Professor
Stanford University
Stanford, California, United States
Shreyas Vasanawala, MD/PhD, Professor of Radiology, serves as Director of MRI and Division Chief of Body MR at Stanford University. After completing undergraduate studies in mathematics at the California Institute of Technology, he pursued a medical degree and doctorate in biophysics at Stanford University, where his studies led to a resurgence of signal efficient methods in magnetic resonance imaging. After residency in radiology and a fellowship in pediatric radiology, Dr. Vasanawala joined the faculty at Stanford University. He has focused efforts on building the pediatric MRI program at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
He leads a multidisciplinary research group focused on developing fast and quantitative pediatric medical imaging methods. The group’s efforts include development of new medical imaging hardware, new pediatric-friendly image acquisition methods, novel image reconstruction approaches and unique strategies to image analysis. These endeavors have led to the first routine clinical translational deployment of high density pediatric specific MRI receiver coils, the first routine pediatric introductions of three novel contrast agents, the first routine clinical use of innovative compressive sensing and deep learning medical imaging methods, and the routine ability to obtain very high resolution pediatric images with much less anesthesia. Together, these efforts, and those of other pediatric radiology faculty, have contributed to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford becoming a leading pediatric MRI program internationally. With 150 peer-reviewed publications and 20 patents, he has developed a deep collaborative network bridging academia and industry.
Friday, February 6, 2026
4:13 PM - 4:20 PM
