RAD ALLIANCE - Key Persons


David Saloner UCSF

Job Titles:
  • Head PI

F. Scott Pereles

Served as Director of Body MRI and Co-Director of Cardiac MRI at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. He has received two US Patents for Laser Guided Systems for CT directed biopsies. His varied research interests have included developing clinical applications applying the most advanced 3D post-processing techniques, especially in the field of spine, cardiac and vascular procedures. Dr. Pereles founded and directed Northwestern's SMaRT Program, which trained International MRI Technologists and Radiologists to perform cutting edge imaging techniques. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, cum laude and received his medical degree from the University of Maryland, followed by an Internal Medicine Internship at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore/John's Hopkins.

Gehl JA

Gehl JA, Schirf BE, Green JD, Lu B, Pereles FS, Omary RA. Prospective randomized comparison of MRI versus X-ray guided renal angioplasty in swine. Society of Interventional Radiology 30th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisianna, March 2005. For this work Dr. Gehl was the recipient of the Constantin Cope Medical Student SIR Annual Scientific Meeting Research Award

Joel Levine

Job Titles:
  • Radiology
Dr. Levine is a 1973 Summa Cum Laude and Phi Betta Kappa graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He received his medical degree in 1977 at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. His Residency and Fellowship training in Diagnostic Imaging was completed in 1984 at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Levine is a CAQ Neuroradiologist and is sub-specialized in Musculoskeletal MRI.

Keith Burnett

Dr. Burnett is a graduate of Stanford University and Creighton Medical School. He completed residency training in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the University of California Irvine and served as academic faculty for two years at the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia VA doing basic research in MRI. He completed a Digital Radiology Fellowship at the University of California, Irvine and a Radiology Fellowship at the University of California Irvine Medical Center. Dr. Burnett is a CAQ Neuroradiologist and has acquired special expertise in musculoskeletal MR interpretation and is currently serving as faculty in an ACGME accredited Sports Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Burnett is a co-founder and a lifetime member of the Registry of Magnetic Resonance Technologists and was it's first Examination Committee Chairman.

Keith Wexler

Job Titles:
  • Medical Director
Dr. Wexler graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical School. He served his residency in Chicago and received advanced training during his Fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Wexler is board certified by the American Board of Radiology. He is a member of the Howard County Medical Society, Indiana State Medical Association, Radiological Society of North America, American College of Radiology and the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.

MR Pulse June

Job Titles:
  • Editor

Robert O. Lindsey

Dr. Lindsey is a graduate of the University of California in Irvine and the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed his Internship in Preliminary Medicine at the VA Medical Center in Long Beach and the University of California in Irvine. His Radiological Residency was performed at the Medical College of Wisconsin and their Affiliated Hospitals. He completed his Radiological Fellowship at the University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California. Dr. Lindsey is a member of the Los Angeles Radiological Society and the Radiologic Society of North America.