Prof. Vikas Agarwal

Department of Radiology

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2009 University of Pittsburgh, USA, Neuroradiology

2008 University of Pittsburgh, USA, Diagnostic Radiology

2003 Boston University, USA, Medicine

1999 Boston University, USA, Biology

Publications (selected)

1. Stepniak, A., Adida, S., & Anand, S. K., et al. (2026). Targeted repair of a refractory ventral cerebrospinal fluid leak identified by dynamic computed tomography myelography: Illustrative case. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons, 11(12), Article CASE25810.
2. Eagle, S. R., Collins, M., & Kontos, A. P., et al. (2026). Utility of amyloid beta and tau positron emission tomography scans for identifying early-stage neurodegenerative changes in former professional football players and healthy controls. Journal of Neurotrauma. Advanced online publication.
3. Amin, D., Saleh, A., & Rezaei, A., et al. (2026). Retroclival hematoma: An imaging perspective of a rare extra-axial haemorrhage. American Journal of Neuroradiology. Advanced online publication.
4. Pluguez-Turull, C. W., Koshy, J., & McBee, M. P., et al. (2026). Optimizing timeliness of healthcare delivery in diagnostic radiology at US academic centers. Academic Radiology. Advanced online publication.
5. Bartynski, W. S., Bandos, A. I., & Agarwal, V. (2025). Pfirrmann grading and features of internal derangement identified in discs studied by lumbar discography in patients with chronic low back pain. American Journal of Neuroradiology. Advanced online publication.
6. Okonkwo, D. O., Collins, M. W., & Kontos, A. P., et al. (2025). Pittsburgh Brain Health Initiative (BHI): Protocol and methods for an observational study of cognitive function in former professional football players and controls. BMJ Open, 15(12), Article e108735.
7. Dholaria, N., Daulat, S. R., & Parmar, R., et al. (2025). Spine disease clinical trial representation: An analysis of racial, ethnic, and gender diversity. Neurosurgery, 97(5), 1062–1071.
8. Tanwar, M., Miller, E., & Tsiouris, A. J., et al. (2025). White matter hyperintensities on high-resolution 3-T MRI: Frequency in mild traumatic brain injury and associations with clinical markers—A prospective controlled multicenter study. American Journal of Roentgenology, 224(5), Article e2432274.
9. DeSimone, A. K., Lanser, E. M., & Mazaheri, P., et al. (2025). Balancing high clinical volumes and non-RVU-generating activities in radiology, part I: The current landscape. Academic Radiology, 32(5), 3065–3072.
10. Chipman, A. M., Luther, J. F., & Guyette, F. X., et al. (2025). Early achievement of hemostasis defined by transfusion velocity: A possible mechanism for whole blood survival benefit. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 98(3), 393–401.
11. Hudson, J. S., Fernandes-Cabral, D., & Agarwal, P., et al. (2024). Anterior thoracic discectomy and fusion for symptomatic ventral bone spur associated type I cerebrospinal fluid leak: A technical report and operative video. Global Spine Journal, 14(7), 1920–1923.
12. Alexander, L. F., Pluguez-Turull, C. W., & Martin, J. G., et al. (2024). The radiology journal club: An update on best practices and lessons learned from other specialties. Academic Radiology, 31(6), 2627–2633.
13. Sperry, J. L., Luther, J. F., & Okonkwo, D. O., et al. (2024). Early GFAP and UCH-L1 point-of-care biomarker measurements for the prediction of traumatic brain injury and progression in patients with polytrauma and hemorrhagic shock. Journal of Neurosurgery, 141(4), 917–926.
14. Shetty, T., Miller, E., & Tanwar, M., et al. (2024). 12.16 Prevalence of white matter hyperintensities in a young and healthy population, with and without mild traumatic brain injury. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58(Suppl 1), A69–A70.
15. Sperry, J. L., Cotton, B. A., & Luther, J. F., et al. (2023). Whole blood resuscitation and association with survival in injured patients with an elevated probability of mortality. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 237(2), 206–219.
16. Branstetter, B., Agarwal, V., & Hughes, M. (2023). Regarding “Rates of epidural blood patch following lumbar puncture comparing atraumatic versus bevel-tip needles stratified for body mass index”. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 44(2), E11.
17. Bartynski, W. S., Agarwal, V., & Trang, H., et al. (2023). Enhancing annular fissures and high-intensity zones: Pain, internal derangement, and anesthetic response at provocation lumbar discography. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 44(1), 95–104.
18. Agarwal, V., Mullins, M. E., & Mainiero, M. B., et al. (2022). The ADVICER template for faculty reviewer letters for promotion and appointment. Academic Radiology, 29(9), 1413–1416.
19. Burns, J., Agarwal, V., & Catanzano, T. M., et al. (2022). Talking points: Enhancing communication between radiologists and patients. Academic Radiology, 29(6), 888–896.
20. Burns, J., Agarwal, V., & Jordan, S. G., et al. (2022). Interprofessional education-A mandate for today's radiology curriculum. Academic Radiology, 29, S89–S93.
21. Burns, J., Catanzano, T. M., & Schaefer, P. W., et al. (2022). Structured reports and radiology residents: Friends or foes? Academic Radiology, 29, S43–S47.
22. Papachristou, M. D., Ward, R. E., & Agarwal, V., et al. (2022). Complex Chiari malformation: What the neurosurgeon needs to know. Neurographics, 12(1), 35–42.

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WOS ResearcherID: AAR-5706-2020