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Michael Salerno, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
UCSF
Belmont, California, United States

Michael Salerno MD, PhD, MS is Professor in Residence of Medicine and Radiology and Medical Imaging, the Hugh and Eila Korpi Distinguished Professor in Cardiology Research, Section Chief of Echocardiography and Cardiac Imaging, Director of Multimodality Cardiac Imaging, and the Director of the Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

He completed his MD and PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia, Internal Medicine Residency at Stanford, and Cardiology Fellowship at Duke University, including a dedicated year at the DCMRMC, and Advanced Imaging Fellowship at UVA. He is COCATS Level III in all cardiovascular imaging modalities and is a leader in the field of Multimodality CV Imaging. He was faculty in Cardiology, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at UVA (2010-2021) where he was the Director of CMR and Medical Director of Echocardiography, He was then Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Section Chief of Cardiac Imaging and Medical Director of Echocardiography. In 2024 he joined the faculty at UCSF.

His research involves the development and evaluation of novel MRI pulse sequences and techniques to improve the clinical utility of CMR imaging. The current focus of the research is on quantitative myocardial perfusion imaging, quantitative imaging of myocardial fibrosis, rapid free-breathing and self-gated imaging, and deep learning for image reconstruction and post-processing. His laboratory includes undergraduate and graduate engineering students as well as clinical cardiovascular imaging fellows to bring new advances into clinical practice. Dr. Salerno has been in the field of MRI for 30 years and holds multiple patents related to the development and application of novel pulse sequences for MRI. He has received numerous research awards, and has published extensively in the areas of MRI, cardiovascular MRI and multi-modality cardiovascular imaging. His research has been supported by the AHA and the National Institutes of health. He is Chair of the ACC Imaging Leadership Council, and a former associate editor for JACC Cardiovascular Imaging.

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