Sina Houshmand, MD
Assistant Professor
Radiology
School of Medicine

After finishing his internship in internal medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center Wakefield Campus in New York City, Dr. Houshmand completed his diagnostic radiology residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and most recently, his abdominal imaging and ultrasound fellowship at UCSF.

Dr. Houshmand received the Radiology Resident Distinguished Achievement Award during residency for his commitment to scholarship, accomplishment, service, and innovation. His recent research has included novel applications of PET for pediatric disorders, the use of 18F-NaF and 18F-FDG as molecular probes to evaluate atherosclerosis, and the evolving role of molecular imaging with 18F-sodium fluoride PET as a biomarker for calcium metabolism.

• Assessing the effects of body weight on subchondral bone formation with quantitative 18F-sodium fluoride PET.
  Annals of nuclear medicine 2020 Khaw TH, Raynor WY, Borja AJ, Al-Zaghal A, Jonnakuti VS, Cheng N, Houshmand S, Werner TJ, Alavi A
• Physiologic colonic fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake may predict response to immunotherapy in patients with metastatic melanoma.
  Melanoma research 2019 Boursi B, Werner TJ, Gholami S, Margalit O, Baruch E, Markel G, Eshet Y, Houshmand S, Shacham-Shmueli E, Mitchell TC, Mamtani R, Alavi A, Yang YX
• Quantification of global lung inflammation using volumetric 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters in locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy: a comparison of photon and proton radiation therapy.
  Nuclear medicine communications 2019 Rice SR, Saboury B, Houshmand S, Salavati A, Kalbasi A, Goodman CR, Werner TJ, Vujaskovic Z, Simone CB, Alavi A
• 18F-NaF and 18F-FDG as molecular probes in the evaluation of atherosclerosis.
  European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2018 McKenney-Drake ML, Moghbel MC, Paydary K, Alloosh M, Houshmand S, Moe S, Salavati A, Sturek JM, Territo PR, Weaver C, Werner TJ, Høilund-Carlsen PF, Sturek M, Alavi A
• Functional imaging of the interaction between gut microbiota and the human host: A proof-of-concept clinical study evaluating novel use for 18F-FDG PET-CT.
  PloS one 2018 Boursi B, Werner TJ, Gholami S, Houshmand S, Mamtani R, Lewis JD, Wu GD, Alavi A, Yang YX
• Optimal FDG PET/CT volumetric parameters for risk stratification in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: results from the ACRIN 6668/RTOG 0235 trial.
  European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2017 Salavati A, Duan F, Snyder BS, Wei B, Houshmand S, Khiewvan B, Opanowski A, Simone CB, Siegel BA, Machtay M, Alavi A
• An update on the role of PET/CT and PET/MRI in ovarian cancer.
  European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2017 Khiewvan B, Torigian DA, Emamzadehfard S, Paydary K, Salavati A, Houshmand S, Werner TJ, Alavi A
• Update of the role of PET/CT and PET/MRI in the management of patients with cervical cancer.
  Hellenic journal of nuclear medicine 2016 Khiewvan B, Torigian DA, Emamzadehfard S, Paydary K, Salavati A, Houshmand S, Shamchi SP, Werner TJ, Aydin A, Roy SG, Alavi A, Kumar R
• Prognostic Implications of Total Hemispheric Glucose Metabolism Ratio in Cerebrocerebellar Diaschisis.
  Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 2016 Segtnan EA, Grupe P, Jarden JO, Gerke O, Ivanidze J, Christlieb SB, Constantinescu C, Pedersen JE, Houshmand S, Hess S, Zarei M, Gjedde A, Alavi A, Høilund-Carlsen PF
• Evolving Role of Molecular Imaging with (18)F-Sodium Fluoride PET as a Biomarker for Calcium Metabolism.
  Current osteoporosis reports 2016 Raynor W, Houshmand S, Gholami S, Emamzadehfard S, Rajapakse CS, Blomberg BA, Werner TJ, Høilund-Carlsen PF, Baker JF, Alavi A
• Novel assessment of global metabolism by 18F-FDG-PET for localizing affected lobe in temporal lobe epilepsy.
  Nuclear medicine communications 2016 Peter J, Houshmand S, Werner TJ, Rubello D, Alavi A
• PET-Based Thoracic Radiation Oncology.
  PET clinics 2016 Simone CB, Houshmand S, Kalbasi A, Salavati A, Alavi A
• Applications of global quantitative 18F-FDG-PET analysis in temporal lobe epilepsy.
