Maria F Ladino Torres
Associate Professor of Radiology and Program Director of Pediatric Radiology Fellowship
Pediatric Radiology Fellowship
1540 E. Hospital Drive
Ann Arbor
MI, 48109-4252 United States
[email protected]

Available to mentor

Maria F Ladino Torres
Clinical Associate Professor
  • About
  • Qualifications
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
  • About

    Dr. Ladino Torres graduated from Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario Medical School in Bogota, Colombia. She completed her Diagnostic Radiology residency training at the Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario-Fundacion CardioInfantil. She pursued fellowship training in Pediatric Radiology at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Her career as pediatric radiologist started at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in 2007. Dr. Ladino Torres has practiced pediatric radiology with a focus on fetal and neonatal imaging, body imaging, and oncologic imaging. Her clinical interests include fetal as well as body and musculoskeletal MRI. She has published many peer-reviewed papers and is involved in national organizations including the Society for Pediatric Radiology.

    Dr. Ladino Torres also has a strong interest in medical education, she has been the Pediatric Radiology Fellowship Program Director since 2014 as well as one of the Pediatric Radiology Division Leads for Radiology Resident Education at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital since 2018.

    Qualifications
    • Fellowship
      Shriners Hospitals for Children - Chicago, Chicago, 2007
    • Residency
      Fundacion Biodiversa Colombia, Radiology, 2003
    • Internship
      Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca, Bogotá, 1996
    Research Overview

    * Fetal MRI, neonatal imaging, pediatric abdominal imaging, pediatric musculoskeletal MRI, ultrasound imaging. Current Research Activities: Fetal MR
    imaging congenital diaphragmatic hernia, liver imaging and liver elastography with US and MR imaging, and liver elastography in patients with
    Fontan palliation and MR guided assistance in cases of imperforate anus.

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Functional Outcomes of Patients Who Underwent Anorectal Malformation Repair Using MRI Guidance.
      Dougherty D, Ralls MW, Plagens CJ, Ladino-Torres M, Williams KM, Wild L, Jarboe MD. J Pediatr Surg, 2024 Jan 1; DOI:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.12.023
      PMID: 38195357
    • Journal Article
      Prenatal Measurements of Congenital Lung Malformations: Can They Predict Postnatal Size?
      Dougherty D, Diaconescu A, Shah NR, VanHulle R, Ladino-Torres M, Treadwell MC, Mychaliska GB, Perrone EE. J Surg Res, 2024 Jan; 293: 259 - 265. DOI:10.1016/j.jss.2023.09.022
      PMID: 37804795
    • Journal Article
      Sonographic Predictors of Ovarian Torsion in Premenarchal Girls.
      George JS, Rosen MW, Curci N, Torres ML, Wasnik AP, Smith YR, Quint EH. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol, 2023 Aug; 36 (4): 349 - 352. DOI:10.1016/j.jpag.2023.03.005
      PMID: 36944392
    • Journal Article
      Understanding Lymphatic Anatomy and Abnormalities at Imaging.
      Lee E, Biko DM, Sherk W, Masch WR, Ladino-Torres M, Agarwal PP. Radiographics, 2022 42 (2): 487 - 505. DOI:10.1148/rg.210104
      PMID: 35179984
    • Journal Article
      Understanding Lymphatic Anatomy and Abnormalities at Imaging.
      Lee E, Biko DM, Sherk W, Masch WR, Ladino-Torres M, Agarwal PP. Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc, 2022 Jan 1; 42 (2): 487 - 505.
    • Presentation
      Fetal MR imaging interactive learning through clinical cases
      2021 Nov 1;
    • Presentation
      3D modelling and Reconstruction of Solid Tumors
      2021 Oct 1;
    • Journal Article
      Conjoined twins: an obstetrician's guide to prenatal care and delivery management.
      Greco PS, Pitts D, Weadock WJ, Ladino-Torres M, Laventhal NT, Mychaliska G, Treadwell MC, Carver A. J Perinatol, 2021 Oct; 41 (10): 2424 - 2431. DOI:10.1038/s41372-021-01107-5
      PMID: 34158580