Vikas Gulani, MD, PhD

Dr. Vikas Gulani is the Fred J. Hodges Professor, Chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of Michigan, and co-Director of the Michigan Institute of Imaging Technology and Translation (MIITT). He is committed to a collaborative, diverse, and friendly work environment where people are valued above all else, and yet clinical, research, and teaching excellence is expected. He trained in Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and then did his MD and PhD at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. After Internship in Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois, he completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology and fellowship training in Body MRI from the University of Michigan, and also a postdoctoral year in Physics at the University of Würzburg in Germany. His clinical interests are abdominal and pelvic MRI, and MRI guided intervention. Research interests are diverse and include the same, plus MRI technology development and translation, quantitative MRI, fast MRI, amongst other areas.

MRI technology development and translation
Quantitative MRI
Accessible MRI
Fast MRI
MRI guided intervention
Relaxometry
MRI acquisitions and reconstruction techniques
Abdominal and Pelvic MRI
Prostate MRI
Liver MRI
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for imaging data analysis
Value of imaging
Workplace resilience
Workplace culture