Radiology Faculty & Staff
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PROGRAM DIRECTOR |
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Lisa H Lowe, M.D., F.A.A.P.
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Program Director, Academic Chair and Professor, UMKC
Radiologist - Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Undergraduate Degree: University of Tennessee, Martin, TN
Medical School: Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
Residency: Wake Forest University-Bowman Gray SOM, Winston-Salem, NC
Fellowship: National Children’s Medical Center, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Special interests: Neuroradiology
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ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR |
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Jeff Kunin, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology and Associate Program Director, UMKC
Chairman of Radiology, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch
Residency: Medical College of Virginia, Henry Ford Hospital
Fellowship: Body Imaging, University of Michigan
Special interests: Thoracic Radiology
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ASSOCIATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR |
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Joe Witham, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology and Associate Program Director, UMKC
Radiologist – Truman Medical Center
Undergraduate Degree: University of No. Iowa
Medical School: University of Iowa
Residency: University of Missouri-Kansas City
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FACULTY |
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Natasha Acosta, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Department of Radiology, Truman Medical Center
Medical School: University of Puerto Rico
Residency: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Fellowship: Neuroradiology, University of Colorado
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Naveed Akhtar, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Section Chief, Neuroradiolgy, Saint Luke's Hospital
Medical School: Dow Medical College, Pakistan
Residency: Civil Hospital, Pakistan; Maidstone Hospital,
United Kingdom
Fellowship: Neuroradiology & Neurointerventional Radiology,
University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD
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Kelli Andresen, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Section Chief, Abdominal Imaging, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Medical School: University of Iowa College of Medicine
Residency: Mayo Clinic
Fellowship: Abdominal Imaging, University of Iowa
Special Interests: GU radiology, CT virtual colonoscopy, Medical student and resident education
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Shaya Ansari, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Director of MRI, Section of Abdominal Imaging, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Residency: Columbia University - St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital
Fellowship: Body Imaging - Emory University
Special interests: Body (small bowel) MRI, GI radiology, RF Ablation
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Veeral Bhoot, D.O.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Section of Interventional Radiology, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Medical School: University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
Residency: Mercy Catholic Medical Center
Fellowship: Interventional Radiology, University of Pennsylvania
Special interests: Interventional oncology, Vascular embolization, Venous lysis, Angioplasty, Stenting, Recanalization, IVC filter placement / retrieval
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Jim Brown, M.D.
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Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Radiology, UMKC
Radiology, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Medical School: Bowman Gray Wake Forest School of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics - Bowman Gray Wake Forest School of Medicine, Radiology - University of Missouri
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Paul Chesis, M.D., Ph.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Section Cheif, Interventional Radiology, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Medical School: Washington University SOM
Residencies: Radiology -University of California, Los Angeles
Nuclear Medicine - Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Special interests: Arterial embolization, Thromoembolic disease, RF tumor ablation, Vertebroplasty, Biliary & Renal intervention, Endovascular aneurysm repair
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Brenden Coleman, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Director of Ultrasound, Section of Abdominal Imaging, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Medical School: University of Arkansas School of Medicine
Residency: St. Vincent’s Medical Center - Bridgeport, CT
Fellowship: Abdominal Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
Internship: University of Oklahoma (Surgery)
Special interest: Ultrasonography
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Brent Cully, M.D.
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Radiology, UMKC
Radiology, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Medical School: University of Missouri-Columbia
Residency: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Fellowship: Children's Mercy Hospitals and University of Missouri-Kansas City
Special Interests: Pediatric Interventional Radiology
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Pablo Delgado, M.D.
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Clinical Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Section Chief, Saint Luke’s Hospital East
Section of Abdominal Imaging, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine
Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
Fellowship: Body Imaging, MD Anderson, University of Texas Cancer Center
Special interest: GI Radiology
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G. David Dixon, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Section of Interventional Rediology, Saint Luke's Hospital
Interventional Radiology – Saint Luke’s Hospital
Undergraduate Degree: University of North Dakota
Medical School: Tulane University – New Orleans
Residency: Mayo Clinic
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Kristin Fickenscher, M.D.
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Radiology, UMKC
Radiology, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Missouri-Columbia
Fellowship: University of Missouri-Columbia
Special Interests: Pediatric Neuroradiology and Cardiovascular Imaging
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Gerald E. Finke, D.O.
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Former Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor, UMKC
Department of Radiology, Truman Medical Center
Undergraduate Degree: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Medical School: University of Health Science – Kansas
City, MO
Residency: Tulsa Regional Hospital
Fellowship: General Practice, Warsaw, Mo.
