Elona Malja, M.D.

Assistant Professor

School: Medical School
Department: Radiology

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Biography

Elona Malja M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Musculoskeletal Radiology Division.

Dr. Malja joined our faculty in July 2025.

Education

Internship: University of Italy (2009), General Surgery
Medical School: University of Italy (2010)
Residency: University of Italy (2017), Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowship: UT Southwestern Clements University Hospital (2022), Cardiac Imaging
Fellowship: UT Southwestern Clements University Hospital (2023), Cardiac Imaging
Fellowship: UT Southwestern Clements University Hospital (2025), Emergency Radiology

Publications

Localized scleroderma: anatomic MRI findings of morphea with inter-reader analysis: Iancau A, Attia S, Duarte Silva F, Eajazi A, Malja E, Xi Y, Jacobe H, Chhabra A Skeletal radiology 2025 Oct 54 2055-2065
The utility of ChatGPT in musculoskeletal imaging-related patient education: Sharma A, Amerio T, Etemadimanesh A, Ghasemi A, Hai B, Lodhi S, Malja E, Pennington CC, Xi Y, He A, Chhabra A Clinical Imaging 2025 Jul 123
MRI characteristics of plantar fibromas: a large consecutive series from a tertiary care center with symptom analysis: Velez N, Weinschenk C, Goel A, Malja E, Andrew D, Amerio T, Lodhi S, Xi Y, Bishop J, Chhabra A Skeletal radiology 2025
Deep Learning for Detection of Pneumothorax and Pleural Effusion on Chest Radiographs: Validation Against Computed Tomography, Impact on Resident Reading Time, and Interreader Concordance: Tejani A, Dowling T, Sanampudi S, Yazdani R, Canan A, Malja E, Xi Y, Abbara S, Peshock RM, Kay FU Journal of thoracic imaging 2024 May 39 185-193
Augmentation of Radioiodine Uptake by Pulmonary Metastasis of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Treated with Dabrafenib and Trametinib: Malja E, Kandathil A, Peng F Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2024 Apr 58 92-94
A Rare cause of Troponin elevation: Focal Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: Cabrera N, Malja E, Canan A Jour of Clin Cas Rep, Med Imag and Heal Sci 2022 2
Multifocal Micronodular Pneumocyte Hyperplasia in Tuberous Sclerosis: an 8 year CT Follow-Up: Malja E, Cabrera Almonte N, Canan A Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports 2022 10 851-853