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Benjamin Yeh, M.D.

Radiologist

Dr. Benjamin M. Yeh is a radiologist in the Abdominal Imaging Section of Radiology at UCSF Medical Center and an expert in dynamic computed tomography (CT), advanced liver imaging and genitourinary imaging.

Yeh earned a medical degree at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., and completed an internship in medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston. He completed a residency in radiology and a fellowship in abdominal imaging, both at UCSF. He was awarded the UCSF Department of Radiology Outstanding Fellow Teaching Award in 2002. He is an associate professor of radiology at UCSF and a principal investigator in a study to develop macromolecular contrast material for CT.

Clinics

Liver Transplant Program
400 Parnassus Ave., Sixth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-1888
Fax: (415) 353-8917

Hours: Pre-Liver Transplant Clinic Monday, Tuesday 7 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Hours: Post-Liver Transplant Clinic Tuesday 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.

More about Benjamin Yeh

Education

Duke University School of Medicine 1996

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Diagnostic Radiology 2001

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Keedy AW, Breiman RS, Webb EM, Roberts JP, Coakley FV, Yeh BM. Determinants of Second-Order Bile Duct Visualization at CT Cholangiography in Potential Living Liver Donors. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013 May; 200(5):1028-33.
  2. Webb EM, Wang ZJ, Westphalen AC, Nakakura EK, Coakley FV, Yeh BM. Can CT Features Differentiate Between Inferior Vena Cava Leiomyosarcomas and Primary Retroperitoneal Masses? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013 Jan; 200(1):205-9.
  3. Varenika V, Fu Y, Maher JJ, Gao D, Kakar S, Cabarrus MC, Yeh BM. Hepatic Fibrosis: Evaluation with Semiquantitative Contrast-enhanced CT. Radiology. 2013 Jan; 266(1):151-8.
  4. Sai V, Rakow-Penner R, Yeh BM, Coakley FV, Westphalen AC, Webb EM, Wang ZJ. Renal cyst pseudoenhancement at 16- and 64-dector row MDCT. Clin Imaging. 2012 Oct 25.
  5. Mongan J, Rathnayake S, Fu Y, Wang R, Jones EF, Gao DW, Yeh BM. In vivo differentiation of complementary contrast media at dual-energy CT. Radiology. 2012 Oct; 265(1):267-72.
  6. Kane AJ, Wang ZJ, Qayyum A, Yeh BM, Webb EM, Coakley FV. Frequency and etiology of unexplained bilateral hydronephrosis in patients with breast cancer: results of a longitudinal CT study. Clin Imaging. 2012 Jul-Aug; 36(4):263-6.
  7. Greenfield NP, Azziz AS, Jung AJ, Yeh BM, Aslam R, Coakley FV. Imaging late complications of cholecystectomy. Clin Imaging. 2012 Nov; 36(6):763-7.
  8. Liu YI, Jha P, Wang ZJ, Yeh BM, Poder L, Westphalen AC, Coakley FV. Abdominal complications of chemotherapy: findings at computed tomography. Clin Imaging. 2012 Jan-Feb; 36(1):54-60.
  9. Prevrhal S, Forsythe CH, Harnish RJ, Saeed M, Yeh BM. CT angiographic measurement of vascular blood flow velocity by using projection data. Radiology. 2011 Dec; 261(3):923-9.
  10. Kumar R, Hawkins RA, Yeh BM, Wang ZJ. Focal fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-avid lesions without computed tomography correlate at whole-body positron emission tomography-computed tomography in oncology patients: how often are they malignant? Nucl Med Commun. 2011 Sep; 32(9):802-7.
  11. Keedy AW, Yee J, Aslam R, Weinstein S, Landeras LA, Shah JN, McQuaid KR, Yeh BM. Reduced cathartic bowel preparation for CT colonography: prospective comparison of 2-L polyethylene glycol and magnesium citrate. Radiology. 2011 Oct; 261(1):156-64.
  12. Chai X, Zhang LJ, Yeh BM, Zhao YE, Hu XB, Lu GM. Acute and subacute dual energy CT findings of pulmonary embolism in rabbits: correlation with histopathology. Br J Radiol. 2012 May; 85(1013):613-22.
  13. Keedy AW, Yeh BM, Kohr JR, Hiramoto JS, Schneider DB, Breiman RS. Evaluation of potential outcome predictors in type II Endoleak: a retrospective study with CT angiography feature analysis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jul; 197(1):234-40.
  14. Yeh BM, Carucci LR, Fidler JL, Pickhardt PJ. Luminal imaging in the 21st century. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jul; 197(1):28-9.
  15. Tan JH, Coakley FV, Wang ZJ, Poder L, Webb E, Yeh BM. Pseudotumor of the distal common bile duct at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Clin Imaging. 2011 Jul-Aug; 35(4):279-83.
  16. Yeh BM. Abdominal CT at low peak tube potential settings brings promises, but new rules apply. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Jun; 196(6):1322-3.
  17. Jha P, Chang ST, Rabban JT, Chen LM, Yeh BM, Coakley FV. Utility of the broccoli sign in the distinction of prolapsed uterine tumor from cervical tumor. Eur J Radiol. 2012 Aug; 81(8):1931-6.
  18. Wang ZJ, Chen KS, Gould R, Coakley FV, Fu Y, Yeh BM. Positive enteric contrast material for abdominal and pelvic CT with automatic exposure control: what is the effect on patient radiation exposure? Eur J Radiol. 2011 Aug; 79(2):e58-62.
  19. Chou SH, Wang ZJ, Kuo J, Cabarrus M, Fu Y, Aslam R, Yee J, Zimmet JM, Shunk K, Elicker B, Yeh BM. Persistent renal enhancement after intra-arterial versus intravenous iodixanol administration. Eur J Radiol. 2011 Nov; 80(2):378-86.
  20. Salavati A, Shah V, Wang ZJ, Yeh BM, Costouros NG, Coakley FV. F-18 FDG PET/CT findings in postradiation pelvic insufficiency fracture. Clin Imaging. 2011 Mar-Apr; 35(2):139-42.

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