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Sheena Pimpalwar, M.D.

Sheena Pimpalwar, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Medical Director of Interventional Radiology, Children's Health

Associate Professor

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Radiology

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  • Biography

    Sheena Pimpalwar, M.B.B.S., is Associate Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its Pediatric Radiology Division.

    Originally from India, she received her medical education from Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College in Mumbai. She then obtained radiology residency training at King Edward Memorial Hospital. Dr. Pimpalwar’s advanced training included pediatric radiology research at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research; a fellowship program in interventional radiology at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, England; additional diagnostic radiology residency training at University Hospitals of North Staffordshire; and a fellowship program in pediatric interventional radiology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

    She is certified by the American Board of Radiology in diagnostic radiology.

    Before joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2018, Dr. Pimpalwar served as Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology at University Hospital of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, and as Assistant Professor of Interventional Radiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

    Dr. Pimpalwar’s research interests have led to 27 articles in peer-reviewed publications, as well as more than 70 conference abstracts, posters and oral presentations. She has also presented her findings at professional meetings throughout the United States and around the world.

    She is an active member of the Society of Interventional Radiology, Society of Pediatric Radiology, Society of Pediatric Interventional Radiology, and the Royal College of Radiologists.

  • Education
    Medical School
    Seth G. S. Medical College, India (1994)
    Internship
    King Edward Memorial Hospital, India (1995), Radiology
    Residency
    King Edward Memorial Hospital, India (1997), Diagnostic Radiology
    Fellowship
    Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India (1999), Pediatric Radiology Research
    Fellowship
    Freeman Hospital, England (2002), Interventional Radiology
    Residency
    University Hospitals of North Staffordshire, UK (2005), Diagnostic Radiology
    Fellowship
    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2007), Pediatric Interventional Radiology
  • Publications
    Isolated intestinal lymphatic anomaly: Underwater endoscopic identification and therapeutic intervention
    Polachek A, Daves G, Pimpalwar S, Gurram B, Reddy S, Wysocki C, Troendle D Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2025 Jul 81 146-147
    MR Lymphangiography in Pediatrics: Indications, Technique, Findings, and Management
    Pimpalwar S, Hussain T, Reddy SR Seminars in Interventional Radiology 2025 Jun 42 356-373
    Bringing PERT to Pediatrics: Initial Experience and Outcomes of a Pediatric Multidisciplinary Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT)
    Dang MP, Cheng A, Garcia J, Lee Y, Parikh M, McMichael AB, Han BL, Pimpalwar S, Rinzler ES, Hoffman OL, Baltagi SA, Bowens C, Divekar AA, Davis Volk AP, Huang CJ, Veeram Reddy SR, Arar Y, Zia A CHEST 2025 Mar 167 851-862
    MR Lymphangiography in Pediatrics: Indications, Technique, Findings, and Management
    Pimpalwar S, Hussain T, Reddy SR Seminars in Interventional Radiology 2025
    Enhancement of the lymphatic system following intravenous administration of ferumoxytol
    Young DF, Reddy SV, Divekar A, Vamsee R, Pimpalwar S, Hussain T, Greer JS Pediatric radiology 2024 Nov 54 2060-2067
    Bringing PERT to Pediatrics: Initial Experience and Outcomes of a Pediatric Multidisciplinary Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT)
    Dang MP, Cheng A, Garcia J, Lee Y, Parikh M, McMichael AB, Han BL, Pimpalwar S, Rinzler E, Hoffman O, Baltagi S, Bowens CD, Divekar A, Volk AP, Huang CJ, Veeram Reddy SR, Arar Y, Zia AN Chest 2024 Oct
    Multidisciplinary guidelines for initial evaluation of complicated lymphatic anomalies—expert opinion consensus
    Iacobas I, Adams DM, Pimpalwar S, Phung T, Blei F, Burrows P, Lopez-Gutierrez JC, Levine MA, Trenor CC Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2020 Jan 67
    Recanalization of Chronic Portal Vein Occlusion in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients
    Cleveland H, Pimpalwar S, Ashton D, Chau A, Nagaraj A, Hernandez JA Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 2019 Jun 30 885-891
    Equivalent success and complication rates of tunneled common femoral venous catheter placed in the interventional suite vs. at patient bedside
    Chau A, Hernandez JA, Pimpalwar S, Ashton D, Kukreja K Pediatric radiology 2018 Jun 48 889-894
    Delayed pseudoaneurysm presentation after cardiac catheterization in a pediatric patient with congenital heart disease
    Parchmont EC, Mossad E, Pimpalwar S Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 2018 May 46 37-38
  • Honors & Awards
    • Case Competition Second Prize
      Society of Interventional Radiology (2014)
    • John Caffey Award for Best Case Report
      Society of Pediatric Radiology (2013)
    • Medtronic AVE Award for Best Paper Presentation
      British Society of Interventional Radiology (2002)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • Royal College of Radiologists (UK)
    • Society of Interventional Radiology
    • Society of Pediatric Interventional Radiology
    • Society of Pediatric Radiology