  Nuclear medicine communications 2016 Peter J, Houshmand S, Werner TJ, Rubello D, Alavi A
• Quantification of aging effects upon global knee inflammation by 18F-FDG-PET.
  Nuclear medicine communications 2016 Saboury B, Parsons MA, Moghbel M, Rubello D, Brothers A, Torigian DA, Werner TJ, Houshmand S, Basu S, Lam MG, Alavi A
• Role of Optimal Quantification of FDG PET Imaging in the Clinical Practice of Radiology.
  Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc 2016 Ziai P, Hayeri MR, Salei A, Salavati A, Houshmand S, Alavi A, Teytelboym OM
• The role of PET/CT as a prognosticator and outcome predictor in lung cancer.
  Expert review of respiratory medicine 2016 Khiewvan B, Ziai P, Houshmand S, Salavati A, Ziai P, Alavi A
• Functional MRI in clinical practice: Assessment of language and motor for pre-surgical planning.
  The neuroradiology journal 2015 Mahdavi A, Azar R, Shoar MH, Hooshmand S, Mahdavi A, Kharrazi HH
• Multimodality Imaging Approach in Alzheimer disease. Part I: Structural MRI, Functional MRI, Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Magnetization Transfer Imaging.
  Dementia & neuropsychologia 2015 Promteangtrong C, Kolber M, Ramchandra P, Moghbel M, Houshmand S, Schöll M, Bai H, Werner TJ, Alavi A, Buchpiguel C
• Multimodality Imaging Approaches in Alzheimer's disease. Part II: 1H MR spectroscopy, FDG PET and Amyloid PET.
  Dementia & neuropsychologia 2015 Promteangtrong C, Kolber M, Ramchandra P, Moghbel M, Houshmand S, Schöll M, Werner TJ, Alavi A, Buchpiguel C
• Dual-time-point Imaging and Delayed-time-point Fluorodeoxyglucose-PET/Computed Tomography Imaging in Various Clinical Settings.
  PET clinics 2015 Houshmand S, Salavati A, Segtnan EA, Grupe P, Høilund-Carlsen PF, Alavi A
• (18)F-NaF PET Imaging of Early Coronary Artery Calcification.
  JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 2015 McKenney-Drake ML, Territo PR, Salavati A, Houshmand S, Persohn S, Liang Y, Alloosh M, Moe SM, Weaver CM, Alavi A, Sturek M
• Applications of Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/Computed Tomography in the Assessment and Prediction of Radiation Therapy-related Complications.
  PET clinics 2015 Houshmand S, Boursi B, Salavati A, Simone CB, Alavi A
• Quantifying [¹⁸F]fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the arterial wall: the effects of dual time-point imaging and partial volume effect correction.
  European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2015 Blomberg BA, Bashyam A, Ramachandran A, Gholami S, Houshmand S, Salavati A, Werner T, Zaidi H, Alavi A
• Assessment of atherosclerosis in large vessel walls: A comprehensive review of FDG-PET/CT image acquisition protocols and methods for uptake quantification.
  Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 2015 Gholami S, Salavati A, Houshmand S, Werner TJ, Alavi A
• Feasibility and performance of an adaptive contrast-oriented FDG PET/CT quantification technique for global disease assessment of malignant pleural mesothelioma and a brief review of the literature.
  Hellenic journal of nuclear medicine 2015 Marin-Oyaga VA, Salavati A, Houshmand S, Pasha AK, Gharavi M, Saboury B, Basu S, Torigian DA, Alavi A
• Application of partial volume effect correction and 4D PET in the quantification of FDG avid lung lesions.
  Molecular imaging and biology 2015 Salavati A, Borofsky S, Boon-Keng TK, Houshmand S, Khiewvan B, Saboury B, Codreanu I, Torigian DA, Zaidi H, Alavi A
• An update on novel quantitative techniques in the context of evolving whole-body PET imaging.
  PET clinics 2014 Houshmand S, Salavati A, Hess S, Werner TJ, Alavi A, Zaidi H
• The role of molecular imaging in diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis.
  American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2014 Houshmand S, Salavati A, Hess S, Ravina M, Alavi A
• Developing optimized fMRI protocol for clinical use: comparison of different language paradigms.
  Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 2011 Mahdavi A, Houshmand S, Oghabian MA, Zarei M, Mahdavi A, Shoar MH, Ghanaati H
• Cortical representation of Persian word production: an fMRI study.
  Archives of Iranian medicine 2010 Mahdavi A, Saberi H, Hooshmand S, Rezvanizadeh A, Lavasani A, Nilipour R, Zarei M, Oghabian MA