Sunit Sebastian, MD

Clinical Professor
Emergency Radiology

Sunit Sebastian, MD, is a Professor of Medical Imaging at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson and Banner University Medical Center-Tucson. He serves as faculty member with Emergency Radiology.

Dr. Sebastian joins us from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston  where he served as the chief of the Emergency Radiology section and the Chief of Radiology, ad interim of Ben Taub General Hospital. Dr. Sebastian completed his clinical fellowships in Abdominal Imaging at Emory University School of Medicine and Emergency radiology fellowship at the University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center. He has also completed  Clinical Research Fellowships in Abdominal Imaging and Intervention at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.  Dr. Sebastian received  his medical degree with honors from Sri. Bhausaheb Hire Government Medical College in Dhule, Maharashtra, India, and  Radiology residency from Pune University in India.

Aside from his expertise in Abdominal and Emergency Radiology, Dr. Sebastian is an entrepreneur and advisor to AI startups with a broad range of experience in patient care. He has authored several peer reviewed original research papers and textbook chapters. Dr. Sebastian is also the recipient of multiple teaching and research awards during his career. He is passionate about Emergency radiology, access to care and the ethical use of artificial intelligence.

Dr. Sebastian loves to travel and experience different cultures through food. He is passionate about finding and cooking the perfect bowl of Ramen and aspires to train under local masters in Osaka and Tokyo in this decade. 

Degrees
  • MD Radiology, Pune University, Maharashtra, India, 1998-2000
  • MBBS, Medicine (and Internship) (Medical School): Sri. Bhausaheb Hire Government Medical College, Dhule, Maharashtra, India, 1991 - 1997
Honors and Awards
  • 2nd Place: Department of Medicine, Research Day; Value of Dual Energy CT in the ER in the diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism: Reader Confidence and Image Quality, 2013
  • 4th Place: Start-up Weekend Competition, Jackson, MS, for Hospital Navigation Technologies, 2013
  • Health Disparities Research Scholar Award: Community Network Program Center, Deep South Network for Cancer Control (CNPC DSN), University of Alabama, Birmingham, 2011– 2012
  • Faculty Medical Student Teacher of the Year, Radiology, UMMC, 2011-2012
  • Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 2011
  • Research Scholar’s Award: Inaugural Dr. M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity Health Disparities, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, The Department of Health and Human Services/Centers of Excellence and Meh
  • Medical Student Research Program Award, UMMC, 2010–2011
  • Certificate of Merit: Radiological Society of North America, 2010
  • Certificate of Merit: Radiological Society of North America, (3 Certificates of Merit awarded for educational exhibits), 2006
  • Research Award: Bracco Diagnostics Inc., For Delayed Adverse Effects of Oral and Intravenous Contrast Media, 2006
  • Gold Medal: Outstanding Clinical Case Presentation for final year residents, Clinical Meetings Committee for Final Year Residents, Pravara Medical Trust Scientific Society, 2000
  • 1st Prize: Armed Forces Medical College, Radiology in the Next Millennium Outstanding Educational Exhibit, 1999
Internship
  • MBBS, Medicine (and Internship) (Medical School): Sri. Bhausaheb Hire Government Medical College, Dhule, Maharashtra, India, 1991 - 1997
Residency
  • MD Radiology, Pune University, Maharashtra, India, 1998 - 2000
  • Clinical Fellow, Radiology, (Residency) P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India, 2000 - 2004
Fellowship
  • Senior Fellow, Emergency Radiology Division, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA: 2018 – 2019
  • Clinical Fellow, Abdominal Imaging: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 2008 – 2009
  • Clinical Research Fellow/Research Faculty: Abdominal Imaging, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 2005 – 2008
  • Clinical Research Fellow, Abdominal Imaging & Intervention, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2004 - 2005

Select Publications

2020

Bird, J. R., G. L. Brahm, C. Fung, S. Sebastian, and I. D. C. Kirkpatrick, "Recommendations for the Management of Incidental Hepatobiliary Findings in Adults: Adaptation of the 2017 and 2013 ACR Incidental Findings Committee White Papers", Can Assoc Radiol J, vol. 71, issue 4, pp. 437-447, 2020 Nov.

