J. Paul Finn
Professor
Chief, Diagnostic CardioVascular Imaging Section
Director, Magnetic Resonance Research
UCLA Department of Radiology
Background
2003 - present: Director of Magnetic Resonance Research, UCLA Radiology, Los Angeles, CA
Professor of Radiology, Chief, Diagnostic CardioVascular Imaging Section, UCLA Radiology, Los Angeles, CA
1997 - 2003: Director of MRI, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Professor of Radiology and Vice-Chairman for Research, Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL
1993 - 1997: Director of Research and Development, Magnetic Resonance Division, Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Iselin, NJ.
1991 - 1993: Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School,
1989 - 1993: Attending Radiologist and Research Director of MRI, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA.
Consulting Neuroradiologist to Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
1988 - 1989: Instructor in Magnetic resonance, University of London, the Hospitals for Sick Children (Great Ormond Street), London, UK.
1986 - 1987: Fellow in Neuroradiology at Hammersmith Hospital, the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Queen Square), and the Hospitals for Sick Children (Great Ormond Street), London, UK.
1983 - 1986: Resident in Diagnostic Radiology, Hammersmith Hospital and Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London UK.
Jan 1983 - Jun 1983: Senior Resident in Cardiothoracic Medicine, University Hospital, Galway, Ireland
Jul 1982 - Dec 1982: Resident in Acute Internal Medicine, Subspecialty: Cardiothoracic Medicine, University Hospital, Galway, Ireland
Jan 1982 - Jul 1982: Resident in Acute Internal Medicine, Subspecialty: Gastroenterology, University Hospital, Galway, Ireland
Jul 1981 - Dec 1981: Resident in Acute Internal Medicine, Subspecialty: Endocrinology. University Hospital, Galway, Ireland
Sep 1980 - Jun 1981: Postgraduate MS course in Nuclear Medicine, University College, Dublin, Ireland (Belfield Campus).
Jul 1979 - Dec 1980: Resident in Intensive Care/Anesthesiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Honors
2006: President, ISMRM
2005: President-elect, ISMRM
2004: Vice President, ISMRM
2003: Associate Journal Editor, Radiology (MRI)
2002: Associate Journal Editor, Radiology (MRI)
2001: Associate Journal Editor, Radiology (MRI)
2001: Member, Board of Directors, North American Society of Cardiac Imaging
2000: Associate Journal Editor, Radiology (MRI)
2000: Founding member, MR Frontier Council, Amersham Health, Inc.

Current Projects
  Development & Validation of MRI Techniques for Cardiovascular and Cardiopulmonary Imaging
  Applications of MRI for Anatomic and Functional Imaging in Congenital Heart Failure
  Cardiovascular MR Imaging at 3.0T
  Development and Applications of MRI Scanning by Remote Control
  Cardiac MRI Core Laboratory DETERMINE Trial
(Defibrillators To Reduce Risk by Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation)

