Unni Udayasankar, MD
Professor, Medical Imaging
Vice Chair, Quality and Safety
Program Director, Neuroradiology Fellowship Program
Degree(s)
- MD: Kerala University, TD Medical College, Kerala, India, 1999
Residency
VSS Medical College, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
Fellowship
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University, Pediatric Radiology, 2010
Emory University School of Medicine, Neuroradiology, 2009
Emory University School of Medicine, Abdominal Imaging, 2008
Board Certifications
American Board of Radiology Certification in General Radiology, 2010
American Board of Radiology, Subspecialty Certification in Neuroradiology, 2012
American Board of Radiology, Subspecialty Certification in Pediatric Radiology, 2013
Honors and Awards
American Board of Radiology, Volunteer Service Award, 2024
Selected Co-Chair of the Promotion and Tenure Committee, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 2022
Certificate of Merit for Educational Exhibit presented at the ASNR22/SNR XXIII, May 2022. “Pediatric Spinal Lesions: Ultrasound and MRI Correlation”
Selected as Co-Chair of the RSNA/AUR Vice Chairs of Quality and Safety Special Interest Group, 2021
Faculty Mentoring Award: University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, 2020
Selected as Co-chair of the ACR-SPR course in Pediatric Radiology, 2019
Caffey Award for Best Educational Exhibit at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Pediatric Radiology, May 2019 “Rapid MRI as accurate one-stop imaging for adnexal torsion”
American Roetgen Ray Society 2019 Bronze medal for the scientific exhibit Non-Enhanced MRI of the Abdomen in Comprehensive Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain in Children: A Paradigm Shift.
Award for Educational Poster at the first annual meeting of American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology, January 2019 for “Uncommon Lytic Lesions of Skull in Children: Imaging findings”. Selected for possible publication in the journal Neurographics
Nominated for Clinical Excellence Award at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, September 2018
Selected to be a member of the “Neuroradiology Core Examination Committee” of the American Board of Radiology, April 2018
“Certificate of Merit” for Educational Exhibit at the annual meeting of RSNA 2017: Also identified for publication in the journal Radiographics: “Ultrasound Imaging of the Pediatric Neck Masses: What Radiologists Need to Know"
Educational Exhibit Award at the annual meeting of Radiological Society of North America: Identified for publication in the journal Radiographics: Primary skull lesions in children: What the radiologist should know, 2015
The Norman Glazer, MD Award for Excellence in Teaching in Diagnostic Radiology Teacher of the year award. Presented by the Diagnostic Radiology Residents of Cleveland Clinic Foundation for exceptional commitment to resident education, in June 2014
Educational Exhibit Award at the annual meeting of Radiological Society of North America: Solicited for publication in the journal Radiographics: Emergency Room CT in Children with Seizure: Subtle CT Findings, 2014
Pediatric Neurology Merit Award: Awarded by the section of Cleveland Clinic Pediatric neurology for outstanding contribution in education and diagnosis of neurological disorders in children, 2014
Radiology Teacher of the Year, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 2014
RSNA Certificate of Merit for the Educational Poster “Epilepsy Surgery in Children: What the Radiologist Should Know. Stock S, Karakas SP, Bingaman W, Reid J, and Udayasankar U., 2011
Clinician Educator Development Program (CEDP) award and $1000 grant from American Roentgen Ray. 2011
Annual Caffey Certificate of Merit for Scientific Exhibit from Society of Pediatric Radiology for “Spectral Adiabatic Inversion Recovery (SPAIR) MRI in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease” 2010
Executive Council Award in the American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Residents in Radiology Awards for paper titled “Impact of Fat-Suppressed Single Shot Fast Spin Echo T2 Weighted MR Imaging for the Assessment of Crohn’s Disease activity” 2007
Award for Educational Exhibit at RSNA: Solicited for publication in Radiographics: Post-Operative Imaging, 2007
Executive Council Award in the ARRS annual Residents in Radiology Awards for paper titled Automatic Patient Centering for MDCT: Effect on Radiation Dose; 2006
Certificate of Merit for Educational Exhibit presentation at RSNA 2006: CT Perfusion in Oncology, When, Why and How? 2006
Award for Educational Exhibit at RSNA 2006: Solicited for publication in Radiographics: Low kV techniques in MDCT imaging, 2006
Clinical Specialties
Pediatric Neuroradiology
Research Interests
pediatric body and neuro MRI techniques, radiation dose reduction techniques in children, pediatric inflammatory bowel disease