Avneesh Chhabra, M.D.
Chief, Musculoskeletal Radiology; Medical Director of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Parkland Health & Hospital System; Director, Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship Program
Associate Professor

Avneesh Chhabra, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Chief of its Musculoskeletal Radiology Division. He also serves as Chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging at Parkland Hospital. His clinical interests include magnetic resonance neurography (MRN), sports imaging, rheumatology and sarcoma imaging, and related image-guided interventions.

Originally from India, Dr. Chhabra earned his Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree at Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi. He completed his residency in radiology at Delhi University’s Willington Hospital before receiving additional diagnostic residency training at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. He received advanced training in musculoskeletal radiology through a fellowship at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.

Prior to joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2013, Dr. Chhabra was an Assistant Professor of Radiology and Orthopedic Surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, where he facilitated the MRN program and introduced novel technical developments, such as three-dimensional (3-D) isotropic MRN with nerve selective reconstructions and advanced diffusion imaging in the realm of peripheral nerve imaging and treatment employing multidisciplinary approaches. While at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Chhabra benefited from the mentorship of John A. Carrino, M.D., M.P.H., and John Eng, M.D.

Medical School

Delhi University/Maulana Azad Medical College, India (1996)

Residency

Willington Hospital-Delhi University (1999), Radiology

Fellowship

Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute (2002), Onco-radiology

Internship

Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center (2003), Internal Medicine

Residency

Drexel University College of Medicine (2007), Diagnostic Radiology

Fellowship

Temple University Dept. of Radiology (2008), Musculoskeletal Radiology

• Sports Imaging, Sarcoma imaging, MR Neurography, Rheumatology and Whole body MR imaging, Image guided injections.and biopsies

Featured Publications

Current utilities of imaging in grading musculoskeletal soft tissue sarcomas.

Fisher SM, Joodi R, Madhuranthakam AJ, Öz OK, Sharma R, Chhabra A Eur J Radiol 2016 Jul 85 7 1336-44

MR imaging of skeletal muscle signal alterations: Systematic approach to evaluation.

Kumar Y, Wadhwa V, Phillips L, Pezeshk P, Chhabra A Eur J Radiol 2016 May 85 5 922-35

Cross-sectional imaging of adult crystal and inflammatory arthropathies.

Soldatos T, Pezeshk P, Ezzati F, Karp DR, Taurog JD, Chhabra A Skeletal Radiol. 2016 May

Role of Diffusion Weighted Imaging in Musculoskeletal Infections: Current Perspectives.

Kumar Y, Khaleel M, Boothe E, Awdeh H, Wadhwa V, Chhabra A Eur Radiol 2016 May

Whole-body MR neurography: Prospective feasibility study in polyneuropathy and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Chhabra A, Carrino JA, Farahani SJ, Thawait GK, Sumner CJ, Wadhwa V, Chaudhary V, Lloyd TE J Magn Reson Imaging 2016 Apr

Second-Opinion Subspecialty Consultations in Musculoskeletal Radiology.

Chalian M, Del Grande F, Thakkar RS, Jalali SF, Chhabra A, Carrino JA AJR Am J Roentgenol 2016 Apr 1-5

MR neurographic orthopantomogram: Ultrashort echo-time imaging of mandibular bone and teeth complemented with high-resolution morphological and functional MR neurography.

Manoliu A, Ho M, Nanz D, Dappa E, Boss A, Grodzki DM, Liu W, Chhabra A, Andreisek G, Kuhn FP J Magn Reson Imaging 2016 Feb

Incremental value of magnetic resonance neurography of Lumbosacral plexus over non-contributory lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging in radiculopathy: A prospective study.

Chhabra A, Farahani SJ, Thawait GK, Wadhwa V, Belzberg AJ, Carrino JA World J Radiol 2016 Jan 8 1 109-16

Magnetic resonance neurography in the management of peripheral trigeminal neuropathy: experience in a tertiary care centre.

Cox B, Zuniga JR, Panchal N, Cheng J, Chhabra A Eur Radiol 2016 Jan

ISAKOS classification of meniscal tears-illustration on 2D and 3D isotropic spin echo MR imaging.

Wadhwa V, Omar H, Coyner K, Khazzam M, Robertson W, Chhabra A Eur J Radiol 2016 Jan 85 1 15-24

 Featured Books

Magnetic resonace Neurography

Avneesh Chhabra, Gustav Andreisek (2012).

Musculoskeletal MRI Structured Evaluation: How to Practically Fill the Reporting Checklist

Avneesh Chhabra, Theodoros Soldatos (Ed.) (2014). Wolters

• Diner Memorial lecture
  UAMS (2015)
• Marquis Who's Who (Platinum edition)
  (2015)
• Tummula Oration
  Asian MSK society (2015)
• Certificate of Merit. RSNA
  (2014)
• Certificate of Merit. RSNA
  (2013)
• 2nd place award. AUR
  (2012)
• Certificate of merit. CIRSE
  (2012)
• Certificate of Merit. RSNA
  (2012)
• Gatewood fellowship award. JHU
  (2012)
• 1st place awards. ESR and AUR
  (2011)
• Certificate of merit. RSNA
  (2011)
• Young investigator award. SSR
  (2011)
• GE-AUR Radiology Research Academic Fellowship (GERRAF)
  (2010-2012)
• 2nd prize & Certificate of Merit. Annual PA radiological society meeting
  (2006)
• 1st prize & Certificate of Merit. APARSM
  (2005)
• Certificate of Merit. RSNA
  (2005)
• 1st prize & Certificate of Merit. Annual PA radiological society meeting
  (2004)
• Certificate of merit. RSNA
  (2004)
• Outstanding Academic Achievement award for all four consecutive years
  (2004-2007)

• American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
• American University Radiologists (AUR)
• Indian Radiological Society
• International Skeletal Society
• International society of magnetic resonance in medicine (ISMRM)
• Natonal Magnetic Resnoance Society
• Radiological society of North America (RSNA)
• Society of Computed Body Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Society of Skeletal Radiology