With the establishment of the Fred Lee Jr., MD Professorship of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention; the department looks forward to the next generation of novel ideas that Dr. Lee’s legacy will inspire.
A listing of publications finalized by department members in December 2025.
Burnside, Elizabeth S.; Grist, Thomas M.; Lasarev, Michael R.; Garrett, John W.; Morris, Elizabeth A. Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: A Leadership Survey. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2025 May; 22(5):577-585. Denecken, Esteban; Arrieta, Cristóbal; Hernando, Diego; Sotelo, Julio; Mella, Hernán; Uribe, Sergio. Simultaneous acquisition of water, fat and velocity images using a phase-contrast …
Barrett, Kendall E.; Mixdorf, Jason C.; Svedjehed, Johan; Batterton, Jeanine; Eagleburger, Jennifer; Yan, Yongjun; Gagnon, Katherine; Aluicio-Sarduy, Eduardo; Barnhart, Todd E.; Engle, Jonathan W. Solid phase extraction chromatography-based radiochemical isolation of cyclotron-produced 51Mn from enriched 54Fe targets. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 2025 March; 142-143:108989 Belfi, Lily M.; Retrouvey, Michele; Alexandre Frigini, L.; Harrington, Samantha; Verzani, …
Bruce, Justine Yang; Burr, Adam; Kimple, Randall J.; Adam, David P.; Yu, Menggang; Piaskowski, Shari M.; Glazer, Tiffany A.; Hill, Patrick; Hartig, Gregory K.; McCulloch, Timothy M.; Wieland, Aaron M.; Trask, Diana; Oliver, Kate; Longcor, Jarrod; Rogus-Pulia, Nicole; Cho, Steve Y.; Bednarz, Bryan; Harari, Paul M. Safety and toxicity of Iopofosine I 131 (CLR 131) …
Imagine holding a piece of history in your hands — a violin crafted over 300 years ago by the legendary Antonio Stradivari. Now imagine peering so deeply inside that you can count the rings on the wood pieces used. This is exactly what our radiologists and research staff experienced when they had the rare opportunity …
Fred Lee Jr., MD accepted the Gold Medal, the highest honor that the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) bestows, at the society’s annual meeting in March. This honor is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the field, dedicated their talents to advancing the quality of patient care, and helped ensure the future …
A UW Department of Radiology team of interventional radiologists, led by Erica Knavel Koepsel, MD, performed the first clinical histotripsy-based ablation in Wisconsin since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the procedure. Performed on January 11, 2024, it was also the first completed by a radiology department in the United States. The procedure, approved by the …
Several members of the Department of Radiology, including Fred Lee, MD, Paul Laeseke, MD, PhD, and Timothy Ziemlewicz, MD, have been conducting pre-clinical research on histotripsy, a new non-invasive, non-thermal method to destroy tumors and other tissue, for more than 5 years. “Histotripsy is a novel technology based on external ultrasound that was invented at the University of Michigan. Our friends in Michigan were generous enough to lend us devices to use in …
Congratulations to Professor Fred T. Lee Jr., MD for winning the 2021 Hector F. DeLuca Scientific Achievement Award. The award will be presented during the 2021 Wisconsin Biohealth Summit on October 7th, 2021. The Biohealth Summit is presented by BioForward and provides an opportunity for Wisconsin’s biohealth community to celebrate successes and collaborate. Dr. Lee has been selected for the award for his numerous scientific achievements in biohealth. He has over …