Stefan Ruehm
Associate Professor of Radiology
Directory, Diagnostic Cardiovascular Imaging, CT
Attending radiologist
Abdominal and Interventional Radiology, and Multispecialty Division
UCLA Santa Monica Hospital
Diagnostic CardioVascular Imaging Section
UCLA Department of Radiology
Background
2004 - present: Associate Professor and Attending Radiologist, UCLA Radiology, Los Angeles, CA
2001 - 2004: Associate Professor, Vice Chairman, Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Essen, Germany
1999 - 2001: Attending Radiologist, Director of MRI and Clinical Research, University Hospital, Essen, Germany
1994 - 1999: Residency and Research Fellowship, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
1992 - 1994: Residency Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Mainz, Germany
1986 - 1992: Medical School,Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany;
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland;
UCSF, USA

Clinical/Research Interests
  MR angiography, MR venography, MR lymphography, Contrast Agent Research, Cardiac MRI, Oncologic Imaging, Abdominal CT and MRI, Oncologic Imaging, Whole Body MRI

Current Projects
  Whole Body MRI/MRA
  Cardiac MRI and CT
  MR colonography
Select Publications
  Schroeder T, Malago M, Debatin JF, Goyen M, Nadalin S, Ruehm SG. "All-in-one" imaging protocols for the evaluation of potential living liver donors: Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and multidetector computed tomography. Liver Transpl. 2005; 11(7):776-87.
  Lauenstein TC, Ajaj W, Kuehle CA, Goehde SC, Schlosser TW, Ruehm SG. Magnetic Resonance Colonography: Comparison of Contrast-Enhanced Three-Dimensional Vibe with Two-Dimensional FISP Sequences: Preliminary Experience. Invest Radiol. 2005; 40(2):89-96.
  Michaeli HJ, Nael K, Schoenberg SO, Finn JP, Laub G, Reiser MF, Ruehm SG. The feasibility of spatial high-resolution magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of the renal arteries at 3.0 T. Rofo. 2005; 177(6):800-4.
  Ruehm SG, Goehde SC, Goyen M. Whole body MR angiography screening. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2004; 20(6):587-91.
  Antoch G, Vogt FM, Freudenberg LS, Nazaradeh F, Goehde SC, Barkhausen J, Dahmen G, Bockisch A, Debatin JF, Ruehm SG. Whole-body Dual-Modality Pet/CT and Whole-body MRI for tumor staging in oncology. JAMA. 2003; 290(24):3199-206.
  Ruehm SG, Christina H, Violas X, Corot C, Debatin JF. MR angiography with a new rapid-clearance blood pool agent: Initial experience in rabbits. Magn Reson Med. 2002; 48(5):844-51.
  Ruehm SG, Corot C, Vogt P, Kolb S, Debatin JF. Magnetic resonance imaging of atherosclerotic plaque with ultrasmall superparamagnetic particles of iron oxide in hyperlipidemic rabbits. Circulation. 2001; 103(3):415-22.
  Ruehm SG, Schroeder T, Debatin JF. Interstitial MR lymphography with gadoterate meglumine: initial experience in humans. Radiology. 2001; 220(3):816-21.
  Ruehm SG, Hany TF, Pfammatter T, Schneider E, Ladd M, Debatin JF. Pelvic and lower extremity arterial imaging: diagnostic performance of three-dimensional contrast-enhanced MR angiography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2000; 174(4):1127-35.
  Ruehm SG, Wiesner W, Debatin JF. Pelvic and lower extremity veins: contrast-enhanced three-dimensional MR venography with a dedicated vascular coil-initial experience. Radiology. 2000; 215(2):421-7.

 
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