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Socrates Jamoulis, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor, UMKC
Department of Radiology, Truman Medical Center
Undergraduate Degree: University of Akron, Akron, OH
Medical degree: Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Lake Forest
University, Winston-Salem, NC
Residency: Bowman Gray School of Medicine and University
of California
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Nicolaus Kuehn, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor, UMKC
Department of Radiology, Truman Medical Center
Undergraduate Degree: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Medical School: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Residency: University of Missouri – Kansas City
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Neil Mardis, D.O.
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Radiology, UMKC
Radiology, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Medical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Michigan State University
Fellowship: Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard University
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Cole Martin, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Section of Neurointerventional Radiology, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Medical School: University of Kansas Medical Center
Residency: Neurology - University of Iowa
Fellowship: Neurointerventional, University of Iowa
Special Interests: Cerebrovascular disease
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Megan E. McDonald, D.O.
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Radiology, UMKC
Radiology, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Undergraduate Degree: Heidelberg College, Tiffin, OH
Medical School: Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH
Residency: Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas, Ft. Worth, TX
Fellowship: Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
Special Interests: Musculoskeletal, including sports medicine
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Frank P. Morello, M.D.
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Radiology, UMKC
Radiologist in Chief, Children’s Mercy Hospital
Undergraduate Degree: Ferris State University, Big Rapids,
MI
Medical School: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Residency:St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL
Fellowship: Children’s Memorial Medical Center, Chicago,
IL
Special Interests: Interventional and Nuclear Radiology
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Ruby Obaldo, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Section of Breast Imaging, Saint Luke's Hospital
Medical School: University of Texas, San Antonio
Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
Fellowship: Women’s Imaging, University of Southern California
Special interest: Breast MRI
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Afzal Riaz, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Section of Breast Imaging, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Medical School: King Edwards Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
Residency: Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, England
Fellowship: Guy’s Hospital, London, England
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Lawrence R. Ricci, D.O.
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Assistant Professor, UMKC
Chairman, Department of Radiology,Truman Medical Center
Undergraduate Degree: University of Kansas
Medical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Missouri - Kansas City
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Douglas C Rivard, D.O.
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Radiology, UMKC
Radiology, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Undergraduate Degree: University of Missouri – Rolla
Medical Degree: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Tulsa Regional Medical Center, University of Oklahoma
Fellowship: Pediatric Radiology, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics & University of
Missouri-Kansas City
Special Interests: Interventional and Radiology
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Melissa L. Rosado de Christenson, MD, F.A.C.R.
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Clinical Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Section Chief, Thoracic Radiology, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Adjunct Professor of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Residency: George Washington University
Special Interests: Thoracic radiology, Medical education
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Chad Ruble, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor, UMKC
Department of Radiology, Truman Medical Center
Undergraduate Degree: Rockhurst University
Medical School: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Residency: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Fellowship: Musculoskeletal Radiology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
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Lee Steinberg, D.O.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Department of Radiology, Truman Medical Center
Undergraduate Degree: Youngstown State University, Youngstown,
OH
Medical School: Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Doctor’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
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Marge Stull, M.D.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Section Chief, Musculoskeletal Imaging, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Medical School: Chicago Medical School
Residency: Brooke Army Medical Center
Special interests: Arthropathies, Sports medicine, Oncology
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Cynthia N. R. Taylor, M.D.
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Assistant Professor, Section of Radiology, UMKC
Radiology, Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics
Undergraduate Degree: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Residency: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine,
Cincinnati, OH
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati,
OH.
Special interests: Body Imaging
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Thomas Whang, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, UMKC
Section of Musculoskeletal imaging, Saint Luke’s Hospital
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Residency: University of California, Los Angeles
Fellowship: Musculoskeletal Imaging, University of California, San Diego
Special interests: Sports Medicine and trauma
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Charlotte (Anne) Waugh Moore, M.D.
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Radiology, UMKC
Radiology, Children’s Mercy Hospital
Undergraduate Degree:University of Kansas
Medical School: University of Kansas Medical School
Residency:University of Kansas Medical Center
Fellowship: Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and the Unniversity of Texas Southwestern
Special Interests: Body and Thoracic Imaging
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Steven T. Welch, M.D.
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Radiology, UMKC
Radiology, Children’s Mercy Hospital
Undergraduate Degree: Boston College, Boston, MA
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Residency: Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati,
OH
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Brandt C. Wible, M.D.
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Clinical Assistant Professor, UMKC
Section of Interventional Radiology, Saint Luke's Hospital
Medical School: Rush Medical College
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin
Fellowship: Interventional Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Special interests:
Interventional Oncology (Transarterial Chemoembolization, Radiofrequency and Cryoablation), Peripheral Vascular Disease, Uterine Fibroid Embolization, Hepatobiliary Disease.
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