Clinical Focus

• Diagnostic Radiology
• Radiology

Administrative Appointments

• Associate Chair for Clinical Technology, Department of Radiology, Stanford University (2005 - present)
• Director of MRI, Department of Radiology, Stanford University (1990 - present)
• Director of Destination Digital (PACS–digital imaging transfer), Department of Radiology, Stanford University (2001 - present)
• Co-director of PET/CT, Department of Radiology, Stanford University (2002 - 2004)

Honors and Awards

• Lauterbur Award, Society of Computed Body Tomography and MR (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
• Fellow, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2001)
• President, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (1998-1999)
• Chair, Safety Committee, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (1996-1997)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Medicine
• Radiology

Community & International Work

• Multiple Committees 

Current Research Interests

Imaging of myocardial diseases with magnetic resonance, imaging and spectroscopy

Clinical Trials

• Evaluating Sunitinib Therapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma Using F-18 FDG PET/CT and DCE MRI Recruiting
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Breast Cancer Recruiting
• PET/CT and Whole-Body MRI for Detection of Skeletal and Soft Tissue Metastases Recruiting
• Cervical Nodal Mets in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of H&N - MRI, FDG-PET, & Histopathologic Correlation No longer recruiting

Publications

• Navigated abdominal T1-W MRI permits free-breathing image acquisition with less motion artifact. Vasanawala SS, Iwadate Y, Church DG, Herfkens RJ, Brau AC. Pediatr Radiol. 2010
• The Effect of Aging on Deformations of the Superficial Femoral Artery Resulting from Hip and Knee Flexion: Potential Clinical Implications. Cheng CP, Choi G, Herfkens RJ, Taylor CA. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2010; 21 (2): 195-202
• Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis in rats treated with erythropoietin and intravenous iron. Hope TA, High WA, Leboit PE, Chaopathomkul B, Rogut VS, Herfkens RJ, Brasch RC. Radiology. 2009; 253 (2): 390-8
• Initial experience characterizing a type I endoleak from velocity profiles using time-resolved three-dimensional phase-contrast MRI. Hope TA, Zarins CK, Herfkens RJ. J Vasc Surg. 2009; 49 (6): 1580-4
• Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Who Received Gadopentetate Dimeglumine. Hope TA, Herfkens RJ, Denianke KS, Leboit PE, Hung YY, Weil E. Invest Radiol. 2009