Select Publications
  Fenchel M, Saleh, Dinh H, Lee MH, Nael K, Krishnam M, Ruehm SG, Miller S, Child J, Finn JP. Time-resolved 3D Contrast-enhanced MR Angiography in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Radiology. 2007 in press.
  Saleh R, Patel S, Boechat I. Lee M, Laub G, Finn JP. Contrast Enhanced MR Angiography in Children with Controlled Ventilation. Radiology. in press.
  Kambiz Nael, Michael Fenchel, Mayil Krishnam, Gerhard Laub, J. Paul Finn, Stefan G Ruehm. High Spatial Resolution Whole Body MR Angiography with High Acceleration Parallel Acquisition Using a 32 Channel MR Scanner at 3.0T: Initial Experience. Radiology. 2007 Mar; in press.
  Nael K, Villablanca P, Pope W, McNamara TO, Laub G, Finn JP. Supraaortic Arteries: Contrast-enhanced MR Angiography at 3.0 T -- Highly Accelerated Parallel Acquisition for Improved Spatial Resolution Over an Extended Field of View Radiology. 2007 Feb; 242(2):600-9
  Nael K, Ruehm SG, Michaely HJ, Saleh R, Lee M, Laub G, Finn JP. Multisation Whole-Body High Resolution MR Angiography Using a 32 Channel MR System. AJR AM J Roentgenol. 2007 Feb; 188(2):529-39
  Nael K, Saleh R, Nyborg GK, Fonseca C, Weinmann HJ, Laub G, Finn JP. Pulmonary MR perfusion at 3.0 Tesla Using a Blood Pool Contrast Agent: Initial Results in a Swine Model. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007 Jan; 25(1):66-72
  Michaely HJ, Nael K, Schoenberg SO, Finn JP, Oesingmann N, Lodemann KP, Reiser MF, Ruehm SG. Renal Perfusion: Comparison of SR-TurboFLASH Measurements at 1.5T with SR-TurboFLASH and TREAT (Time-resolved Echo-shared Angiographic Technique) Measurements at 3.0T. JMRI. 2006 Dec; 24(6):1413-9
  Nael K, Villablanca JP, Saleh R, Pope W, Nael A, Laub G, Finn JP. Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography at 3.0 Tesla in the Evaluation of Intracranial Aneurysms: a Comparison with Time-of-Flight MR Angiography. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2006 Nov-Dec; 27(10):2118-21
  Finn JP, Saleh R, Thesen S, Ruehm S, Lee M, Grinstead J, Child J, Laub G. MRI Scanning by Remote Control: a Feasibility Study in Cardiovascular Disease. Radiology. 2006 Nov; 241(2):528-37. Epub 2006 Sep 27.
  Finn JP, Nael K, Deshpande V, Ratib O, Laub GA. Cardiac MRI: State of the Technology. Radiology. 2006 Nov; 241(2):338-54
  Villablanca JP, Nael K, Habibi R, Laub G, Finn JP. 3.0T Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography for the Evaluation of the Intracranial Arteries: Comparison with Time-of-Flight MR Angiography and Multi-slice CT Angiography. Investigative Radiology. 2006 Nov; 41(11):799-805
  Nael K, Fenchel M, Salamon N, Duckwiler GR, Laub G, Finn JP, Villablanca JP. Three-dimensional Cerebral Contrast-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Venography at 3.0 Tesla: initial results using highly Accelerated Parallel Acquisition. Investigative Radiology. 2006 Oct; 41(10):763-8
  Nael K, Michaely H, Krammer U, Lee M, Goldin J, Laub G, Finn JP. 3D Contrast Enhanced MRA of the Pulmonary Circulation at 3.0T: Initial Results. Radiology. 2006 Sep; 240(3):858-68
  Fenchel M, Nael K, Deshpande VS, Finn JP, Kramer U, Miller S, Ruehm S, Laub G. Renal Magnetic Resonance Angiography at 3.0 Tesla Using a 32-Element Phased-Array Coil System and Parallel Imaging in 2 Directions. Invest Radiol. 2006 Sep: 41(9):697-703
  Yang CW, Carr JC, Francois CJ, Shea SM, Deshpande VS, Meyers SN, Beohar N, Finn JP, Li D. Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography Using Magnetization Prepared Contrast-enhanced Breath-hold Volume-targeted Imaging (MPCE-VCATS). Invest Radiol. 2006 Aug; 41(8):639-44
  Fenchel M, Deshpande V, Nael K, Finn JP, Ruehm SG, Laub G. Cardiac Cine Imaging at 3.0 Tesla: Initial Experience with a 32-element Body-array Coil. Invest Radiol. 2006 Aug; 41(8):601-608
  Fenchel M, Nael K, Ruehm SG, Finn JP, Miller S, Laub G. Isotropic High Spatial Resolution Magnetic Resonance Angiography of the Supra-Aortic Arteries Using Two-Dimensional Parallel Imaging (iPAT2) at 3 Tesla: A Feasibility Study. Invest Radiol. 2006 Jul; 41(7):545-552
  Nael K, Michaely HJ, Villablanca JP, Salamon N, Laub G, Finn JP. Time-Resolved Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography of the Head and Neck at 3.0 Tesla: Initial Results. Invest Radiol. 2006 Feb; 41(2):116-124.
  Shors SM, Cotts WG, Pavlovic-Surjancev B, Gheorghiade M, Carr JC, McCarthy RM, Pereles FS, Finn JP. Non-Invasive Cardiac Evaluation in Heart Failure Patients using Magnetic Resonance Imaging: a Feasibility Study. Heart Fail Rev. 2005 Dec; 10(4):265-73

 
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