Asha Kandathil, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor School Medical School Department Radiology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Asha Kandathil, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Cardiothoracic Imaging Division. Her clinical interests include lung cancer screening, diagnosis, and post-treatment follow-up. Originally from India, Dr. Kandathil earned her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) degree from Christian Medical College and Hospital in Vellore, where she remained to perform her residency in radiology. She received advanced training in breast imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), abdominal imaging, nuclear medicine, and cardiothoracic radiology through fellowship programs at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor. Prior to joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2015, Dr. Kandathil was an Associate Professor of Radiology at Christian Medical College and a Medical Officer at CSI Mission Hospital in Karakonam, India. Dr. Kandathil's research interests include lung cancer, as well as the identification of imaging biomarkers to predict post-anesthesia complications and obstacles faced by patients who have received a transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Her research has resulted in multiple peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals, as well as a book chapter in Functional Imaging in Oncology. At UT Southwestern, Dr. Kandathil serves on several academic and hospital committees, including the Medical School Admission Committee, the Thoracic Tumor Board, the Pulmonary Nodule Task Force, and the Lung Cancer Screening Task Force. She is a member of national and international professional organizations, including the Radiological Society of North America, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, the American College of Radiology, the American Roentgen Ray Society, and the Society of Thoracic Radiology. In addition, Dr. Kandathil is a reviewer for several medical publications, including the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, the European Journal of Radiology, and the American Journal of Radiology. She has contributed to the textbook CT Angiography: New Approaches to Aortic Disease from Valve to Abdominal Bifurcation. Education Medical School Christian Medical College (1988) Internship Christian Medical College (1990), Rotating Residency Christian Medical College (1998), Radiology Fellowship Henry Ford Hospital (2010), Breast Imaging Fellowship University of Michigan Health System (2011), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mri) Fellowship University of Michigan Health System (2012), Abdominal Imaging Fellowship University of Michigan Health System (2014), Nuclear Medicine Fellowship University of Michigan Health System (2015), Cardiothoracic Radiology Research Interest Body composition imaging Lung cancer - diagnosis and post treatment followup Lung cancer screening Publications Featured Publications PET Beyond FDG: New Era of Oncologic Molecular Targets Using Positron-Emitting Radiotracers. Heglin A, Girod B, Kandathil A, Semin Roentgenol 2025 Jul 60 3 300-316 Virtual Health Care Encounters for Lung Cancer Screening in a Safety-Net Population: Observations From the COVID-19 Pandemic. Gwin ME, Wahid U, Bhalla S, Kandathil A, Malone S, Natchimuthu V, Watkins C, Vice L, Chatriand H, Moten H, Tan C, Styrvoky KC, Johnson DH, Semlow AR, Lee JL, Browning T, Mullins MA, Santini NO, Oliver G, Zhang S, Gerber DE, JCO Clin Cancer Inform 2025 Mar 9 e2400086 Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Diagnosis: DOTATATE PET/CT. Kandathil A, Subramaniam RM, PET Clin 2023 Apr 18 2 189-200 FDG PET/CT for Primary Staging of Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma. Kandathil A, Subramaniam RM, Semin Nucl Med 2022 Jun Implementation and Uptake of Rural Lung Cancer Screening. Le T, Miller S, Berry E, Zamarripa S, Rodriguez A, Barkley B, Kandathil A, Brewington C, Argenbright KE, Gerber DE, J Am Coll Radiol 2022 Feb Abdominal adiposity assessed using CT angiography associates with acute kidney injury after trans-catheter aortic valve replacement. Kandathil A, Mills RA, Hanna M, Merchant AM, Wehrmann LE, Minhajuddin A, Abbara S, Fox AA, Clin Radiol 2020 12 75 12 921-926 Pulmonary vascular anatomy & anatomical variants. Kandathil A, Chamarthy M Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 2018 Jun 8 3 201-207 Results 1-7 of 7 1
