Thomas M. Link, MD, PhD
Diagnostic Radiology
Thomas M. Link, MD, PhD
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About me
Dr. Thomas M. Link is chief of the musculoskeletal imaging section in the UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. As clinical director of the department's Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research (MQIR) group, he has a strong interest in translational research (using study findings to establish new treatments or diagnostic methods). The main focuses of MQIR are: imaging of osteoporosis, particularly developing new techniques for assessing bone quality and density; applying new imaging techniques to the assessment of osteoarthritis and cartilage, and to preventing cartilage degeneration; new imaging sequences for musculoskeletal imaging at high field; and MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound for treatment of bony abnormalities.
Link earned his medical degree at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany. He completed his medical residency in Münster, Germany. He completed a research fellowship in radiology at UCSF.
Link was a vice chair in the radiology department at the Technical University of Munich before joining UCSF in 2003.
Education & training
Board certification
- Diagnostic Radiology, American Board of Radiology
Residency
- Radiology, General, Muenster Memorial Hospital
- Nuclear Medicine, KKH Hellersen -Teaching Hosp Univ of Bonn, Germany
- Radiology, General, Zentrales Roentgeninstitut de Rheumakliniken
Internship
- City Hospital Idar-Oberstein
Degree
- MD, Johannes-Gutenberg Universitat Mainz
My expertise
Specialties
My research
Publications
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