Unni Udayasankar, MD

Vice Chair of Quality and Safety
MI Executive Committee Member
Professor, Medical Imaging - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Director of the Neuroradiology Fellowship Program

I am a board certified pediatric and neuroradiologist with special interest in pediatric neuroradiology. 

Research Interests: 

Pediatric body and neuro MRI techniques Radiation dose reduction techniques in children Pediatric Inflammatory bowel disease

Degrees
  • MD: Kerala University, T D Medical College, Kerala, India, 1999
Honors and Awards
  • Radiology Teacher of the Year, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 2014
Residency
  • VSS Medical College, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
Fellowship
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University, Pediatric Radiology, 2009-2010
  • Emory University School of Medicine, Neuroradiology, 2008-2009
  • Emory University School of Medicine, Abdominal Imaging, 2007-2008
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Radiology Certification in General Radiology, 2010
  • American Board of Radiology, Subspecialty Certification in Neuroradiology, 2012
  • American Board of Radiology, Subspecialty Certification in Pediatric Radiology, 2013

Select Publications

2021

Sawyer, D. M., R. Mushtaq, S. Vedantham, F. Shareef, S. M. Desoky, H. Arif-Tiwari, D. L. Gilbertson-Dahdal, and U. K. Udayasankar, "Performance of overnight on-call radiology residents in interpreting unenhanced abdominopelvic magnetic resonance imaging studies performed for pediatric right lower quadrant abdominal pain.", Pediatr Radiol, 2021 Mar 10.

2020

Sawyer, D., R. Mushtaq, S. Vedantham, and U. Udayasankar, Performance of overnight on-call radiology residents in interpreting unenhanced adbominopelvic MRI studies performed for pediatric right lower quadrant pain, 2020.
Udayasankar, U., and S. Desoky, "Non-Contrast MRI for Abdominal Pain in the Pediatric Emergency Department—Point: Safe and Comprehensive Assessment While Reducing Delay in Care ", American Journal of Roentgenology, vol. 10.2214/AJR.20.24392, 2020.
Warner, J., S. Desoky, H. Arif Tiwari, F. Morello, D. Gilbertson, and U. Udayasankar, "Unenhanced MRI of the Abdomen and Pelvis in the Comprehensive Evaluation of Acute Atraumatic Abdominal Pain in Children.", AJR Am J Roentgenol, pp. 1-11, 2020 Sep 09.

2019

Rogers, S., and U. Udayasankar, "Uncommon Lytic Lesions of the Skull in Children: Imaging findings", Annual Meeting for the Western Neuroradiological Society, 01/2019.
Mushtaq, R., S. M. Desoky, F. Morello, D. Gilbertson-Dahdal, G. Gopalakrishnan, A. Leetch, S. Vedantham, B. Kalb, D. R. Martin, and U. K. Udayasankar, "First-Line Diagnostic Evaluation with MRI of Children Suspected of Having Acute Appendicitis.", Radiology, vol. 291, issue 1, pp. 170-177, 2019 04.
Mushtaq, R., S. Desoky, F. Morello, D. Gilbertson-Dahdal, S. Vedantham, B. Kalb, D. Martin, and U. Udayasankar, First-Line Diagnostic Evaluation of Children with Suspected Acute Appendicitis using MRI, 2019.

2018

Warhadpande, D., S. Desoky, E. Park, and U. Udayasankar, "Imaging of Knee Swelling in Children", Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology, vol. 41, issue 1, 01/2018.
Desoky, S., RI. Kylat, U. Udayasankar, and D. Gilbertson-Dahdal, Managing Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction: Clinical Perspectives, 2018.
Warhadpande, D., S. Desoky, E. Park, and U. Udayasankar, Imaging of Knee Swelling in Children, 2018.
Hershman, M., R. Carmody, and U. K. Udayasankar, "Case 252: Acute Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Resulting from Late-Onset Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency.", Radiology, vol. 287, issue 1, pp. 353-359, 2018 04.

2017

Udayasankar, U., "Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and spine, 5(th) edition.", J Magn Reson Imaging, 2017 Jun 22.

2016

Petkovska, I., E. Duke, D. R. Martin, Z. Irani, C. P. Geffre, J. M. Cragun, J. R. Costello, H. Arif-Tiwari, F. Czeyda-Pommersheim, U. Udayasankar, et al., "MRI of ovarian torsion: Correlation of imaging features with the presence of perifollicular hemorrhage and ovarian viability.", Eur J Radiol, vol. 85, issue 11, pp. 2064-2071, 2016 Nov.

2015

Obusez, E. C., and U. Udayasankar, "Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease with Caroli syndrome.", J Urol, vol. 193, issue 2, pp. 679-80, 2015 Feb.