Joseph Maldjian, M.D. Chief, Neuroradiology Professor Endowed Title Lee R. and Charlene B. Raymond Distinguished Chair in Brain Research School Medical School Department Radiology | Advanced Imaging Research Center Graduate Programs Biomedical Engineering You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Joseph A. Maldjian, MD, is Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern, Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs in the Department of Radiology, and serves as Chief of the Neuroradiology Division and Director of the Advanced NeuroScience Imaging Research (ANSIR) Lab. His clinical interests involve bringing novel imaging methodologies and advanced analysis methods into the clinical setting. What I really appreciate about neuroradiology at UT Southwestern is the perfect partnering of clinical and research excellence. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Princeton University, Dr. Maldjian earned his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark. He completed his residency training in diagnostic radiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, and then received advanced training in neuroradiology through a two-year fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Prior to joining the faculty at UT Southwestern, Dr. Maldjian served as a Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Prior to that, he held faculty appointments at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and at New Jersey Medical School. Research Dr. Maldjian’s research team has been instrumental in bringing arterial spin-labeling (ASL) into routine clinical practice. This noninvasive method “tags” arterial blood water through a process of magnetic inversion, making it possible for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner to detect the “magnetized” blood flowing through brain tissue. He has also developed fully automated means for processing, archiving, and analyzing these images; as well as images obtained using functional MRI, diffusion tensor imaging, positron emission tomography, and magnetoencephalography (MEG). Dr. Maldjian’s research lab maintains a data processing resource that can handle large amounts of neuroimaging data and provide an interface to an array of commonly used software platforms. His pickatlas paper has been recognized as among the 100 most cited articles in imaging literature, and in the top 10 in neuroimaging literature. In 2017 he received the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research Distinguished Investigator Award, and in 2019 he was inducted as an inaugural fellow of the American Society of Functional Neuroradiology. He has done research in sports-related mild traumatic injury, including serving as MPI on several NIH-funded studies looking at subconcussive impacts in youth and high school football players using MRI, MEG, cognitive measures, and detailed head impact data. He is currently on an NIH-R01 studying noninvasive determination of molecular markers in gliomas using MRI and deep learning. Dr. Maldjian is an active member of national and international organizations, including the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, the American Society of Neuroradiology, the American Society for Functional Neuroradiology, the American College of Radiology, the American Board of Radiology, and the Radiological Society of North America. Robust editorial activity In addition to authoring more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and over 15 additions to textbooks, Dr. Maldjian is a reviewer for multiple academic journals, including Radiology, Neuroradiology, Neurology, Neuroimage, Clinical Neuroradiology, American Journal of Neuroradiology, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Neuroinformatics, and Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. He also regularly participates in a variety of NIH study section review panels. Education Medical School University of Medicine and Dentistry - New Jersey Medical School (1988) Internship St Barnabas Medical Center (1989), Internal Medicine Residency Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (1993), Diagnostic Radiology Fellowship Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (1995), Neuroradiology Research Interest Advanced Neuroimaging Applications Neuroimaging Analysis Pipelines Resting State Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Analyses Sports-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Publications Featured Publications Abnormal white matter integrity related to head impact exposure in a season of high school varsity football. Davenport EM, Whitlow CT, Urban JE, Espeland MA, Jung Y, Rosenbaum DA, Gioia GA, Powers AK, Stitzel JD, Maldjian JA J. Neurotrauma 2014 Oct 31 19 1617-24 Graph theoretical analysis of resting-state MEG data: Identifying interhemispheric connectivity and the default mode. Maldjian JA, Davenport EM, Whitlow CT Neuroimage 2014 Aug 96 88-94 Automated white matter total lesion volume segmentation in diabetes. Maldjian JA, Whitlow CT, Saha BN, Kota G, Vandergriff C, Davenport EM, Divers J, Freedman BI, Bowden DW AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2013 Dec 34 12 2265-70 Head impact exposure in youth football: elementary school ages 9-12 years and the effect of practice structure. Cobb BR, Urban JE, Davenport EM, Rowson S, Duma SM, Maldjian JA, Whitlow CT, Powers AK, Stitzel JD Ann Biomed Eng 2013 Dec 41 12 2463-73 Head impact exposure in youth football: high school ages 14 to 18 years and cumulative impact analysis. Urban JE, Davenport EM, Golman AJ, Maldjian JA, Whitlow CT, Powers AK, Stitzel JD Ann Biomed Eng 2013 Dec 41 12 2474-87 Effect of resting-state functional MR imaging duration on stability of graph theory metrics of brain network connectivity. Whitlow CT, Casanova R, Maldjian JA Radiology 2011 May 259 2 516-24 Fully automated processing of fMRI data in SPM: from MRI scanner to PACS. Maldjian JA, Baer AH, Kraft RA, Laurienti PJ, Burdette JH Neuroinformatics 2009 7 1 57-72 Biological parametric mapping: A statistical toolbox for multimodality brain image analysis. Casanova R, Srikanth R, Baer A, Laurienti PJ, Burdette JH, Hayasaka S, Flowers L, Wood F, Maldjian JA Neuroimage 2007 Jan 34 1 137-43 An automated method for neuroanatomic and cytoarchitectonic atlas-based interrogation of fMRI data sets. Maldjian JA, Laurienti PJ, Kraft RA, Burdette JH Neuroimage 2003 Jul 19 3 1233-9 Structural and functional assessment of the brain in European Americans with mild-to-moderate kidney disease: Diabetes Heart Study-MIND. Murea M, Hsu FC, Cox AJ, Hugenschmidt CE, Xu J, Adams JN, Raffield LM, Whitlow CT, Maldjian JA, Bowden DW, Freedman BI Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2015 Aug 30 8 1322-9 Results 1-10 of 111 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Honors & Awards Best Paper Trainee (Co-Author)American Society of Neuroradiology (2014) Graduate Design and Research Award (Co-Author)Biomedical Engineering Society (2014) Best Poster (Co-Author)American Society of Functional Neuroradiology (2012) Outstanding TeacherInternational Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2009) Derek Harwood-Nash Award (co-author), Outstanding Presentation Award in Pediatric NeuroradiologyAmerican Society of Neuroradiology (2008) Best Doctors in AmericaU.S. News & World Report (2005-2015) Rennick Award (co-author)International Neuropsychological Society (2001) American Roentgen Ray Society ScholarAmerican Roentgen Ray Society (1999) Sanofi-Winthrop Fellow in NeuroradiologyHospital of the University of Pennsylvania (1993) Chief Resident, Department of RadiologyMount Sinai Medical Center, New York (1992) Magna Cum Laude, BiochemistryPrinceton University (1984) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Board of Radiology American College of Radiology American Society for Functional Neuroradiology American Society of Neuroradiology International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Radiological Society of North America
