregnancy: recognizing an imaging mimic of ovarian malignancy.
  Journal of computer assisted tomography 2008 Poder L, Coakley FV, Rabban JT, Goldstein RB, Aziz S, Chen LM
• Role of sonography in the recognition, assessment, and treatment of cesarean scar ectopic pregnancies.
  Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2008 McKenna DA, Poder L, Goldman M, Goldstein RB
• Round ligament varices: sonographic appearance in pregnancy.
  Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2008 McKenna DA, Carter JT, Poder L, Gosnell JE, Maa J, Pearl JM, Goldstein RB
• 27 ULTRASOUND EVALUATION OF THE UTERUS.
  Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2008 Liina Pöder
• Accuracy of plain abdominal radiographs in the detection of retained surgical needles in the peritoneal cavity.
  Annals of surgery 2008 Ponrartana S, Coakley FV, Yeh BM, Breiman RS, Qayyum A, Joe BN, Poder L, Lu Y, Gibbs VC, Roberts JP
• Hook needle-guided excision of recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer in previously operated neck compartments: a safe technique for small, nonpalpable recurrent disease.
  The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2006 Triponez F, Poder L, Zarnegar R, Goldstein R, Roayaie K, Feldstein V, Lee J, Kebebew E, Duh QY, Clark OH
• Use of MR Imaging for Further Evaluation of Sonographically Detected Adnexal Pathology.
  Ultrasound Clinics 2006 Liina Poder, Aliya Qayyum, Ruth B. Goldstein
• Spontaneous rupture of fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma.
  Fetal diagnosis and therapy 2006 Sy ED, Lee H, Ball R, Farrell J, Poder L, Nobuhara KK, Farmer DL, Harrison MR