Neuroradiology
Edmond Knopp, MD, Section Chief
The Neuroradiology section focuses on the diagnosis and evaluation of disorders of the brain, head, neck, and spine. Staff members also specialize in interventional neuroradiology, specifically angiography and myelography. Each year, the Neuroradiology section performs approximately 13,000 imaging studies and about 2,000 invasive procedures.
NYU neuroradiologists have access to some of the most technologically advanced neuroradiology equipment in the world, including nine MRI units (eight of which are high-field systems) and ten multi-slice CT scanners (with 16-detector scanners in many locations, including the emergency departments). Combined CT-PET scanners are available in two locations, with a third site soon to be added. NYU also has the latest equipment for biplane myelography and digital angiography, located at three clinical sites: Tisch Hospital, Bellevue Hospital Center, and the Manhattan Veterans Administration Hospital.
The faculty consists of board-certified and subspecialty board-certified neuroradiologists, plus clinical fellows. The staff are among the most widely published clinician-scientists in the field, and several serve as editorial board members and reviewers for Radiology and the American Journal of Neuroradiology.
The staff works in close collaboration with specialists at NYU in neurosurgery, neurology, neuro-oncology, vascular medicine, and otolaryngology.
The Neuroradiology section also maintains an active research program, with ongoing projects on head trauma, multiple sclerosis, glial tumors, hydrocephalus, dementia, atherosclerotic carotid disease, stroke, head and neck cancer, and otology. Staff are active members of the Center for Biomedical Imaging, which houses two 3-tesla MRI scanners and one 7-tesla whole-body MRI.