2015

Krishnamoorthy, S. K., V. Relias, S. Sebastian, V. Jayaraman, and M. Wasif Saif, "Management of regorafenib-related toxicities: a review.", Therap Adv Gastroenterol, vol. 8, issue 5, pp. 285-97, 2015 Sep. PMCID: PMC4530428 
Krishnamoorthy, S. K., V. Relias, S. Sebastian, V. Jayaraman, and M. Wasif Saif, "Management of regorafenib-related toxicities: a review.", Therap Adv Gastroenterol, vol. 8, issue 5, pp. 285-97, 2015 Sep. PMCID: PMC4530428 
Krishnamoorthy, S. K., V. Relias, S. Sebastian, V. Jayaraman, and M. Wasif Saif, "Management of regorafenib-related toxicities: a review.", Therap Adv Gastroenterol, vol. 8, issue 5, pp. 285-97, 2015 Sep. PMCID: PMC4530428 

2014

Keeton, K. Mechelle, E. S. Jones, and S. Sebastian, "Breast cancer in Mississippi: impact of race and residential geographical setting on cancer at initial diagnosis.", South Med J, vol. 107, issue 8, pp. 510-2, 2014 Aug.
Keeton, K. Mechelle, E. S. Jones, and S. Sebastian, "Breast cancer in Mississippi: impact of race and residential geographical setting on cancer at initial diagnosis.", South Med J, vol. 107, issue 8, pp. 510-2, 2014 Aug.

2013

Sebastian, S., C. Araujo, J. D. Neitlich, and L. L. Berland, "Managing incidental findings on abdominal and pelvic CT and MRI, Part 4: white paper of the ACR Incidental Findings Committee II on gallbladder and biliary findings.", J Am Coll Radiol, vol. 10, issue 12, pp. 953-6, 2013 Dec.

2012

Gatlin, J. L., K. Brown, S-J. Tang, and S. Sebastian, "Beyond routine abdominal CT in the ER: a patient with indeterminate recurrent abdominal pain benefits from CT enterography.", Clin Imaging, vol. 36, issue 3, pp. 231-5, 2012 May-Jun.

2010

Sebastian, S., and W. Small, "CT Colonography", Abdominal Imaging, 1st, Maryland Heights, Saunders/Elsevier, 2010.
Sebastian, S., K. Kesavarpu, and W. Small, "CT of colon and rectum", Abdominal Imaging, 1st, Maryland Heights, MO, Saunders/Elsevier, 2010.
Sebastian, S., P. Mittal, and W. Small, "Conventional imaging of colon and rectum", Abdominal Imaging, 1st, Maryland Heights, MO, Saunders/Elsevier, 2010.

2008

Jayashankar, A., U. Udayasankar, S. Sebastian, E. K. Lee, M. Kalra, and W. Small, "MDCT of thoraco-abdominal trauma: an evaluation of the success and limitations of primary interpretation using multiplanar reformatted images vs axial images.", Emerg Radiol, vol. 15, issue 1, pp. 29-34, 2008 Jan.
Sebastian, S., and B. C. Lucey, "Reticuloendothelium malignancy: current role of imaging.", Cancer Treat Res, vol. 143, pp. 455-68, 2008.
Jayashankar, A., U. Udayasankar, S. Sebastian, E. K. Lee, M. Kalra, and W. Small, "MDCT of thoraco-abdominal trauma: an evaluation of the success and limitations of primary interpretation using multiplanar reformatted images vs axial images.", Emerg Radiol, vol. 15, issue 1, pp. 29-34, 2008 Jan.
Sebastian, S., S. I. Lee, N. S. Horowitz, J. A. Scott, A. J. Fischman, J. F. Simeone, A. F. Fuller, and P. F. Hahn, "PET-CT vs. CT alone in ovarian cancer recurrence.", Abdom Imaging, vol. 33, issue 1, pp. 112-8, 2008 Jan-Feb.

2007

Sebastian, S., M. K. Kalra, P. Mittal, S. Saini, and W. C. Small, "Can independent coronal multiplanar reformatted images obtained using state-of-the-art MDCT scanners be used for primary interpretation of MDCT of the abdomen and pelvis? A feasibility study.", Eur J Radiol, vol. 64, issue 3, pp. 439-46, 2007 Dec.