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Bonnie N. Joe, M.D., Ph.D.

Radiologist

Dr. Bonnie N. Joe is chief of Women's Imaging in Radiology at UCSF Medical Center. Her expertise includes breast imaging such as mammography, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); abdominal and pelvic MRI; and MR spectroscopy and perfusion.

Joe earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Penn., and a medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She completed a residency in diagnostic radiology and a fellowship in body MRI at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.

Clinics

Radiology at Mount Zion
1600 Divisadero St., Room A-142 and A-219
San Francisco, CA 94115
Scheduling: (415) 353-2573
Main Phone: (415) 885-7282
Interventional Radiology: (415) 885-3578
Fax: (415) 353-7140

Hours: Monday to Friday
7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Radiology at Women's Health Center
2356 Sutter St., Room J-146 and J-226
San Francisco, CA 94115
Scheduling: (415) 353-2573
Fax: (415) 353-7140

Hours: Monday to Friday
7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

More about Bonnie N. Joe

Additional Languages

Cantonese

Education

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1997

Residencies

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Radiology 2002

Fellowships

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, MRI 2003

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Wilmes LJ, McLaughlin RL, Newitt DC, Singer L, Sinha SP, Proctor E, Wisner DJ, Saritas EU, Kornak J, Shankaranarayanan A, Banerjee S, Jones EF, Joe BN, Hylton NM. High-resolution diffusion-weighted imaging for monitoring breast cancer treatment response. Acad Radiol. 2013 May; 20(5):581-9.
  2. Kohi MP, Brasic N, Vohra P, Price ER, Joe BN. Breast metastasis from testicular leiomyosarcoma. Breast J. 2013 May; 19(3):336-7.
  3. Dershaw DD, Lee CH, Morris EA, Arasu VA, Joe BN, Lvoff NM, Leung JW, Brenner RJ, Flowers CI, Moore DH, Sickles EA. Mammographic surveillance after breast conservation therapy. Radiology. 2013 Feb; 266(2):685.
  4. Arasu VA, Joe BN, Lvoff NM, Leung JW, Brenner RJ, Flowers CI, Moore DH, Sickles EA. Response. Radiology. 2013 Feb; 266(2):685-6.
  5. Arasu VA, Joe BN, Lvoff NM, Leung JW, Brenner RJ, Flowers CI, Moore DH, Sickles EA. Benefit of semiannual ipsilateral mammographic surveillance following breast conservation therapy. Radiology. 2012 Aug; 264(2):371-7.
  6. Tariq U, Poder L, Carlson D, Courtier J, Joe BN, Coakley FV. Multimodality imaging of fat-containing adrenal metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Nucl Med. 2012 Jun; 37(6):e157-9.
  7. Le T, Poder L, Deans A, Joe BN, Laros RK, Coakley FV. Magnetic resonance imaging of cervical ectopic pregnancy in the second trimester. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2012 Mar-Apr; 36(2):249-52.
  8. Singer L, Wilmes LJ, Saritas EU, Shankaranarayanan A, Proctor E, Wisner DJ, Chang B, Joe BN, Nishimura DG, Hylton NM. High-resolution Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Locally Advanced Breast Cancer. Acad Radiol. 2012 May; 19(5):526-34.
  9. Meyerson AF, Lessing JN, Itakura K, Hylton NM, Wolverton DE, Joe BN, Esserman LJ, Hwang ES. Outcome of long term active surveillance for estrogen receptor-positive ductal carcinoma in situ. Breast. 2011 Dec; 20(6):529-33.
  10. Huynh TN, Johnson T, Poder L, Joe BN, Webb EM, Coakley FV. T1 pseudohyperintensity on fat-suppressed magnetic resonance imaging: a potential diagnostic pitfall. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2011 Jul-Aug; 35(4):459-61.
  11. Klifa C, Suzuki S, Aliu S, Singer L, Wilmes L, Newitt D, Joe B, Hylton N. Quantification of background enhancement in breast magnetic resonance imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2011 May; 33(5):1229-34.
  12. Peng C, Chang CB, Tso HH, Flowers CI, Hylton NM, Joe BN. MRI appearance of tumor recurrence in myocutaneous flap reconstruction after mastectomy. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Apr; 196(4):W471-5.
  13. Arasu VA, Chen RC, Newitt DN, Chang CB, Tso H, Hylton NM, Joe BN. Can signal enhancement ratio (SER) reduce the number of recommended biopsies without affecting cancer yield in occult MRI-detected lesions? Acad Radiol. 2011 Jun; 18(6):716-21.
  14. Kitazono MT, Coakley FV, Naeger DM, Yeh BM, Joe BN, Qayyum A. CT of unusual renal masses invading the pelvicaliceal system: potential mimics of upper tract transitional cell carcinoma. Clin Imaging. 2011 Jan-Feb; 35(1):77-80.
  15. Song G, Joe BN, Yeh BM, Meng MV, Westphalen AC, Coakley FV. Risk of catecholamine crisis in patients undergoing resection of unsuspected pheochromocytoma. Int Braz J Urol. 2011 Jan-Feb; 37(1):35-40;discussion 40-1.
  16. Coakley FV, Anwar M, Poder L, Wang ZJ, Yeh BM, Joe BN. Magnetic resonance imaging of massive ovarian edema in pregnancy. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2010 Nov-Dec; 34(6):865-7.
  17. Cohn BR, Fukuchi EY, Joe BN, Swanson MG, Kurhanewicz J, Yu J, Caughey AB. Calculation of gestational age in late second and third trimesters by ex vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy of amniotic fluid. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jul; 203(1):76.e1-76.e10.
  18. Westphalen AC, Coakley FV, Joe BN. Radiological reasoning: 88-year-old man with abdominal pain and dilated biliary tree and pancreatic duct. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010 Jun; 194(6 Suppl):S46-50.
  19. Chang CB, Lvoff NM, Leung JW, Brenner RJ, Joe BN, Tso HH, Sickles EA. Solitary dilated duct identified at mammography: outcomes analysis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010 Feb; 194(2):378-82.
  20. Cohn BR, Joe BN, Zhao S, Kornak J, Zhang VY, Iman R, Kurhanewicz J, Vahidi K, Yu J, Caughey AB, Swanson MG. Quantitative metabolic profiles of 2nd and 3rd trimester human amniotic fluid using (1)H HR-MAS spectroscopy. MAGMA. 2009 Dec; 22(6):343-52.

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